The Most Important Events in the History of Latin America (Part 1)

Certainly every part of the world has its own history and important events. It's a known fact that Latin America went through long-lasting wars and multiple European invasions before the republics had a chance to become independent. Therefore, I would like to start our blog posts on some outstanding events in the history of Latin America that effected the region we know today.

First of all, let's talk about the Independence of Latin America from Spain and Portugal. In 1810, most of Latin countries took advantage during the collapse of Spain and proclaimed their independence. Only 15 years later, in 1825, Central and South America, as well as Mexico and Brazil were also free from Spanish control. Only in 1989, the Spanish-American war finally defeated Spanish control in Latin America. After Spanish and Portugal power distinction in the region, the certain parts started breaking up into small republics and finding their own ways of proclaiming independence.

As usual, when separation of power and land takes over, the tensions begin to flourish. Since Spain and Portugal were out of the government control, The War of Tripple Alliance marked as the most outrageous war in South America. Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay became an alliance against Paraguay. Everything started perplexing when,striving for a piece of land, Paraguay tried to help Uruguay to withstand attack from Brazil and Argentina. Ironically, the switch of government in Paraguay took opposite direction against its' alliances and got totally crashed. Eventually, country had a loss of thousands of its comrades and civilians.

You might already terrified if there was anything else besides wars and multiple fusses? There certainly were some positive outlooks. Last but not the least, I would like to mention the Construction of the Panama Canal which empowered international trade and worldwide shipping and let Latin America to interact with the rest of the world. According to the old records, the construction of the Canal considered as one of the most significant and remarkable triumphs in the field of engineering.

It's always impressive when your second half is acknowledged about the history of your origin. So, you have got a glimpse of Latin background, now you can easily mingle with your match on international online dating network LatinGirlsNetwork and impress her with your history snapshots.