• The Spanish Colonial style of architecture dominated in the early Spanish colonies of North and South America, and were also somewhat visible in its other colonies. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Spanish expedition led by Alonso de Ojeda , sailing along the length of the northern coast of South America in 1499, gave the name Venezuela ("little Venice" in Spanish) to the Gulf of Venezuela - because of its imagined similarity to the Italian city . (wikipedia.org)
  • South America is not only home to the most scenic natural landscapes and jungles but also the most stunning urban spaces in the world. (urban-jungle.app)
  • Let us explore the streets of South America in this blog post. (urban-jungle.app)
  • Sometimes also called the Paris of South America, Buenos Aires offers an exclusive sight into Argentinian culture. (urban-jungle.app)
  • Bolivia , officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. (agreatertown.com)
  • Bolivia remains the second poorest country in South America, though it has slashed poverty rates and has the fastest growing economy in South America (in terms of GDP). (agreatertown.com)
  • Nevertheless, in the 21st century, Quechua language speakers number 8 to 10 million people across South America, [6] the most speakers of any indigenous language. (wikipedia.org)
  • Stretching nearly 3,500-kilometres to the very southern tip of South America, Argentina is the land of the tango, gauchos, polo, malbec, glacier-topped mountains and perfectly grilled steaks. (classicsafaricompany.com.au)
  • In addition to a permanent collection of Testino's works, MATE features rotating exhibits devoted to established and emerging contemporary artists from South America and around the world. (alexanderroberts.com)
  • The fabled Lost City of the Inca is certainly the single greatest landmark in Peru - and perhaps all of South America. (alexanderroberts.com)
  • The latter one builds economy of Bolivia which has the second to largest gas resources in South America. (correosbolivia.com)
  • The Sumu and Rama are indigenous people who probably originated in South America . (encyclopedia.com)
  • The term "indigenous" refers to people who not only have ancestors who came from Central or South America but who self-consciously identify themselves with a specific indigenous group or tribe, speak the language, and practice the customs of that group. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Untouched wilderness, distinctive culture, and a range of landscapes that take you from pristine glaciers to white-sand beaches are yours to explore in Central and South America, and these 10 Latin America itineraries for first-timers are the perfect place to start. (zicasso.com)
  • Whether eager to search rainforests for scarlet macaws or trek through the ruins of Machu Picchu, travel between the volcanic islands of the Galapagos or search for jaguars in Brazil's Pantanal, the world's biggest wetlands, Central and South America are rich with ancient culture, natural history, and indelible beauty. (zicasso.com)
  • Panama City became the launching pad for Spanish expeditions to the Inca Empire in South America, as well as a key landmark in trade routes. (beekalt.com)
  • After the Battle of Ayacucho, 9 December 1824, that sealed the independence of Peru and South America, Spain made futile attempts to retain its former colonies, such as at the Siege of Callao (1826). (hdb22.fr)
  • At war's end, many Nazis found safety in South America. (thetrumpet.com)
  • Beginning in the 1530s, the people and natural resources of South America were repeatedly exploited by foreign conquistadors, first from Spain and later from Portugal. (classicalimages.com)
  • this included many gold and silver sculptures and other artifacts found in South America, which were melted down before their transport to Spain or Portugal. (classicalimages.com)
  • But there were also sections in South America. (theanarchistlibrary.org)
  • The idea was spread by the Roman conquest of European empires and its ideas were adopted by other civilizations. (wikipedia.org)
  • Capital of the Incan Empire from the early 14th century until its Spanish conquest, Cusco is a beautiful city with a magical feel. (jacadatravel.com)
  • Mexico's president has written to Pope Francis to ask for an apology for the Catholic church's role in the oppression of indigenous people in the Spanish conquest 500 years ago. (themuslimtimes.info)
  • The request was made in a two-page letter that also asked the Vatican to temporarily return several ancient indigenous manuscripts held in its library, ahead of next year's 500-year anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. (themuslimtimes.info)
  • It is one of the best-preserved examples of pre-conquest Aztec-style writing that exists, after Catholic authorities in colonial-era Mexico dismissed such codices as the work of the devil and ordered hundreds or even thousands of them burned in the decades following the 1521 conquest. (themuslimtimes.info)
  • After the Spanish conquest of Peru in the 16th century, Quechua continued to be used widely by the indigenous peoples as the "common language. (wikipedia.org)
  • It was the capital of the Empire of the Aztecs until 1521 when it became the Viceroyalty of New Spain with the conquest and arrival of the Spanish. (insolitours.travel)
  • The period of Conquest of Latin America and the Caribbean - roughly between 1492-1570- was an organized, deliberate, physical elimination of entire peoples through brutal torture and death. (venezuelanalysis.com)
