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August 10
Today is Ecuador’s National Day, and the event it celebrates is considered the first cry for independence in Latin America. It took place in Quito, Ecuador, on August 10, 1809. South America’s “Primer Grito de la Independencia” (first shout for independence) was ironically a show of fidelity to Spain. On the other side of the Atlantic, Napoleon of France had invaded Spain and installed his brother Joseph Bonaparte on the Spanish throne in …Read more 
July 24 Today citizens of Venezuela, Colombia and Bolivia celebrate the birth of the Libertador of northern South America: Simón Bolivar. He was born on this day in 1783 in Caracas, Venezuela. Simón Bolivar Bolivar is one of the few people to have a country permanently named after him, and is the only person born in the New World to have been so honored. Countries named directly after individuals Belize – possibly from the Spanish pronunciation …Read more |
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