Nostalgia and melancholy prompted Garcilaso de la Vega to write about the Incas, his ancestors, of whom capricious stories were told. The Peruvian mestizo wanted to answer these falsehoods and became the king of the chroniclers.The mestizos:the result of the meeting of two worlds Francisco Pizarro
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 Community Blow , also known as the Declaration of Majority, guaranteed the accession to the throne of D. Pedro II, on July 23, 1840, at the age of 14. The anticipation of adulthood was the Liberal Partys strategy to end the Regency Period (1831-1840), when Brazil was ruled by regencies. This h
Maria Quitéria de Jesus (1792-1853) was a Brazilian soldier who fought in Bahia for independence. She was the first woman to enter a military unit in Brazil. Who was Maria Quitéria? Maria Quitéria was born in the city of Feira de Santana, Bahia, in 1792. She lived with her parents, but her mother