The Spanish Government, responding to demands by Cuban rebels ... close to the Asian mainland that we could exploit to become an Asian power." Formal American empire proved short-lived. But the ...

At its height, the Spanish Empire was one of the most powerful and far-reaching empires in history, spanning continents and oceans. So why did it collapse? In this video, we uncover the key reasons ...

Put bluntly, other countries have mattered more—economically and strategically—in the period of American ascendancy. Besides, mass emigration from Spain was always funneled to the Spanish ...

We affirm that the full historical significance of Spain implies an empire. We demand for Spain a preëminent place in Europe. We will not tolerate either international isolation or foreign ...

Oñate helped to establish New Mexico for the Spanish Empire in the late 1500s ... made up the conquered Spanish territories in North America.

Central America won independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, spent two years as part of the Mexican Empire, and then nearly two decades as a fragmented federal republic. Its colonial economy ...