One characteristic unique to Olmec culture is that they produced stone heads of colossal size. These were carved in Basalt and all of them display unique facial feature so that they can be considered portraits of actual rulers. The heads can be nearly 3 meters high and 8 tons in weight, and the stone from which they were carved was in some cases transported 80 km or more using huge balsa river rafts.
They also liked to mix animals to create wonderful creatures such as were-jaguars, a cross between a human and a jaguar, which may have been their supreme deity. It is known they also liked to drink chocolate.
I think it is slaves km pretty sure
The U.S. government openly stated that they would view any European interference in Latin America as "an act of aggression". This mentality was articulated in the famous "Monroe Doctrine".
He had openly stated in one of his letters that he would like to have full control of the Kongo-Portuguese slave trade. However, he was opposed to slavery and actually fought with the Portuguese.
