BONES FOR THE DOGS: Tales of Simón Bolívar's fleeting nation

The year was 1821. The United States thrived on a slave-based economy, while voices of dissent against this system began to rise across the nation. Meanwhile, in South America, a different narrative unfolded. Slaves liberated by the struggle for independence were joining a monumental, multiracial army, determined to break free from 300 years of Spanish colonization. After decades of brutal conflict, on May 6, 1821, the nation of Gran Colombia emerged from the ashes of a war-devastated conti...