I've never understand why people from US and Canada believe spanish traded with slaves. Spain had a very different aproach to colonies than other colonial powers. They didn't enslave local population, they formed families with them. If you look to the racial distribution in former spanish colonies you will find very noticeable differences with other colonial powers former colonies. In former british or french colonies you will find that still today there are very distinct groups of white european population and native population. In former spanish colonies nearly everybody has both european and native ancestors. All native people living in spanish controlled territories were declared spanish citizens with the same rights as the ones born in Spain as soon as 1542 and in that moment all kinds of slavery were abolished in spanish territories. Athough it's true spanish ports were used to trade with slaves those slaves were not traded by spanish people and spanish territories were not the destination of those slaves.
.... As far as Canada is concerned, the first West European sailors/explorers having named and cartographed several places along its West coast, were Spaniards or sailors under Spanish flag..., Vancouver was named Bodega before, and peninsula VALDEZ, among others, was not given by any Russian, British, French ..... explorers. Also, one of the theorys why Canada was given that name, is because the explorers sent by our crown, trying to find a pass to the Pacific Ocean through the North, like they did through the South (Magallanes straight) is because they never found it an reported/market on their maps ACÁ NADA (Nothing over here, in Spanish).
La leyenda negra es el arma de desinformación más grande de la historia. Hasta los propios españoles la hemos olvidado, imagínate los Latinoaméricaricanos, ellos que descienden de la unión de pueblos más grande de la historia.
Brava respuesta,llevas toda la razón. Además no fueron los españoles quienes acabaron casi hasta la exticion con los indígenas norteamericanos para quedarse con sus tierras. Solo hay que ver cuántos indígenas sudamericanos quedan aún y cuántas tribus norteamericanas quedan y en qué condiciones.
27:24 You are wrong, Spain participation in the Atlantic slave trade was way lower compared to Portugal and England, the most active countries in the slave trade, followed by France. Even the Netherlands had a slightly higher participation than Spain.
You are correct. Slavery have been always forbidden in Spain as it was considered doing so was against the Bible. But, semi-slavery (forced labour to pay taxes or as a contract) was a very common practice although have not been always legal.
An error that the video has repeated several times is to say that the territories of the Spanish Empire were colonies when in reality they were Viceroyalties, general captaincies and provinces with the same consideration that Valencia or Andalusia had at that time.
27:24 we were less than other country's in slave trade mainly because it was banned by the queen Isabel de Castilla the first person to banned slavery, it's true that it was difficult and even though there was slavery because is difficult to control that, it's true the slavery rate in that time was less than others countries and we have to take in account that during those times Spain was a powerhouse with the largest empire so it's impressive that such empire had less slavery trades than other countries and that's thanks to the queen.
27:25 No, no spanish slave trade, that didn't happen. Actually, during that period Francisco de Vitoria (considered one of the fathers of Human Rights) with other jurists and philosophers part of the School of Salamanca, developed theories and principles that are now the base of what we understand as basic human rights and the dignity of humans. From a legal standpoint, while other countries treated african people as 'things' or 'animals', which allowed slavery to proliferate; the Catholic Monarchs adopted the position of the School of Salamanca and declared very early on that native americans were humans and as such deserved a basic recognition of rights, which meant that slavery was prohibited.
In fact, although Americans say that the northwest Pacific was discovered by Lewis and Clark, the Spanish had explored and mapped the entire west coast of North America. There are cities in Alaska with Spanish/Hispanic names. There (also) is even a theory/legend in which they say that a Spanish explorer (Esteban Gómez y Vázquez de Ayllón) did not go beyond the Chesapeake Bay and the mouth of the Hudson, they say that he wrote on his maps “acá nada” and that is where the name arose. Although it is one of several theories, and the apparently least reliable but at least curious.
@@marcgarrigosmane166That is not right. His experiences in the civil war inspired "Homage to Catalonia." 1984 is influenced by totalitarian regimes such as the Soviet or Nazi.
About crazy-party-alcpholic tourism. Fun fact: the drunk british young tourists started what was named "balconing" (from the word balcón, balcony). Consisting in throwing themselves from the hotel balcony to the hotel pool. Nuts. As you can imagine several have died. In a very dark humor it is said that the summer starts when the first tourist dies falling from a balcony
I'm from Argentina but I feel confident enough to add to the things said in the video. 18:21 The breakfast thing is real, even in LATAM. Maybe not always churros and chocolate, since it's kind of a heavy thing to eat especially first thing in the morning, but it's usually sweet. Growing up I always drank chocolate milk with usually some kind of cookie as my breakfast. 32:00 Siesta has nothing to do with being lazy. At least in Argentina, it's sacred. With a few exceptions, there is a period of around 3-4 hours in which most shops are closed so people can have a siesta, a nap. It's indispensable to our way of life, and to have a good balance of work and rest.
