Did you know 1
Portal:Latin America/Did you know/1
- ... that an unrecognized state called The Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia was established in the 19th century by a French lawyer and adventurer named Orélie-Antoine de Tounens?
Did you know 2
Portal:Latin America/Did you know/2
- ... that despite 65% of Bolivians being ethnically indigenous, the first leader of that nation to come from this group was Evo Morales in 2005?
Did you know 3
Portal:Latin America/Did you know/3
- ... that Uruguay was the first winner of the FIFA World Cup, in 1930?
Did you know 4
Portal:Latin America/Did you know/4
- ... that Frida Kahlo was bisexual, and had affairs with both men and women, including Josephine Baker?
Did you know 5
Portal:Latin America/Did you know/5
- ... that Guinea pigs are so important to Andean cuisine that a painting of the Last Supper in Cusco shows Jesus eating one?
Did you know 6
Portal:Latin America/Did you know/6
- ... that seven currencies of Latin America are named "peso"?
Did you know 7
Portal:Latin America/Did you know/7
- ... that the cinema of Argentina is one of the most important in the Spanish-speaking world, has had six Academy Award nominations, and has won twice?
Did you know 8
Portal:Latin America/Did you know/8
- ... Juan Vucetich, an Argentine chief police officier, created the first method of recording the fingerprints of individuals on file?
Did you know 9
Portal:Latin America/Did you know/9
- ... that the Haitian Revolution is the only successful slave rebellion in history?
Did you know 10
Portal:Latin America/Did you know/10
- ... that the Mexican–American War caused Mexico to lose more than half its pre-war territory?
Did you know 11
Portal:Latin America/Did you know/11
- ... that Guatemala City is the largest in Central America?
Did you know 12
Portal:Latin America/Did you know/12
- ... that there has been a boom in LGBT+ cinema produced in Latin America, in contrast to its traditionally religious and machismo culture?
Did you know 13
Portal:Latin America/Did you know/13
- ... that Roma producer Gabriela Rodríguez is the first Latin American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture?
Did you know 14
Portal:Latin America/Did you know/14
- ... that Carmen Casco de Lara Castro, founder of one of the first human rights organizations in Latin America, was arrested, denied a passport, and monitored by the Stroessner regime?
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