I lived in Costa Rica for 9 years and I miss it. I love Central America. I went to Panama many times, and went to Belize once too. Last week at work I used my Spanish speaking skills to translate for my boss and Latino sub contractors and a Mexican complimented my Spanish. I enjoy helping and surprising Spanish speaking people in the states, they don't expect a 50 year old longhaired hippie dude to joke around with them in their language. Hopefully I can find a way to support myself working online so I can move back to Costa Rica to stay. I have a son there who needs me.
The ignorance of american people labeling central americans as mexicans, I'm pretty sure the behaviors, treatment, and respect towards you was different in each country. All I know is central americans are more humble and accepting people towards foreigners.
@@Trancymind I don't think of them as "Mexicans", I think of them as Latinos. Which means part native American to me. They're usually very nice to me because I speak Spanish to them and treat them like equals, like anyone else. I know I'm unique but I don't think of people from the USA as special or better or any of that flag waving silliness. People are people. There are good and bad in every crowd. I mostly met good people in Costa Rica and the Latinos I meet here are also usually good folks. But if you look, and sometimes even if you don't look, you can find bad ones. I'm white as rice and have no problem saying there are plenty of terrible white people. You're right, Americans are often very ignorant and don't know much about other places. It's a shame because traveling opens eyes.
Forgot to mention the settling of Britain along the coast from Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua, all the way to blue fields, they recognize the mizquito kingdom, set up a trading company, and named hundreds of towns , islands. The bay islands were returned back to Honduras in late18 hundreds, we still embrace English as a first language among thousands of our people of afro Caribbean ancestry and indigenous. The garífuna people were brought by the British to Roatán, today they number in the thousands with a unique language and culture. There is more history here! I’m a proud native living on Roatán, bay islands , honduras
I was in Guatemala as a young man. Blonde haired gringo. We were near Belize. An older black man with a serious British accent says to me ." Hey boy" I said " Who you calling boy? " We looked each other in the eye and both burst out laughing. It was good times , good people.
Weather, terrain, and language are both a blessing and a curse to the mizquito kingdom. San Pedro Sula has much to offer... much like Havana, Cuba in the 1950s.
50 million people beautiful weather rich soil sun all year round warm beaches volcanos jungles in between two of the most amazing oceans economically growing and it serves as the bridge between north America and south America makes this region unique
Yes you are very correct. Central America is very unique. In each country that makes up the area is very unique. I'm sitting in the middle of the United States. I do find the heritage very interesting. I've often wonder why there's not more tourism in Central America? I would think the violence of the past would be somewhat forgotten. Not the safest place currently but neither is Mexico. Far as that goes if you look at some of the major cities in the United States they're not very safe either.
Yes you are right. Is so beautiful and rich the Kingdom of Guatemala established since 1609 and that extends from El Soconusco (today Chiapas) to part of Panama. Guatemala is 12th producer of silver in the world and 20th producer of gold besides having massive reserves of nickel, jade and so many other natural resources too bad for almost a century big multinational multi-billionaire anglosaxon criminal corporations have been taking almost everything. Long live Juan Santamaria the heroe of Costa Rica who died in battle against the anglo pirates. The Malvinas belong to Argentina 🇦🇷, The Esequibo belongs to Venezuela 🇻🇪 and Belice belongs to Guatemala 🇬🇹. God bless you all
@hugoberlusconi The fact that Latin American is poor has nothing to do with imperialism and everything to do with how dumb and collectivist people are.
@@juliuschan9036 the classification might be different but the Panamanians already had the desire to become an independent country due to tensions with the Colombian government. They were an ignored territory and the US took advantage of that to build the canal there. Either way most Panamanians I know consider themselves Central Americans and Panamá form part of a Central American union with the rest of the countries in that region
It was impossible for Guatemala and Mexico to "inherit" Belize from Spain because under International Laws , Spain did not acquire the title to the territory of Belize. To do so, Spain would have had to continously occupy, possess and administer all the territory of Belize, which they did not do. Such title to Belize was held by the British continously until 1981, when it was passed to the Belizean people.
Belize belongs to Guatemala! The British had a deal to build a Railroad for Guatemala in exchange for the territory of Belize which was rich in mahogany ! England NEVER upheld their end of the deal ! Guatemala Maps Included Belize until Belize simply declared its independence from both parties !
Belize, formerly known as British Honduras, has had an independent government controlled by the UK for well of over 150 years and only gained Independence in the last few decades. The majority of the people that live in the nation of Belize want to keep it that way. I don't believe the World Court is going to rule that Belize or Belice, as the Guatemalan government calls it, is part of Guatemala. I used to live in Belize and Guatemala in the 1970's so I know the history. Oh, it was a road not a railroad at least at first when the deal you speak of was agreed to in 1859.@@Ensinger5784
By your very own logic, BITTAIN ALSO NEVER HAD CONTINUOS NOR OFFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF BELIZE. They never had the authority to give independence to a territory ALWAYS IN DISPUTE, as this video clearly explains, the ball was never in POSSESSION of neither colonial power. The original cradle and center if Maya Civilization it is still in Guatemala with thousands of years PREDATING any British Pirate illegal incursions into the Peten Territory south if Yucatan. That is why the International Court od Justice is even considering, the super load of documents, maps, currency, drawings, historical, cultural, religiosos, DNA sequencing, physiognomy, forensic linguistics, folk studies (among many other evidences) that prove South Belice at least, is part of Guatemala. And no, the expectation is not for La Hague to rule in favor of the people if Belice (which is not in litigation, ONLY A TERRITORY IS IN DISPUTE, not the nation nor republic nor sovereignty of the belicean peoples ONLY A TERRITORY [ maritime, air space, land, fluvial, lacustre etc ] If the people of Belice truly believed the present day litigation is going to go their way, they would press strongly for a prompt resolution and quick judge decision, but rather, they keep kicking the ball down the pitch, milking the clock, finding excuses, disrupting the process, throwing distractions HOPING THE PROBLEMS WILL GO AWAY, they will not. Guatemala will eventually recover at least part of South Belice and Blizeans know that, thus this English Speaking guy taking a explicit and one sided route to try and change some minds. Not gonna happen. The court will be fair, logical and go for the evidence not feelings, pride nor nationalist biases.
@@Ensinger5784I’m sure almost all Belizeans won’t agree with you. I’m belizean and our money had the Queen and our lingua frinca is English . We are taught we got our independence from England but are aware that Hondurans are adamant about Belize being theirs
I'm half Honduran, spent a lot of my childhood there, and I've never heard of anyone including Venezuela or Guyana in Central America. It doesn't even make sense geographically: Venezuela, but not Colombia? Doing a little research, I see that some people in the past used the term "Middle America," which included Colombia, Venezuela, and Guyana, but according to what I've read, it's never been widely used to mean Central America, the last time anyone did so being in 1962. Central America is quite simply everything between Mexico and Colombia. The Caribbean is the Caribbean, a separate region because of linguistic and cultural differences (Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic notwithstanding).
These 7 countries with abundant similarity. They should have formed a United States of Central America with seven states. It would be come a formidable country.
@@I_am_somebody_1234 Curiously You don't think the same as most costaricans. But in that case first we have to solve each Central American country main problems like the "maras" in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. Also the corruption, of course. As well as many other things. But good news... at least in El Salvador , President Nayib Bukele is clearing the country, what at least prove that it is possible
I’m Salvadoran, our country was the only one how wasn’t agreed to be part of the kingdom of Mexico because it doesn’t make sense getting independence from Spain to be dominated by other kingdom again. Lterally won the war against the empire.