No sabía que en Argentina también cerrarais los comercios a media tarde. Aquí, al menos en el sur de España, es imprescindible por el calor en verano donde alcanzamos 50 grados. A esas horas no hay un alma en la calle, la gente se echa la siesta, descansa y se quita las horas más calurosas. Por eso la noche tiene más vida que en Europa central.
Claiming territory and controlling are completely different. When the US made the Louisiana Purchase from France, they only controlled New Orleans and surrounding areas. The Natives still controlled 90% of the land. The same goes for all European empires. Spain did not control all that land. They just claimed it. Still had to be conquered.
One of the main problems of tourism in Barcelona is that we see people going crazy doing stuff that they probably wouldn't do back in their homes. Like if our cities were their playgrounds. And also there is the problem of gentrification. I live in a neibourhood near the city center of Barcelona and it's crazy how it changed: It's filled with tourists that decided to stay and that only speak english or their native languages and really don't care too much about learning the local languages. It is getting more expensive. "Traditional" shops close and then new ones open (and maybe last only for a few months). The city is mainly "sold" to turists and so it gets less charming and authentic, etc, etc, etc. Nevertheless, we appreciate nice, respectful, mindful and curious turists and/or travelers and enjoy sharing our places and our stuff with them.
¡¡España no tuvo colonias!!. Cómo vamos a quitar ese error histórico si hasta los mismos españoles lo decimos. De nuevo: ¡¡ España no tuvo colonias jamás!!.
Da a entender que el sur es un desierto cuando eso sólo es Almería. De hecho el lugar con más precipitaciones de toda España es la sierra de Grazalema, entre Málaga y Cádiz, y así tenemos todo tipo de climas en Andalucía, pasando por subtropical, mediterráneo, continental, desértico y montañoso. Decir que Andalucía es un territorio seco es un mito de la ignorancia puesto que es la región con más variedad de la península.
Churros con chocolate is a breakfast because it would be too heavy for a dessert. Traditionally it's served in churrerías and bars, and only in the morning, for a high energy boost and to fight cold weather.
Yea, IS a bit of a controversy with the tourisim because in the mayor party spots and cities IS a great economy but this creates an ambient of drink people in the streat and many of these tourists dont really visit Spain they visit other world full of alcohol and partis, also many of these dont respect the native population and their traditions and peace. For exsample in Benidorm a English woman wanted a refund from an hotel because many people in there were spanish and speacked spanish ( and you Will think how IS this posible, a woman that goes in vacations to Spain and dont expect yo hear spanish
02:36 At that time, that part of the “newly discovered lands” (at least for Europeans), there were territorial disputes between the kingdom of Spain and Portugal. So an agreement was reached with the mediation of the Pope in the so-called Treaty of Tordesillas in which a dividing line was drawn in which what was on one side was Spanish and the other side was Portuguese.
There is no 'tourist go home' situation. But maybe there is something like that in some neighborhoods in Barcelona, where investment funds buy flats to rent to tourists and make life miserable for regular residents. You know, noise and parties at 5 in the morning when the neighbors want to sleep before going to work the next day. And neighbors who live in rented apartments find their rent multiplied by two or three. The Barcelona city council is trying to limit the number of tourist flats; excessive proliferation of tourist flats make makes the neighborhoods unpleasant for tourists as well. Out of Barcelona, nothing like that. Oh wait, there are also some cities on the Catalan coast (Salou, Lloret de Mar), Majorca (Magaluf), Ibiza (Sant Antoni de Portmany) and Valencia (Gandia) with problems due to 'drunken tourism'. 🤪
27:29 Spanish slavery? The slave traders and sellers were from all the great European countries and empires: English, French, Dutch... even the independent Americans were slave traders and slavers. So much bad fame that they have been divulging and disseminating in an interested way, that it has remained as true, but we were neither the only nor the greatest... many of those who spread that "black legend" were even worse in many aspects than the Spaniards... Same consideration than the “Spanish inquisition”. The inquisition was an entity of the Catholic Church, not only Spanish. And it is even documented, because the church at that time, believing it had God and the truth on its side, documented everything: the English (at that time Catholicisms too, since Henry VIII had not arrived to create Anglicanism), the French, etc. His “factions” of the inquisition killed many more people than the Spanish. But only the latter is remembered as popular culture... curious 🤔
The San Fermin festival with the famous running of the bulls takes place in the city of Pamplona but the city is not located in the Basque country, it is in Navarra, which is another different autonomous community.
I am Spanish, I am an atheist, I am left-wing, and I am proud of my Catholic cultural heritage. And there are many of us Spaniards who think like this.
