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Adventuring Through Spanish Colonies
Between 1810 and 1825, 7,000 English, Scottish and Irish mercenaries sailed to Gran Colombia to fight against Spanish colonial rule under the rebel forces of Simón Bolívar. Their motives were mixed. Some travelled for money, others travelled for honour. Adventuring Through Spanish Colonies explores the lives of these men – their encounters with other soldiers, indigenous people, local women and slaves – as recounted in documents that fall outside the usual remit of military, political and economic historians. Matthew Brown considers the social and cultural aspects of the presence of these ‘foreigners’, and shows how they were an essential part of the revolution which eventually gave South America its freedom. Using archival research from England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia, Adventuring Through Spanish Colonies clearly shows the active role that these mercenaries, informal outriders of the British Empire, played in the creation of Latin America as we know it today.
Latin America
A weekly political report.
Latin America Report
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Reinventar un héroe Narrativas sobre los soldados rasos de la guerra de Corea
El 12 de mayo de 1951 cerca de un millar de hombres desfilaron en la Plaza de Bolívar de Bogotá, prestos a dirigirse a la mayor aventura de sus vidas. Admirados por unos y cuestionados por otros, partieron hacia la península de Corea, donde se disputaba una guerra intestina que involucraba los intereses de las grandes potencias mundiales. Tres años y cientos de muertos después, regresaron a Colombia. La mayoría eran soldados rasos, y no sabían muy bien qué vendría después para ellos. El soldado raso suele ser el último en ser mencionado, pese a que constituyen casi dos tercios de los combatientes. En torno a ellos se han construido diferentes relatos: algunos los comparan con hér...
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