Why did Simon Bolivar Betray the Spanish Empire?

[@RundfunkerOnline]

4:25 This is incorrect. It was called New Granada, after the Spanish city of Granada. Not New Grenada.

[@alfrredd]

The island of Grenada and St.Vincent and the Grenadines are all named after the Spanish city of Granada. The French adapted it to Grenade and the English kept the french "e" and the Spanish "a" at the end of the word.

[@RundfunkerOnline]

@@alfrredd In English, New Granada was never called New Grenada, as it never shared the same fate of the small island in the Caribbean.

[@alfrredd]

@@RundfunkerOnline I know, I was just pointing out that Grenada is a sort of english way of saying Granada which could be why it's used in the video even though It's wrong.

[@RundfunkerOnline]

@@alfrredd True true

[@wellesmorgado4797]

@@alfrredd The same applies to Colombia vs Columbia, my "wise as an elf" friend.

[@RCSVirginia]

"Treason doth never prosper; what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason." John Harington, English Poet This is why Bolivar is El Libertador today in countries throughout Latin America. Had he failed, and the Spanish triumphed, he would be called, if recalled at all, as un traidor.

[@xiuhcoatl4830]

How was he a traitor when he fought in the imperial army, and he himself offered Fernando VII to protect the crown and move it to the Americas, from there reconquer Spain from Napoleon?

[@frank-ko6de]

@@xiuhcoatl4830 he was in favor of Liberation from Spain long before that. He merely used loyalty to the king as an instrument to gain Liberation from Spain itself. He was a typical deceitful colonized colonizer.

[@Michael01093]

He’s a traitor because he betrayed the emperor and seceded land from the empire. He had no authority or moral right to do that.

[@xiuhcoatl4830]

@@Michael01093 he had, both legal and moral. Joseph Bonaparte was an imposter set by Napoleon, not the legitime king of Spain.

[@juanacastillo1772]

​@@Michael01093😂😂

[@geosophik9369]

Side history: The reason why he traveled to Paris was to meet other Freemasons who were united in liberating the Americas. And he met other members in the United States, sharing ideas before returning to Venezuela. Another member/friend, Jose de San Martin, was in charge of liberating the southern part of the empire: Argentina, Chile and Peru. This is why there are obelisks (a Masonic symbol taken from Egypt) and monuments in key cities in the Americas.

[@MrWifly]

Freemasonry that was banned by Bolívar after making the viceroyalty independent. Traitor to his race, to his culture, traitor to his mentor Francisco de Miranda, traitor to his family who he shot, traitor to Freemasonry itself that supported him in his cause.

[@Gloriaimperial1]

Realmente Bolívar y los llamados libertadores no traicionan al imperio español. Simplemente había un mar en medio, los hispano americanos tenían universidades, tecnología y mucho desarrollo europeo, como las 13 colonias que fundaron USA contra los británicos, en esa misma época revolucionaria, así que se independizaron en una especie de guerra civil, porque muchos hispanos o latinos tenían más esperanza en la administración española, aunque hubiera agotado y completado ya la hispanización allí, que en los libertadores, esas 10 o 12 familias terratenientes de cada república que surgieran, que iban a explotarlos, y luchar entre ellos por el poder, y declarar la guerra a naciones hermanas. Todavía se puede arreglar, y de hecho ya hay 5 países de América Latina entre los 66 con más desarrollo humano del mundo, aunque tengan aún muchos problemas, pero son un mundo moderno: Chile, Uruguay, Panamá, Costa Rica y Argentina. Y Colombia, México y algunos otros están cerca. Lo único que les hace falta es hacer ese salto adelante como China o la India, uniéndose todos los latinos, como hace la Unión Europa con gente mucho más distinta. América Latina unida sería más grande que USA y China juntas, con más recursos naturales y el doble de población que USA, sería la gran superpotencia, pero siempre están enredados en problemas locales y populismos excluyentes. En Europa los socialistas y los derechas no cambian las alianzas entre países, no se insultan. La India ya ha llegado a la cara oculta de la luna con una nave espacial. Me gustaría ver llegar a América Latina con un cohete espacial a Marte e influirnos a todos, como hace USA. Ya nos influyen, con gran literatura, algunas patentes científicas, deportistas, arte. Pero falta más.

[@JulieN-v4r]

La India, tiene tantos problemas en sus màs de 45 tribus internas, 56.000 personas de la Casta màs Baja trabajando como exclavos, exactamente la semana pasada a salido de India el problema de todos estos grupos en donde Canada se han dado còn todo, quemando y destruyendo templos en in mismo dìa!, LA India no es el paìs unido que creen o moderno, tiene una pobreaza brutal, apart de la contaminaciòn.

[@fadiaz1969]

In Peru, for the most part, we consider Jose de San Martín as our liberator, as it was San Martín and not Bolivar who declared Peru independent, liberated the capital Lima, and created the Peruvian flag. Simon Bolivar liberated Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, and Ecuador. San Martín liberated Argentina, Chile and Peru. They are both equally important in the independence movements of the Spanish South American colonies.

[@julio5prado]

Peru was forced to become independent because it was the only region that didn’t want to separate from Spain. As in the rest of the new countries the first thing the new local elites did was to take the lands of the indigenous communities. These communities had their lands, rights and traditions recognized and respected by the Spanish kings. This triggered the bloody revolts of indigenous peoples against the new governments of extractive elites. This is not what they teach in schools in Peru but these are the facts.