Because the religious heritage goes far beyond the concept of belief in the supernatural. Religious heritage entails a set of values and customs that are intricate in the cultural heritage of societies. So a person can be an atheist and, on the other hand, value moral and cultural aspects of religion. For example, in countries with a Catholic cultural base, it is assumed that all human beings are equal before God. So societies tend to have more equal treatment between social classes. By that same principle, the concept of racism is abhorrent. In general, Catholic societies have had fewer problems mixing with other races than other societies with a Calvinist or Lutheran moral base. And it adds and continues.@@francoisdaureville323
Maybe if you didnt have a simplistic ignorant view of the world. Most of the values and culture we share comes from that religious heritage. Pretending christianity was all wrong is being a hater, nothing else. Att: Another atheist.@@francoisdaureville323
@@NooWordsNeeded you dont get to nitpick or cherry pick what you like about something and then act that you are proud of it when you dont believe in it 🙄🙄🙄
@@francoisdaureville323 Is it now? Can I believe in solidarity without believing in God? Am I allowed to believe in peace and community without the angels and nephilims? I guess I do.
Spanish from the Canary Islands here o.o/ The turism here is....THE THING. We can't deny that is an important topic for the economy, but I really think is a big mistake to base 90% of our economy on that. All the money coming from the outside...can you imagine? I'm from Tenerife and the south of this island is full of turist. We kinda feel like we are the tourist in here... A lot of people from UK, Germany, France, Italy, Russia and, of course, from a lot of countries from Latinamerica. Althouogh we love to learn and have different cultures mixed, is sad that our goberments doesn't care about our own culture and puts the focus on others cultures. All the restaurants in here have menus in english, french, italian, germany, russian and maybe spanish xD You have to go to the north of the island to find different cultural things about the islands because in here...irish pubs everywhere, english sport bars, italian restaurants, german restaurants...
Andorra is in the Iberian peninsula. Andorra is in the middle of the Pyrenees…I’m from Barcelona and you notice tourists in the down town or famous attractions. It’s annoying when your job or your study center is in the down town area. It’s exhausting trying to go fast between people waking slowly. People know were to go to avoid tourist. But without tourist the center of the city is plenty of people. You get used to it.
The Pheasant Island was on dispute between France and Spain until they had an agreement: 6 months under Spanish control, the rest of the year under France control. The Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 solved this dispute. Explained!
Here are some of my thoughts as an Spaniard watching this: Hon, its called 'Tajo' not tagus or tejo Also wdym by slave trade? Have a look at the rest of the comments its pretty explanatory Its not called 'Petanque', its called 'petanca' actually Please stop the 'pa-ye-ya' its not pronounced liked that!
I'm sorry to tell you, Brazil and Portugal also belonged to the Spanish crown between 1585 and 1641, and 3/4 parts of the United States and part of Alaska do not appear on the map either, and all that with a population of 18 million Spaniards at its peak.
the history of that little island is a very old agreement between kings that stays . Not uncomon in spain andorra is actually a similar agreement betwen a spanish priest and the king of france that share the right to rule this little country that today has become a fiscal paradise .
By the way it’s not payeya is pa-e-ya… there was not mixture between moors and Christians during the moorish invasion. The 5% it’s because of the moors who remain in the peninsula after the reconquista. The majority of people don’t have North African dna. People from morroco they have some percentage of iberian dna. Also beréberes have something linked to Iberian. Same root ber in the name… the beres. Also the euskera or basque language it’s similar to iberian extinct language. Catalan and valencian are the same language.
About the "tourist go home" topic... Mainly Spaniards (I'm going to talk about my perspective, in Canary Islands) are angry with the management of the goverment, not with the tourist directly. Because of the increase of Vacacional Apartments, the living cost in touristic places are out of the roof, making people who works at hospitality having to move away from their work places. Rents can get up so high that it takes more than the 90% of the salary. That, plus the increase of consructions, the decrease on investment for the people who live here...and the destruction of nature landscapes... It's a lot, man.
Just saw this old video reaction of yours and just came here to say that in fact almost only Valencians care about the Paella thing, they love to protect it, say that u want chorizo on the Paella and most spanish wont care, but say it in front of a Valencian and you'll be dead before u can realize
Sugar didnt came from america. Its origin is asia and well known and cultivated in Spain in 14th century. Then was taken to america by spaniards in 16h century
Again, Cuba was not the last colony in America, along with Puerto Rico, but was the last Spanish ultramarine territory, a General Captaincy, in America that got independence. Not colony, ok?
I don't really like that we have that much tourism, but mostly because the tourists (mostly the British ones, sorry) are just unhinged. In Benidorm they bath in public fountains, or go naked in public, or they just litter the city. My city is also considered one of the ones with more tourism, and it's so dirty during the high season. Also, you cannot go anymore to the beaches close to the city because they're tourist territory, unless you're there since 6am. You go to a beach far from the city or you don't go anywhere, because there's no space to do anything in there. Also, if you want a paella with seafood, eat "arroz a Banda", it's typical from the south of the Comunidad Valenciana, it's pretty similar to a paella and it's also cooked in the same pot, but because it's a coastal dish, it's made with seafood.
Ye im form spain and we fucking hate there is to many people just come party and make all that bad things you can imagine BUT we love people like who is a good guy just enjoying our country.
