Cartagena: The Pearl of Colombia's Violent Birth

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Cartagena: The Pearl of Colombia's Violent Birth

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In 1741, the British navy besieged Cartagena de Indias, a walled city that was the key to Spanish control of South America. This episode tells the story of that pivotal battle and the centuries of conflict that shaped Colombia—from indigenous Tairona and Muisca kingdoms to Spanish conquest, the brutal slave trade, the struggle for independence led by Simón Bolívar, and the 20th-century violence of La Violencia and the drug cartels. We meet figures like Blas de Lezo, the one-eyed admiral who defended Cartagena, and explore how Colombia's geography—three Andean ranges, vast plains, and dense jungles—fragmented power and fueled a history of war, coffee, and coca. #Cartagena #BlasDeLezo #ColombiaHistory #SimNBolVar #LaViolencia #PabloEscobar #MedellNCartel #SpanishConquest #Tairona #Muisca #Coffee #Cocaine #FARC #Bogot #SouthAmerica #History #FexingoHistory #ColonialWars #Colombia #WorldHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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