COLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY

Latin America is a cultural concept. It comprises Romance Language-speaking countries, from Panama all the way to the tip of South America. Thus, Spanish, Portuguese and French are the principal languages of communication. This is in itself an indicator that these countries were colonized by Spain, Portugal or France. This provides a rich history replete … Read moreCOLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY

Connections after Colonialism: Europe and Latin America in the 1820s

THROWBACK The relationship between Europe and Latin America begun far back as the 1500s where Latin America, especially Spain was colonized by Europe. In that time the European nations took advantage of the colonization and used mercantilism to amass wealth from the Latin American nation. Europe’s colonization of Latin America had major effects on the … Read moreConnections after Colonialism: Europe and Latin America in the 1820s