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    Posted: 14-Aug-2008 at 17:57
Obviously, natives got the horses and the basic skills from Europeans. However, some famous tribes surpassed theirs teachers in skills shortly afterwards.
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how about the 20th century? was there any use of mounted forces in modern Latin American Wars?
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20th century? I bet in the Chaco war in the 30s, between Bolivia and Paraguay, there were some use of cavalry. However, in the 20th century, besides the Chaco War,  there weren't many wars at all in Latin America at all. What there was were civil wars and guerrilla fighting. I could mention the Mexican revolution, for example, or the bandits of Pancho Villa, but those were very irregular troops. And most guerrilla warfare was done on foot.
 
 
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i see. though i've seen a picture of Cuban cavalries, was it also used during the Revolution?

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Pancho Villa and Zapata are known anyways for their moutned forces, yes fighting was done mostly on foot but nevertheless they use horses for mobility like motorized infantry who don't fight on trucks. seeing as many Latin American countries have horse traditions it would not have been surprising to see that they continued to use horses even in modern times. in the 60s and 70s in Southern Africa, Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa also still employed mounted forces.
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Yes. Horses are a tradition in our countries. In my country, even the army has a horse batallion that serves only for parades. However, police still use horses on regular bases, even to protect the frontiers in some places no truck can pass.
 
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