  • Let us remember some of that history because, in fact, it continues to impact us to this day: the pillaging of our America, the racism with which our peoples have been and are regarded, the misery under which many are still living, has persisted through Conquest, Colonialism and post-colonialism to this, the era of global capitalism. (venezuelanalysis.com)
  • However, these numbers oversimplify the complex racial, cultural, and ethnic makeup of a country where, before the Spanish conquest, there lived at least nine distinct indigenous peoples. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The port played a vital role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, as well as colonial immigration and trade. (beekalt.com)
  • It was only after the Castilian conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires and subsequent gold fever that Emperor Charles V became interested in the gold of the new world. (unblog.fr)
  • University of Washington historian Christoph Giebel, who called for the plaque to be taken down, described its words as an incitement to hate, a "barefaced public lie" which "grotesquely falsif[ies] a gruesome past": the United States's war of colonial conquest that killed an estimated 300,000 Filipinos. (lareviewofbooks.org)
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina's elegant, historic and cosmopolitan capital, is known as the "Paris of the South" due to its European atmosphere with glamorous avenues lined with fashionable shops and Parisian-style restaurants and cafes. (worldconnections.com.au)
  • With a population fast approaching 9 million, Lima is the fifth largest city in Latin America, behind Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. (callthetraveldesk.com)
  • The Venezuelan territories were governed at different times from the distant capitals of the Viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru . (wikipedia.org)
  • A great earthquake in Venezuela in 1812 was the principal cause of the temporary defeat of its leader Simon Bolivar by the Spanish colonial regime, but his subsequent exile led to his permanent freeing of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela from Spanish rule. (oxfordre.com)
  • Spanish colonization In 1542, Paraguay officially became part of the Spanish Empire and governed by the newly created Viceroyalty of Peru based in Lima. (sageadvices.com)
  • Lima is the capital and largest city of Peru. (callthetraveldesk.com)
  • In 1984 Cartagena's colonial walled city and fortress were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (travelourway.com)
  • Discover more of Ecuador's rich history and culture: The Andean market town of Otavalo, a family-run rose farm, and the Colonial wealth of Quito - a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (alexanderroberts.com)
  • The port of Cartagena, Colombia, founded in 1533 and Santa Ana de Coro, Venezuela, founded in 1527, are two more UNESCO World Heritage Sites preserving some of the best Spanish colonial architecture in the Caribbean. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (CLACX) is a new research center at Vanderbilt University, created in Fall 2021 to bring together the former Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and the Program in Latino and Latina Studies (LATS). (sevenstories.com)
  • CLACX fosters research and teaching that examine the borders and intersections between Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies, enriching all through comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. (sevenstories.com)
  • With a long Caribbean coast, Belize is a culturally diverse and mixed race country with one foot in Latin America and the other in the Caribbean. (travelourway.com)
  • I come to talk about some horrific things that have befallen Latin American and Caribbean people, but I also will talk about some extraordinary things that are making our America the most hope-filled region, a beacon for the planet's future. (venezuelanalysis.com)
  • As the brilliant Latin American scholar Fernando Baez [2] demonstrates, it is this destruction of our history that lies at the heart of the contradictions, the dependency and the exploitations that continues today in Latin America and the Caribbean: a continent that has been robbed of much more than just its rich resources, its peoples have been denied its collective memory and true identity. (venezuelanalysis.com)
  • Bordered on the north by Honduras , on the south by Costa Rica , on the east by the Caribbean Sea , and on the west by the Pacific Ocean , Nicaragua is Central America 's largest nation. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The Gar í funa, known historically as the "Black Karibs," are the descendants of escaped African slaves and Karib Indians who intermarried on the island of St. Vincent, where they lived until the British transported them forcibly to the Caribbean coast of Central America in 1796. (encyclopedia.com)
  • That was half a millennium ago, and now, some of the earliest European settlements in the Caribbean and Latin America are marking 500 years of European settlement. (beekalt.com)
  • These lines have nothing to do with the US occupation of several countries across the Caribbean and the Pacific, but their presence underscores the tacit central point: this was a donning of the mantle of the British Empire by the imperial United States. (lareviewofbooks.org)
  • The sunbathing and festive capital of Brazil is famous throughout the world. (urban-jungle.app)
  • Unlike the colonizing philosophy of the Spanish, the Portuguese in Brazil were much less focused at first on conquering, controlling, and developing the country. (geographia.com)
