Now as then, the US supported forces that wanted to change the political situation in Venezuela.
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Crew aboard Spanish trading ships departing from Manila may have introduced techniques for distilling coconut sap – helping to shape what would become Mexico’s national spirit.
Many US states and cities have renamed Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day. But wrestling over the explorer’s legacy has a longer – and even more fraught – history in Latin America.
A world where the US has fewer allies would be an even more dangerous place.
Conversion was often a violent affair, but that doesn’t mean it was 100% successful. Colonial Latin America was home to many different spiritual traditions from Indigenous, African and Asian cultures.
Scientists have found more ‘alien species’ today in regions that were once key parts of European empires.
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