COLOMBIA - Santa Marta

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:01][music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> cathedral of Santa Marta on the They conserved in the first instance the remains of Simon Bolivar. He died in 1830.

[00:02:04]And they rested here for 12 years.

[00:02:07]Until finally they were taken away to Caracas.

[00:02:09]wonder what he would think now seeing the future of Gran Colombia.

[00:02:13]Simon Bolivar, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela.

[00:02:19]A part of northern Peru included. What would he think?

[00:02:23]Because it seems to me that the plans didn't work out.

[00:02:26]The things didn't turn out the way he wanted.

[00:02:28]The way he expected.

[00:02:30]A constant in Colombian cities is that the historic centers or the city centers are well maintained in general, more or less. If they are historic, they are better maintained.

[00:02:39]But as soon as you leave the historic centers, it starts to degrade.

[00:02:45]The architecture and the well-being of the people is noticeable in the in the appearance of the people, in the appearance of the houses.

[00:02:54]The landscape is becoming impoverished.

[00:02:57]Um I would like to tell you that it's only Santa Marta, but it's a constant throughout Colombia.

[00:03:03]The centers maintained for tourism, for a certain type of business, and a few blocks further it starts uh to show poverty.

[00:03:14]What would the liberator think about that?

[00:03:16]What would San Martin think? What would Rosas think? What would Belgrano think? What would the others leaders of the of freedom and of the independence in Latin America think? It seems to me that things didn't work out uh the way they wanted, given this ominous reality of poverty and dependence on foreign powers that Latin America is in up to this day.

[00:03:45]Latin America.

[00:03:47]Santa Marta, a very beautiful historic part.

[00:03:51]Very beautiful beaches, very beautiful very su línea del litoral. Su su línea costera.

[00:03:58]Pero no más que eso. No más que eso.

[00:04:03]Los sueños de los desembarcadores me parece que quedaron truncos.

[00:04:20]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Oh.

[00:09:44]>> [music] [music] [music] >> I stand Ciudad de Santa Marta in the Caribbean Colombian.

[00:11:38]No puedo más que que pensar y rememorar cosas semejantes como por ejemplo cuando estuve en el Distrito Federal y vi el cuarto donde fue asesinado Leon Trotsky.

[00:11:50]Figuras muy diferentes y con impactos completamente distintos en diversas partes del mundo pero que manejaron que fueron de mucho poder y que manejaron los destinos de muchas personas en su tiempo y en las generaciones posteriores.

[00:12:05]por los los actos que tuvieron durante su vida y sin embargo dar las manchas de sangre en el en el escritorio donde murió fue asesinado Trotsky y ver la cama diminuta fría sola solitaria donde falleció de una enfermedad natural Simón Bolívar me da esa esa sensación de la transitoriedad de de las vidas por más que haya sido el libertador de un continente el causante uno de los causantes de los motores de una revolución en un país o el último pordiosero en las calles de de Santa Marta. Los destinos de las personas son breves son eh según sus actos consecuentes o no pero terminan. [clears throat] Y volvemos al polvo de que nacimos esto se ha dicho muchas veces pero es muy real y al ver estos lugares esa es la sensación que tengo.

[00:13:04]eh No conocemos nada de Bolívar, conocemos su obra conocemos lo que dijeron las personas que lo vieron vivo cómo era su carácter cómo fueron sus decisiones pero no lo conocimos nosotros que somos generaciones muy posteriores y admiremos o no su obra el hombre está perdido para siempre.

[00:13:24]eh Conclusión de todo esto es la tan remanente aprovechar eh eh porque y mmm aprovecharlo para hacer el bien para eh y tomando seguramente eh lo que han dicho muchas personas antes que él es que los ojos que la vieron viva.

[00:14:12]Como sea figuras tan dispares eh la criticamos pero no hemos quedado nada de ellos como persona.

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