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@julio5prado Some time I wonder why Bolivar want to go that far to Peru viceroy. When his grand Columbia wasn’t even stable enough for a long campaign. He should know dragging Peru into Grand Columbia was impossible plus a drain on resources too.

[@julio5prado]

@@thanhhoangnguyen4754 you have to think that he had Napoleon as a model. This explains a lot of his decisions. Including the fact that he appointed himself as permanent dictator. He could have followed the example of Washington who after the war of independence handed over power to the civil institutions, but he had a different plan, he wanted to be a dictator. History would have been very different if the independence had been done by the middle classes like in the US and not by the big landowners and the military. This also explains what happened in the following years….

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@julio5prado Considering years later even he try to compromise with the other for more state right more than federal one with central control. The other also rejected it. Then later welll chaos of followed which we all know.

[@Rayitolaser569]

Saludos de Argentina a nuestros hermanos peruanos 🇦🇷♥️🇵🇪

[@j.c.a8315]

This is a very limited and partial account of the liberation of LatinoAmerican countries from the Spanish empire. Each country had their own liberators and, for example, General San Martin starting led the same process in the southern half, liberating first Argentina, then with the assistance of O'Higgins and others help liberating Chile, also Bolivia, and then Peru, where he met with Bolivar who did the job in the northern half helped by other local liders.

[@JRBDWD]

Their own BETRAYERS*

[@MaxiTano006]

That's what I'm talking about! I think it is better to talk about San Martín and/or others than about Bolívar. The only bad thing about this video is that the guy gives all the credit to Bolívar for freeing the entire southern cone, as if it were because of him, that Argentina/Chile and Bolivia is free

[@carloscampo9119]

Yeah, but it’s a 15min long video of a story worth a whole series. Still serves its purpose.

[@raul.huertas]

Liberation? They were Spanish citizens deciding not to be Spanish citizens and to form new countries. If it resembles anything, it is a civil war, not a liberation. We were all an integral part of the empire.

[@MrWifly]

San Martín "the Andalusian" son of Spaniards who left America when he was 8 years old and who spent a large part of his life in Spain fighting against the French invader, privateers, etc. A guy who was denied the military rank he longed for and who had previously passing through england he decided to return to his homeland after decades and become an "argentine" independentist where he would obtain the rank he always wanted.

[@rachetforsic4442]

He was also a Freemason, same as the majority of Latin American independence movements

[@thibaultsardet7399]

As the majority of Revolutions intigators.

[@iqbalvilglez.7305]

Freemasons were circles of intellectuals in a time most of knowledge was at the hands of the church, so it is natural that most critical thinkers came from masonry.

[@HashimyHuseini]

​@@iqbalvilglez.7305 Speaking like poeple back at the time were only -Catholic cardinals -freemasons

[@closegripbenchpress489]

so he was basically a jew and thus only did independence to remove catholic power

[@RespuestasCatolicasTRAD]

​@@iqbalvilglez.7305masons are deistic illuminists who hate the Catholic God and are minions of satan, furthermore b*livar is burning in a pit of manure in hell for all eternity.

[@IRosamelia]

As a colombiana living in Spain, I reject the official discourse in Latin America which hails Bolívar as a liberator. He was an idealist who squandered all his money paying for militias which destroyed most everything the spaniards had built, leaving nothing but ruin, debt and such weak "republics" which couldn't leverage against USA's imperialism later in the XXth century. Most all of us hispanic latinos, Spain included, would be so much better off today if we had stayed together. Instead we're lucky if we're able to emigrate someplace else; most to the USA but even spaniards usually go elsewhere in Europe if they want to progress. What a disgrace...

[@juantrujillo7216]

Totalmente de acuerdo con usted

[@kuroazrem5376]

Una que ya se vendió...

[@IRosamelia]

@@juantrujillo7216 Gracias Juan 🌻

[@IRosamelia]

@@kuroazrem5376 kuro, el patriotismo es puro lavado de cerebro que le hacen a los niños en el colegio. No hay derecho a que a los latinos nos toque pasar tanto trabajo para poder tener bienes y servicios básicos o tener un mínimo de seguridad y estabilidad. Vivir en una sociedad violenta no debería ser considerado normal ni emigrar mal visto como traición.

[@carloscampo9119]

Nah, España era un caos y sigue siendo un caos. Iba a colapsar. Estados Unidos hizo las cosas bien y se formó como Nación. El peso de los problemas latinos los afectó entonces y los afecta hasta este momento.

[@carloscampo9119]

Medellín was a small town back then. Bogotá (the actual capital), Cartagena, Popayan, and many others were much larger.

[@myghost.bsky.social]

I couldn't help but laugh at this detail. but since it is a video made by gringos, they surely considered putting a city they knew on the map, as a reference point.

[@4evagrace789]

He butchered the story

[@Rob-z7k]

Maluma baby!

[@magneto820]

As a Haitian we may be going through so much turmoil but I am proud that our people that came before were so strong on their principles to help everyone gain their freedom😢. Even countries far away like Greece they helped

[@JohnnyJay81]

Agreed, as a fellow Haitian 🙏🏾

[@daveweiss5647]

Didn't they murder a bunch of babies?