@@oscarmartinez2538 how is it not true? Other sources say that El Salvador was the one with more independence while Guatemala tried to bitch slap El Salvador back into Spanish rule
@@mangosthemexican8199 How did Mexico represent almost all of New Spain as an independent country? I think you're trying to say that Mexico made up most of New Spain. What about South America from Colombia to Argentina? All of these countries, struggled to find common ground on how to rule. Even Mexico with its own constant civil wars after Spain lost power. Another example is the Triple alliance war of South America (very brutal) In which Paraguay lost over 90% of its men in a tragedy where it had to fight against Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, who also barely gained independence AND also had civil war.
Just as Africa has traditionally been exploited by European countries, Central America has the misfortune of being close to the US, which interferes, exploits, makes coups, conflicts.....everything they can think of.
@robertfines7501 how has that been working out for Cuba? Visiting Cuba is like going back in time to the 1960s. It COULD be very wealthy and successful, but instead it chose communism 🤷♂️
@@Joker-no1uh Yeah kind of weird how you blow your own warship up in Havana harbour in 1898 to declare war with spain only to let a rebel group grasp it back in the 50s. Seems strange that the almighty Americans would allow that to happen.
WOW this is something that I have learned a lot about Belize, and Central America, I'm from Belize with family from Belize and Honduras my mother was from Belize and my dad was Born in Honduras but don't know anything about Honduras was raised in Belize and later on in life moved to USA Chicago I'll and also my mom.
Yeah i live in belize and they teached us that Guatemala claims a part of belize because british promised a road from the city of Guatemala to the atlantic coast and did not do it and Guatemala says it gave land for the road to be built
You forgot to mention that Belize used to be called British Honduras (because it WAS part of Honduras, not Guatemala!). And the Honduran Bay Islands was where british pirates, buccaneers, and then privateers were originally established. Since Honduras was going to lose the territory to either Mexico or Guatemala, a trade was made… Hence the privateers moved to Belize, and the Bay Islands became Honduran.
Guatemala was the most exploited country out of all Central America robbed us like crazy even tho my people fought until the end for the rights of our people and our riches
Good video. My only question is why the Brits needed log wood to make wool. It's unfortunate the Spanish colonies were unable to be more cooperative amongst themselves, particularly on the said before United Fruit Co.
@@Noidonteatbabiesstopaskingnot necesarily, its the biggest economy in central america. The situation is the country is very strong into keeping their culture.
Most interesting. My only problem was that when you were discussing various places in Belize, you were showing a historical map with no place names on it. Fascinating to learn that Belize was settled by pirates! (Naturally, it already had an indigenous population.)
Pretty sure Vatican/Smithsonian/Spain and UK knew that we have ancient structure's that predated Egypt, Central America was shafted on purpose but it can have a come back.
@@MoralKombato the M@yu civilization died 500 years before the Spnish came and Egyption pyramidsre 2000 yers older. Most Mtb cutuea qwew duscivwewd ub the eely 20 century by oil prospectorsndeep in the jungle.
I was in Belize in’86. They got their independence from GB in ‘81 but GB still provided their armed forces to keep Guatemala from taking over. Stayed in San Pedro for a month and on Saturday mornings at about 8:00, helicopters would start landing at the little airport on the island. About 10 minutes later, a horde of British soldiers would swarm down the Main street with duffel bags slung over their shoulders and start peeling off into the hotels by the beach. About 15 minutes after that, they would reappear on the street wearing Speedos and head to the bars where they would proceed to drink all day and try to pick fights with the Americans. Got to know some of the locals and they said if you lived in Guatemala and wanted to send a letter to Belize, it had to be addressed as such and such township Belize, Guatemala or it wouldn’t be delivered.
You can also say that for the rest of Central America with Nicaragua, we all know that the difference is Daniel Noriega dictatorship. Nicaraguans don’t have freedom like the rest, someday maybe will have it , the scary part Ortega don’t age. 😞
I would love to live my final years in Belize, because they speak English, they have Mayan ruins, and the world's second biggest barrier reef. Also a basic/laid-back economic lifestyle..
There was a Maya kingdom as late as 1697 ??!! We are usually told that the Maya, as an organized civilization, disappeared before Europeans arrived. "What made the Maya abandon their cities?" is a question that's often asked. Did the Maya of the kingdoms mentioned in this video not inhabit cities? Something doesn't seem to fit together.
The suppression of the Jesuits in 1771 was very tragic because Latin America lost many universities, colleges, and high schools. The Jesuits also developing a form of Capitalism. But when they were suppressed, Latin America remained in Spanish Mercantilism where who you know was more important than what you knew.
i’ve always loved that Central America is a Caribbean region with South American influence, it’s the best of both especially in its good food and cultures
you should have mentioned the inumerous times USA intervened in central american countries, as it may be argued that it is the main reason the area is so underdeveloped and fragmented
I believe the Central America Integration (SICA) can only prosper if they agree to create/keep one common currency (e.g. € Euro as in EU). Nicaragua and every CA countries need to meet a set of standards like economic, security, political (stability), etc. To take examples from the EU and to adjust certain values in order to become an effective Central American Integration.
Yes, Nicaragua needs to drop their communist friends like Cuba and Venezuela, return to democracy and reestablish closer relations with Costa Rica and the US. Most Nicaraguans despise their government so in my honest opinion their tyrannical regime will eventually die out and hopefully a peaceful government will rise
@@ignaciomondragon99 lol yea. My parents and I moved out of Nicaragua BC of Daniel Ortega. He always jokes about him tho, and the new co president 😭. After we moved to Canada he checked the site for voting, and it had already 2 votes for Daniel Ortega, EVEN AFTER HE RENOUNCED HIS CITIZENSHIP. He was laughing so hard about. Sadly the shit going on down there made it hard to visit for the past few years, and then with COVID, I just haven't been able to visit for a while. Though I remember last time i was there, they built those light trees 😭
Ufff, our General Francisco Morazan got executed for a United Central America, sadly. The only person with the right ideas for us. Politicians are too power hungry😢
@@ignaciomondragon99 Cuba would do well if it wasn’t for the US sanctions. They have better education than even the US, the difference is that capitalism can buy your thoughts. Neither forms of governments are good.
As an expat living in Panama I feel that you missed an opportunity to state the incredible differences that country enjoys over ALL other C American countries. It thrives as a hub of economic center for all of C America. P City is booming, thie first underground Metro, 1st world, entertainment, restaurants and high end living is notable here
Drive 30 minutes out of Panama City and it’s just as poor as all the other Central American countries. Been there many times. PC is wealthy because of the canal. The rest of the country is bad off.
