http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Latin American History GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-08-22T07:36:07Z Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:36:07 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/28/argentine-generals-guilty-of-murder.htm On August 28, two former Argentine Generals were convicted of the death of former senator Guillermo Vargas Aignasse in 1976. Antonio Bussi and Luciano Menendez, who are 82 and 81... http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/28/argentine-generals-guilty-of-murder.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:13:53 +0000 2008-08-28T20:13:53Z http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/22/pancho-villa-centaur-of-the-north.htm Pancho VillaPublic Domain Image When General "Black Jack" Pershing went after Pancho Villa in 1916, he and his men stomped all over northern Mexico but never did catch the elusive bandit-turned-revolutionary.... http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/22/pancho-villa-centaur-of-the-north.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:36:07 +0000 2008-08-22T07:36:07Z http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/20/brazils-michael-phelps.htm Brazil is celebrating its first gold medal of these games. Cesar Cielo Filho, a lanky 21 year old swimmer, added gold in the men's 50m freestyle to his bronze in... http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/20/brazils-michael-phelps.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:45:17 +0000 2008-08-20T07:45:17Z http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/15/latin-americas-first-gold-goes-to-cuban-wrestler.htm Latin America -- and Cuba in particular -- is celebrating its first gold medal at the 2008 Olympics. Cuban heavyweight Mijain Lopez beat Russian Khasan Baroev in the gold medal... http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/15/latin-americas-first-gold-goes-to-cuban-wrestler.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:02:32 +0000 2008-08-15T22:02:32Z http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/10/latin-american-nations-celebrate-three-medals.htm The Olympics have barely started and already Latin American nations are getting in on the excitement. Cuban Yanet Bermoy beat out Argentinian Paula Belen Pareto for the silver in Women's... http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/10/latin-american-nations-celebrate-three-medals.htm Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:24:18 +0000 2008-08-10T21:24:18Z http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/08/morales-faces-no-confidence-vote.htm Bolivian President Evo Morales, reeling from a number of referendums in which wealthy provinces rejected his proposals of land reform and revenue distribution, is hoping a referendum on his administration... http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/08/morales-faces-no-confidence-vote.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:32:59 +0000 2008-08-08T19:32:59Z http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/05/orlando-letelier-2.htm On September 21, 1976, a bomb detonated in Sheridan circle in Washington, D.C., killing Chilean dissident Orlando Letelier and his assistant Ronni Moffitt. Who was Letelier, and why was the... http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/05/orlando-letelier-2.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:44:25 +0000 2008-08-05T20:44:25Z http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/02/colombia-harsher-sentences-for-our-drug-traffickers.htm This week, Colombian president Alvaro Uribe asked the United States for harsher sentences when dealing with Colombian drug lords. Uribe feels that the United States legal system, which cuts deals... http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/08/02/colombia-harsher-sentences-for-our-drug-traffickers.htm Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:08:38 +0000 2008-08-02T10:08:38Z http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/07/31/president-of-paraguay-is-de-bishopped.htm I don't think de-bishopped is a word -- my spell checker certainly doesn't like it -- but that might be because de-bishopping is so infrequent. But on Wednesday, the Vatican... http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/07/31/president-of-paraguay-is-de-bishopped.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:44:13 +0000 2008-07-31T07:44:13Z http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/07/28/answer-to-a-question.htm In regard to a previous blog post about Mexico returning the bodies of US soldiers who fell in the 1846 Mexican-American War, a reader named Kallie asks: ... http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/b/2008/07/28/answer-to-a-question.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:16:23 +0000 2008-07-28T22:16:23Z