By : Brittany, Colleen, Jackie, and Laura

Latin American CountriesArgentinaBoliviaBrazilChileColumbiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEcaudorSalvador

GuatemalaHaitiHondurasMexicoNicaraguaPanamaParaguayPeruUruguayVenezuela

Argentina fought for their independence from 1810 to 1818.

The country was led by Manuel Belgrano and Jose de San Martin.

A group met in San Miguel de Tucuman and declared their full independence from Spain on July 9, 1816.

The struggle to gain independence from Spain began in 1809.

After 16 years, Bolivia’s republic declared independence on August 6, 1825.

Simon Bolivar led them to independence.

BrazilBrazil was ruled by

Portugal until their independence.

They gained their independence in 1824 but have formally been a republic since 1889.

Jose de San Martin led Chile to their independence.

They gained their independence from Spain on February 12, 1818 under O’Higgins’ lead.

Colombia declared independence from Spain July 20, 1810 with Simon Bolivar as the first president.

Their independence was recognized August 7, 1819 when Santander was president.

Costa RicaCosta Rica joined with

other provinces in 1821 to declare their independence from Spain.

Costa Rica was a state in the Federal Republic of Central America from 1823 to 1839.

Although in 1838, they claimed themselves a sovereign.

CubaCuba declared

independence from Spain on October 10, 1868.

Although, under the Treaty of Paris in 1898, Spain had lost Cuba to the United States.

Cuba gained their formal independence on May 20, 1902.

Dominican RepublicThe Dominican

Republic declared their independence from Haiti on February 27,1844.

Ecuador gained their independence from Spain on August 10, 1822.

They joined Simon Bolivar’s Republic of Gran Columbia to become a republic in 1830.

El Salvador gained their independence from Spain on September 15, 1821.

GuatemalaGuatemala declared

it’s independence from Spain on September 15, 1821.

HaitiHaiti declared their

independence from France on January 1, 1804.

Honduras was granted independence from Spain on September 15, 1821.

Priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla declared independence from Spain on September 16, 1810.

NicaraguaNicaragua joined the

Mexican Empire and later gained independence as a United Province of Central America on September 15, 1821.

PanamaPanama gained their

independence from Spain on September 28, 1821.

They gained their independence from Columbia on November 3, 1903.

Paraguay declared independence from Spain on May 14, 1811.

PeruPeru gained their

independence from Spain on July 18, 1821 with great thanks to Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar.

UruguayThe Thirty-Three

Orientals ,that were led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja, declared independence from Brazil on August 25, 1825.

VenezuelaFrancisco de

Miranda declared independence from Spain on July 5, 1811.

Haiti(1791-1804)Ecuador(1809-1822)Bolivia(1809-1825)Argentina(1810-1816)Chile(1810-1818)Colombia(1810-1819)México(1810-1821)Paraguay(1811)Venezuela(1811-

1822)

Perú(1821)Brazil(1822)

Haiti RevolutionThe gens de couleur

was a group

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