In seville , Andalucía there is a lot of turist and sometimes it is anoying but it is also beutiful to know that People all arounx the qorld come to visit your country
I can tell you, the reason for the bubble was not that, I guess it was just a funny scape joke It can be summarized in real estate bubble + government debt + poor labor regulation and low added productive value economy overall (systematic or endemic). Source: I’m Spaniard myself, from Cádiz, Andalusia, the zone that was in fact hit the worst. Btw although there are good sides overall, we’ve got the best beaches along with the Costa Brava in Cataluña and Islas Cíes in Galicia. Take a look at Bolonia beach for example! And of course the best, most hospitable people out there. Not kidding, they’re a bit more serious in the North. It’s also overall more traditional and cheaper here (due to us being basically a bit poorer). You can eat very well at any place though, although if you go to Barcelona of course avoid touristic places. Ask for local tabernas or mesones with good reputation, we have a cuisine to be proud of. Tripadvisor or Google Reviews can probably help you in that Good, traiditonal plates are of course paella (typical Valencia), fabada or cachopo (typical Asturias), cocido (typical Madrid), pulpo a la gallega (typical Galicia), pescaito frito (basically from my land, Cádiz), fresh salmorejo and gazpacho (the first one being more solid, to eat with a spoon, and the later a beverage), croquetas and tortilla, and of course jamón ibérico. These are just some examples. For breakfast a toast with oil and tomato, or sobrasada is typical. Also churros, oftenly taken with chocolat. It’s just like some kind of fried donuts. Ensaimadas, sobaos… you can’t help getting broke and gaining weight here for sure dude hehe Great video btw 👍
You should know that at least 1/3 of all the population consider their selfs as atheist, non religious or agnostic. And the most part of the catholic ones are simply not practicant 😂❤
There are different kind of tourism in Spain. There are a lot of digital nomads that LOVE the spanish lifestyle of Sun beach siesta and relax. There are other tourists that go to party. Especially Ibiza and to la costa del sol. There are 2 kind of history-lovers tourist: one go to Madrid because its the capital of the spaniscsphere and the others are more architectonical-lovers because they love the arquitecture of Barcelona (actually Barcelona is the capital of architecture) Religious tourist in the north of Spain because of the camino de Santiago. And a lot of more profiles. In the end Spain IS awsome for everybody, just because they way you can live here. Tapas, terraces, Sun, funny and nice people, mediterranean diet, great weather, surrounded by culture and in an international place. Yeah, Spain is the european california but with culture
I'm from Mallorca, germans are a bit of a pain in the *ss but it works mostly as you said. Summer time is the peak and they mostly come to party, drink and make noice.
About tourism, since I live in the north, and despite having a healthy tourism I cant even remotely relate to people in Barcelona or Madrid with the hoards of tourists that go just there maybe for only a day.
Im spanish, first time i hear rio Tejo...i know Tajo, but google calls it Tejo. And there are so many wrong things in this video that i just cant...so just one reflexion on how this video starts. 2 guys from one corner of a country, one of whos corner reivindicates that are so special and genetically different that they should have their own country (there would only be 1 or 3 countries in europe in this terms), making sure that u associate the name of other corner with dogs...now imagine what we have in Spain...spanish history is too rich and its been lied too much about. 1984 was written by George Orwell after spending some time in Spain (i dont say it was inspired in Spain, but do say that many writters dreeses in fiction their beleaves, so i like to think he wrotte about how he was being lied...how im being lied, how wrong is this video to understand Spain)...nice time to my neighbors i was lied too when i was young, things are much more "rocambolescas".
I am Spanish, people in spain come from culture, Beaches, Hiking, Religion (Santiago de compostela), Nature (In Spain in the province of Granada you have the higest mountain of the peninsula and also in one hour in car from the city of Granada you have a coast that is semitropical), the party is in the islands and south Spain mostly. (Sorry for the grammar)
Actually, Spain started to colonised territories in America, but then those territories were part of Spain, like ultramarine territories. Actually, Spain had viceroyalties in America: Viceroyalty of New Spain, Viceroyalty of Grenada, Viceroyalty of Peru, and Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata, divided in General Captaincies. So, talking about colonial Latin America is a huge mistake, and American universities have these awkward subject names. Absurd!
Yo vivo a 300 mts de la Sagrada Familia en Barcelona y no veo turistas. No voy a la Sagrada Familia ya la conozco. Los turistas van a lugares muy concretos. Y cada año vienen 12 millones de turistas a Cataluña.
Es increíble como nos ignoran a los Murcianos, ni una puta palabra sobre nuestra región, esto ya se sale del puto meme, tenemos como 3000 millones de cosas más que Muchos sitios mencionados en el vídeo ( La Catedral de Murcia, La Manga que prácticamente es única en el mundo, El teatro Romano de Cartagena, Las salinas de San Pedro y mil y una cosas más) pero deciden no decir ni una sola cosa en el vídeo, es que esto les pasa por no llevar a gente culta para apoyar de forma fiel el contenido estoy llorando por dentro fuertemente, a los que no sabéis qué es la Región de Murcia, solo tenéis que Googlear "Región de Murcia" 2 minutos y veréis cosas tan o más impresionantes como en todo este vídeo, un saludo
At least on Canary island people are exhausted of not having the option to build a house because everything it's rural soil (you can't build a house on rural soil legally) but at the same time the politicians just give green card to any hotel company that want to build one (search: "playa blanca macro hotel" and "hotel de Puerto del Carmen se adueña de la playa") They just change the rural soil to urban soil and magic now it's legal to build a mega hotel. Pd: On Spain beaches are of/for public domain/use so no one can buy them but a hotel just get a part of a beach for itself thanks to the mayor of the island (Lanzarote). That's what make us angry the politicians and it's corruption.
