by Strong Americas | Aug 11, 2026
For nearly 300 years, the territory that is now Guatemala formed part of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, a Spanish colonial administration based in Antigua Guatemala that also encompassed present-day El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. By the early...
by Strong Americas | Aug 11, 2026
By the early 1970s, Grenada was moving toward the end of British colonial rule under the leadership of Premier Eric Gairy, who had pressed London for full independence throughout his tenure. In May 1973, Britain announced that Grenada would become independent the...
by Strong Americas | Aug 11, 2026
Calls for independence in the Salvadoran province first took organized form on November 5, 1811, when the priest Jose Matias Delgado rang the bells of La Merced Church in San Salvador to summon an uprising against Spanish colonial authority. Known locally as the...
by Strong Americas | Aug 11, 2026
Ecuador’s path to independence began in August 1809, when Creole leaders in Quito deposed the Spanish authorities and formed a short-lived governing junta, an event later remembered as the “First Cry of Independence.” Spanish forces quickly...
by Strong Americas | Aug 10, 2026
Dominican Republic’s independence movement unfolded in stages over more than two decades. In 1821, Dominican elites deposed the Spanish colonial governor and briefly declared independence as the Republic of Spanish Haiti, ending three centuries of Spanish rule....
