The Colonial Burden Ralph Lee Woodward
Rafael Carrera and the Emergence of the Republic of Guatemala, 1821-1871,
03/2012
Book Chapter
Spanish rule of Central America, which lasted for three centuries (1524–1821), ended with a whimper. There were no bloody wars for independence as in Mexico or South America, and after a year and a ...half as part of Agustín de Iturbide’s Mexican Empire (1822–23), on 1 July 1823 a Central American assembly meeting in Guatemala proclaimed the absolute independence of the isthmus. It then began planning boldly for a peaceful transition to a united republican federation, about which it expressed glowing expectations for prosperity and progress.
These hopes were soon dashed on the hard rock of reality, as
Este artículo analiza las facciones y los antecedentes de la organización política en estos primeros años de Independencia. Esto con el propósito de hacer un aporte para explicar, esclarecer, y poner ...en una mejor perspectiva la historia y el colapso de la Federación Centroamericana (1823-1847).
Revisión de libros y artículos sobre la historia centroamericana del período republicano, publicados a partir de 1960. Books and papers published after 1960, about the history of modern Central ...America are reviewed.