Historians and observers have accused the Trump administration trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign policy decisions toward Latin America by posting a “historically inaccurate ...

High school students are likely to learn about the Inca, Maya and Aztec civilizations as representatives of pre-Columbian Latin America. They read about Spanish conquistadors such as Hernán Cortés, ...

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 ...

Through the study of cultures, societies, and history of the Latin American region and Latin diaspora, the interdisciplinary minor in Latin American Studies (LAS) helps students develop: global ...

From plantations to political rhetoric, the term's evolution shows how a violent past can fade into metaphor, sometimes ...

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: ...

President Trump's pressure campaign against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is the latest chapter in a long history of U.S. intervention in the Caribbean basin, rooted in the 1823 Monroe Doctrine but ...

Many University of Florida students walk through the halls of Smathers Library without realizing they are just steps away from one of the most important collections in the United States focused on ...

The Cold War did not stop at Europe’s edge. Across Latin America, coups, revolutions, and secret interventions reshaped politics as Washington moved to block communist influence. This episode traces ...