Curriculum - Latin American History

  1. Calderón Sol Is Elected President of El Salvador
  2. Caribbean Volcano Erupts, Destroying Much of Island of Montserrat
  3. Castro Takes Power in Cuba
  4. Central American Federation Civil Wars
  5. Chaco War
  6. Chavín de Huántar Is Peru’s Urban Center
  7. Che Guevara
  8. Chile Voters End Pinochet’s Military Rule
  9. Chilean Military Overthrows Allende
  10. Chinchorro Inhabit the Peruvian and Chilean Coasts
  11. Civil War of the Dominican Republic
  12. Clinton Announces U.S. Bailout of Mexico
  13. Coast Guard Rescues Cuban Refugee Elián González
  14. Colombia Legalizes Some Private Use of Drugs
  15. Colombian Civil Wars
  16. Colombian Guerrilla War
  17. Colombian Presidential Candidates Are Killed
  18. Congress Bans Covert Aid to Nicaraguan Contras
  19. Congress Establishes a Border Patrol
  20. Congress Restricts Immigration with 1924 Legislation
  21. Conquistadores
  22. Construction Begins on the Panama Canal
  23. Construction of El Paraíso in Peru
  24. Construction of Monumental Architecture at Caral in Peru
  25. Construction of the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon at Teotihuacán
  26. Copan
  27. Coronado’s Expedition
  28. Corporatism Comes to Paraguay and the Americas
  29. Cortés Conquers Aztecs in Mexico
  30. Cuba Begins Expropriating Foreign Property
  31. Cuba Signs a Commercial Agreement with the Soviet Union
  32. Cuban Missile Crisis
  33. Cuban Revolution
  34. Cuban War of Independence
  35. Cubans Flee to Florida and Receive Assistance
  36. De Soto’s Expeditions
  37. The Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man Is Adopted
  38. Development Begins at Teotihuacán
  39. Diego Rivera
  40. Dollar Diplomacy
  41. Duvalier Takes Power in Haiti
  42. Early Villages Form in Oaxaca
  43. Earth Summit Convenes in Rio de Janeiro
  44. Earthquakes Devastate Mexico City
  45. El Grito de Dolores
  46. El Salvador Holds Elections
  47. El Salvador’s Civil War Ends
  48. El Salvador’s Military Massacres Civilians in La Matanza
  49. El Tajín
  50. Emiliano Zapata