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Independence – Argentina

In the two decades between 1804 and 1824 the Spain lost an area of land in Latin America nearly 20 times its own size. 

One of the largest of Spain’s provinces was Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata, which encompassed what is now Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The Rio de la Plata (River of Silver) is [...]