middle america

mesoamerican heartland

Mexico Guatemala Honduras El-Salvador Nicaragua Costa-Rica Panama

Cuba Jamaica Haiti Dominican-Republic Puerto-Rico The Bahamas Virgin-Islands

Antigua Montserrat Guadalupe Dominica Martinique St.-Lucia

Barbados St.-Vincent Grenada Trinidad-and-Tobago Netherlands-Anitiles

Mexico, its neighbors, and the caribbean islands created untold wealth for others in the modern era and navigated a variety of paths to independence.

Shape of History Blog Posts featuring Middle America

February 16, 1959- Fidel Castro Sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba posted 2/16/24

February 2, 1848- The Mexican/American War ends (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo) posted 2/2/24

Shadows At Dawn: A Borderlands Massacre and the Violence of History posted 11/25/23

September 15, 1821- El Acta de la Independencia de Centroamerica posted 9/15/23