The Spain dialect is weird compared to the rest of the Spanish speaking countries since it is a minority. aroun 50M Spaniards (vs 450M non Spaniards), from whom around 70% make the distiction of s and z/-ce/-ci. It may be weird in numbers, but take in mind the diference would be the same as pronouncing "think" as "sink". Would sound weird in English to not do the distinction
It's called "Wanting to preserve your culture", one day you'll understand how having too many foreigners and inmigrants, whether legal or illegal, creates a massive problem in any country.
In many spanish cities people have to move from their house because it becomes expensive. That’s because companies rent appartments that once were from locals for generations to tourists. They make the prices higher on prupose so people can’t live there anymore. We can’t live in our cities, let alone keep our traditions. Tourists have a generalized idea of what spanish culture means, and you can find a lot of merch in Barcelona that doesn’t represent our culture at all. A lot of tourists travel here for partying, which isn’t a bad thing. What happens a lot is that they don’t respect the locals cotidian life: they are loud, drunk, unrespectful, and they throw garbage everywhere. A “popular” thing that they do is “balconing”: they jump from a balcony to the pool. That has caused a lot of accidents that costed their lives and the “trauma” of the unprepared people that have to clean that (most of the times the cleaning is done with unprepared people because it’s cheaper).
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I've never understand why people from US and Canada believe spanish traded with slaves. Spain had a very different aproach to colonies than other colonial powers. They didn't enslave local population, they formed families with them. If you look to the racial distribution in former spanish colonies you will find very noticeable differences with other colonial powers former colonies. In former british or french colonies you will find that still today there are very distinct groups of white european population and native population. In former spanish colonies nearly everybody has both european and native ancestors.
All native people living in spanish controlled territories were declared spanish citizens with the same rights as the ones born in Spain as soon as 1542 and in that moment all kinds of slavery were abolished in spanish territories. Athough it's true spanish ports were used to trade with slaves those slaves were not traded by spanish people and spanish territories were not the destination of those slaves.
.... As far as Canada is concerned, the first West European sailors/explorers having named and cartographed several places along its West coast, were Spaniards or sailors under Spanish flag..., Vancouver was named Bodega before, and peninsula VALDEZ, among others, was not given by any Russian, British, French ..... explorers.
Also, one of the theorys why Canada was given that name, is because the explorers sent by our crown, trying to find a pass to the Pacific Ocean through the North, like they did through the South (Magallanes straight) is because they never found it an reported/market on their maps ACÁ NADA (Nothing over here, in Spanish).
La leyenda negra es el arma de desinformación más grande de la historia. Hasta los propios españoles la hemos olvidado, imagínate los Latinoaméricaricanos, ellos que descienden de la unión de pueblos más grande de la historia.
leyenda negra, simple.
Black legend
Brava respuesta,llevas toda la razón. Además no fueron los españoles quienes acabaron casi hasta la exticion con los indígenas norteamericanos para quedarse con sus tierras. Solo hay que ver cuántos indígenas sudamericanos quedan aún y cuántas tribus norteamericanas quedan y en qué condiciones.
27:24 You are wrong, Spain participation in the Atlantic slave trade was way lower compared to Portugal and England, the most active countries in the slave trade, followed by France. Even the Netherlands had a slightly higher participation than Spain.
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You are correct. Slavery have been always forbidden in Spain as it was considered doing so was against the Bible. But, semi-slavery (forced labour to pay taxes or as a contract) was a very common practice although have not been always legal.
@@ishrod_tweaksBut that also happened to most people from Spain 😅
An error that the video has repeated several times is to say that the territories of the Spanish Empire were colonies when in reality they were Viceroyalties, general captaincies and provinces with the same consideration that Valencia or Andalusia had at that time.
they were colonies no matter what the name was
never say in spain that churros are a dessert, NEVER!!! they are very heavy to eat right after a meal, better eat it for breakfast!
O merienda, es más normal y en invierno.
Dale, unos buenos churritos cuando estás llegando a casa y el sol te pega en la cara para aliviar el resacote del garrafón 😂
Tampoco se ha visto nunca que el Tajo se llame 'Tejo'.
27:24 we were less than other country's in slave trade mainly because it was banned by the queen Isabel de Castilla the first person to banned slavery, it's true that it was difficult and even though there was slavery because is difficult to control that, it's true the slavery rate in that time was less than others countries and we have to take in account that during those times Spain was a powerhouse with the largest empire so it's impressive that such empire had less slavery trades than other countries and that's thanks to the queen.
