Latin and Central American Independence

  • Haiti becomes independent

    Haiti becomes independent
    More informationDeclares independence from France
  • Chile becomes independent

    Chile becomes independent
    More informationdeclared independence from Spain
  • Paraguay becomes independent

    Paraguay becomes independent
    Declared independence from Spain
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  • Argentina becomes independent

    Argentina becomes independent
    Declared independence from Spain
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  • Colombia becomes independent

    Colombia becomes independent
    Declared independence from Spain. self-declared independent in 1810 but not recognized until 1819
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  • Peru becomes independent

    Peru becomes independent
    Declared independence from Spain More Information
  • Venezuela becomes independent

    Venezuela becomes independent
    Declares independence from Spain, after a serieds of declarations and wars for their independence previously.
  • Costa Rica becomes independent

    Costa Rica becomes independent
    After the Spanish defeat in the Mexican-American war, Guatemala declared all of central america independent.
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  • Guatemala becomes independent

    Guatemala becomes independent
    After the Spanish defeat in the Mexican-American war, Guatemala declared all of central america independent.
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  • Mexico becomes independent

    Mexico becomes independent
    Declared independence from Spain
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  • Ecuador becomes independent

    Ecuador becomes independent
    More informationDeclared independence from Spain
  • Brazil becomes independent

    Brazil becomes independent
    Declared independence from Portugal
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  • Bolivia becomes independent

    Bolivia becomes independent
    Declared indpendence from Spain
  • Uruguay becomes independent

    Uruguay becomes independent
    After four-way struggle between Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Brazil
  • Cuba becomes independent

    Cuba becomes independent
    Declares independence from Spain
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  • Panama becomes independent

    Panama becomes independent
    Panama had been a part of Colombia (independent from Spain since 1821) but became independent from Colombia in 1903
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  • Dominican Republic becomes independent

    Dominican Republic becomes independent
    Had declared independence from Spain in 1821, but was under Haitian rule until 1844. Then was under Spanish rule again until 1863, and was later taken by the US. Declared independence from the US in 1924.
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  • Guyana becomes independent

    Guyana becomes independent
    Declares independence from Britain
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  • Suriname becomes independent

    Suriname becomes independent
    Declared independence from the Netherlands
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