|
|
||
|
|
September 15
After 300 years of Spanish rule, the Captaincy General of Guatemala cut ties with the Old World in a declaration of Independence on September 15, 1821. The Spanish colony consisted of what is now Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The proclamation was made in the capital, Guatemala City, in the northwestern corner of the isthmus. But Costa Rica, in the southeast, didn’t learn of its independence until a month later. 
July 19
Nicaragua has been the focus of U.S. foreign policy more than most Americans realize. In the 1850′s, the country was invaded and briefly ruled by a U.S. lawyer-doctor-journalist named William Walker. At the turn of the 20th century, the country was the proposed site of the canal connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific, until Congress opted for Panama. During the 1920′s and ’30′s, the U.S. Marines occupied Nicaragua making it “safe for democracy” …Read more |
|
|
Copyright © 2013 every day's a holiday! - All Rights Reserved 47 queries. 3.237 seconds. |
||
English