  • In 1807, as Napoleon Bonaparte closed in on Portugal's capital city of Lisbon, the Prince Regent shipped himself off to Brazil. (geographia.com)
  • Brazil makes up almost 50% of the continent and borders every South American nation except for Ecuador and Chile - it is vast! (classicsafaricompany.com.au)
  • The Portuguese only turned Brazil into a thriving colony when competition with the Ottoman Empire and other forces in the Indian Ocean turned out to be too strong to truly expand. (unblog.fr)
  • made Brazil seat of empire with capital at Rio de Janeiro. (studymode.com)
  • Don Pedro II nicknamed "the Magnanimous", was the second and last ruler of the Empire of Brazil, reigning for over 58 years. (studymode.com)
  • The Spanish encouraged its use until the Peruvian struggle for independence of the 1780s. (wikipedia.org)
  • Despite a brief revival of the language immediately after the Latin American nations achieved independence in the 19th century, the prestige of Quechua had decreased sharply. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Mexican army that emerged in the wake of the French Intervention was young and battle tested, not part of the military tradition dating to the colonial and early independence eras. (cloudfront.net)
  • It changed its name to Mexico City with the War of Independence in 1821 and its separation from the Spanish Crown. (insolitours.travel)
  • Paraguay gained independence in 1811 after an established landowning middle-class desired freedom and overthrew the Spanish administration. (sageadvices.com)
  • It is also known as Dia de Independencia and commemorates Paraguay's independence from Spanish rule. (sageadvices.com)
  • The French coup d'etat in Spain and deposing of King Fernando VII lead to a power vacuum which caused the Spanish-Amerian 'criollo' -elites who had always been critical of too direct Spanish influence to organize in local governments, ultmately leading to the independence of Latin American countries. (unblog.fr)
  • And to complete the global circle, Cuba is so central to the history of the United States that heightened violence against Asian Americans across the country led to the dismantling of a monument in a Seattle park commemorating a war launched by the United States 123 years earlier under guise of helping Cuba win its independence from Spain. (lareviewofbooks.org)
  • You will find ancient Aztec ruins, Spanish architecture from colonial rule blended with modern design. (urban-jungle.app)
  • López Obrador requests the Vatican return the Codex Borgia, two other ancient codices, as well as its maps of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan for a one-year loan in 2021. (themuslimtimes.info)
  • Leaving the Zocalo in one of the corners, between the Cathedral and the National Palace we will find the Templo Mayor, remains of what was the ceremonial center and seat of political and religious power of the ancient capital of Tecnochtitlan of the Aztec empire. (insolitours.travel)
  • López Obrador said the Spanish crown, Spain's government and the Vatican should apologise to native people for the "most reprehensible atrocities" committed after Spanish conquistadors arrived in Mexico in 1521. (themuslimtimes.info)
  • Spanish conquistadors arriving from Cusco and Asunción took control of the region in the 16th century. (agreatertown.com)
  • Spanish conquistadors struggled to establish a number of settlements on the island in the years leading up to 1519. (beekalt.com)
  • Today's world, in short, is as much a world of ex-empires and ex-colonies as it is a world of nation-states. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • To a degree unequaled in most of the American colonies, the Portuguese settlers frequently intermarried with both the Indians and the African slaves, and there were also mixed marriages between the Africans and Indians. (geographia.com)
  • No Spanish king ever visited the American colonies. (unblog.fr)
  • When at the end of the 18th century, Spain finally realized the full potential of its American colonies, also in a cultural sense, the famous Bourbon reforms quickly backfired onto the Spanish King. (unblog.fr)
  • These competing colonial nations claimed the land and resources as their own and divided it in colonies. (classicalimages.com)
  • The European Peninsular War (1807-1814), a theater of the Napoleonic Wars, changed the political situation of both the Spanish and Portuguese colonies. (classicalimages.com)
  • Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule. (studymode.com)
  • The 16th-century Laws of the Indies included provisions for the layout of new colonial settlements in the Americas and elsewhere. (wikipedia.org)
  • The city of Antigua is famous for its well-preserved Spanish Mudéjar-influenced Baroque architecture as well as a number of spectacular ruins of colonial churches dating from the 16th century. (wikipedia.org)
  • The 16th- and 17th-century colonial economy was centered on gold mining and livestock farming. (wikipedia.org)
  • Regional conflicts from Central Africa to the Middle East, and from Central America to the Far East, are easily - and often glibly - explained in terms of earlier imperial sins: an arbitrary border here, a strategy of divide-and-rule there. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Latin America and Africa present themselves as two regions possessing ample resources-much of which remain untapped-but little muscle. (thetrumpet.com)
  • Even judging by how these regions are being treated today, it is evident that this is the dreadful future awaiting Latin America and Africa. (thetrumpet.com)
