South America Quotes
Simon Bolivar and other freedom fighters in South America used this quotation to justify numerous acts of retaliation against the Spanish troops controlling their countries.
The slavery issue was the dominant issue in pre-Civil War America. It even drove foreign policy.
Owner of one of the only 2 Mexican Television Networks. Mexico is constantly criticized by the American government and media for not cracking down on Mexican drug kingpins who operate very visibly in Mexico. Salinas points out that while the American drug kingpins are not as ostentatious and open as in Mexico, the U. S. did not have the will or the skill to prosecute the American drug kingpins.
The glorious spectacle of eighteen millions of people, struggling to burst their chains and be free.
The entire speech was translated into Spanish and read to great applause to Latin American revolutionary regiments.
In one of the most unusual revolutions in world history, Brazil became independent from Portugal via a revolution led by the son of the Portuguese King and heir to the throne, Pedro I. The crown prince of Portugal, led Brazil in her breakaway from Portugal and by popular acclaim became Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil. He is probably the only monarch in history who was the heredity monarch of one kingdom and selected by popular acclaim to the throne of another.
Without much fanfare, the United States was beginning to deploy naval power internationally.
In contrast to so many of the world’s leaders of newly independent countries who would rarely relinquish power, O’Higgins, Bolivar and other South Amiercan early liberators were idealists who were uncomfortable with power and were disappointed at the factions and warlords and were anxious to leave office.
The organization sent 2,100 volunteers to fight for South American independence from Spain.
While he fairly described the Spanish intentions, the reality which was not known at the time, was that most of the deaths in South America were caused by disease brought by the Spanish for which Europeans had some immunities and the natives of the New Word, none.
1000 Spanish prisoners of war were over a 4 day period beheaded. This infamous order has been a black mark on his general democratic and humane public life. Some apologists for his war crimes point out that the Spaniards were making an all-out assault on his revolutionary troops who were very badly outnumbered. It took many revolutionary solders to guard the prisoners and if Bolivar lost the upcoming battle, it would have been the end of his revolution and Spain might still be in control of much of South America. With the additional soldiers freed up from guard duty, Bolivar barely survived the battle and the Revolution was not crushed.
This was a terribly accurate prediction of what occurred in South America. However even the smaller states then began to have self destructive cycles of destructive revoutions.
The white Europeans had over centuries built up immunity to some of the worst infectious diseases but when they first landed in the New World brought smallpox and other deadly diseases to which the Indians had no immunity.
