Latin American Boom

Christopher Columbus /Diego Columbus, Spanish Diego Colón was born 1479 in Porto Santo, Madeira Islands the oldest son of Christopher Columbus When his father managed the great voyage of discovery in 1492, Diego was made a page at the Spanish court. When his father’s died in 1506, he began a long struggle to regain his father’s former privileges in the Indies. Diego’s marriage to María Álvarez de Toledo, niece of the duque de Alba, the cousin of King Ferdinand, worked in his favour, and in 1508…

Argentina is the eighth largest country covering about 2.8 million square kilometers and almost the entire southern half of South America. It comprises of some of the world’s most impressive waterfalls, massive deserts, and tallest mountains. Also, Argentina’s population is largely of European origin with a national language of Spanish. Argentina is a country rich with culture and many traditions. The cultural activities are reflected in the different artistic expressions such as: painting,…

influenced other countries. After successfully making Venezuela a republic, the Spanish took over again, but Simon Bolivar wanted to free them: "An army of our brothers has come to liberate you. We are sent to destroy the Spaniards, to protect the Americans, and to reestablish the republican governments of Venezuela" (Doc. B). Simon Bolivar and his army went back to Venezuela to help them gain independence once more. It makes him an important leader because he did not abandon Venezuela after…

Matthew Restall’s book “Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest” takes a look at the history of the conquest of the New World, while at the same time, attempting to decipher through certain myths that have gained historical ground over time. He looks at what parts of these myths have some truth to them and what parts of them seem purely fabricated. The goal that appears for Restall here is that while going through these myths, he needs to start with a blank slate. He needs to push aside what he and…

The Catholic Church has been a big influential force in the Latin America. It influence can be found since the beginning when Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas. On the first island that they landed, Hispaniola or now Haiti/Dominican Republic, was were the church started to spread its influences. Among their priorities, the first of Church was stablish in the new continent. The other priority was to be a conscience to the “conquistadores” or conquerors about fair treatment of the…

The Cold War was affected by several countries at the time. Sometimes affected positively, other times negatively. Nicaragua was one of the countries that affected the Cold war because they were a communist country, and the people of Nicaragua did not know that communism was bad. When the U.S marines came to Nicaragua, the Contra War erupted, and a guerilla war was formed were few of the many events that affected the cold war. Nicaragua affected the Cold War positively because the the Guerrilla…

I think that columbus day should not be celebrated because there are a lot of things wrong things at one point columbus was wanted because he was in debt he owed a lot of people money/gold.Columbus day should not be celebrated also because columbus was so money hungry that he went to spain to a king in queen talked them into giving him gold so he can sail the world he told them he would pay them back when he gets back but columbus was in debt and he used all the money so he decided to enslave…

The English colonies were made up of families that desired freedom of religion and people who were meant to increase profit for England; while the French and Spanish colonies were predominantly made up of males who were in search of God, glory, and gold. It all started with Christopher Columbus coming over to the Americas (though he thought he was in India), in 1492. During this time period many explorers were in search for the quickest route to Asia/ India; Columbus’ solution was to go west,…

A place you will find interesting to visit My favorite thing to do is traveling. There are a lot of interesting countries to visit around the world; but my favorite is Cuba. I think Cubans are very nice and hospitable people. When you go to Cuba you feel like you are at home. In my opinion, there are three things that make that country great for visiting: 1. culture 2. food and 3. nature. First, I think that Cuban culture is fascinating and mixed. It has influences from Europe, Africa and Asia.…

Mesoamerica was impacted just as significantly as the Andes and the Bajío following contact with the Spanish. Mesoamerica was the first place Cortez landed; making it the epicenter of Spanish change in the New World. With this contact of the Spanish came conquest, war, prosperity, and most importantly disease. The indigenous people were not immune to smallpox and other European diseases, so when they came into contact with these new illnesses over 90% of the indigenous population died. Such…