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I think more often than not when we search for answers to life's little mysteries, we are looking in the wrong places. We seek in- site from famous people, television shows or radio personalities. Don't get me wrong, there are inspirational bursts from all of these places. People rise from poverty, personal tragedy or disabilities to achieve great success and all of a sudden their stardom makes us pay attention. Were they not the same people b...

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This is the compelling story of John Thomond O'Brien, one of the most renowned Irish-born veterans of the South American wars of independence in the nineteenth century, whose colourful postwar career included mining, Amazon exploration, diplomacy and being imprisoned by the Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.

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In the early nineteenth century, thousands of volunteers left Ireland behind to join the fight for South American independence. Lured by the promise of adventure, fortune, and the opportunity to take a stand against colonialism, they braved the treacherous Atlantic crossing to join the ranks of the Liberator, Simón Bolívar, and became instrumental in helping oust the Spanish from Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Today, ...

I think that more often than not, when we search for answers to life's little mysteries, we are looking in the wrong places. We seek insight from famous people, television shows, or radio personalities. Don't get me wrong, there are inspirational bursts from all these places. People rise from poverty, personal tragedy, or disabilities to achieve great success, and all of a sudden, their stardom makes us pay attention. Were they not the same pe...

I think that more often than not, when we search for answers to life's little mysteries, we are looking in the wrong places. We seek insight from famous people, television shows, or radio personalities. Don't get me wrong, there are inspirational bursts from all these places. People rise from poverty, personal tragedy, or disabilities to achieve great success, and all of a sudden, their stardom makes us pay attention. Were they not the same pe...

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Paisanos tells the epic story of the forgotten Irish men and women who changed the face of Latin America forever from armed revolutionaries like Bernardo O'Higgins and James Rooke to trailblazing women like Eliza Lynch and Camila O'Gorman.