[@flowersfrom7311]

Yes, of course, as liberators always do.

[@dboy1108]

Yeah and invade the dominant republic and force them into slavery oh I mean forced work to pay the Haitian tribute to the french

[@magneto820]

@@dboy1108 nice try are we also talking about the the massacre of Haitian by the Dominican dictator the fact is no one history is 100% great did we stumble yes but the fact that multiple Latin America countries have our flag as part of theirs should tell you.

[@ImperatorHispania]

Beyond the romanization or demonization of his figure, it is undeniable that he was an important historical figure and with great determination to fulfill his purposes, and it is something that I recognize being Spaniard.🇪🇸

[@julio5prado]

Deberías leer sus decretos the exterminio y como los ejecutó. Esto en derecho internacional se llama genocidio

[@wildotti87]

Y tú deberías leer sobre las atrocidades cometidas por Antonio Zuazola sobre la población general para reprimir a los independentistas, una de la razones por las cuales Bolívar establece el decreto de Guerra a Muerte, las atrocidades cesan cuando llega Pablo Morillo y este se reúne con Bolívar y firman un tratado de regularización de la guerra.

[@Detetive00000]

​@@wildotti87Perú no quería ser independiente, era dorca

[@xiuhcoatl4830]

@@wildotti87 Siempre ignoran esas cosas. La idea es demonizar a Bolívar e inventarle cuanta cosa sea para atacarlo. Les encanta hablar de leyenda negra, bueno, Bolívar tiene su propia leyenda negra.

[@frank-ko6de]

The irony is you as a Spaniard see it for what it is, while these uneducated nonsense from South America clearly dont see it that way. The colonizer does not need to be around the colonized when their minds and hearts are already colonized. These ridiculous sheep.

[@alejo7365]

No fue solo Bolivar, hubieron muchos actores en esto metido además de los soldados y los civiles. Como San Martín, Artigas, O'Higgings, Belgrano

[@maximilianogarciachirinos3663]

Antonio Jose de Sucre el Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho y Jose Antonio Paez el centauro del llano.

[@elsapenaloza6317]

Francisci de Paula Santander

[@elsapenaloza6317]

Rafael Urdaneta, Carlos Castelli, Carlos Soublette

[@elsapenaloza6317]

In 1810 the diplomatic envoy of Junta Suprema of Caracas arrived in London not in Jamaica please corrrect this mistake....great documentarie

[@franciscopickles9771]

As a Venezuelan I can say that we have a really biased history education, we never hear any bad stuff about Bolívar or why we had to seek for the independence in the first place. What I can say after actually learning story is that after the independence we went bankrupt, the country was govern by warlords in different zones till Juan Vicente Gómez united the country again in 1923, all the gold produced went to England for like a century. Bolívar was the libertador of the united kingdom, he helped the British to weaken their biggest threat, and also a huge debt to pay that took decades to pay. Venezuela was destroyed after the independence.

[@doggerlander]

Thats not even Bolivar's fault. If things had gone his way Venezuela would just be part of Gran Colombia.

[@franciscopickles9771]

@@doggerlander it was way better to be under the rule of the spaniard kingdom, from the patagonia to the upper California, we were the biggest empire on that date, the world used the ''real de a 8'' what is the dollar today, even people in China were learnig spanish intead of english, the UK ruined this continent almost as much Cuba did in the XX century.

[@doggerlander]

@@franciscopickles9771 youre definitely wrong about that. Mexico right now has a higher GDP than spain. For most of the 20th century venezuela was actually a better place to live, in fact. Spain just held south america back. Also i dont really give af about being "the biggest empire". Land is worthless. And people are still learning spanish today.

[@JIJCrow]

The map of Spanish America is atrocious,New Granada included Venezuela,New Spain ended in Panama,Spanish Peru was its own viceroyalty,along with Rio da la Plata and Hispaniola

[@elyisusking3603]

although Venezuela was not exactly controlled by New Granada (aka they had their own captaincy) he seems like he only highlighted the borders of Venezuela

[@troll2436]

​​@@elyisusking3603 Yeah the general captaincy was not controlled by New Granada anymore although Venezuela was still, on paper, considered part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. Just as the Chile captaincy general was considered part of the Viceroyalty of Peru even though Lima didn't really control Chile either.

[@LegendsOfChippylandia]

I learned so much thank you as always❤

[@Volk.Matrinex]

Everytime I see there is an anglosaxon video talking about South American history, and in my case, Venezuela especially, I know I'm in a coin flip scenario. It could be a hit, could be a miss. This is one of the hits. I know it's not very detailed, but summarized quite well Bolivar's journey. Nice video

[@4evagrace789]

Because they want to rewrite history,,the Americans always putting their spoon in every bowl

[@samueldocski4426]

“4:37-4:43” the tide would change, though in a curious manner, the tide would change…” Great video as always!

[@ElBandito]

Napoleon was truly an influential person.

[@sarantis1995]

Arguably a true "re-incarnation" of Julius Ceasar, just as he imagined and presented himself. Napoleon alone influences the fate of every country in Europe, the Americas and also Africa, I would even include the Middle East in this. I personally believe, retrospectively, that the world would have been a better place had he succeeded in his envision of european unification, under the influence of France, which would have prevented nasty wars in the following century

[@n_0N_4me_dU_N_n_4M3D]

Napoleon was the real "libertador"

[@anasevi9456]

0:48 bottom right of Bolivar you pictured a metizo or even indio family, not criollo one. Criollo basically means not a drop of indigenous blood spanish ancestry but born in the americas. French Creole can be mixed race, but Crilollo is always spanish ancestry, excluding even other europeans.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about infamous Simon Bolivar...