There are several errors in historic data, like: a) The Court of Guatemala, or Capitania General, include the south of Mexico, more or less Chiapas in modern names. b) There's a normal misunderstanding, believe that territorial claims are the same as now, usually the Power claims a territory and all included there, but even to XX century cant be done that way, Territory is the land you force your government and sovereign by Laws, so, in Central America, people like Mezquitos Tribe wasn't part of Spain and that means the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua (mostly), the claim of Central America Continental lands by Spain was contested across centuries by England and France. c) You can consult Wikipedia, The Spain Empire XVIII century, to get a better idea what I am talking about, another fact comes from this issue: Independence movements came years before you mentioned, in September 1808, Pablo de Alvarado y Bonilla, from today Cartago, Costa Rica, was arrested in Guatemala, because he delivered printed paper condemning Napoleon France invading Spain and claiming this as an opportunity to be free from the Empire. d) The process to Independence was complex, but I try to make short: Spain Emperor Fernando VII was forced to call a Congress in Cadiz, in Spanish: Las Cortes de Cadiz, they enacted the first Constitution of Spanish Empire, late with Napoleon fall and Fernando VII coming back, He tried to derogate the Cadiz Constitution, after 2 years, the Constitution was keep. The next years come different historical facts due to the every territory own circumstances: Costa Rica and Nicaragua was ONE territory, but they work as 2, in October 29th, 1821, The People of the Trove, decided to be independent, but, People representing today Cartago (this was the capital), Heredia and others, add to the document the whole people to know as Costa Rica, were to join the Mexican Empire, when San Jose and Alajuela, among others, noticed they were betrayed and claimed the assembly decision was to be independent (separate from north or mostly Nicaragua today and/or other State or Empire) and keep neutral until everything was settled down, there was armed battles between people believing in Feudal system against Republican system defenders, when the final battle was won by Republicans, the Mexican Empire has been down, even in 1885, Costa Rica government gave economic aid to fight attempts to create a Central America State. Nicaragua claimed territories from other States, between Costa Rica and Nicaragua was a "Party", an autonomous territory, in 1824, they decided to come to Costa Rica side. Now, about the Federal Central America: for shorts periods of years in XIX Century, Costa Rica was part, but most of the People doesn't feel being part of the idea or the Organization, even now, Costa Rica doesn't add to Central America Parliament
Were any of the American filibusters involved in Central America? I know some of those involved in Cuba & South America later joined the Texas rebellion against Santa Anna. 🤠🤣
It was a nice and informative video about a region Brazilians know very little about. Thanks. I think the idea of a central america union would be of great advantage to alk countries in the region.
The concluding minutes totally ignore the drug gang wars that are part of the "cartel" battles, and causing refugees to flee. This is just a betrayal of too much of Central American realities to be presented this way
they’re better off as their own countries, their trade agreements are good enough anyway. it’s the same reason why the Caribbean islands and most of South America aren’t one country
I sadly know very little about central America, but this was a good early step toward hopefully learning more soon. Thank you for this. God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)
An interesting fact about Nicaragua (I worked with a guy from there for years) the type of Spanish they speak is considered extremely improper and is laden with Curse Words generally. However other Latinos find it amusing and even charming.
@@carolinavaldes6161 God bless you as well and I hope my comment didn’t offend but my friend would often be derided by the Argentinian (very pompous guy) and Ecuadorian (A Mormon) we worked with for how he spoke Spanish.
The root of the political problems in countries like Nicaragua is that people refuse to accept the idea of a homeland and think instead of the country as if it were a private farm and so they are governed as peasants in a private farm.
5:44 there is still attempt going on, SICA, but it is not has ambitious has the attempts that came before. It only has to objective of achiving central america integration but they are very vague at defining what that means, But in other aspect is more ambitius because it includes all of the nations of Central America including Belice and Panama and suprise it includes Republica Dominicana.
Just remember what President Regan said about someone telling you that 'I am from the government and I am here to help you'. No good can come from that integration.
These lands were part of Neva España kingdom and most of our ancestors came from south Spain I think. Also Central America was separated from our motherland Spain without having a war against ourselves, it was pacific
Appreciate the abbreviated history of this area. Unfortunate that your English sub-titles are so far delayed as to be a distraction and essentially worthless. Fix that and you'll have a top notch historical channel with your pleasant delivery.
I was hoping you would have included the 20th century interventions in Central America by the U.S. military during the Eisenhower and Reagan Administrations which essentially ended democracy movements and installed American agricultural corporations in the area. The northward migration of people to avoid poverty and crime is seen as the end result of American interference in Central America to install antidemocratic regimes in the area.
@@SebastiansFacts The plantations that we dispatched Marines to defend are what he wants to hear about. Which begs the question, has anyone managed to get rubber trees growing anywhere else? 🤠✌
ROFL which Democratic movements were those? The Sandinistas in Nicaragua where Ortega is dictator to this day? Sorry, but Reagan was right and it was wrong of the American left to support the Sandinistas. The FMLN in El Salvador who tried to overthrow democratically elected governments and have now lost so much power they they hold only 4 seats in our National Assembly? Sorry but it was wrong of the American left to support the FMLN as well. Blaming the US has been a cheap excuse in Latin America, when the fault had been our own. In truth we did not have truly democratic institutions before many of the socialist revolutions started, and the socialist revolutions were not going to bring us democracy either in fact the opposite as Venezuela now shows us, instead we use the excuse of US intervention even when there was none to excuse our own addiction to socialism because we fail so often to embrace any real capitalism in Latin America. The migration of people to the US feeds of this same juvenile desire to be cared for like children - we know if we sneak off to the US we can receive free education, free healthcare, free housing, and never have to pay taxes or share in any adult responsibilities - this is why most migrants to the US do not pay any income tax in the US or their own country we are simply not used to a simple where we have adult responsibilities like Americans do. We vote for socialist snake charmers because we know if they rob from us and become dictators we can always sneak off to the US to be cared for and blame the US for interventions that never really happened and are in truth our own fault. We put the Sandinistas in power, we allowed the FMLN to wage war, we supported the FARC, we did all these things not the US, and in the end we took the money and aid from the US.
I am not knowledgeable of Central America's history besides the one year of school work many years ago. However, I am very much familiar with the history of Colombia and Panama and found some of the statements potentially misleading. Panama was part of Colombia, fully. In fact it was a departamento, meaning this was post Colombia's attempt to build a federate government which was somehow mentioned but not clear. Panama's local authorities were enticed by the US to become independent as Colombia had other plans for the canal. There were European countries interested in the canal as well and Colombia wanted to retain full control. Colombia had gone through the 1000 day war (internal conflicts) and did not have the means to prevent the US from luring the Panamanian local governments of becoming an independent country and giving away control of a future canal. This is my quick attempt to call out something that it was key in the history of Panama and Colombia.
Conquest i like that description ! The whole of the world has been conquested since time appeared. Still a game of have & have nots and those people who have no bounds of satisfaction.
Wake up! Just this morning the newspapers report the last presidential election risks being declared null and void in Guatemala!! And you want us to mingle politically? NO WAY! ❤🇨🇷
Panama by CIvilization - Values, Culture, Food, Clothing Style, Folklore Music. Is a South American State. Geographically is in Central America. or North America if Central is part of North America. Also Panama has a more international American foot print. Even legally is an North American State. Panama got its independence from Spain in 1821 and join voluntarily to Colombia, and from Colombia in 1903.
I think they would have been better off as The Federal Republic of Central America. Its always better when people are united. There wouldn't be so much conflict there like there is today.
Yes, but those problems didn't came by it self. When people from any country of the region tried to elected the leaders in democratic and free elections, the big brother from the north came to tell us that this guy is not good for us and imposed a guy that is good for him and bad for us. Dictatorships and invasion had been the day by day problem in the region thanks to the US.
You don't seem to understand the difference between Mayans and Aztecs. FYI Mayans was done around 900 AD . Aztecs where the people who had to deal with the Spanish. Its hard to believe you know anything about the history if you can't get the beginning right. Sorry
For the region to prosper, all of our countries need a president like the one from El Salvador. Great man. The Pipiles have done superb with him at the hell.
Luckily /s the video doesn't address 75+ years of US destabilization projects and interventions calculated to ensure continued resource extraction and compliance with US interests
And now we in the United States are complaining about immigration! LOL if we hadn't installed United Fruit in Guatemala, Guatemala would be a much safer and sustainable place and they wouldn't be looking for another
Yes, nice History of Belize and Panama. That is where this History seems to end on Central America. So what happen in the other C.A. Nation. Maybe a 10 minutes or more on the other three Nation would give this presentation creditable.
