Sparks Commentary

The Napoleonic Wars sparked some  serious wars of independence  throughout  Latin America . One portion of  Spanish America  after another ...

Anecdote about the European blockade of Venezuela, in the early twentieth century In 1902, three European nations imposed a  naval blockade...

Deciphering the Maya glyphs opened up an entire world to historians … Deciphering the Maya glyphs opened up an entire world to historians . ...

Note: The edition that I’m reviewing here was expanded by Boris Fausto’s son Sergio Fausto, to bring it up to date. The most populous countr...

“An act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the...

“[The Congress shall have the power] To establish an uniform rule of naturalization … ” – Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph 4 of the United S...

The trans-Atlantic slave trade had massive effects on  Latin America , and not just the future United States . Because of this, there are s...

If the Cold War were a chess game, Latin Americans were often the pawns … Long before the  Cold War  began, American president James Mo...

“We hope that this book, which knows how to say the important and say it well, contributes to spread linguistic knowledge that usually re...

"That all Acts of the United States in Cuba during its military occupancy thereof are ratified and validated, and all lawful rights ...

" ... the American continents , by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be ...

The "Great Revolution" in Mexico: It's not the war of independence from Spain If your average person on the street overhea...

"[The Mexican Empire] solemnly declares by means of the Supreme Junta of the Empire that it is a Sovereign nation and independent of...

"The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under w...

A disturbing and intensely fascinating human drama ... It caused the fall of empires, and the rise of a new one in their place. It chang...

"The occupation, separation, and annexation [of Texas] were, from the inception of the movement to its final consummation, a conspira...

"It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere ...

I just finished watching "Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War," PBS's two-hour documentary about this time. I wa...