Forgotten Countries of the Southern Cone | South America

South America, is the world’s fourth-largest continent. It’s history spans 14,000-15,000 years, likely beginning when people first crossed the Bering Land Bridge. As might be expected, many countries have come and gone during this period of time. Some of which left their mark, while others have been largely forgotten.

This was true as well during the 19th century, a time of change that saw the old Spanish Empire give way to new countries following the May Revolution and Congress of Tucumán. Following this, in 1816, the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (aka the United Provinces of South America) declared independence.

It was not alone: from an unrecognized kingdom at the continent’s southernmost tip (the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia) to a republican uprising centered in Rio Grande do Sul (the Riograndense Republic) and the last days of a mysterious outpost (Rapa Nui) in an isolated corner of the Pacific.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
00:32 Where is the Southern Cone?
01:02 United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
02:18 Federal League / League of the Free Peoples
03:05 Republic of Entre Ríos
04:17 Republic of Tucumán
05:03 Argentine Confederation and State of Buenos Aires
05:41 Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia
07:35 Riograndense Republic and Juliana Republic
09:34 Kingdom of Chile / Patria Vieja and State of Chile
10:38 Socialist Republic of Chile
11:27 Kingdom of Rapa Nui

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[SignoreGalilei]

Thanks so much Ghost Countries! This was such a fun collab, let's do one again some time!

[axelprino]

As an Argentinian I wanted to mention that the name "Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata" is still recognized as an official name for the country to this day, to the point that it's still used in one of the coins alongside "República Argentina", and it can also be sometimes seen in other official stuff.

[rafaelhuarte]

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and the Argentine Confederation are still today two of the 3 official names of Argentina (The third and most used is the Argentine Republic), so they are not extinct countries, but rather the only ones in the list that survive today.

[hanszecrusader]

Another great video! South American countries and their histories are largely overlooked

[aragorn_]

I was really surprised someone outside Brazil actually mentioned Rio Grande (do Sul). I live very next to the border with Uruguay and your video was spot on regarding the region's history. Keep the good work my guy

[laeblu]

great video.
i'm uruguayan and i wanted to add that as the republic of entre ríos had the federal league's flag, Uruguay also recognizes the league's flag as official of the country today and the Federal League is viewed by many as the predecessor of the modern state of Uruguay.
and in fact, José Gervasio Artigas is viewed the national hero of the nation, which is funny because he opposed the idea of an independent Banda Oriental since he viewed (as most Uruguayans did at the time) all the United Provinces as one country.

[Mattineu]

I'm from Rio Grande do Sul, we are still proud of what our state fought for, and it's customs even if the Ragamuffin war happended almost 200 years ago, we even have a holiday for that, but there's isn't much of an active separatist movement anymore, although, many on the rural regions would probably be on favour of it. All things considered, great video!

[francogiobbimontesanti]

We also had São Paulo. Which didn’t declare independence but basically survived as a de facto independent state during the constitutional war in Brazil. They had a government and a military.

[zachl]

I only learned about a couple of these from the Victoria II Historical Flavour Mod, but it’s awesome to learn more about background behind them.

[tinavalentino]

You take on some seriously complex topics and somehow make them brief and interesting. Wow.

[GhostCountries]

I will improve my pronunciation of Antoine Tounens whenever we do a in-depth video on the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia! 😅

[veandve]

Subscribed, I'm Chilean and even though I knew about most of this short lived countries I found this video very well researched and a great summary of the events and context for when these countries happened. Also, great pronunciation of the places with native and Spanish/Portuguese names, it shows your effort.

[HistoryHustle]

Very interesting to learn about these South American short-lived states!

[elianes]

First video I watch of yours and I already subscribed.
Being a Uruguayan who loves history, I know quite a bit about some of these countries, but I never see them being talked about anywhere.

So, thanks and good job researching!! :)

[Walterdecarvalh]

Hi, im gaucho, from rio grande do sul and live in santa catarina. We have our own culture but also considered part of sulista culture (southener). But in reality, as a brazilian gaucho, we are more similar to argentina and Uruguai.

[Kat-trig]

I'm a dual US-Argentine citizen who had to study Argentine history in depth in order to revalidate my (US) high school degree and holy shit is it wild. Interesting, but so complicated.

[lucas]

Expelled, arrested, declared insane and sent to France lol 😂sounds like punishment enough to me

[StoicHistorian]

Great video as always guys! So happy to see signore gallile’s channel, love his geographic analysis videos. Also you guys are taking about a very overlooked part of the world and still made it very interesting, good job!

[kirbyward]

Another well done video!! I learned so much, again The maps are looking quite good

[thisismariagabriela]

Thanks for a video for the Cono Sur. Not only South America is different from Latin America, as the Cono Sur countries are quite different from the rest of South America