Tag - Spain

El Libertador Part 2: General Jose de San Martin- Argentina, Chile, Peru war of Independence and Latin American politics

La guerra de la independencia: Arriving in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata; San Martin and his companions were faced with a colonial government in disarray. Not quite revol...

El Libertador Part 1: General Jose de San Martin- Spanish colonialism, Napoleon and the Peninsular war

Jose de San Martin, champion of the guerra de la independencia, was an Argentine General, provincial governor and innovative commander who played a key role in the liberation of the viceroyalties and ...