[@guillermobetancourt1006]

My beloved country, Venezuela. Thank u guys for doing a non biased video about a someone who it’s now seen as a god here in Venezuela. Which he wasn’t, he had many flaws like ppl always had.

[@jamzpzz]

As much as I love the content on this channel, I can’t sit back and not express my disappointment in the production of this video after noticing the words and flow are taken straight out of Wikipedia like a script but slightly altered. Sorry but this just seems lazy. I noticed right after you started speaking about Bolivar landing in Charleston. What bothers me the most is that Wikipedia is free and this video is monetized. I hope you guys at least donated to Wikipedia when they asked

[@cjthebeesknees]

It’s intelligent agency slop work, oop.

[@SJDPS]

As I am against cult of personality, it is important to mention that Bolivar committed a massacre in San Juan de Pasto ( The “Black Christmas” of 1822) as well as other crimes.

[@commanderkei9537]

@@Horizon429insane copium

[@Leez-ur7nm]

​@@commanderkei9537 Hes saying the truth tho the spanish also massacred

[@commanderkei9537]

@@Leez-ur7nm yes, it’s entirely true. It’s an irrelevant subject though. Just because murder exists in the world doesn’t mean you go and shoot your neighbor

[@SJDPS]

@@Horizon429 You are right, I am not a defender of the Old Spanish Crown 😆.... Just as Benjamin Walter said in his Theses on the Philosophy of History: "There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism."

[@MintyLime703]

​@@Horizon429Oh so it's okay then, right.

[@micahistory]

great video and happy new year!

[@AbuzerKadayif]

5:30 - 7:30 would anyone name what the music playing in this interval??

[@xispaster]

The most approximate calculations show the chilling figure of TWO BILLION EUROS, the value of the gold and silver reserves that were in the royal estates of Spain in Latin America, which England seized thanks to Simón Bolívar and San Martín. The wealth of the English empire was not gained through trade with the Indians but from the plundering of the Spanish empire after the passage of Charles IV and his son Ferdinand VII. On August 3, 1821, San Martín assumed command and power of Peru with the title of 'Protector'. He renounced the protectorate of Peru on September 20, 1822. His government lasted, therefore, one year, one month and seventeen days. What were the most significant acts of your government? 1. Lord Cochrane (English), the head of the fleet, seized all the funds of the Peruvian government (Treasure of the Royal Treasury), and private funds from Lima, which San Martín had kept in the Peruvian ships Jerezana, La Perla and La Luisa 'to prevent them from falling into the power of the royalist forces in case they took the city of Lima'. Without considering justifications, explanations or excesses, we have the following: such an immense amount of funds placed in three ships were easy prey for Lord Cochrane, who immediately left for London. The same thing happened in Buenos Aires in 1806, where Beresford embarked the Treasure of the Royal Treasury (40 tons of coined gold) on the ship Narcissus bound for London. It is the same thing that happened in Potosí, where Pueyrredón assaults and destroys the Mint (August 1811), sending to Buenos Aires a million pieces of silver that the government delivers through credit instruments to British merchants, who send them to London. . In 1822 the British seized twelve tons of gold coined in Sant Fé de Bogotá (now Colombia). At the same time, the same thing is happening in Guatemala (United Central America) and Mexico. - Dr. Julio C. González, The Hispanic American Involution Origin: CLAMOR: San Martín, England and Peruvian gold

[@ddc2957]

“Without Bolivar, it’s hard to know what countries like Colombia would look like today…” Is it? I don’t think I agree.

[@chrisdiaz9011]

How would Colombia look like if had to endure a few civil wars and maybe even world wars with Spain dragging them into it. Even possibly fighting the US.

[@ddc2957]

Spain didn’t participate themselves let alone drag any other country in. Poor governorship & ceaseless corruption would be happening in Colombia with or without Bolivar’s ever being born.

[@ennui9745]

@@ddc2957 If it wasn't Bolivar that liberated Colombia, someone else would have done it. Independence was inevitable, and there was no way Spain was ever going to keep its empire unless it took the drastic step of making the colonies a completely equal part of Spain, something they weren't willing to do. And so they lost their empire. There, fixed that for you.

[@hailchristandmary]

Really good. More Latin American and Spanish history videos please

[@gustavtracchia1341]

I have never seen such historical inaccuracies about Bolivar and the independence of South America. Shame, shame and nothing but shame to the writers of this piece.

[@alt1f4]

Make a video about Pedro I of Brazil

[@castlebound2010]

Not talking about him here bro, so keep the comments context relevant...

[@alt1f4]

@@castlebound2010 nope

[@savioblanc]

The real question is - Was the betrayal worth it?

[@victoraguirre5545]

*Hispanic person with a fairly normal name for the19th century exists* Anlgo-centric historian: "Such an extravagant name."

