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Starting in 1500 BC, the seeds of the ancient Mexican cultures began. While corn, or maize, may seem like an insignificant vegetable to us now, it would later become a staple of the many ancient Mexican cultures, nourishing their people and supplying their economy. It even later becomes the basis for the timing of many  festivals.

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Starting in 1000 BC, ancient Mexican civilizations, the Mesoamericans, began constructing pyramids, originally as a place to worship gods and bury kings. These would develop into flourishing centers of culture, hosting everything from festivals to human sacrifices. These traditions would continue to be built on for centuries.

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The Incans, establishing around 1400 AD, are greatly revered for their technological advancements, many of which we're still building onto today. Beyond their architecture and cultural advancements, one of, if not their most important inventions, would be their implementation of roads throughout their land. This streamlined trade and labor, and paved the way, quite literally, for the highways we have today.

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Peru gave great contributions to shaping the previous political systems. Starting in 1569 with  Don Francisco de Toledo, Peru set up a system of communal tributes to leaders, setting up a system very similar to the taxing system we see in modern societies. This makes Peru extremely important not just to politics, but economics as well. This wealth was used to then expand Peru and conquer more lands.

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The Catholic Church started to gain a lot of power during this time, continuing well through the 1800s. Through conquests, their ideologies were spread across the land and justified. Any inhumane acts were considered acceptable by natives under the guise of the church. This unified the civilizations, at least partially, under a banner of Catholicism, which is greatly important due to the influence they would hold, even up to today.

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Starting in 1810, creoles and mestizos began to rebel against the oppression they were facing in their daily lives, demanding not just equality, but emancipation from the oppression of Spanish rule. Led by a Catholic priest, Mexico would go on to officially declare its independence in 1821.

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A war between the Republics of Chile, Peru, and Bolivia, starting in 1879. This war resulted in Bolivia losing access to its coast due to the Chileans. This had an extreme economic impact,  lasting well over 100 years.

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Starting in 1952, El Movimiento Nacional Revolucionario (MNR) was formed, causing a great deal of social reform. The right to vote was greatly expanded, and the economy was shifted much more in the favor of those in poverty, setting up a political system geared towards lower classes, important due to its continued relevance even today.

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A long period of controversy started in 2005 with Evo Morales taking office in Bolivia. Originally billing himself as a socialist, Morales went on to decredit Catholicism, participate in drug trafficking, and overall just tried to abuse his power. For nearly 15 years he caused controversies and fear throughout Bolivia and beyond. Important due to the damage done in office, pushing Bolivia to the need of a reformation period.

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Lenín Moreno, current president of Ecuador, is greatly important due to his positive social a reform. As someone with a physical disability, he's made large strides in order to improve the lives of people with similar handicaps, and supporting the science needed for it. He's also done his best to create a stable and trustworthy system of government, trying to fight corruption at every turn. This is important due to the direction he's setting the country up to go in.