Learn About Latin American History

From the pre-Columbian civilizations through colonialism to modern revolutions — explore the complex history of Central and South America, its independence movements, and cultural identity.

Simon Bolivar, known as "El Libertador," led the independence of six South American nations (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Panama) from Spanish rule between 1819 and 1825, making him one of history's most consequential revolutionary figures. The transatlantic slave trade forcibly transported an estimated 12.5 million Africans to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries, with Brazil receiving roughly 40% of all enslaved people and being the last Western Hemisphere nation to abolish slavery in 1888. The Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), which killed an estimated 1-2 million people, was one of the first major social revolutions of the 20th century and produced Mexico's 1917 constitution — the first in the world to establish social rights including land reform and workers' protections.

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