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Latin America's colonial period was far less Catholic than it might seem − despite the Inquisition's attempts to police religion

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most pervasive myths about colonial Latin American society is that it was Catholic, full stop. It’s a familiar story: ...
Fast Company

How Latin American holidays shifted away from colonial legacies

This is the season of patriotism in Latin America as many countries commemorate their independence from colonial powers. From July to September, public plazas in countries from Mexico to Honduras and ...
WESA

Exhibit Explores Latin America's Colonial Past

Like many other places around the world, Latin America has had difficulty coming to grips with its colonial past. That tension is particularly visible in the art of the region. In Mexico, the famous ...

Colonial roots may explain why North and Latin America treat wildlife differently

How people view and treat wild animals can vary dramatically from one part of the world to another. In the first ...
CounterPunch

Boomerangs of Empire: Latin America as Colonial Laboratory

Masked federal agents kidnap a father as he waits to pick up his child from school. An ice cream cart is abandoned on the sidewalk, its vendor disappeared. A young man is arrested at his job and ...
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Transnational Perspectives on the Conquest and Colonization of Latin America

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The Conversation

From South Asia to Mexico, from slave to spiritual icon, this woman’s life is a snapshot of Spain’s colonization – and the Pacific slave trade history that books often ...

Catarina de San Juan’s life reads like an epic – and her extraordinary story is little known. Born in South Asia during the early 17th century, she was captured by the Portuguese at age 8 and sold to ...