What Latin America's liberators learned from the American Revolution

On July 4, the United States will commemorate 250 years since the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of ...
The Stanford Daily

‘Embrace complexity and own it’: Stanford experts probe Latin American revolutions

Experts encouraged students to view Latin American revolutionary movements through the lenses of power and politics, at a May 30 panel discussion hosted by the Stanford Society for Latin American ...
Project Syndicate

The Declaration of Independence Turns South

Whether they were agreeing or arguing, the new countries that emerged across the Americas after the American Revolution influenced each other. Together, they helped shape the global development of ...
National Catholic Reporter

Documentary chronicles history of liberation theology-inspired movements in Latin America

In one of his many rousing speeches during the 1940s, Colombian politician Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, who fought for the rights of "the people" against the oligarchies, proclaimed, "¡El pueblo unido jamás ...