27:25 No, no spanish slave trade, that didn't happen. Actually, during that period Francisco de Vitoria (considered one of the fathers of Human Rights) with other jurists and philosophers part of the School of Salamanca, developed theories and principles that are now the base of what we understand as basic human rights and the dignity of humans.
From a legal standpoint, while other countries treated african people as 'things' or 'animals', which allowed slavery to proliferate; the Catholic Monarchs adopted the position of the School of Salamanca and declared very early on that native americans were humans and as such deserved a basic recognition of rights, which meant that slavery was prohibited.
Bullfighting was banned in 1991 in the Canary Islands. In 2012 in Catalonia.
In fact, although Americans say that the northwest Pacific was discovered by Lewis and Clark, the Spanish had explored and mapped the entire west coast of North America.
There are cities in Alaska with Spanish/Hispanic names.
There (also) is even a theory/legend in which they say that a Spanish explorer (Esteban Gómez y Vázquez de Ayllón) did not go beyond the Chesapeake Bay and the mouth of the Hudson, they say that he wrote on his maps “acá nada” and that is where the name arose.
Although it is one of several theories, and the apparently least reliable but at least curious.
Hemingway was an ambulance driver in Italy in WWI. He was a war correspondent in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
Thank you for the correction!
@@VideoLife146 and the experiences of Orwell in spain was the base for his masterpiece 1984
@@marcgarrigosmane166That is not right. His experiences in the civil war inspired "Homage to Catalonia." 1984 is influenced by totalitarian regimes such as the Soviet or Nazi.
About crazy-party-alcpholic tourism.
Fun fact: the drunk british young tourists started what was named "balconing" (from the word balcón, balcony).
Consisting in throwing themselves from the hotel balcony to the hotel pool.
Nuts.
As you can imagine several have died.
In a very dark humor it is said that the summer starts when the first tourist dies falling from a balcony
Fact: most of the slaves that arrived in the Spanish territories of the New World did so in English, Portuguese and Dutch ships
I'm from Argentina but I feel confident enough to add to the things said in the video.
18:21 The breakfast thing is real, even in LATAM. Maybe not always churros and chocolate, since it's kind of a heavy thing to eat especially first thing in the morning, but it's usually sweet. Growing up I always drank chocolate milk with usually some kind of cookie as my breakfast.
32:00 Siesta has nothing to do with being lazy. At least in Argentina, it's sacred. With a few exceptions, there is a period of around 3-4 hours in which most shops are closed so people can have a siesta, a nap. It's indispensable to our way of life, and to have a good balance of work and rest.
No sabía que en Argentina también cerrarais los comercios a media tarde. Aquí, al menos en el sur de España, es imprescindible por el calor en verano donde alcanzamos 50 grados. A esas horas no hay un alma en la calle, la gente se echa la siesta, descansa y se quita las horas más calurosas. Por eso la noche tiene más vida que en Europa central.
in spain breakfast is usually a sweet meal, not necessarily churros with chocolate, but it is sweet.
Not only on latinamerican countries more that a half of he US was par of the Empire and also many territorios in asia like filipines
Claiming territory and controlling are completely different. When the US made the Louisiana Purchase from France, they only controlled New Orleans and surrounding areas. The Natives still controlled 90% of the land. The same goes for all European empires. Spain did not control all that land. They just claimed it. Still had to be conquered.
@@Joker-no1uhyeah the same happened with the british empire
One of the main problems of tourism in Barcelona is that we see people going crazy doing stuff that they probably wouldn't do back in their homes. Like if our cities were their playgrounds. And also there is the problem of gentrification. I live in a neibourhood near the city center of Barcelona and it's crazy how it changed: It's filled with tourists that decided to stay and that only speak english or their native languages and really don't care too much about learning the local languages. It is getting more expensive. "Traditional" shops close and then new ones open (and maybe last only for a few months). The city is mainly "sold" to turists and so it gets less charming and authentic, etc, etc, etc.
Nevertheless, we appreciate nice, respectful, mindful and curious turists and/or travelers and enjoy sharing our places and our stuff with them.
¡¡España no tuvo colonias!!. Cómo vamos a quitar ese error histórico si hasta los mismos españoles lo decimos. De nuevo: ¡¡ España no tuvo colonias jamás!!.
Da a entender que el sur es un desierto cuando eso sólo es Almería. De hecho el lugar con más precipitaciones de toda España es la sierra de Grazalema, entre Málaga y Cádiz, y así tenemos todo tipo de climas en Andalucía, pasando por subtropical, mediterráneo, continental, desértico y montañoso.
Decir que Andalucía es un territorio seco es un mito de la ignorancia puesto que es la región con más variedad de la península.
Churros con chocolate is a breakfast because it would be too heavy for a dessert. Traditionally it's served in churrerías and bars, and only in the morning, for a high energy boost and to fight cold weather.
