Spain and Portugal came to dominate South and Central America ... The Dutch purchased Manhattan Island and founded New Amsterdam as the capital of their colony of New Netherland. Their claim extended ...

Decades later, both France and Spain had come to view the Jesuits as a threat to their monarchies. In 1763, French ...

Every October 12th, Spain marks the anniversary ... covers all former Spanish colonies. [ Mexican snub of Spanish king reopens colonisation disputeOpens in new window ] In an unprecedented move ...

The British portion was added to their colony of Ghana. Colonized 1884-1914 Modern country: New Guinea, Solomon Islands ...

The post argues that Columbus “opened a new era of progress,” while many ... The conquests and subsequent colonial experience have long generated impassioned debate. Many Latin American ...

Colonial – Empires established colonies in far-flung parts of the world, sending their own citizens to colonize those foreign ...

Spanish police said Wednesday that they had seized 13 tonnes of cocaine -- the country's largest-ever haul of the drug -- and ...

"Hispanic America: A Song of Life and Hope" by Spanish director Jose Luis Lopez-Linares claims to offer "a new vision" of the colonial period ... a national holiday in Spain, where it is widely ...

Some British Labour lawmakers on Sunday accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer of having a "colonial mindset" and trying to ...

Colonial Pipeline Co., operator of the largest US fuel pipeline system, is weighing options including a sale that could value the company at more than $10 billion, people familiar with the matter ...

Every other imperial power in Europe has given up its colonies and begun a reckoning ... fostered the authoritarian turn that delivered Spain to Franco and delayed the transition to democracy ...

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