[@Blue-jd8jf]

He is a hero in South America..but not in Central America or Mexico...they have their own hero...in Central America its definitely Francisco Morazan

[@jr3753]

Francisco morazan more of a father of Central American than a hero of Central America considering that pretty much all the fighting for liberation was going on in Mexico.

[@Blue-jd8jf]

@@jr3753 Fighting for libertaration was happening in Central America with the help of Argentina, reason why Central America countries all have Argentina inspired flags. Each country has their own liberators. Simon Bolivar was definitely not the liberator of Latin America.....just to northern parts of South America

[@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000]

He is a hero in South America yes, but is seen as an evil tyrant by Spaniards. These angry Spaniards in the comments bashing on Bolivar, just like how they bash on Napoleon for ending their empire. It's not Napoleon's fault that the Spaniards in the past were too brainwashed by religion to join the Bonaparte dynasty. By not joining him they ruined their own future.

[@MrWifly]

None of them were fighting for the same thing even if the final result was independence, putting in the same bag guys like Iturbide who was conservative and anti-liberal with Bolívar (a megalomaniac who was denied his noble titles) with San Martín (a guy who spent all his life in Spain and he fought more for Spain than against the Spain that denied him the military rank he craved) It's like mixing oil and water. Independence without the Napoleonic invasion, the usurpation of the throne of Spain by Napoleon's brother and liberal ideas would never have been the same.

[@carlosm.3426]

​@@Blue-jd8jfcentral america got their independence thanks to Mexico, they never went to war with Spain. Mexico after defeating Spain got handed over Central America and the Southwest USA, this is why under the Mexican empire, central america was a brief part of it until they declared independence from Mexico to form their own republic of central america which they were given.

[@camiloruizcastellar4740]

This video fell short. Basically Simon Bolivar selled his own mentor to the spaniards Francisco Miranda, basically for power. He also wrote the decree of war to the death which he used to masacre and entire hospital of wounded spaniard soldiers that were unarmed. he also brought from UK the veterans that fought Napoleon at Waterloo. after dying for him, he didn't wanted to pay the UK army or even pay for ships to take them back home. the remaining of the British army became the biggest band of raiders in the great colombia. and they were hunted down by all local authorities. and the worst sin of all. Started a country that was in debt since birth and would spend a hundred years paying the UK sell vast natural resources to the UK Authorized free trade with UK destroying the local industry unable to compete against the biggest foreign industry at the time turning south america from an European standard of living under Spanish rule to an independent conglomerated of poor countries split between the wealthy people of each region. And with all that, most south americans that never have pick a history book see him as a hero of the left, when he created the most extremist right wing party in the most right wing south american country Colombia.

[@elsapenaloza6317]

It was the success of Maitland british plan that failed in 1806 in Buenos Aires with William Carr Beresford at South and in Santa Ana de Coro with Francisco de Miranda at North

[@MarcelinoDanielsson-le4mz]

He must've been convinced about something, sounded good, for some.

[@DrGrove]

This comment section is one big bruh moment

[@TUNGKHAMPHA141]

Hello, I really like your videos, Can you tell me what software you use to make these videos? Thank you very much!

[@elsapenaloza6317]

The United States of North Amerca feared of the Great Colombia the United State if South America in the Anfictional Congress if Pnama 1826

[@elsapenaloza6317]

Bolivar and San Martin the wardogs of the Brutish Empire in America

[@anuragtumane5227]

Spanish Empire fell after some time, probably due to the betrayal of Simon Bolivar.

[@juanacastillo1772]

Q Viva Simon Bolivar 💯🌎🇨🇴🇪🇨🇻🇪

[@strength9621]

Conveniently left out his betrayal of Haiti by not living up to his word on releases the enslaved in his country.

[@xiuhcoatl4830]

Except he did.

[@lowkeysalmon3092]

They forgot to mention one man, Thomas Cochrane a larger than life naval genius and a man once called by Napoleon the "Wolf of the Seas"

[@mischievousjr.9299]

Dang only 10 minutes? Wow

[@KangaKucha]

Mate, the opening map is wrong. Britain had taken Jamaica, and France had either all or a % of Hispanolia (sp?) Idk about South America back then as Britain, Dutch and France had goes at (latter 2 against Brazil) but it's possible... Can you please define the timing of the maps you do. PS: was Uruguay Spain or Portugal territory?

[@elyisusking3603]

Uruguay was part of the spanish empire then latter was invaded by Portugal during the argentine war of independence, Portugal swore to return the land once the revolution was crushed, but it never did, Argentina consolidated it's independence and Brazil would later follow suit with Uruguay

[@KangaKucha]

@@elyisusking3603 it's independent for various reasons (so is Paraguay but by luck as their stupid dictator government, was more of their home than a country, almost killed it in an 1870s war that Argentina/Brazil (once allied) almost broke it all up) yet I can't help but wonder in my what if history, should it be part of Brazil or Argentina? Spain could be the key especially as I'm dropping Portugal for France in Brazil (French colony but still independent during Napoleon especially) Heck Spain and Portland were once united for awhile, Dutch took advantage of, so... :)

[@DeusExMau5]

And everything went downhill from there for Latin America,

[@nestorvargas2399]

I like the video but don’t like how it ends with putting Bolivar as the most important person in South America’s independence. That may be true for the northern part but in the south, the countries there were on far ahead in gaining independence under other liberators like José de San Martin

[@bwkimble]

Everything has a purpose and happens for a reason. What if another country would have taken over a fledgling part of the Spanish Empire as opposed to them revolting and establishing their "Independence "? To start I can see how the rule of Bonaparte King of Spain really got the ball rolling on all of this "indpendence", in order to destabilize or whateverthe purpose was? .