Maybe it's just because natural delimitations. North of the Country is The Sierra Madre of Chiapas, border with Honduras; South is the Pacific Ocean; To the West is the Güija Lake, border with Guatemala, together with the Chalchuapa River and Ostua river; East is the Gulf of Fonseca, natural border with Nicaragua and Honduras. Also the political limits (borders) of the Provinces were made by the conquistadors and at that time wasn't a big problem be small, when been part of a big Viceroyalty. Also the San Salvador Province only was joining by 2 small Provinces during the independence, San Miguel and Sonsonate. By example, The Province of Honduras, was bigger than the 3 provinces of El salvador together and Honduras Province was joined by 3 other big regions.
Wait in my history books and everyone that I've read up till now. The mayan civilization had already collapsed by the time europeans arrived and had basically fragmented, and the northern parts were absorbed by the aztecs
It is interesting that British colonies consolidated rather than fragmented after independence compared to Spanish colonies. It is hard to imagine the USA, Canada, Australia and India as a mixture of different nations. If there ever was a case for a separate country it would be Quebec, yet it chose to stay part of Canada. One could make a similar case for India which apart from Pakistan chose to stay together. Why the different outcomes between British and Spanish colonies?
Brits basically exterminated/segregated native population (% of current native population is very small and not integrated in ex-British colonies), and brought a load of European immigrants that consolidated under a single culture (nation); the only exception here is India. Spanish more or less mixed with native population (they still used natives and mestizos as workforce, criollos and peninsular Spanish were in top of the society), that native population in first place was part of different native nations (different language, religion, culture, etc.) that were forced to be part of viceroyalties created by the the crown and then to independent countries, but that population always felt the urge to return to their pre-Hispanic "countries". Additionally, criollos most frequently were the ones that organized and led the independence movements in ex-Spanish colonies, because they were in disadvantage to peninsular Spanish, who still had more privileges just because they were born in Europe. So criollos basically use their position to gain and consolidate as much power as they could once countries or territories became independent (better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a Lion), leading to further fragmentation.
I would have to disagree with you here. British Raj eventually fragmented into 3 countries: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Ireland is still divided between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The British mandate of Palestine became Israel and... well, what's left of Palestine. British colonies fragmented just as badly as other colonies because borders were determined for economic efficiency and not around the cultures of the people living there
@@Famous_Athlete_Hashimoto You forgot to mention Cyprus, Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands. I don’t see how you can blame Israel on Britain as it was subject to a UN resolution and Palestine was never a British colony, Even though India split, there were many people in India and Pakistan who didn’t want it to happen which made it so tragic.
Latin America and the Caribbean are nations that have all the best products that united states citizens love!! Coffee, banana, chocolate, and many tropical fruits and vegetables, not to mention oil, gold ,silver , nickel and other resources, Now who controls the market and why poverty is so huge in this nations ,, let's talk profits and cheap labor and those who cause all those problems, Ever heard of banana wars?
I lived in Costa Rica for 9 years and I miss it. I love Central America. I went to Panama many times, and went to Belize once too. Last week at work I used my Spanish speaking skills to translate for my boss and Latino sub contractors and a Mexican complimented my Spanish. I enjoy helping and surprising Spanish speaking people in the states, they don't expect a 50 year old longhaired hippie dude to joke around with them in their language.
Hopefully I can find a way to support myself working online so I can move back to Costa Rica to stay. I have a son there who needs me.
Cool, man! All the best! Hope you can get back with your son - every boy needs a dad, family's important.
The ignorance of american people labeling central americans as mexicans, I'm pretty sure the behaviors, treatment, and respect towards you was different in each country. All I know is central americans are more humble and accepting people towards foreigners.
@@Trancymind I don't think of them as "Mexicans", I think of them as Latinos. Which means part native American to me. They're usually very nice to me because I speak Spanish to them and treat them like equals, like anyone else. I know I'm unique but I don't think of people from the USA as special or better or any of that flag waving silliness. People are people. There are good and bad in every crowd. I mostly met good people in Costa Rica and the Latinos I meet here are also usually good folks. But if you look, and sometimes even if you don't look, you can find bad ones. I'm white as rice and have no problem saying there are plenty of terrible white people.
You're right, Americans are often very ignorant and don't know much about other places. It's a shame because traveling opens eyes.
I lived there for a time too. Visited every notable locale by bus. A great place indeed. Pura Vida mi Amigo.
Where did you live while you were in CR?
Extremely well condensed into 18 minutes! Born in Nicaragua, I found this very neat and worthwhile to consume. New subscriber!
Thanks so much. I'm glad you liked it!
can you please refrain from using such profane language? merci
Forgot to mention that costa Rica and Panamá are not a gang Battle royale like some people think base in the other countries
Forgot to mention the settling of Britain along the coast from Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua, all the way to blue fields, they recognize the mizquito kingdom, set up a trading company, and named hundreds of towns , islands. The bay islands were returned back to Honduras in late18 hundreds, we still embrace English as a first language among thousands of our people of afro Caribbean ancestry and indigenous. The garífuna people were brought by the British to Roatán, today they number in the thousands with a unique language and culture. There is more history here! I’m a proud native living on Roatán, bay islands , honduras
What happened in the Honduras Cival War that drove the Carifuna into Belice zand Nicaragua.?
Been to Roatan. Nice place. Interesting history.
I was in Guatemala as a young man. Blonde haired gringo. We were near Belize. An older black man with a serious British accent says to me ." Hey boy" I said " Who you calling boy? " We looked each other in the eye and both burst out laughing. It was good times , good people.
@@apiii73 if you were on the coast he may hve been a Garifuna. Also there is a ferry every day to Belize.
Weather, terrain, and language are both a blessing and a curse to the mizquito kingdom. San Pedro Sula has much to offer... much like Havana, Cuba in the 1950s.
I like how they say: Belize this, and Belize that, when, at the time, it used to be called British Honduras.
Yeah he kind of skipped over a lot lol
50 million people beautiful weather rich soil sun all year round warm beaches volcanos jungles in between two of the most amazing oceans economically growing and it serves as the bridge between north America and south America makes this region unique
Yes you are very correct. Central America is very unique. In each country that makes up the area is very unique. I'm sitting in the middle of the United States. I do find the heritage very interesting. I've often wonder why there's not more tourism in Central America? I would think the violence of the past would be somewhat forgotten. Not the safest place currently but neither is Mexico. Far as that goes if you look at some of the major cities in the United States they're not very safe either.
If it's so great why do they want to come to the United States and live in slums in ghettos😮
Just visited every country in Central America, one thing they all have in common is good coffee and eggs lol
Beans eggs yes I’ve been to El Salvador cause I have family there
as a honduran i can confirm we like coffee and eggs and beans and shit
@@LABASEDELOSFRIENDS I'm a honduran and I can confirm a honduran there correct also we love Fucking spanish Food
@@walterolivia1502 hold up, you love fucking spanish food? 🤨
@@LABASEDELOSFRIENDS yes I do
I'm from Colombia and always learned Colombia is in South America , not Central America . Central America is Panamá to Guatemala
Correct. Colombia is the beginning of South America
Yes you are right. Is so beautiful and rich the Kingdom of Guatemala established since 1609 and that extends from El Soconusco (today Chiapas) to part of Panama. Guatemala is 12th producer of silver in the world and 20th producer of gold besides having massive reserves of nickel, jade and so many other natural resources too bad for almost a century big multinational multi-billionaire anglosaxon criminal corporations have been taking almost everything. Long live Juan Santamaria the heroe of Costa Rica who died in battle against the anglo pirates. The Malvinas belong to Argentina 🇦🇷, The Esequibo belongs to Venezuela 🇻🇪 and Belice belongs to Guatemala 🇬🇹. God bless you all
@hugoberlusconi
The fact that Latin American is poor has nothing to do with imperialism and everything to do with how dumb and collectivist people are.
