The complicated life of Tecuichpo Ixcaxochitl, later baptized Isabel, Moctezuma’s favorite daughter, who went on to adapt to life under Spanish rule.
Though not as well-known as some of their compatriots, these five Spanish conquistadors helped shape the Spanish Empire.
Far from being crushed in a single blow, the Inca rebelled against their Spanish colonizers for decades from their jungle capital, Vilcabamba.
Discover San Agustín, one of Colombia’s most enigmatic archaeological sites and ancient cultures known for its megalithic industry.
A series of Supreme Court cases in the early 20th century determined Puerto Rico’s political fate as an unincorporated territory.
Among Peru’s first mestizos, “El Inca” Garcilaso de la Vega wrote one of the most thorough and impactful pre-contact histories of the Inca Empire.
Home to just a few thousand people, Taquile boasts an ancient textile tradition with a unique twist: only the men knit.
The 1985 Armero tragedy caused by a volcanic eruption in Colombia was one of the country’s worst natural disasters, leaving behind important lessons to prevent future catastrophes.
