The Wars of Spanish American Independence - And What Are We Going to Do?

On the eve of napoleon's invasion of spain and 18 o seven, the spanish empire in the western hemisphere stretched from the southern tip of south america to as far north as san francisco. By the time the wars of sp Spanish independence ended a generation later, that enormous empire had cracked apart into 16 new nations - argentina, chile, bolivia, peru, paraguay, uraguay, ecuador, columbia, venezuela, panama, guatemala, el salvador, honduras, nicaragua, costa rica and mexico. I estimate it would take me at least udred episodes