three windows

selective history, colonial gems and the inquisition

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March 17th 2009
The red eye out of Santiago stopped in Lima, continued to Bogota, and finally arrived in Cartagena de los Indios on the Caribbean Sea. Cartagena is an old Spanish port city with a history of violence. After the overtures of peaceful cohabitation, the natives had to go. Shortly thereafter, it became the Spanish port for transporting the wealth sucked out of South America. Given that Spain is mu ... read more

South America » Colombia » Cartagena

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Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more