Today we move northwards, to look at Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean during the immediate decades after independence from Spain.
We follow the Central American nation's on-off relationship with each other, and the rise of the USA. The later will lead to war with Mexico, and intervention to win independence for Spain's last remaining colonies, and an independent adventurer to invade Nicaragua on his own accord.
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