Latin American History

I'm interested in Central and South American history. I've always had an affinity for that culture, and our son is adopted from Guatemala. I have a few books about Guatemala, but they are mostly about the war period (1954-1996). I'm trying to find a good biography of Peron right now.

I'd say I have good knowledge of the history of Brazil.

Would that be of any interest?

I took a subject on the conquest and colonization of Latin America, and wrote my research essay on the four main orders doing missionary work in Latin America until 1820. Dunno if that would help.

Also know a bit about the Gran Chaco War, and Latin America during the Cold War. Other than that, not much else. Good books on the history of Latin America are hard to come by around here.

As Lifesaver and HumbleMan said so well first, it depends what interests you about it. Any particular countries or time periods?

I'm currently in a History Of The Americas course. We study in great depth Canada, the United States, and of course Latin America. Out of the three I have to say that LA is the least interesting because there are too many coups, exchanges of power, etc. to keep track of, but I still find it extremely interesting.

Really cool guy to check out in Latin American history is Simon Bolivar. He helped lead Venezuela to independence from Spain and then most of L.A. followed suit. Some consider Bolivar the George Washington of L.A., although the nation he helped create, the Gran Colombia, soon fell apart. That surely doesn't mean he was failure, though. These events take place around 1800.

Andre3000 said:

I'm currently in a History Of The Americas course. We study in great depth Canada, the United States, and of course Latin America. Out of the three I have to say that LA is the least interesting because there are too many coups, exchanges of power, etc. to keep track of, but I still find it extremely interesting.

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The thing with having as many coup as they had would be the most interesting part of the history of Latin America. The reasons is why did the coup happen, what was the out come, what was the effect of our relationship with the new government, did the public agree with or disagree with the coup,did coup leader deliver what was promised or was it the same old thing, the questions are endless. Which would be interesting.

Hidden in Christ said:

Hey, I was wondering if any of you are interested in/know much about Latin American history? I would like this thread to be for discussion of historical topics related to this area of the world.
Blessings to all of you.

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Don't forget Brazilian history!
But then again Chilean history is perhaps more interesting.

Hidden in Christ said:

For the person who mentioned Peron, I have a little knowledge about him. I saw a video called Evita. This is about his wife Eva and how instrumental she was in her husband's political career.

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Hi HIC!

Peron was a brilliant man who helped re-build Argentina and give the working class people who were at the time treated like **** a better lifestyle and increased wages. He defeated corruption in Argentina and helped build a healthy national treasury that dramatically increaed the wealth of the nation taking it from third world status right back up to first world status.

Evita too was an exceptional women and did have a lot of influence in gaining support for his Presidential campaign. She took over the welfare and was made vice-president. She opened up hospitals and helped to take care of the homeless shelters and the poor. She was brilliant but the film Evita trys to make it seem like she was solely responsible for Argentinas recovery but she was a part of a great team with her husband. Also the Film Evita is directed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Evita was played by Madonna who the Argentines didnt think was fit for the role.

Both Evita and Juan Peron were Christians and members of the Catholic church. They were great people who deserve to be recognised as great Christians and deserve better recognition than that rubbish film ''Evita''