Sparks Commentary

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 . ...

Before the Spanish Conquest, they ruled the southern part of what is today Mexico … Before the  Spanish Conquest , there were several native...

Living in Arizona, one doesn’t have to ask why the  “Mexican-American War”  is important. I live in a part of Arizona that was once part of...

“I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurre...

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

The California Gold Rush is one of those events that tends to have been heard of by the public, but is often overlooked by popular histori...

" ... 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...

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...