The pre-Hispanic period
From the conquest to the consolidation of colonial society, 1530-1640
Colonization and the expulsion of the Jesuits, 1640-1767
The wars of independence, 1767-1824
The civil wars, 1824-1870
Consolidation and crisis of liberalism, 1870-1930
New civil wars and dictatorships, 1930-1980
The contemporary period, speaking from the margins.