BICENTENNIAL OF THE
Emancipation BY OSCAR RIVERA-RODAS he countries celebrate their najoined by African nations that arrived in Latin America also recalls the bicentennial of its emancipation from cothese peoples spoke diverse langauges dignity, after the long struggle against the condition of peoples denigrated by 16th invaded American territories in order to exploit their natural resources and conTHE LITERATE AND THE ILLITERATE -
Native American peoples of different languages started the rebellions, which were later joined by African nations
the late 18th and early 19th centuries by an languages, and being descendants of
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considered second-class citizens in their struggles of the illiterate, and later draftAmerican peoples of different languages -
OTHER INDEPENDENCES AND INTERVENTIONS
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struggles for emancipation, but instead -
REJECTION OF COLONIALISM
participated in many antislavery rebellions, and proclaimed the independence after a long and complex struggle, but countries became independent, such as
In any case, Latin American emanciAn initial step for another more complex emancipation that is still being carried
other countries invaded their neighbors, 11
Oscar Rivera-Rodas is a university professor and an award-winning author.