What sides of history have been lost to time? What are some facts you would not hear about in your middle school textbook? How could people apply the lessons of the past to the reality of the present?

A fuller exposure to Latin American history would include, among other things, lessons about neoliberal capitalism, which has long shaped the politics, economies and societies of Latin America. This ...

Historian Alexander Avina joins WIRED to answers the internet's burning questions about the modern history of Latin America. Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey Director of Photography: Ben Dewey Editor: ...

Pt. 1: Foregrounds and backgrounds: This land, this people -- The Indian background -- The Iberian background -- The African background -- Pt. 2: The Iberians in the new world: Discovery and conquest ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Renata Keller is an associate professor of history at the ...

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