Latin & South American

6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time

By Liana Hakobyan

Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses

By Agnes Theresa Oberauer

How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?

By Agnes Theresa Oberauer

Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms

By Thea Baldrick

The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America

By Aaron Stoyack

What Is a Banana Republic?

By Aaron Stoyack

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon

By Liana Hakobyan

4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History

By Liana Hakobyan

Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia

By Juan Sebastián Gómez-García

6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For

By Kristen Jancuk

7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics

By Aaron Stoyack

How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)

By Kristen Jancuk

The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro

By Natalia Meekins

4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Resisted Colonialism in Latin America

By Rowan Glass

Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All

By Aidan Lane

What Is Capoeira?

By Agnes Theresa Oberauer

Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?

By Greg Pasciuto

Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas

By Aaron Stoyack

A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)

By Kristen Jancuk

5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Inca Empire

By Kristen Jancuk

The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures

By Juan Sebastián Gómez-García

Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn

By Joan Sullivan

6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca

By Lauren Lewis

10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas

By Kristen Jancuk

5 Famous Black Mexicans

By Greg Pasciuto

Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico

By Greg Pasciuto

How the Invasion of Grenada Exposed the Brutality of the US Military

By Owen Rust

The Cultural Achievements of the Aztecs: More than Conquerors

By Anthony Arcane

The Glories of the Aztec Empire under Montezuma

By Jessica Kenmore

5 Interesting Facts about Simon Bolivar

By Francisco Perpuli