[@fanegaquince6327]

He was payed by the British to do so, same as most of the "Independence" movements, British wanted to create small, weak countries to who they could impose favorable trading agreements

[@xiuhcoatl4830]

No

[@doggerlander]

How are they weak? Mexico is a stronger economy than spain

[@maximilianogarciachirinos3663]

The map is wrong its missing Guayana Ezequiba,

[@MalikF15]

Bolivar was deeply charismatic and flawed person. In hindsight he probably should have never got involved in Peruvian politics. Also South America lacked the foundation that the thirteen colonies had.

[@castlebound2010]

Way too late and a totally baseless comparison

[@MalikF15]

@@castlebound2010 not really the American colonies were not micromanaged like The Spanish colonies were. Also less geography to cover compared to South America. Also for the most part a single national identity something that Latin America up to the point of Bolivar did not have.

[@nuttygeezer708]

Napoleon had no connection to Bolivar leaving Paris and they never met. Bolivar copied Napoleon's ideas of constitutionalism and a modern centralised state

[@Lacteagalaxia]

Napoleon fue en gran parte un genio para mí en muchos aspectos sobrevalorado pero Bolívar no le llega a la altura del zapato se aprovecho de la atroz situación Española destruida literalmente por la invasión Napoleónica y en una parte no pequeña por la " ayuda" Británica que destruyó más que ayudó ya que el 99% del mérito fue del pueblo Español ; muy seguramente si hubiera sido solo un siglo atrás hubiera sido derrotado estrepitosamente por España

[@castlebound2010]

@@Lacteagalaxia No way to compare conquering dictators with Liberators, so you must be confused...

[@las_espannas]

​@@Lacteagalaxiay el golpe de estado de Riego 1820.

[@GarkKahn]

Nice video Still i don't get why he takes all the credit when even taking down peru was a joint effort by him on the north and san martin from the south and most videos pretend the wars in the south either were led by bolivar or didn't happened at all...

[@persiangulfbaghdad9454]

Simon Bolivar is like Emilio Aguinaldo from the Philippines,Emilio Aguinaldo liberated the Philippines from Spanish rule and also the first President of the Philippines

[@MrWifly]

The two sold the country to the Anglo-Saxons (one to the USA and the other to the British Empire) Aguinaldo who showed up at the king's funeral mass against whom he rebelled, recognizing that the Americans treated them like garbage, a bolivar that failed and fragmented his viceroyalty stealing miranda's dream (mentor she betrayed)

[@felliceteii6944]

Why does it sound like the script was written by an AI?

[@orirotem2298]

He had the dream to create the united states of south america and to unite all the continrnt

[@SJDPS]

As a colombian myself, I find funny that you put a mark on Medellin and not on Bogotá (Santafe de Bogotá in those times).

[@IRosamelia]

or Cartagena; even Popayán and Pasto were bigger cities back then

[@SJDPS]

@@IRosamelia Yeah, totally agree. Maybe Medellín has caught a lot of attention in the media in recent years. Even to the point, that many foreigners seem to think that Medellín is Colombian's capital city.... Well, that's my guess about the reason for the mark in the video.

[@charlesferdinand422]

Today, it's widely accepted that Bolivar was a bloodthirsty tyrant who had irrational delusions of becoming the emperor of the American continent; but he was so mediocre and incompetent he could never achieve much. And on top of all of that, he was incredibly corrupt and spent the second half of his life bought by the English who bribed him with tons of precious metals (specially gold and silver) so in turn Bolivar made a lot of nonsensical decisions which benefited the English only while hurting Latin America such as giving Guyana Esequiba away (now claimed by Venezuela) to the English for no apparent reason and receiving nothing in return. Finally, Bolivar had delusions of grandeur and only betrayed Spain (to which he had swore eternal loyalty) and started the South American wars of independence because he wanted the throne for himself (which is why he divided Peru in half just in order to be able to create a new country bearing his name, Bolivia) ; in fact, during a banquet (he organized himself in his honor) he proposed a toast to himself, saying "to the greatest man in America. ME". - Actualmente, se acepta ampliamente que Bolivar era un despota sanguinario que tenia sueños irracionales de ser emperador de toda América pero era tan mediocre e incompetente que jamas pudo lograrlo. Pero encima de todo era un corrupto que paso la ultima mitad de su vida comprado por los ingleses quienes lo sobornaron con toneladas de metales preciosos y a cambio Bolivar hizo mil estupideces en favor de ellos como regalar la Guyana Esequiba a los ingleses sin razón aparente y a cambio de nada. Además, Bolivar estaba loco y tenía delirios de grandeza y es por esto que traicionó España (a la cual había jurado "lealtad eterna") simplemente porque quería el trono para si mismo (siendo está la razón por la cual dividió a Perú en dos nada más para poder crear un nuevo país que llevara su nombre: Bolivia); adicionalmente, en un banquete propuso un brindis diciendo: "Por el hombre más grande del continente, YO".

