These articles examine the phenomena that mark the onset of the 20th century for independence that placed large areas of territory under arms and resulted in the formation of strong and independent nation-states.
The 19th century in Latin America begins with the weakening of the political institutions established by the Spanish Crown, the emergence of a native consciousness and the diffusion of the ideas of the French Revolution and the United States. These articles examine the phenomena that mark the onset of the new century: the series of revolutions and long military struggles for independence that placed large areas of territory under arms and resulted in the formation of strong and independent nation-states.