What if Panama didn't listen to the Americans and remained part of Colombia?
@@juliuschan9036 the classification might be different but the Panamanians already had the desire to become an independent country due to tensions with the Colombian government. They were an ignored territory and the US took advantage of that to build the canal there. Either way most Panamanians I know consider themselves Central Americans and Panamá form part of a Central American union with the rest of the countries in that region
It was impossible for Guatemala and Mexico to "inherit" Belize from Spain because under International Laws , Spain did not acquire the title to the territory of Belize. To do so, Spain would have had to continously occupy, possess and administer all the territory of Belize, which they did not do. Such title to Belize was held by the British continously until 1981, when it was passed to the Belizean people.
Belize belongs to Guatemala! The British had a deal to build a Railroad for Guatemala in exchange for the territory of Belize which was rich in mahogany ! England NEVER upheld their end of the deal ! Guatemala Maps Included Belize until Belize simply declared its independence from both parties !
Belize, formerly known as British Honduras, has had an independent government controlled by the UK for well of over 150 years and only gained Independence in the last few decades. The majority of the people that live in the nation of Belize want to keep it that way. I don't believe the World Court is going to rule that Belize or Belice, as the Guatemalan government calls it, is part of Guatemala. I used to live in Belize and Guatemala in the 1970's so I know the history. Oh, it was a road not a railroad at least at first when the deal you speak of was agreed to in 1859.@@Ensinger5784
Belize is a hidden gem of central America Guatemala wish they had.
By your very own logic, BITTAIN ALSO NEVER HAD CONTINUOS NOR OFFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF BELIZE. They never had the authority to give independence to a territory ALWAYS IN DISPUTE, as this video clearly explains, the ball was never in POSSESSION of neither colonial power. The original cradle and center if Maya Civilization it is still in Guatemala with thousands of years PREDATING any British Pirate illegal incursions into the Peten Territory south if Yucatan. That is why the International Court od Justice is even considering, the super load of documents, maps, currency, drawings, historical, cultural, religiosos, DNA sequencing, physiognomy, forensic linguistics, folk studies (among many other evidences) that prove South Belice at least, is part of Guatemala. And no, the expectation is not for La Hague to rule in favor of the people if Belice (which is not in litigation, ONLY A TERRITORY IS IN DISPUTE, not the nation nor republic nor sovereignty of the belicean peoples ONLY A TERRITORY [ maritime, air space, land, fluvial, lacustre etc ] If the people of Belice truly believed the present day litigation is going to go their way, they would press strongly for a prompt resolution and quick judge decision, but rather, they keep kicking the ball down the pitch, milking the clock, finding excuses, disrupting the process, throwing distractions HOPING THE PROBLEMS WILL GO AWAY, they will not. Guatemala will eventually recover at least part of South Belice and Blizeans know that, thus this English Speaking guy taking a explicit and one sided route to try and change some minds. Not gonna happen. The court will be fair, logical and go for the evidence not feelings, pride nor nationalist biases.
@@Ensinger5784I’m sure almost all Belizeans won’t agree with you. I’m belizean and our money had the Queen and our lingua frinca is English . We are taught we got our independence from England but are aware that Hondurans are adamant about Belize being theirs
I'm half Honduran, spent a lot of my childhood there, and I've never heard of anyone including Venezuela or Guyana in Central America. It doesn't even make sense geographically: Venezuela, but not Colombia? Doing a little research, I see that some people in the past used the term "Middle America," which included Colombia, Venezuela, and Guyana, but according to what I've read, it's never been widely used to mean Central America, the last time anyone did so being in 1962. Central America is quite simply everything between Mexico and Colombia. The Caribbean is the Caribbean, a separate region because of linguistic and cultural differences (Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic notwithstanding).
Exactly lmao who would group South American countries in with central america lmao makes no sense at all
These 7 countries with abundant similarity. They should have formed a United States of Central America with seven states. It would be come a formidable country.
As a Nica I would love to see a reunification between Nicaragua and Honduras. Honduras is Nicaragua brother. God bless my Honduran brothers 🇳🇮🇭🇳
Honduran here, God bless my nicaraguan brothers 🇭🇳🇳🇮
As a Costa Rican, I would like to see the rest of CA unifying to see what happens...
@@I_am_somebody_1234 Curiously You don't think the same as most costaricans.
But in that case first we have to solve each Central American country main problems like the "maras" in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. Also the corruption, of course. As well as many other things.
But good news... at least in El Salvador , President Nayib Bukele is clearing the country, what at least prove that it is possible
Do you believe that the Nicaraguan government is oppressive? Just wondering because I'm Guatemalan.
It should be Honduras, El Salvador , Nicaragua realistically & if Costa Rica /Guatemala wants to come back then yes they can join too . 🇭🇳 🇸🇻 🇳🇮 🇨🇷 🇬🇹
Great video! I learned a lot from it in just a few minutes. Hope Central America is able to overcome its problems and thrive in the future.
STOP REPEATING YOU NO EVEN KNOW WHERE IS LATITUDE 0 THE CENTER OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE OF AMERICA. SALUDOS
They only have to copy Costa Rica and they will succeed.
I’m Salvadoran, our country was the only one how wasn’t agreed to be part of the kingdom of Mexico because it doesn’t make sense getting independence from Spain to be dominated by other kingdom again. Lterally won the war against the empire.
Not true
Si es verdad
@@oscarmartinez2538 how is it not true? Other sources say that El Salvador was the one with more independence while Guatemala tried to bitch slap El Salvador back into Spanish rule
Not true, Mexico represented almost all of New Spain as an independent country and if anything was more united with Mexico.
@@mangosthemexican8199 How did Mexico represent almost all of New Spain as an independent country? I think you're trying to say that Mexico made up most of New Spain. What about South America from Colombia to Argentina? All of these countries, struggled to find common ground on how to rule. Even Mexico with its own constant civil wars after Spain lost power. Another example is the Triple alliance war of South America (very brutal) In which Paraguay lost over 90% of its men in a tragedy where it had to fight against Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, who also barely gained independence AND also had civil war.
Central América is beautiful! Costa Rica is Pura vida 🏄🦥🦜🦋🐒🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷
Just as Africa has traditionally been exploited by European countries, Central America has the misfortune of being close to the US, which interferes, exploits, makes coups, conflicts.....everything they can think of.
Communism is not allowed in our neighborhood
@@Joker-no1uhRight, Cuba ring a bell.
You can thank the arrogant Monroe Doctrine for that.
@robertfines7501 how has that been working out for Cuba? Visiting Cuba is like going back in time to the 1960s. It COULD be very wealthy and successful, but instead it chose communism 🤷♂️
@@Joker-no1uh Yeah kind of weird how you blow your own warship up in Havana harbour in 1898 to declare war with spain only to let a rebel group grasp it back in the 50s.
Seems strange that the almighty Americans would allow that to happen.
WOW this is something that I have learned a lot about Belize, and Central America, I'm from Belize with family from Belize and Honduras my mother was from Belize and my dad was Born in Honduras but don't know anything about Honduras was raised in Belize and later on in life moved to USA Chicago I'll and also my mom.
Have you been to Belize? I have always wanted to visit.
Why no mention that Belize was named "British Honduras"? That was its name when I first landed there in 1972...