[@joebowden4065]

If he cut Peru in half how come Upper Peru was part of the Rio de la Plata? It already wasn’t part of Peru

[@IRosamelia]

WTF!!! That's not only false but definitely NOT widely accepted. I'm not a fan of Bolívar at all but I do know he hated Napoleon for crowning himself emperor. Bolívar was keen on bringing the ideals of the Enlightenment to America and was heartbroken at failing to do so, dying in abject poverty after having invested all his life and funds into a quixotic crusade

[@tylerclayton6081]

⁠@@IRosamelia The ideals of enlightenment already existed in America even before the French Revolution. The declaration of independence and the US constitution is about as enlightened as one could get back then. America became the first modern democracy in the world in 1883 If you’re talking only about south America then you need to specify that. Since “America” is a pseudonym for the USA. Mostly because the rest of the countries in North and South America are irrelevant compared to the US. I mean…California alone has a larger economy than all of South America combined. And that’s just one US state out of 50

[@llamingo696]

Bolivar no dividió en dos a Perú en sus planes estaba conformar un estado federal de tres partes norperu, centro y sur, para evitar que haya futuras guerras en un país anclado en el centro de Sudamérica y rodeado de futuros rivales(cosa que pasó y perdieron todas las guerras territoriales). Fue luego cuando se ganó la independencia definitiva que la asamblea de Charcas estableció su autonomía y nombraron al país República de Bolívar que luego fue cambiado. Bolivia y Perú fueron una confederación por tres años y luego se separaron apenas unos años después de la independencia mucho lloro pero bien pudieron haber sido solo uno pero les ganó el centralismo de Lima como hasta ahora

[@IRosamelia]

@@tylerclayton6081 tyler, I'm speaking about America the official name of the continent. If the USA has unoficially and arbitrarily chosen to use the name "America" for itself then that's none of my business and so called "americans" should be the ones making the clarification for appropriating the word, not I for using the name of the continent correctly.

[@marcelorodriguez183]

A dictator in Venezuela? Who would have thought

[@algarcia1602]

Wondering why you displayed Medellin on the Map, when Bogotá was the capital (and largest city), while Medellin wasn't even a village lol

[@mckt7630]

It's almost like you forgot (not getting into further intentions than none) hoy masonry paid for his university carreer on a brittish university. Academic tiles which were plagued by the masonry thought all over its professors. Masonry which fueled french revolution and they accept it wide and openly

[@chad12345678]

Wow what a story and a life to bad he died so young a big what if? Had he lived longer. It does seem to me that he was a much better military commander than as a politician.

[@DavidB-l4t]

Biased video which forget to mention his cruelty, violence and hate that he brought to South America and present still today in a land who had peace for 300 years

[@ayhankaracaoglu6845]

Nothing changed in South America, still the natives, real owners of these lands are not in admin, Everything planned and ruled according to Spanish rules, language culture and catholic church.

[@Beyonder1987]

Sounds like Gorge Washington and Benjamin franklin. Both are British and English descent and British subjects until they betrayed there fatherland to form their own country

[@jonny-b4954]

I truly don't get how all these tiny countries even survive being independent. Like, most of them hardly produce any goods, food etc. Not teallt Venezuela but others in South America, Africa, some in Europe and Asia. The Middle East etc. Just so small that most US states are larger in economic and population. How do they survive with enough resources and all that? Especially if the world trade system America forged goes away? There was always trade but nothing close to the scale and variety of goods since post WW2 American system.

[@davidhughes8357]

He was what known as a True Bolivar!

[@abdellahbenoudi1382]

Can you tell about the history of North africa ( Libya, tunisia, alageria, morocco,) 15 cintery to now

[@Africa-HAYTI]

All praises Due to all of my known and unknown African Haytian Ancestors!

[@randywilson944]

His name won’t fit in a birth certificate 😂

[@soyrobin2001]

He didn't liberate South America. Argentina, Chile and Peru have their own libertadores. Also, Bolivar wanted to be king and he also owned slaves, that's why San Martín rejected him, so no thanks.

[@elyisusking3603]

San Martin rejected him but he gave Bolivar his army, and let him keep continuing the campaign in Peru despite knowing what were Bolivar intention in the first place, and then he went to Europe after fighting for independence, trying to sugarcoat San Martin is the same as sugarcoating Bolivar also, there's no sources that indicates Bolivar wanting to be a King

[@jamessolana7641]

Why no Florida on the map :((( it’s like Saint Augustine doesn’t exist

[@erikdk321]

Some mistakes in this video: Mixing modern moderns of nations with those of vice royalties, not naming or showing vice royalties correctly (New granada is misspelled and her territory is not correct, also New Spain is too large).

[@wheeloftime-hl7pb]

he planted the seed of division amongst south america, intending to unite the continent under colombo/venezuelan rule ... the true prize was peru and he tried to get it at all cost

[@bfdiepictennisballbfdi2359]

Simón Bolívar: The first dictator of Peru, and the cause of Spanish American disasters He also was much more racist than the spanish

[@castlebound2010]

Unless you are 283 years old and met him, you comment is totally baseless

[@bfdiepictennisballbfdi2359]

@@castlebound2010 First of all, the fact that there was a declaration of war to death is insane in itself, they even killed Spaniards in hospitals, and while you can say that sure, it isn't racism, Bolívar had several cards which sounded like this: "Of all countries, South America is perhaps the least suitable for republican governments, because its population is composed of Indians and blacks, more ignorant than the vile race of the Spanish, from which we have just emancipated ourselves. A country that is represented and governed by such people they can only go to ruin. We have no recourse but to turn to England for help..." Simón Bolívar, in a letter from Captain Malling to Lord Melville, First Lord of the Admiralty; Chorrillos, March 18 to 20, 1825. Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, English Government, Peru, 1825, No. 6.