  • At the time of the Spanish arrival ( Pre-Columbian period in Venezuela ), indigenous people lived mainly in groups as agriculturists and hunters: along the coast, in the Andean mountain range, and along the Orinoco River . (wikipedia.org)
  • Cusco, the former Inca capital, is a fascinating mix of ancient Andean culture and Spanish colonialism. (jacadatravel.com)
  • Before Spanish colonization, the Andean region of Bolivia was part of the Inca Empire, while the northern and eastern lowlands were inhabited by independent tribes. (agreatertown.com)
  • The country can be divided into four regions: the western coastal lowlands, the central Andean highlands, the eastern jungles of the Amazon basin and - some 1000 KM (620 miles) west of the mainland - the Galapagos Islands. (adventure-life.com)
  • The Andean highlands - the country's backbone - are composed of two volcanic ranges separated by a central valley. (adventure-life.com)
  • At the beginning, many mestizos of the Andean region were offspring of Amerindian mothers and Spanish fathers. (classicalimages.com)
  • Mestizos - people of mixed Spanish-indigenous ancestry - make up about 77 percent of Nicaragua's population. (encyclopedia.com)
  • With twenty-nine sites, Mexico has more sites on the UNESCO World Heritage list than any other country in the Americas, many of them boasting some of the richest Spanish Colonial architecture. (wikipedia.org)
  • Later Spanish expeditions returned to exploit these islands' once abundant pearl oysters, enslaving the indigenous people of the islands and harvesting the pearls so intensively that they became one of the most valuable resources of the incipient Spanish Empire in the Americas between 1508 and 1531, by which time both the local indigenous population and the pearl oysters had become devastated. (wikipedia.org)
  • Klein-Venedig ( Little Venice ) was the most significant part of the German colonization of the Americas , from 1528 to 1546, in which the Augsburg -based Welser banking family obtained colonial rights in Venezuela Province in return for debts owed by Charles I of Spain. (wikipedia.org)
  • One cannot visit the Machu Picchu ruins without also visiting all the history and culture that this city has to offer making it the archeological capital of the Americas. (jacadatravel.com)
  • The Catholic church played a key role as Spain colonised the Americas and spread its empire, setting up missions to convert indigenous people to Christianity. (themuslimtimes.info)
  • When colonial invaders arrived in the Americas, their efforts to communicate with Indigenous people had a mutually impacting effect. (daytranslations.com)
  • This new round of anniversaries do more to acknowledge that European settlement and exploitation of the Americas left a negative legacy even as it established some beautiful colonial architecture, districts, culture and history that make these citiies such irresistible travel destinations today. (beekalt.com)
  • Established in August 1519 by the Spanish conquistador Davila, it is the oldest European city on the Pacific coast of the Americas. (beekalt.com)
  • Much of what we call history consists of the deeds of the 50 to 70 empires that once ruled multiple peoples across large chunks of the globe. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • It was officially recognized by the Spanish administration, and many Spaniards learned it in order to communicate with local peoples. (wikipedia.org)
  • I dare to answer for them: that Columbus was a mass murderer, an unrelenting racist, who carried out one of the most complete and extensive genocides in history upon the original peoples of our America. (venezuelanalysis.com)
  • Aside from archeological and geological evidence, there are also some genetic similarities between Asians and indigenous Americans that support the idea of the Asian origin of indigenous American peoples. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Of late, with anti-Americanism quickly spreading among their peoples, Latin American nations have grown even more receptive to other foreign trade proposals. (thetrumpet.com)
  • They also significantly increased economic and trade relations, not just between the old and new world but between the different South American regions and peoples. (classicalimages.com)
  • San Juan was founded by the Spaniards in 1521, where Spanish colonial architecture can be found like the Historic Hotel El Convento. (wikipedia.org)
  • It was buried under the new constructions undertaken by the Spaniards in colonial times. (insolitours.travel)
  • The Plaza de Armas is the central square of the city and is a must-visit. (urban-jungle.app)
  • On arrival, you'll begin your exploration of the city with the handsome Colonial landmarks that surround the Plaza de Armas - including the Cathedral that was completed in 1654 after nearly a century of construction. (alexanderroberts.com)
  • According to UNESCO, Quito, Ecuador has the best-preserved, and least-altered historic centre (320 hectares) in Latin America, despite several earthquakes. (wikipedia.org)
  • Experience the Spanish colonial streets of Quito, the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, and the floating islands of Lake Titicaca. (zicasso.com)
  • The capital city of Quito is nestled in the Northern end of this valley at 2850 meters above sea level, just 22 km (14 miles) south of the equator. (adventure-life.com)
  • Mexico DF was originally built on an island of Lake Texcoco by the Aztecs in 1325 as Tenochtitlan, which was almost completely destroyed in the 1521 siege of Tenochtitlan, and subsequently redesigned and rebuilt in accordance with the Spanish urban standards. (mexico-durango.com)
