In January 1899, the American gunboat USS Wilmington set out on an expedition to Venezuela, steaming up the Orinoco River toward the country’s interior. On board was an American diplomat, Francis ...

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Bolivar started as a privileged Creole elite who grew obsessed with the idea of independence after traveling through Europe and witnessing Napoleon’s rise. When Spain fell into crisis under French ...

War is full of surprises. Sometimes the underdog triumphs against impossible odds, and other times, overwhelming force ...

A triple header of author talks will take place Jan. 13 with three local writers, Chip LoCoco, Vicki Salloum and Elisa ...

America has toppled governments or otherwise intervened in Latin America many times, and particularly so from the 1850s and, ...

Al-Shayyal argues that it was neither the French nor the British occupations that advanced translation significantly in Egypt ...

The quote of the day, attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, defines courage not as having strength, but as continuing forward ...

The Louvre celebrates the French master—who painted for Louis XVI before morphing into an ardent revolutionary and then a ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Years: 1867-1918 Land area: 239,977 sq. mi. Capital: ...