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Evolution of Latin America

  • Independence of Ecuador

    Independence of Ecuador

    The independence of Ecuador is part of that long emancipatory process that began in Latin America at the end of the first decade of the 19th century, and culminated in 1830, when the definitive disintegration of Greater Colombia took place. To understand why almost 20 years passed between what is considered the first cry for independence in Latin America
  • Independence of venezuela

    Independence of venezuela

    The Independence of Venezuela was a political process, occurred between 1810 and 1830, through which Venezuela, at that time Captaincy General of Venezuela, achieved the emancipation of the Spanish Crown. The process began with some revolts of the great landowners and businessmen of the territory, provoked in order to suppress the control of the metropolis over their businesses. In addition, the seizure of power in Spain
  • Independencia de Colombia

    Independencia de Colombia

    The Independence of Colombia was the process that led to the end of the period of domination of the Spanish Empire in the current territory of the country. This process was fought in the middle of a conflict developed between 1810 and 1819 to emancipate the territories that then comprised the Viceroyalty of New Granada.
  • Indipendence of Mexico

    Indipendence of Mexico

    The Independence of Mexico was a process of political and social revolution, it began on September 16, 1810 with the well-known cry of Dolores and the uprising in arms of the indigenous inhabitants and peasants of the town summoned by the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and culminated in the September 27, 1821
  • Independence of Paraguay

    Independence of Paraguay

    On July 20, 1811, the Paraguayan junta sent a note in which it communicated that Paraguay would govern itself. ... The Paraguayans had made a revolution without firing a gun. On November 25, 1842, the independence of Paraguay was formally proclaimed, after the death of Doctor Francia.
  • Independence of Argentina

    Independence of Argentina

    In 1816, two fundamental events for national history converged: the declaration of Independence and the final organization of the continental plan of General José de San Martín, who would be the guarantor of that independence and would take it beyond the United Provinces.
    The international context in which this occurred was complex: Spain had freed itself from the French and King Ferdinand VII
  • Independence of Chile

    Independence of Chile

    Officially, the emancipation of Chile was declared on January 1, 1818 through the Act of Independence of Chile, officially sworn on February 12, 1818. This declaration was recognized by Spain on April 24, 1844
  • Independence of Peru

    Independence of Peru

    On July 15, 1821, the city council met and the Act of Independence of Peru was drawn up, after the troops of the viceroyalty left the territory.
  • Independence of Guatemala

    Independence of Guatemala

    198 years have passed since that historic event. Since then, Guatemalans have grown up with the idea that that event was a cry for freedom. However, historians agree that Spain's political separation was due to the economic interests of an urban elite, which ignored the rest of the population.
  • Independence of Nicaragua

    Independence of Nicaragua

    The independence of Nicaragua occurred during September 1821, when observing how other Spanish regions won the war of independence, Nicaraguan leaders began a negotiation process, by drafting an act of independence that was recognized by the heads of the Crown
  • Independence of Brazil

    Independence of Brazil

    The date officially commemorated is September 7, 1822, when on the banks of the Ipiranga River, in São Paulo, Don Pedro proclaims the "cry of Independence
  • Bolivian independence

    Bolivian independence

    On August 6, 1825, the Liberator Simón Bolivar (photo) together with Marshal Antonio José de Sucre, proclaimed the founding of the Republic of Bolivia, now celebrating 194 years of its Independence, and defining itself today as the Plurinational State of Bolivia
  • Independence of Uruguay

    Independence of Uruguay

    Uruguay declared its independence from the Empire of Brazil on August 25, 1825 and again became part of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, thanks to the members of the Banda Oriental peoples.
  • The triple alliance war

    The triple alliance war

    In Uruguayan historiography on the War of the Triple Alliance. Trayectos, traditions, resignifications ?, by Tomás Sansón Corbo, the Triple Alliance war is described as the conflict that faced Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay against Paraguay in 1864 and 1870. The origin of the conflict arises when Uruguay is invaded in 1863 by a group of Uruguayan liberals, overthrowing the federal government, which was an ally of Paraguay
  • Saltpeter War

    Saltpeter War

    According to the article Pax military on the northern border. A reflection on the post-war of the Saltpeter: the conflict over Tacna-Arica and Tarapacá, written by Sergio González Miranda, sociologist and doctor in Latin American studies, the War of the Saltpeter was an armed conflict that pitted Chile against Bolivia and Peru in the years 1879 and 1884.
  • Puerto Rico independence

    Puerto Rico independence

    On December 10, 1898, the Treaty of Paris was signed, by which Spain was obliged to cede Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Philippines and Guam to the United States, on April 11, 1899. In 1900, the Foraker Act created a government civilian that replaced the military occupation government
  • Cuban independence

    Cuban independence

    After the Cuban War of Independence, War of 1895 or also called by José Martí, the father of Cuban independence, Necessary War; On May 20, 1902, Cuba achieved its independence from Spain.
  • Colombo-Peruvian War

    Colombo-Peruvian War

    It was the armed conflict between the Republics of Colombia and Peru between 1932 and 1933. It was carried out in inflows of the Putumayo River and the city of Leticia, in Colombia.
  • Guyana independence

    Guyana independence

    After years of great street violence, Great Britain recognized the independence of Guyana on May 26, 1966, within the Commonwealth of Nations. ... She spoke out for non-alignment and proclaimed in 1970 the Cooperative Republic of Guyana
  • Suriname independence

    Suriname independence

    Finally, on November 25, 1975, Suriname's independence from the Netherlands was formally declared. ... After independence, Suriname experienced a migration of at least 1/3 of the population who retained their Dutch nationality to the old metropolis