  • [13] [14] It has been argued that Mapuche, Quechua, and Spanish coexisted in Central Chile , with significant bilingualism, during the 17th century. (wikipedia.org)
  • Spanish expeditions led by Columbus and Alonso de Ojeda reached the coast of present-day Venezuela in 1498 and 1499. (wikipedia.org)
  • Spain established its first permanent South American settlement in the present-day city of Cumaná in 1502, and in 1577 Caracas became the capital of the Province of Venezuela . (wikipedia.org)
  • Christopher Columbus sailed along the eastern coast of Venezuela on his third voyage in 1498, the only one of his four voyages to reach the South American mainland. (wikipedia.org)
  • Spain's colonization of mainland Venezuela started in 1502 when it established its first permanent South American settlement in the present-day city of Cumaná (then called Nueva Toledo), which was founded officially in 1515 by Franciscan friars . (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1527 Santa Ana de Coro was founded by Juan de Ampíes , the first governor of the Spanish Empire 's Venezuela Province . (wikipedia.org)
  • Cusco once used to be the capital of the famous Inca Empire. (urban-jungle.app)
  • Cusco has preserved its native roots numerous archaeological remains of the old empire. (urban-jungle.app)
  • The strongest tie between these two entities lies in religion: Though Roman Catholicism is headquartered in Rome and remains the predominant faith of Europe, over half of the world's Roman Catholics live in Latin America. (thetrumpet.com)
  • Latin America's growing friendship with the EU has, over time, undercut its historically robust trade relationships with the United States. (thetrumpet.com)
  • In the 1990-ies, when Fukuyama's 'End of History' was celebrated in naïve optimism, Latin America's political polarization was considered outdated at best and Europe focused on its own eastward expansion. (unblog.fr)
  • According to the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin American ( AILLA ), however, the stability of these languages is quite fragile. (daytranslations.com)
  • Spanish is the official and predominant language, although 36 indigenous languages also have official status, of which the most commonly spoken are Guarani, Aymara, and Quechua languages. (agreatertown.com)
  • Activist groups had organised a protest called "We're going to knock it down" for Monday, 12 October, the date of Columbus' arrival in America in 1492. (themuslimtimes.info)
  • Today is the last day of the month of October - the month in which many countries celebrate "Columbus Day", the day supposedly Europeans "discovered" the misnamed continent of America, and tonight is Halloween when tradition says that spirits of the dead may roam. (venezuelanalysis.com)
  • It is important to remember that the American continent was discovered by Columbus and explored by others for centuries when European explorers were looking for a passage across the sea to China. (unblog.fr)
  • The first Europeans in the area were Spanish explorers in 1516. (sageadvices.com)
  • Mexico, as the center of New Spain-and the richest province of Spain's colonial empire-has some of the most renowned buildings built in this style. (wikipedia.org)
  • López Obrador made a similar request last year in a letter to Spain's King Felipe and the pope, but the Spanish government rejected the petition outright . (themuslimtimes.info)
  • T he Portuguese were the first European settlers to arrive in the area, led by adventurous Pedro Cabral, who began the colonial period in 1500. (geographia.com)
  • Over the years Indigenous American words found their way into French, Portuguese, Spanish and English. (daytranslations.com)
  • In Spanish and Portuguese languages, often the term 'Iberoamerica' is used to describe this part of the world. (unblog.fr)
  • Finally, with the expansion of the Portuguese and Spanish languages, many cultures that were previously separated became united through that of Latin American. (classicalimages.com)
  • In the late 18th century, colonial officials ended the administrative and religious use of Quechua. (wikipedia.org)
  • Even in the 18th Century, it was widely believed that America, both North and South, did not possess the right qualities in the same way as Europe. (unblog.fr)
  • Capitalism emerged out of feudal monarchies, expanded under settler-colonial systems of chattel slavery, and matured by propelling the violent expansion of several competing empires to bring the entire planet under its domination. (trise.org)
  • Relying on a popular front with one section of capital against another does not address the critical ideological and material questions that the left throughout the world must address in order to be effective in the struggle against capitalism-imperialism, in all of its forms of governance. (trise.org)
  • Colonial period The first colonial settlements were established by Domingo Martínez de Irala in the period 1536-56. (sageadvices.com)
  • Divided between the dual monarchy of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary, the empire's borders extended from parts of modern-day Italy and Croatia to Romania and Ukraine. (caareviews.org)
  • In the city you'll see beautiful churches built on top of giant Inca walls, grand central plazas, fabulous markets and cobbled streets lined with colourful textiles. (jacadatravel.com)
  • Quechua was the main language family of the Inca Empire . (wikipedia.org)
  • Quechua had already expanded across wide ranges of the central Andes long before the expansion of the Inca Empire . (wikipedia.org)