Tambien en las tardes, como merienda.
Yea, IS a bit of a controversy with the tourisim because in the mayor party spots and cities IS a great economy but this creates an ambient of drink people in the streat and many of these tourists dont really visit Spain they visit other world full of alcohol and partis, also many of these dont respect the native population and their traditions and peace. For exsample in Benidorm a English woman wanted a refund from an hotel because many people in there were spanish and speacked spanish ( and you Will think how IS this posible, a woman that goes in vacations to Spain and dont expect yo hear spanish
02:36 At that time, that part of the “newly discovered lands” (at least for Europeans), there were territorial disputes between the kingdom of Spain and Portugal. So an agreement was reached with the mediation of the Pope in the so-called Treaty of Tordesillas in which a dividing line was drawn in which what was on one side was Spanish and the other side was Portuguese.
There is no 'tourist go home' situation. But maybe there is something like that in some neighborhoods in Barcelona, where investment funds buy flats to rent to tourists and make life miserable for regular residents. You know, noise and parties at 5 in the morning when the neighbors want to sleep before going to work the next day. And neighbors who live in rented apartments find their rent multiplied by two or three. The Barcelona city council is trying to limit the number of tourist flats; excessive proliferation of tourist flats make makes the neighborhoods unpleasant for tourists as well.
Out of Barcelona, nothing like that.
Oh wait, there are also some cities on the Catalan coast (Salou, Lloret de Mar), Majorca (Magaluf), Ibiza (Sant Antoni de Portmany) and Valencia (Gandia) with problems due to 'drunken tourism'. 🤪
Did you just write Mallorca with a J?
Canaries (the birds) were actually named after the Canary Islands!
27:29 Spanish slavery? The slave traders and sellers were from all the great European countries and empires: English, French, Dutch... even the independent Americans were slave traders and slavers. So much bad fame that they have been divulging and disseminating in an interested way, that it has remained as true, but we were neither the only nor the greatest... many of those who spread that "black legend" were even worse in many aspects than the Spaniards... Same consideration than the “Spanish inquisition”. The inquisition was an entity of the Catholic Church, not only Spanish. And it is even documented, because the church at that time, believing it had God and the truth on its side, documented everything: the English (at that time Catholicisms too, since Henry VIII had not arrived to create Anglicanism), the French, etc. His “factions” of the inquisition killed many more people than the Spanish. But only the latter is remembered as popular culture... curious 🤔
"Over 90% of spanish euros have cocaine on them".
Valencian woman: 🤣🤣
Catalan man: 🤨🤯
That's the most representative part of the video.
The key word was Valencia there, esos tetes...
The San Fermin festival with the famous running of the bulls takes place in the city of Pamplona but the city is not located in the Basque country, it is in Navarra, which is another different autonomous community.
Foral comunity.... y podriamus ser del pais vasco por derecho.... ademas de donde vienen los vascones???
Vascos somos y muchos en Navarra.... Encima en el video pone basque no basque country porqué la mayoría sabemos euskera....
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As valencian-spanish person, THANK YOU for let people know the reality of paella HAHAHAHHA
I am Spanish, I am an atheist, I am left-wing, and I am proud of my Catholic cultural heritage. And there are many of us Spaniards who think like this.
That doesnt make any sense at all how are you atheist but are proud of religius heritage?? 😂😂😂
Because the religious heritage goes far beyond the concept of belief in the supernatural. Religious heritage entails a set of values and customs that are intricate in the cultural heritage of societies. So a person can be an atheist and, on the other hand, value moral and cultural aspects of religion. For example, in countries with a Catholic cultural base, it is assumed that all human beings are equal before God. So societies tend to have more equal treatment between social classes. By that same principle, the concept of racism is abhorrent. In general, Catholic societies have had fewer problems mixing with other races than other societies with a Calvinist or Lutheran moral base. And it adds and continues.@@francoisdaureville323
Maybe if you didnt have a simplistic ignorant view of the world. Most of the values and culture we share comes from that religious heritage. Pretending christianity was all wrong is being a hater, nothing else. Att: Another atheist.@@francoisdaureville323
@@NooWordsNeeded you dont get to nitpick or cherry pick what you like about something and then act that you are proud of it when you dont believe in it 🙄🙄🙄
@@francoisdaureville323 Is it now? Can I believe in solidarity without believing in God? Am I allowed to believe in peace and community without the angels and nephilims? I guess I do.
Spanish from the Canary Islands here o.o/
The turism here is....THE THING. We can't deny that is an important topic for the economy, but I really think is a big mistake to base 90% of our economy on that. All the money coming from the outside...can you imagine? I'm from Tenerife and the south of this island is full of turist. We kinda feel like we are the tourist in here... A lot of people from UK, Germany, France, Italy, Russia and, of course, from a lot of countries from Latinamerica. Althouogh we love to learn and have different cultures mixed, is sad that our goberments doesn't care about our own culture and puts the focus on others cultures. All the restaurants in here have menus in english, french, italian, germany, russian and maybe spanish xD You have to go to the north of the island to find different cultural things about the islands because in here...irish pubs everywhere, english sport bars, italian restaurants, german restaurants...