Yup
Yeah i live in belize and they teached us that Guatemala claims a part of belize because british promised a road from the city of Guatemala to the atlantic coast and did not do it and Guatemala says it gave land for the road to be built
You forgot to mention that Belize used to be called British Honduras (because it WAS part of Honduras, not Guatemala!). And the Honduran Bay Islands was where british pirates, buccaneers, and then privateers were originally established. Since Honduras was going to lose the territory to either Mexico or Guatemala, a trade was made… Hence the privateers moved to Belize, and the Bay Islands became Honduran.
It’s was part of Guatemala not honduras
Lmao crazy how misinformed people are Belize was part of Guatemala it was called British Honduras because ya sold ya selves to them
Guatemala was the most exploited country out of all Central America robbed us like crazy even tho my people fought until the end for the rights of our people and our riches
@@titovalenzuelam delusion masterclass
Good video. My only question is why the Brits needed log wood to make wool.
It's unfortunate the Spanish colonies were unable to be more cooperative amongst themselves, particularly on the said before United Fruit Co.
Love Guatemala! Such a rich culture, such kind people, not gentrified at all
Yeah because it’s dirt poor
@@Noidonteatbabiesstopaskingnot necesarily, its the biggest economy in central america. The situation is the country is very strong into keeping their culture.
@@Noidonteatbabiesstopaskingits not poor
Most interesting. My only problem was that when you were discussing various places in Belize, you were showing a historical map with no place names on it. Fascinating to learn that Belize was settled by pirates! (Naturally, it already had an indigenous population.)
Belize also has Negros from Jamaica and Garifuna who were ship wrecked from slave shis and joined a tribe or Amerindians on St Vincent.
Pretty sure Vatican/Smithsonian/Spain and UK knew that we have ancient structure's that predated Egypt, Central America was shafted on purpose but it can have a come back.
@@MoralKombato the M@yu civilization died 500 years before the Spnish came and Egyption pyramidsre 2000 yers older. Most Mtb cutuea qwew duscivwewd ub the eely 20 century by oil prospectorsndeep in the jungle.
Yes, Belize was settled by Pirates (after the indigenous population). They were the Baymen. Very interesting part of our history.
@@stephygee189 still are quite a few characters on the islands of Belize who could easily be cast in pirate movies .
I was in Belize in’86. They got their independence from GB in ‘81 but GB still provided their armed forces to keep Guatemala from taking over. Stayed in San Pedro for a month and on Saturday mornings at about 8:00, helicopters would start landing at the little airport on the island. About 10 minutes later, a horde of British soldiers would swarm down the Main street with duffel bags slung over their shoulders and start peeling off into the hotels by the beach. About 15 minutes after that, they would reappear on the street wearing Speedos and head to the bars where they would proceed to drink all day and try to pick fights with the Americans. Got to know some of the locals and they said if you lived in Guatemala and wanted to send a letter to Belize, it had to be addressed as such and such township Belize, Guatemala or it wouldn’t be delivered.
In New Orleans we have a statue of Francisco Morazon. I am surprised you didn't mention him.
Be interesting to know why Nicararagua and Costa Rica are so different,
You can also say that for the rest of Central America with Nicaragua, we all know that the difference is Daniel Noriega dictatorship. Nicaraguans don’t have freedom like the rest, someday maybe will have it , the scary part Ortega don’t age. 😞
The short answer: Democracy.
@@acropolis2850
It’s Daniel Ortega, not Noriega!
Costa Rica abolished its own military to avoid coups that plagued its neighbors.
Educación y democracia.
As an American I would love to see peace And prosperity in Central America. Not sure how to accomplish this
As a Costa Rican and an American, I would like to see peace in the US.
The main thing, I took away from this video: …, is that there is likely buried pirate treasure hidden throughout Belize.
I would love to live my final years in Belize, because they speak English, they have Mayan ruins, and the world's second biggest barrier reef. Also a basic/laid-back economic lifestyle..
Thank you for providing time and education about this part of the world ....
There was a Maya kingdom as late as 1697 ??!! We are usually told that the Maya, as an organized civilization, disappeared before Europeans arrived. "What made the Maya abandon their cities?" is a question that's often asked. Did the Maya of the kingdoms mentioned in this video not inhabit cities? Something doesn't seem to fit together.
Guatamala is still mainly Mayan
Look up the history of the Itza, and all your questions will be answered.
Wait so what is the history of El Salvador ? Ik there was a civil war.
The suppression of the Jesuits in 1771 was very tragic because Latin America lost many universities, colleges, and high schools. The Jesuits also developing a form of Capitalism. But when they were suppressed, Latin America remained in Spanish Mercantilism where who you know was more important than what you knew.
The Jesuits represent the biggest evil on Earth, so any suppression of them is just and God approves.
Interesting! I'm sure the people are beautiful, lovely people; as is their countries.
i’ve always loved that Central America is a Caribbean region with South American influence, it’s the best of both especially in its good food and cultures
you should have mentioned the inumerous times USA intervened in central american countries, as it may be argued that it is the main reason the area is so underdeveloped and fragmented
I believe the Central America Integration (SICA) can only prosper if they agree to create/keep one common currency (e.g. € Euro as in EU).
Nicaragua and every CA countries need to meet a set of standards like economic, security, political (stability), etc.
To take examples from the EU and to adjust certain values in order to become an effective Central American Integration.
Yes, Nicaragua needs to drop their communist friends like Cuba and Venezuela, return to democracy and reestablish closer relations with Costa Rica and the US. Most Nicaraguans despise their government so in my honest opinion their tyrannical regime will eventually die out and hopefully a peaceful government will rise
@@ignaciomondragon99 lol yea. My parents and I moved out of Nicaragua BC of Daniel Ortega. He always jokes about him tho, and the new co president 😭. After we moved to Canada he checked the site for voting, and it had already 2 votes for Daniel Ortega, EVEN AFTER HE RENOUNCED HIS CITIZENSHIP. He was laughing so hard about. Sadly the shit going on down there made it hard to visit for the past few years, and then with COVID, I just haven't been able to visit for a while. Though I remember last time i was there, they built those light trees 😭
I would hope to include Mexico in that they need reform too, and a stronger more unified latin America can could chang thing for the better
Ufff, our General Francisco Morazan got executed for a United Central America, sadly. The only person with the right ideas for us. Politicians are too power hungry😢
@@ignaciomondragon99 Cuba would do well if it wasn’t for the US sanctions. They have better education than even the US, the difference is that capitalism can buy your thoughts. Neither forms of governments are good.
As an expat living in Panama I feel that you missed an opportunity to state the incredible differences that country enjoys over ALL other C American countries. It thrives as a hub of economic center for all of C America. P City is booming, thie first underground Metro, 1st world, entertainment, restaurants and high end living is notable here
Hot,,rainy, traffic horrible, everything under endless construction,, earthquakes. Strange local people
*As an immigrant
Drive 30 minutes out of Panama City and it’s just as poor as all the other Central American countries. Been there many times. PC is wealthy because of the canal. The rest of the country is bad off.
I hope they keep striving to build a strong country.
Did you seriously just describe panama as "1st world"? I think you need your eyes checked buddy
There are several errors in historic data, like:
a) The Court of Guatemala, or Capitania General, include the south of Mexico, more or less Chiapas in modern names.
b) There's a normal misunderstanding, believe that territorial claims are the same as now, usually the Power claims a territory and all included there, but even to XX century cant be done that way, Territory is the land you force your government and sovereign by Laws, so, in Central America, people like Mezquitos Tribe wasn't part of Spain and that means the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua (mostly), the claim of Central America Continental lands by Spain was contested across centuries by England and France.
c) You can consult Wikipedia, The Spain Empire XVIII century, to get a better idea what I am talking about, another fact comes from this issue: Independence movements came years before you mentioned, in September 1808, Pablo de Alvarado y Bonilla, from today Cartago, Costa Rica, was arrested in Guatemala, because he delivered printed paper condemning Napoleon France invading Spain and claiming this as an opportunity to be free from the Empire.
d) The process to Independence was complex, but I try to make short: Spain Emperor Fernando VII was forced to call a Congress in Cadiz, in Spanish: Las Cortes de Cadiz, they enacted the first Constitution of Spanish Empire, late with Napoleon fall and Fernando VII coming back, He tried to derogate the Cadiz Constitution, after 2 years, the Constitution was keep.