  • In similar ways, diverse dialects developed in different areas, influenced by local languages, when the Inca Empire ruled and imposed Quechua as the official language. (wikipedia.org)
  • As a result of Inca expansion into Central Chile , there were bilingual Quechua- Mapudungu Mapuche in Central Chile at the time of the Spanish arrival . (wikipedia.org)
  • After an early breakfast, you'll be escorted to the airport for your included flight to Cuzco c , the ancient capital of the Inca. (alexanderroberts.com)
  • Interestingly, in the rural highlands, it is not uncommon to find someone who speaks both Spanish and Quichua (an indigenous variation of the ancient Inca Quechua tongue). (adventure-life.com)
  • Spanish Colonial architecture represents Spanish colonial influence on New World and East Indies' cities and towns, and it is still seen in the architecture as well as in the city planning aspects of conserved present-day cities. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Ciudad Colonial (colonial city) of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, founded in 1498, is the oldest European city in the New World and a prime example of this architectural style. (wikipedia.org)
  • The historic district of this city is the best preserved area of Spanish Colonial architecture in the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • Empires, more than nation-states, are the principal actors in the history of world events. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Mexico City may just be popular as the other famous capitals in the world like London, New York, or Tokyo. (urban-jungle.app)
  • It incorrectly assumes that neoliberalism, the variant that has dominated the capitalist world-system since the 1980s, is the norm rather than one form of capital accumulation and social relations. (trise.org)
  • President Wilson departed from all tradition by himself going as the head of the American commission, and though he was far from dominating the Congress he did succeed in writing into the treaty the world-famous document known as the Covenant of the League of Nations. (uchicago.edu)
  • During the II World War, the German Nazi government carried out a deliberate and organized genocide against Jewish people in Europe and it included eliminating all sorts of "misfits" such as mentally ill people, homosexuals and indeed, any dissenter to their empire. (venezuelanalysis.com)
  • By the way, La Paz is widely known as the highest administrative capital in the world. (correosbolivia.com)
  • The 3,000-square-mile Lake Nicaragua is the largest lake in Central America , and because it was once part of the Pacific Ocean , it is the only place in the world where freshwater sharks, swordfish, and sea horses live. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Germany, since the closing days of its defeat in the Second World War, has viewed Latin America as a land of opportunity. (thetrumpet.com)
  • Thomas Jefferson had to defend the North American natural world to his European colleagues to show that America was plentiful and possessed the right qualities for life to thrive. (unblog.fr)
  • After the 1970′s, Europe's interest in Latin America slowly but gradually declined, in a way commensurate with Europe's own waning influence in the world. (unblog.fr)
  • In a chapter of her landmark Cuba: An American History titled "A Revolution for the World," Ada Ferrer recalls that 19th-century Cuban revolutionary leader José Martí saw the island where he was born as the key to the fate of not just the New, but the entire world. (lareviewofbooks.org)
  • If the United States had an important part in the war, not less was her presence felt in the Peace Congress that met in Paris, January, 1919, to prepare the treaty that should be offered to the defeated Central Powers. (uchicago.edu)
  • After the deaths of first Ehinger (1533) and then his successor Nikolaus Federmann , Georg von Speyer (1540), Philipp von Hutten continued exploration in the interior, and in his absence from the capital of the province the crown of Spain claimed the right to appoint the governor. (wikipedia.org)
  • Spain built its empire in large part upon the silver that was extracted from Bolivia's mines. (agreatertown.com)
  • Latin America is not high on the radar of European politicians with the exception of Spain and Portugal. (unblog.fr)
  • Ferrer sums up the US role in the 1898 "liberation" of Cuba with characteristic calm precision: "American intervention in 1898 […] was not to help Cubans achieve a victory over Spain. (lareviewofbooks.org)
  • The treaty established an imaginary line along a north-south meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands, roughly 46° 37\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' W. In terms of the treaty, all land to the west of the line (known to comprise most of the South American soil) would belong to Spain, and all land to the east, to Portugal. (classicalimages.com)
  • While many people La Paz is the capital of this country of Latin America, this is an administrative capital and its finance and government centre. (correosbolivia.com)
  • In fact, the Sierra highland city of Cuenca has become the home of one of the foremost American expat communities, and English is widely spoken there. (adventure-life.com)
  • Ensenada Mexico, in 1882, was designated the official capital of Baja California, and inroads into developing the area were made by the English Mexican Land and Colonization Company. (mexico-ensenada.com)
  • It was founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535, as La Ciudad de los Reyes, or 'The City of Kings. (callthetraveldesk.com)
