Desde la colonización hasta hoy.
Before European arrival, the Isthmus of Panama was inhabited by diverse Indigenous peoples, including the Guná, Emberá, and Ngäbe, who developed trade networks linking Mesoamerica and South America across the narrow land bridge. Spanish explorers arrived in the early sixteenth century, and Panama became a key transit point for gold and silver shipped from Peru […]
Before European contact, the territory now known as Nicaragua was home to diverse indigenous peoples, including the Nicarao, Chorotega, and Miskito, who developed distinct agricultural and trading societies across the Pacific lowlands, central highlands, and Caribbean coast. Spanish colonization began in the early sixteenth century, and the territory was administered as part of the Captaincy […]
Mexico’s history stretches back to sophisticated pre-Columbian civilizations, including the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec, whose achievements in architecture, astronomy, and governance left a lasting legacy visible today at sites like Teotihuacan and Chichen Itza. Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire in 1521, and Mexico became the center of the Viceroyalty of New Spain […]
Jamaica’s recorded history begins with the Taino people, its original Indigenous inhabitants, before Christopher Columbus’s arrival in 1494 brought Spanish colonization. Spain held the island until 1655, when England seized it, ushering in over three centuries of British colonial rule. During this period, Jamaica became a major center of sugar production built on the forced […]
Before European contact, the territory of present-day Honduras was home to a significant Maya civilization, most famously at Copan, a major city-state renowned for its intricate stone carvings and hieroglyphic stairway, which flourished during the Classic period before its decline around the ninth century. Various other Indigenous groups, including the Lenca, also inhabited the region, […]
