William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American journalist and mercenary. In the era of the expansion of the United States, driven by the doctrine of manifest destiny, Walker organized unauthorized military expeditions into Mexico...
The Filibuster War, also referred to the Walker affair and known in Costa Rica as the National Campaign of 1856–1857, was a war fought in Central America between 1855 and 1857. The militaries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and...
A filibuster (from the Spanish filibustero), also known as a freebooter, is someone who engages in an unauthorized military expedition into a foreign country or territory to foster or support a political revolution or secession. The term is usually...
William Walker's expedition to Baja California and Sonora was an unauthorized armed incursion by the American adventurer William Walker and a small force of filibusters into Mexican territory. Motivated by Manifest destiny, personal ambition, and...
A filibuster is a parliamentary procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision. It is sometimes referred to as "talking a bill to death" or "talking...
Walker is a 1987 historical Weird Western film directed by Alex Cox and written by Rudy Wurlitzer. It stars Ed Harris as William Walker, the American filibuster who invaded and made himself president of Nicaragua. The cast also features Richard...
The First Battle of Masaya (11 October 1856 – 13 October 1856) took place in the small town of Masaya, northwest of William Walker’s filibuster capital, Granada. It was part of Walker’s efforts to dislodge the resurgent Allied Central American Army...
Charles René Gaston Gustave de Raousset-Boulbon (May 5, 1817 – August 13, 1854) was a French adventurer, filibuster and entrepreneur and, by some accounts a pirate, and a theoretician of colonialism.
The Republic of Baja California and Sonora, simply known as the Republic of Sonora, was a short-lived, unrecognized federal republic ruled by filibuster William Walker in 1854. It was based in Baja California and also claimed (but never controlled)...