  • But the empires of the past 100 years were short lived, none surviving to see the dawn of the new century. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • In the early years of this service, having two cruisers and a detachment of destroyers under his command, he was of the greatest assistance to the Red Cross, the Near East Relief, the Food Administration (which rendered aid to starving Russian peasants), and to American commercial enterprises. (uchicago.edu)
  • To be precise, it was the central part of the Tiwanaky or Tiahuanaco empire which lasted for around a hundred of years starting from the 15th century. (correosbolivia.com)
  • The word mestizo means "mixed race" in Spanish and refers to the race of people that has resulted from hundreds of years of assimilation and intermarriage between Spanish and indigenous people. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The Jesuit presence lasted for nearly 150 years until the central Spanish government banished them since they were unhappy with their practices. (sageadvices.com)
  • In many ways both Latin America and Europe have been heavily influenced by the French Revolutionary years and the Rule of Napoleon, albeit in different ways than in Europe. (unblog.fr)
  • Less than two years after Fight Club's release, America was bombing Afghanistan in a war that pundits promised would be without end. (uppingtheanti.org)
  • The move to open the country's interior coincided with the discovery in the 1690s of gold in the south-central part of the country. (geographia.com)
  • Belize is a country on the eastern coast of Central America. (travelourway.com)
  • It is the only country in Central America whose official language is English, though Belizean Creole (Kriol) and Spanish are also commonly spoken. (travelourway.com)
  • At the same time, the real official capital of this country is Sucre. (correosbolivia.com)
  • It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. (callthetraveldesk.com)
  • The country was once partitioned into three parts, each being controlled by one of the colonial powers until the country was finally taken over fully by the British. (classicalimages.com)
  • Beginning in 1598, quarried coquina from Anastasia Island contributed to a new colonial style of architecture in this city. (wikipedia.org)
  • The idea of laying out a city in a grid pattern is not unique to the Spanish. (wikipedia.org)
  • It has remnants of the old city from the time the Incas housed their capital here. (urban-jungle.app)
  • Mexico City's historical roots can be traced back to when the Aztecs ruled here from the capital city of Tenochtitlan. (urban-jungle.app)
  • Gateway city to the famous Machu Picchu , the city is situated in a valley of the Andes Mountains with not only historical Incan ruins, but Spanish architecture and wealth. (jacadatravel.com)
  • The 42nd largest city in the United States, with a population of 433,136, it is the principal, central, and most populous city of the South {Florida} metropolitan area, the most populous metropolis in the Southeastern United States. (travelourway.com)
  • The city is renowned for its colonial and colourful architecture. (travelourway.com)
  • Puerto Limón, commonly known as Limón (Spanish for 'lemon'), is the capital city and main hub of Limón province, as well as of the cantón (county) of Limón in Costa Rica. (travelourway.com)
  • Join our expert resident guide to discover the Colonial-era landmarks, colorful neighborhoods and vibrant city life of the capital. (alexanderroberts.com)
  • This city is Potosi which is highly valued for a large amount of preserved colonial architecture. (correosbolivia.com)
  • Today, Panama City is the very modern capital city of Panama. (beekalt.com)
  • The legendary Cortes himself, sailing the Gulf of Mexico, landed here in the spring of 1519 to found the first Spanish city on the Mexican mainland. (beekalt.com)
  • In 1602, while mapping the coast of the California 's in search of safe harbors for returning Spanish galleons from Manila to Acapulco, the city was renamed Ensenada de Todos Santos by the Spanish explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno who succeeded in sailing with three ships to La Paz , Baja California Sur in 1596. (mexico-ensenada.com)
  • In addition to the capital city of Colima, the state's main cities include Manzanillo and Tecomán. (mexico-durango.com)
  • The city eventually became the center of a Spanish colonial province of Paraguay. (sageadvices.com)
  • Some of the most famous cities in Mexico built in the Colonial style are Puebla, Zacatecas, Querétaro, Guanajuato, and Morelia. (wikipedia.org)
  • Exploraciones en Monte Negro, Oaxaca: 1937-1938, 1938-1939 y 1939-1940 , Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico. (springer.com)
  • Vocabulario en lengua mixteca , Instituto Nacional Indigenista, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, and Secretaría de Educación Pública, Mexico. (springer.com)
  • Mexico has asked the Vatican to apologise for its role in the Spanish colonisation. (themuslimtimes.info)
  • In this month's letter to the Vatican, López Obrador requested the return of three codices, including the Codex Borgia, an especially colourful screen-fold book spread across dozens of pages that depicts gods and rituals from ancient central Mexico. (themuslimtimes.info)
  • Mexico's colonial-era military was not established until the eighteenth century. (cloudfront.net)
  • If you are planning a sightseeing trip to somewhere in Latin America, from this guide we recommend you to visit Mexico, its capital. (insolitours.travel)