[@JRBDWD]

@@castlebound2010 Everything is documented.

[@shawnespinoza9300]

@@castlebound2010I never met Adolph Hitler but I will call him racist anyway.

[@Lacteagalaxia]

​@@castlebound2010 Simply history learn it

[@williamburroughs9686]

You need a whole video just to say his name.

[@JPJ432]

Really makes you wonder what the Story of Latin America would be like if Napoleon won or at least had Parity with London. Would they have their Sovereignty? Would some Countries become French or at least French influenced? Would it be a new Battle Ground?

[@saladmcjones7798]

The British and Americans would never let that come to pass. Napoleon would be landlocked thanks to the British Navy and eventually the Monroe Doctrine would see the US take a much more active role in South America, wanting the whole continent as their sphere of influence.

[@chrisaustin7644]

The French and their influence have been the absolute disaster and our misery, the Bourbons, the "Afrancesados", the Republicans, people like Simon Bolivar, all that misfortune, now imagine having been conquered by the French, God save us from that evil, alone When I see Haiti or one of its miserable colonies in the Congo, the idea terrifies me.

[@ennui9745]

@@saladmcjones7798 You said "the British and the Americans", but wasn't the US fairly friendly to Napoleonic France? They would not have helped Britain contain France, seeing as there's nothing in it for them. Although, as you said, just as in our reality, the US would still enforce the Monroe Doctrine anyway and keep European powers out of Latin America, but they would apply that to both France AND Britain equally.

[@carlosm.3426]

Mexico was the most influenced by France and it was in a better standing nation compared to others during that time

[@rafaelurdanetacasals]

Nice effort but many factual historical errors, either willingly or from lack of research. You leave the topic open for people with scarce knowledge of our history to make comments on something about which they have no real understanding or worse, they take it from your depictions in the video.

[@castlebound2010]

That would happen even if Bolivar himself talks facts about his life... It's called Social Media

[@BOLÍVAR-y7g]

VIVA BOLIVAR

[@sjorsvanhens]

With the help of the British.

[@castlebound2010]

Not really bruh, if you care to read and learn the whole history of the events from day one

[@JRBDWD]

@@castlebound2010 That's the truth. The "liberators" literally sold the riches of many latinamerican countries and took loans from the bank of London to fund their betrayals.

[@ImperatorHispania]

Y qué? Los españoles también ayudamos a las Trece Colonias a independizarse del Imperio Británico.

[@BajanEnglishman51]

Thomas cockron

[@아지즈킴]

can you make video about palestina and israel?

[@MCorpReview]

George Washington of the south la. Argentina is now world champion and has a pope. Surely he’s doing something right.

[@kuroazrem5376]

¡Viva Simón Bolívar! ¡Viva la Patria!

[@Lacteagalaxia]

Te respeto claramente lo de la patria pero lo de Bolívar es otra cosa principalmente por qué trajo mucho más mal que bien y soy latino

[@EuroBuci]

Skanderbeg series?

[@nkgaming6216]

Europe map is wrong. France didn't have Belgium or any of italy until Napoléon

[@elsapenaloza6317]

Latino Aneruca o Letrino America ?

[@deepblue3682]

Was spanish empire good or latin republics now?.. !!

[@svihl666]

12:43 / 12:58

[@ΛλρληΛαρλωμ]

Dislike because you characterized Bolivar traitor

[@MoisePicard-mk1nt]

Vive L'Haïti! 🇭🇹💯

[@89volvowithlazers]

Ok evrybody stop in 1810 Simon is 27, so far his only connection to anything is tangential. Only reason he goes to London is he had been there spoke some english. At 27 sonfar he has written nothing and he becomes aware of oppression when at 19? Idk something is not jiving. By 1810 he must have been well connected and well known.

[@castlebound2010]

Read the historical facts and stop the overthinking assumptions... You'll be free

[@ennui9745]

@@castlebound2010 What are you trying to say? Just get to the point, I'm interested to read it.

[@castlebound2010]

@@ennui9745 You just did, so get an energy drink like coffee, breathe deeply and read again. Take your time...

[@ennui9745]

@@castlebound2010 You made a lot of comments on this video saying a whole lot of nothing. Are you always this dense?

[@castlebound2010]

@@ennui9745 What answer to your query will fulfill your Social Media entitlement to judge ?

[@sydquinones-us1sj]

Hey can you do a virtue why do K on the f

[@lukagalic9533]

Because he knew that they were wrong. Remember this imperialism is a type of fascism.

[@sageex3931]

Bolivar never ended slavery

[@juancamiloavilan4808]

Imma hate on your maps, the New Granada capital was Bogota not Medellin, seriously it has no relevancy in the continent at that time

[@sydquinones-us1sj]

Sorry about that I don't know mall the read or write yet but I can do

[@SaikaLiao]

It all went downhill from there

[@whyismyricewet1986]

He was also a racist and a freemason ❤