- The construction and management of the Panama Canal
- The prevention of European intervention in the Western Hemisphere
- The expansion of US influence in Latin America
Author:Gonzalo Búlnes Chilean Historian Bolognesi was a great patriot. He has the characteristic of superior men. No intemperate words or puerile bravado come from his mouth or from his pen. He is cultured and attentive to the enemy. When patriotism is wrapped in a cloak of modesty, the man disapp
Direct Now was a popular political movement that aimed at the resumption of direct elections to the post of President of the Republic in Brazil. The Diretas movement began in May 1983 and lasted until 1984, having mobilized millions of people in rallies and marches. It had the participation of po
The dispute between Chile and Peru over a maritime zone of 38,000 km2 in the Pacific Ocean, rich in fishing resources, derived from different interpretations of signed treaties. Chile has maintained the argument that the maritime boundary is a continuation of the parallel that sets the land border.
It was the sovereign Túpac Inca Yupanqui who, in the mid-fifteenth century, began to incorporate new territories into the empire, reaching as far north as Quito, and as far south as the Choapa River. Later his son, Topa Inca Yupanqui, ended up shaping his territory, dominating even northwestern Arge