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Miranda in La Carraca, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the death of Francisco de Miranda on 14 July 1816 in the prison of La Carraca, Spain, oil on canvas painting by Arturo Michelena, 1896. National Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela.

A c. 1589 map showing the port of Cartagena on the Spanish Main (now in modern Colombia). Cartagena was one of the main ports for the Spanish treasure fleets and acted as a collecting point for gold, silver, emeralds, and pearls from Colombia...

In which John Green talks about the many revolutions of Latin America in the 19th century. At the beginning of the 1800s, Latin America was firmly under the control of Spain and Portugal. The revolutionary zeal that had recently created the...