After Seven Years of Silence, Argentina Votes
On October 30, 1983, Argentines voted in their first free election in a decade, choosing Raul Alfonsin and ending seven years of military dictatorship.
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The Shout That Made a Nation — Chile's First Cry of Freedom
On September 18, 1810, more than 400 of Santiago's leading citizens acclaimed a new governing junta, launching Chile's independence and the holiday Chileans still celebrate as Fiestas Patrias.
Captured in the Ravine: Che Guevara's Last Day as a Guerrilla
On October 8, 1967, Bolivian soldiers surrounded Che Guevara in a remote ravine and took him prisoner — ending the revolutionary's last campaign.
A Country Born for a Canal: Panama's Independence
On November 3, 1903, Panama broke away from Colombia with American warships offshore — a new nation born to make the Panama Canal possible.