This Day In Latino History: Central America Gave Spain The Finger
15 September 2009, 3:17 PM. By Cindy Casares
On this day in 1821, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica jointly declared independence from Spain as a congress of Central American Criollos. In June of 1823 the nation of Central America was formed. It was intended to be modeled after the United States and be a great democracy, but unfortunately, that didn’t really work out. The Union dissolved in civil war between 1838 and 1840–officially coming apart when Honduras separated from the federation on November 5 of that year, but the name Central America totally stuck. Most of those countries still consider November September 15 their independence day, so happy Independence Day to all our Central American friends. You know, a good way to celebrate your independence is with a good grito.
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“…but unfortunately, that didn’t really work out.” - that’s hilarious. So Hispanic Heritage Month is based on Central American countries…interesting.
Well the start date, not the whole month.
So wait…do we celebrate today or November 15?
Fack!
No wonder they broke up. =\
I think that was a really confusing typo. It’s supposed to be September 15.