See also: Washington consensus and Pink tidePresidents Hugo Chávez, Néstor Kirchner, and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met on January 19, 2006 in Granja do Torto.Flag of the Union of South American Nat ...
The Spanish colonies won their independence in the first quarter of the 19th century, in the Spanish American wars of independence. Simón Bolívar (Greater Colombia, Peru, Bolivia), José de San Mart ...
In 1616, the Dutch, attracted by the legend of El Dorado, founded a fort in Guayana and established three colonies: Demerara, Berbice, and Essequibo.In 1624 France attempted to settle in the area of m ...
Before the arrival of Europeans, an estimated 30 million people lived in South America.Between 1452 and 1493, a series of papal bulls (Dum Diversas, Romanus Pontifex, and Inter caetera) paved the way ...
Main article: Pre-Columbian South AmericaAgriculture and domestication of animals The Americas are thought to have been first inhabited by people crossing the Bering Land Bridge from Asia, which is no ...
The history of South America is the study of the past, particularly the written record, oral histories, and traditions, passed down from generation to generation on the continent of South America. Sou ...
