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Cristoforo Colombo (Columbus) lands in the island of Hispaniola
Colombo captures 1,500 slaves -
Colombo explores the coast of Venezuela
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Pope Alexander VI brokers an agreement dividing the Americas between Spain and Portugal
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The Spanish found Santo Domingo in the island of Hispaniola, the first Spanish town in the Americas
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Colombo authorizes slavery in Santo Domingo
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colonists of Hispaniola begin importing African slaves
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Silver is discovered in Potosi (Bolivia)
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Pedro Menendez founds San Agustin in Florida
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A smallpox epidemics in Mexico kills more than a million people
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Brazil has a population of 57,000, of which 20,000 Portuguese, 18,000 Indios, 14,000 African slaves, and 5,000 mamelucos/mestizos
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Portugal regains its independence and Brazil returns Portuguese
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War of the Mascates in Brazil, a rebellion by landholdes of Recife
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Jose de Antoquera is arrested and executed in Paraguay
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There are 550,000 black slaves in Spanish America, notably 212,000 in Cuba, 88,000 each in Peru and Venezuela, and 70,000 in Colombia
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Paraguay surrenders to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay after having lost more than 50% of its population (300,000 people) in the war (almost all its male citizens), and Paraguay's dictator Lopez commits suicide
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in Argentina
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Eloy Alfaro returns to power in Ecuador with a coup
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cartels terrorize Colombia
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Brazilian president Collor is impeached by parliament and replaced with vice president Itamar Franco
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Soldiers kill 25 drug cartel members during a gunbattle in Ciudad Mier in Tamaulipas, Mexico
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Gangsters kill 14 people in Honduras
