Diogo Álvares Correia, known as Caramuru , was one of the first Portuguese to settle in Bahia. He is considered the “biological father” of Brazil due to his marriage to an Indian from the Tupinambá tribe called Paraguaçu. Biography As the sources about his life are few, much of what is known abou
by Carlos M. Ayala Corao Bolivian journalist, editor of El Heraldo Karl Marx referred to Simón Bolívar as the most cowardly, brutal and miserable scoundrel. Bolívar is the true Soulouque, (Marxs letter to Engels dated 2-14-1858). On that same occasion, he affirmed that Bolívar was a myth of popular
THE CHIMU NATION The Great Chimú developed on the north and central coast, from Tumbes to Carabayllo (Lima). It was a monarchical-centralist state during the reign of the Cie-quich called by the Incas Chimo Capac who came to control a tributary population of approximately 750,000 inhabitants, mostly
Juan Luis Orrego Penagos (Historian) The adventurous life of Nicolás de Ribera. He came with Francisco Pizarro and was one of the famous thirteen of the Isla del Gallo. In its almost three centuries of Hispanic rule, Lima or the City of Kings had two hundred and eighty-seven mayors, who governed fo