  • Colima is a small state located in the Western Mexico region on Mexico's central Pacific coast. (mexico-durango.com)
  • Guanajuato is located in the North-Central Mexico. (mexico-durango.com)
  • France exerted the most influence on a cultural level from the philosophy of Auguste Comte to Napoleon III-styled cities all over Latin American major cities, which influences dwarf even the short yet significant French attempt at monarchism in Mexico. (unblog.fr)
  • Look at the Russian Federation, where less than 80 percent of the population is Russian, or Britain, which is, for all intents and purposes, an English empire. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • English has appropriated many Indigenous American words. (daytranslations.com)
  • Here are some of the language groups that have contributed familiar Indigenous American words to the English vocabulary. (daytranslations.com)
  • Woodchuck is a phonetic appropriation, using English words to approximate the sound of the original Indigenous American words, even though the result is meaningless. (daytranslations.com)
  • The guide also features discussion questions for the other eight initial titles in the Che Guevara Library, the new book publishing project from Seven Stories Press to reintroduce the great essays, journals, and diaries of Che Guevara and other essential works from Latin America in both English and Spanish editions. (sevenstories.com)
  • Coro would be the Province's capital until 1546 followed by El Tocuyo (1546 - 1577), until the capital was moved to Caracas in 1577 [1] by Juan de Pimentel . (wikipedia.org)
  • On Hutten's return to the capital, Santa Ana de Coro , in 1546, the Spanish governor Juan de Carvajal had Hutten and Bartholomeus Welser executed. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Spanish explorer Juan de Salazar de Espinosa founded the settlement of Asunción on 15 August 1537. (sageadvices.com)
  • During the colonial period Cartagena served a key role in administration and expansion of the Spanish empire. (travelourway.com)
  • What was Paraguay like during the colonial period? (sageadvices.com)
  • Ensenada is a major tourist destination for Americans crossing the border at Tijuana and who search the authentic Mexican Culture absent in Tijuana. (mexico-ensenada.com)
  • This bilingual curriculum guide is part of that work to engage and to further the teaching of Latin American cultures, languages, and histories. (sevenstories.com)
  • Paraguay is one of the few countries in Latin America that has maintained an integrated public monopoly on electricity. (sageadvices.com)
  • Who was the first colonial leader of Paraguay? (sageadvices.com)
  • The first Spanish colonists, unsuccessful in their search for gold, settled peacefully among the Guaraní in the region of Asunción, the present capital of Paraguay. (sageadvices.com)
  • Isolated from the heart of Paraguay, which centred on Asunción, the missions became an autonomous military, political, and economic "state within a state," increasingly exciting the envy of the Spanish landowners in the Asunción area. (sageadvices.com)
  • Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia was appointed as the newborn nation's first president. (sageadvices.com)
  • Once there, Dom Joao established the colony as the capital of his empire. (geographia.com)
  • Scholarship about art and culture in the 1980s Central European socialist bloc often evinces a certain impatience motivated by hindsight. (caareviews.org)
  • [13] Quechua is the indigenous language that has influenced Chilean Spanish the most. (wikipedia.org)
  • [ citation needed ] The same year Pablo Landeo wrote the first novel in Quechua without a Spanish translation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most of the surviving indigenous people had by then migrated to the south, where Spanish friars were active. (wikipedia.org)
  • It divides into two major groups: the Aleut language, with 400 people speaking the Eastern dialects and only 60 to 80 speaking the Western and Central dialects, and the Eskimo languages. (daytranslations.com)
  • Housework: Craft Production and Domestic Economy in Ancient Mesoamerica , Archaeological Papers No. 19, American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC, pp. 58-74. (springer.com)
  • Empires drive history. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • For this reason, its importance in the history of pre-hispanic and colonial culture makes it the great continental capital and hence many of its historical sites were declared cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO. (insolitours.travel)
  • Stemming from its long and rich history, Ecuadorian culture includes a fair mix of indigenous practices along with European colonial influence. (adventure-life.com)
  • But consider this: Cuba has been a major factor in relations among the states of the American hemisphere at least since Martí's time, as the history of the Organization of American States confirms. (lareviewofbooks.org)
  • South American urban landscape is known for blending European roots from its colonial past with native architecture practices to create unique sites. (urban-jungle.app)
  • It's difficult to count languages, but some estimates say there were 1,750 different languages in Latin America alone before the beginning of the European invasions. (daytranslations.com)
  • European infectious diseases (smallpox, influenza, measles, and typhus) - to which the native populations had no immune resistance - caused large-scale depopulation of the native population under Spanish control. (classicalimages.com)