The next years come different historical facts due to the every territory own circumstances: Costa Rica and Nicaragua was ONE territory, but they work as 2, in October 29th, 1821, The People of the Trove, decided to be independent, but, People representing today Cartago (this was the capital), Heredia and others, add to the document the whole people to know as Costa Rica, were to join the Mexican Empire, when San Jose and Alajuela, among others, noticed they were betrayed and claimed the assembly decision was to be independent (separate from north or mostly Nicaragua today and/or other State or Empire) and keep neutral until everything was settled down, there was armed battles between people believing in Feudal system against Republican system defenders, when the final battle was won by Republicans, the Mexican Empire has been down, even in 1885, Costa Rica government gave economic aid to fight attempts to create a Central America State.
Nicaragua claimed territories from other States, between Costa Rica and Nicaragua was a "Party", an autonomous territory, in 1824, they decided to come to Costa Rica side.
Now, about the Federal Central America: for shorts periods of years in XIX Century, Costa Rica was part, but most of the People doesn't feel being part of the idea or the Organization, even now, Costa Rica doesn't add to Central America Parliament
Were any of the American filibusters involved in Central America? I know some of those involved in Cuba & South America later joined the Texas rebellion against Santa Anna. 🤠🤣
@@davidrox4591 Yes, Walker was defeated by Costa Ricans after running amok in Nicaragua. He was scum.
That "party" Was Guanacaste joining Costa Rica. The word "partido" more correctly means Province or administrative territory.
What?
@@davidrox4591 Yes, please search for filibuster William Walker
It was a nice and informative video about a region Brazilians know very little about. Thanks. I think the idea of a central america union would be of great advantage to alk countries in the region.
Voluntarily uniting countries is very, very, very hard. Thanks for your appreciation, btw. I'm glad you liked the video.
The concluding minutes totally ignore the drug gang wars that are part of the "cartel" battles, and causing refugees to flee. This is just a betrayal of too much of Central American realities to be presented this way
Central America should be ONE Country.
Why?
they’re better off as their own countries, their trade agreements are good enough anyway. it’s the same reason why the Caribbean islands and most of South America aren’t one country
No. 😂
I sadly know very little about central America, but this was a good early step toward hopefully learning more soon. Thank you for this.
God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)
To which God do you refer??? There are so many. around the world.
@@billfarley9167 I'm referring to the God of the Jews, and the God and Father of Jesus Christ. I am a Christian.
Live there for a while. You WILL gain perspective. (family in Panama)
I recently bought property in Costa Rica by the beach lol it cost me 50K.
An interesting fact about Nicaragua (I worked with a guy from there for years) the type of Spanish they speak is considered extremely improper and is laden with Curse Words generally.
However other Latinos find it amusing and even charming.
There is also proper Spanish and proper people like in your country too. God bless you
@@carolinavaldes6161 God bless you as well and I hope my comment didn’t offend but my friend would often be derided by the Argentinian (very pompous guy) and Ecuadorian (A Mormon) we worked with for how he spoke Spanish.
Like American English compared to England
The root of the political problems in countries like Nicaragua is that people refuse to accept the idea of a homeland and think instead of the country as if it were a private farm and so they are governed as peasants in a private farm.
5:44 there is still attempt going on, SICA, but it is not has ambitious has the attempts that came before. It only has to objective of achiving central america integration but they are very vague at defining what that means, But in other aspect is more ambitius because it includes all of the nations of Central America including Belice and Panama and suprise it includes Republica Dominicana.
Just remember what President Regan said about someone telling you that 'I am from the government and I am here to help you'. No good can come from that integration.
I love how you depict the Spanish conquerors but the natives peaceful.
The natives were butchering and enslaving each other long before the Spanish arrived to do the same. History is in the eye of the beholder😎
I like how you depict the fact you would love to roll over and take it while a foreign power comes to subjugate your ancestral lands.
@wordsdistorted interesting predicament both natives and spanish are ancestors
Very informative. Thanks you!
STOP REPEATING THE ENGLISH AMERICA IS ONE CONTINENT INDIVISIBLE . NAMED IN HONOR OF AMERICO VESPUNCE . SALUDOS IBEROAMERICA
These lands were part of Neva España kingdom and most of our ancestors came from south Spain I think. Also Central America was separated from our motherland Spain without having a war against ourselves, it was pacific
Coo video, i am from Panamá
Appreciate the abbreviated history of this area. Unfortunate that your English sub-titles are so far delayed as to be a distraction and essentially worthless. Fix that and you'll have a top notch historical channel with your pleasant delivery.
I was hoping you would have included the 20th century interventions in Central America by the U.S. military during the Eisenhower and Reagan Administrations which essentially ended democracy movements and installed American agricultural corporations in the area. The northward migration of people to avoid poverty and crime is seen as the end result of American interference in Central America to install antidemocratic regimes in the area.
For now, i just posted a video about the bay of pigs invasion. Maybe that'll interest you?
@@SebastiansFacts The plantations that we dispatched Marines to defend are what he wants to hear about.
Which begs the question, has anyone managed to get rubber trees growing anywhere else?
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ROFL
which Democratic movements were those? The Sandinistas in Nicaragua where Ortega is dictator to this day? Sorry, but Reagan was right and it was wrong of the American left to support the Sandinistas. The FMLN in El Salvador who tried to overthrow democratically elected governments and have now lost so much power they they hold only 4 seats in our National Assembly? Sorry but it was wrong of the American left to support the FMLN as well. Blaming the US has been a cheap excuse in Latin America, when the fault had been our own. In truth we did not have truly democratic institutions before many of the socialist revolutions started, and the socialist revolutions were not going to bring us democracy either in fact the opposite as Venezuela now shows us, instead we use the excuse of US intervention even when there was none to excuse our own addiction to socialism because we fail so often to embrace any real capitalism in Latin America. The migration of people to the US feeds of this same juvenile desire to be cared for like children - we know if we sneak off to the US we can receive free education, free healthcare, free housing, and never have to pay taxes or share in any adult responsibilities - this is why most migrants to the US do not pay any income tax in the US or their own country we are simply not used to a simple where we have adult responsibilities like Americans do. We vote for socialist snake charmers because we know if they rob from us and become dictators we can always sneak off to the US to be cared for and blame the US for interventions that never really happened and are in truth our own fault. We put the Sandinistas in power, we allowed the FMLN to wage war, we supported the FARC, we did all these things not the US, and in the end we took the money and aid from the US.
Good info. Greetings from Cluj-N.
Well done video summary.
Again, thanks!
Qué fino!
I loved this, I love to learn about our latino history.
Saludos mexicanos, from Mexilandia USA.
I am not knowledgeable of Central America's history besides the one year of school work many years ago. However, I am very much familiar with the history of Colombia and Panama and found some of the statements potentially misleading.
Panama was part of Colombia, fully. In fact it was a departamento, meaning this was post Colombia's attempt to build a federate government which was somehow mentioned but not clear. Panama's local authorities were enticed by the US to become independent as Colombia had other plans for the canal. There were European countries interested in the canal as well and Colombia wanted to retain full control. Colombia had gone through the 1000 day war (internal conflicts) and did not have the means to prevent the US from luring the Panamanian local governments of becoming an independent country and giving away control of a future canal.
