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when Christopher Columbus had discovered The Americas it had been claimed already by Portugal. Portugal had said to have a certain amount of land along the west.when Columbus came back Spain and Portugal were fighting over the land so Pope Alexander VI tried to fix it but made it worse so Portugal took matter into their own hands and created a treaty dividing the land.

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The conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires (1519-1533)

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The conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires (1519-1533)

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when the New World was discovered people did not find it very interesting but Spain found out that the land was very useful and valuable from land and riches but the Aztecs from mexico and Incas from Peru weren't gonna give up the land with a fight so if Spain wanted it they were gonna have to fight so until that happened the Conquistadors were going to do things there way until they were beaten

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freedom for Spain and Portugal (1806-1898)

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freedom for Spain and Portugal (1806-1898)

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After the Napoleonic invasion Latin america wanted to part ways with Spain in 1810. By 1825 Central & south America and Mexico were free and Brazil was on the verge. Spanish rule ended in 1898 when they failed to show leadership. So with Spain and Portugal gone young American Republicans were free but they struggled for awhile.

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the Mexican and American war (1846-1848)

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the Mexican and American war (1846-1848)

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After things seemed to be going a little more smoothly a bigger problem started approaching. Mexico and The US went to war because of fights happening on the border. Later the Americans paid a visit to Mexico and gained a victory when they Captured Mexico city on May 1848. When The treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo came out the United states was willing to forgive them for a price.

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The war of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870)

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The war of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870)

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This war was claimed to have been the most "devastating war" in South America.This war had to do with Brazil,Argentina,Uruguay and they were fighting against Paraguay. Originally Uruguay was in a mess with Brazil and Argentina. Paraguay wanted to help and attack Brazil but with whatever help it didn't matter because Uraguay's leader had changed and left them going to the opponents side. Many people died because of this messy war it was going to be awhile before things were normal again.

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Chile and Bolivia would spend lots of time arguing over the border so after more than ten years they went to war. Peru was brought in because military reasons being associated with Bolivia. It was safe to say that Chile had a strong victory but after having captured Lima a truce was created with Bolivia but more having to seem like a trap and Chile had been in another victory. leaving Peru and Bolivia were in a bad situation.

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When the Panama Canal was completed it was a way of showing that there was hard working American engineers at work. The Canal was known for its world wide shipping and little to do with the secession of Panama from Columbia.

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The Mexican revolution was a bloody war which lead to Battles,Massacres,and Assassinations the war was over permanently in the 1920's. as a result of the revolution land began to make changes in Mexico.The Institutional revolutionary party was placed in power until 1990's

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Fidel Castro and his brother Raul and a group of followers attacked Barracks at Moncada on 1953. This made such a big impact it became a Revolutionary when the President Fulgencio Batista fled the country lots of danger circulated the streets of Havana. Castro took matters into his own hands and built a relationship with the Soviet Union and he wasn't gonna be removed from being a ruler so Cuba has been in such mixed situations.

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In the 1970's Governments of Brazil ,Chile , Argentina , Paraguay , Bolivia and Uruguay had many things in common like conservation regimes , dictators or military and they had a problem with there opposite forces so they grouped and made "operation Condor" this meant they would group up and kill there enemies because it was the best way to keep them quiet. Many wound op dead or missing and people no longer had fait in there leaders.