Europeans first saw Jamaica when Christopher COLUMBUS arrived in 1494, and the Spanish settled the island early in the 16th...

Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and...

The native Taino -- who inhabited the island of Hispaniola when Christopher COLUMBUS first landed in 1492 -- were virtually...

The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a...

The indigenous Carib people inhabited Grenada when Christopher COLUMBUS landed on the island in 1498, but it remained uncolonized for...

El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war,...

The Taino -- indigenous inhabitants of Hispaniola prior to the arrival of Europeans -- divided the island now known as...

Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans, due chiefly to the fierce resistance of...

The original Arawak Indian settlers who arrived on Curaçao from South America in about A.D. 1000 were largely enslaved by...

The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the arrival of Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492, as the country...

Although explored by the Spanish early in the 16th century, initial attempts at colonizing Costa Rica proved unsuccessful due to...