This is my quick attempt to call out something that it was key in the history of Panama and Colombia.
Much better in 2x playback speed
Conquest i like that description ! The whole of the world has been conquested since time appeared. Still a game of have & have nots and those people who have no bounds of satisfaction.
Great video
Thanks, Dave
Balboa coming from Colombia around 1500 was the key to Conquest of Panama Pizarro his second to the conquest of the Inka.
Very interesting video thank you for this
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It could be the best place on Earth: in the middle of two oceans, in the middle of two continents. Good weather, lush... and well, it is what it is.
Proud to be Belizean
VIVA ambergris Caye
Bless ✊🏼🙏🏼
Central America should be one united nation cause we share lots of things in common, culture, music, food, etc.
Ah....negative!
@@glenncastro1922 Why? We could be one of the strongest nations in the world. Sports, economy, politics, war, science, culture, etc.
Wake up! Just this morning the newspapers report the last presidential election risks being declared null and void in Guatemala!! And you want us to mingle politically? NO WAY! ❤🇨🇷
Sounds like a disaster to me
They would drain Costa Rica and spread their misery. No Thanks.
Panama by CIvilization - Values, Culture, Food, Clothing Style, Folklore Music. Is a South American State. Geographically is in Central America. or North America if Central is part of North America. Also Panama has a more international American foot print. Even legally is an North American State. Panama got its independence from Spain in 1821 and join voluntarily to Colombia, and from Colombia in 1903.
Excellent video
Latin is a very humble and good people
Some are not all off them
But also very high crime and bad situation for women. So…
Too bad you didn't see fit to illustrate the difference between Costa Rica and the other Central American countries.
I’ve decided I’m going to sing this next month during my 10 yr reunion. 😂
*Excellent history of central America*
Thanks Henry!
I think they would have been better off as The Federal Republic of Central America. Its always better when people are united. There wouldn't be so much conflict there like there is today.
Think of the good futbol (soccer) team they would have for the World cup.
So why is Costa Rica so different?
Interesting information about Central America.
Thanks
Corruption and monopolies are what is keeping Central America from developing
Yes, but those problems didn't came by it self. When people from any country of the region tried to elected the leaders in democratic and free elections, the big brother from the north came to tell us that this guy is not good for us and imposed a guy that is good for him and bad for us. Dictatorships and invasion had been the day by day problem in the region thanks to the US.
Venezuela….is NEVER considered part of centro America smh 🤦♂️
Does this excellent video have a Spanish subtitled version?
You don't seem to understand the difference between Mayans and Aztecs. FYI Mayans was done around 900 AD . Aztecs where the people who had to deal with the Spanish. Its hard to believe you know anything about the history if you can't get the beginning right. Sorry
Tthe Mayan civilization was long gone but the peple were their to enslave.
Thanks 👍
For the region to prosper, all of our countries need a president like the one from El Salvador. Great man. The Pipiles have done superb with him at the hell.
Luckily /s the video doesn't address 75+ years of US destabilization projects and interventions calculated to ensure continued resource extraction and compliance with US interests
And now we in the United States are complaining about immigration! LOL if we hadn't installed United Fruit in Guatemala, Guatemala would be a much safer and sustainable place and they wouldn't be looking for another
Yes, nice History of Belize and Panama. That is where this History seems to end on Central America. So what happen in the other C.A. Nation. Maybe a 10 minutes or more on the other three Nation would give this presentation creditable.
I was on vacation in central américa I really like Hondured Greetings from Alaska
Of course you did. Warm sun and beaches will do that for people from northern climes.
Very clear
No mention of when and why Belize was British Honduras? That was a JR high report I did in the 70's.
You do not explane why El salvador end up so small...?
Maybe it's just because natural delimitations. North of the Country is The Sierra Madre of Chiapas, border with Honduras; South is the Pacific Ocean; To the West is the Güija Lake, border with Guatemala, together with the Chalchuapa River and Ostua river; East is the Gulf of Fonseca, natural border with Nicaragua and Honduras. Also the political limits (borders) of the Provinces were made by the conquistadors and at that time wasn't a big problem be small, when been part of a big Viceroyalty. Also the San Salvador Province only was joining by 2 small Provinces during the independence, San Miguel and Sonsonate. By example, The Province of Honduras, was bigger than the 3 provinces of El salvador together and Honduras Province was joined by 3 other big regions.
Very good!
He last me when he said the Venezuela was part of Centro America! Come onnn
Is it just me or does Pedro de Alvarado look like he could be an ancestor of Bradley Cooper?
Wait in my history books and everyone that I've read up till now. The mayan civilization had already collapsed by the time europeans arrived and had basically fragmented, and the northern parts were absorbed by the aztecs
My dad is from Nicaragua and My tio is from Panama
I think it is wrong...Belize was previously known as British Honduras...
It is interesting that British colonies consolidated rather than fragmented after independence compared to Spanish colonies. It is hard to imagine the USA, Canada, Australia and India as a mixture of different nations. If there ever was a case for a separate country it would be Quebec, yet it chose to stay part of Canada. One could make a similar case for India which apart from Pakistan chose to stay together. Why the different outcomes between British and Spanish colonies?
One word. Bananas
Britain negotiated independence and handed over government.😊
Brits basically exterminated/segregated native population (% of current native population is very small and not integrated in ex-British colonies), and brought a load of European immigrants that consolidated under a single culture (nation); the only exception here is India.
Spanish more or less mixed with native population (they still used natives and mestizos as workforce, criollos and peninsular Spanish were in top of the society), that native population in first place was part of different native nations (different language, religion, culture, etc.) that were forced to be part of viceroyalties created by the the crown and then to independent countries, but that population always felt the urge to return to their pre-Hispanic "countries". Additionally, criollos most frequently were the ones that organized and led the independence movements in ex-Spanish colonies, because they were in disadvantage to peninsular Spanish, who still had more privileges just because they were born in Europe. So criollos basically use their position to gain and consolidate as much power as they could once countries or territories became independent (better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a Lion), leading to further fragmentation.
I would have to disagree with you here. British Raj eventually fragmented into 3 countries: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Ireland is still divided between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The British mandate of Palestine became Israel and... well, what's left of Palestine. British colonies fragmented just as badly as other colonies because borders were determined for economic efficiency and not around the cultures of the people living there
@@Famous_Athlete_Hashimoto You forgot to mention Cyprus, Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands. I don’t see how you can blame Israel on Britain as it was subject to a UN resolution and Palestine was never a British colony, Even though India split, there were many people in India and Pakistan who didn’t want it to happen which made it so tragic.
VERY GOOD
Like this but it’s past my bedtime. Another time.
Latin America and the Caribbean are nations that have all the best products that united states citizens love!!
Coffee, banana, chocolate, and many tropical fruits and vegetables, not to mention oil, gold ,silver , nickel and other resources,
Now who controls the market and why poverty is so huge in this nations ,, let's talk profits and cheap labor and those who cause all those problems,
Ever heard of banana wars?
Alvarado did so with his brother and his cousin. The cousin I believed continued to Peru. All 3 were absolutely ruthless conquerors…
Pedro de Alvarado was a cold blooded assasin...not much not less...😑
What about central america before de Spanish came?
Doesn't matter
@@Kmr571-l8yyes it does buddy there was thousands of tribes just like in Mexico
Belize is from Guatemala
Chapin over here, interesting story
They need to start again and become one country, it’s just messy down there!
Thanks for your suggestion. I think there is a mess north of Mexico too.
The subtitles are really messed up.