Andorra is in the Iberian peninsula. Andorra is in the middle of the Pyrenees…I’m from Barcelona and you notice tourists in the down town or famous attractions. It’s annoying when your job or your study center is in the down town area. It’s exhausting trying to go fast between people waking slowly. People know were to go to avoid tourist. But without tourist the center of the city is plenty of people. You get used to it.
The Pheasant Island was on dispute between France and Spain until they had an agreement: 6 months under Spanish control, the rest of the year under France control. The Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 solved this dispute. Explained!
Here are some of my thoughts as an Spaniard watching this:
Hon, its called 'Tajo' not tagus or tejo
Also wdym by slave trade? Have a look at the rest of the comments its pretty explanatory
Its not called 'Petanque', its called 'petanca' actually
Please stop the 'pa-ye-ya' its not pronounced liked that!
I'm sorry to tell you, Brazil and Portugal also belonged to the Spanish crown between 1585 and 1641, and 3/4 parts of the United States and part of Alaska do not appear on the map either, and all that with a population of 18 million Spaniards at its peak.
the history of that little island is a very old agreement between kings that stays . Not uncomon in spain andorra is actually a similar agreement betwen a spanish priest and the king of france that share the right to rule this little country that today has become a fiscal paradise .
By the way it’s not payeya is pa-e-ya… there was not mixture between moors and Christians during the moorish invasion. The 5% it’s because of the moors who remain in the peninsula after the reconquista. The majority of people don’t have North African dna. People from morroco they have some percentage of iberian dna. Also beréberes have something linked to Iberian. Same root ber in the name… the beres. Also the euskera or basque language it’s similar to iberian extinct language. Catalan and valencian are the same language.
About the "tourist go home" topic...
Mainly Spaniards (I'm going to talk about my perspective, in Canary Islands) are angry with the management of the goverment, not with the tourist directly.
Because of the increase of Vacacional Apartments, the living cost in touristic places are out of the roof, making people who works at hospitality having to move away from their work places. Rents can get up so high that it takes more than the 90% of the salary. That, plus the increase of consructions, the decrease on investment for the people who live here...and the destruction of nature landscapes... It's a lot, man.
Just saw this old video reaction of yours and just came here to say that in fact almost only Valencians care about the Paella thing, they love to protect it, say that u want chorizo on the Paella and most spanish wont care, but say it in front of a Valencian and you'll be dead before u can realize
Calling the spanish from Spain a dialect is hilarious.
I lived in Mallorca in a small town where, in winter, there were 6,000 people and in summer we could reach up to 3,000,000, mostly Germans.
31:55 Bull fighting in spain is probably not going away any time soon many autonomous communities have made the event a cultural heritage.
Same in Mexico. It's not going away any time soon.
It won't be banned, but will eventually die off as it should.
Sugar didnt came from america. Its origin is asia and well known and cultivated in Spain in 14th century. Then was taken to america by spaniards in 16h century
Again, Cuba was not the last colony in America, along with Puerto Rico, but was the last Spanish ultramarine territory, a General Captaincy, in America that got independence. Not colony, ok?
I don't really like that we have that much tourism, but mostly because the tourists (mostly the British ones, sorry) are just unhinged. In Benidorm they bath in public fountains, or go naked in public, or they just litter the city. My city is also considered one of the ones with more tourism, and it's so dirty during the high season. Also, you cannot go anymore to the beaches close to the city because they're tourist territory, unless you're there since 6am. You go to a beach far from the city or you don't go anywhere, because there's no space to do anything in there.
Also, if you want a paella with seafood, eat "arroz a Banda", it's typical from the south of the Comunidad Valenciana, it's pretty similar to a paella and it's also cooked in the same pot, but because it's a coastal dish, it's made with seafood.
Ye im form spain and we fucking hate there is to many people just come party and make all that bad things you can imagine BUT we love people like who is a good guy just enjoying our country.
In seville , Andalucía there is a lot of turist and sometimes it is anoying but it is also beutiful to know that People all arounx the qorld come to visit your country
El Valenciano es una lengua oficial
About Mallorca, well I go there every summer and it is plenty of Germans only during summer, but most mallorquins do not speak german haha
Cool
I can tell you, the reason for the bubble was not that, I guess it was just a funny scape joke
It can be summarized in real estate bubble + government debt + poor labor regulation and low added productive value economy overall (systematic or endemic). Source: I’m Spaniard myself, from Cádiz, Andalusia, the zone that was in fact hit the worst. Btw although there are good sides overall, we’ve got the best beaches along with the Costa Brava in Cataluña and Islas Cíes in Galicia. Take a look at Bolonia beach for example! And of course the best, most hospitable people out there. Not kidding, they’re a bit more serious in the North. It’s also overall more traditional and cheaper here (due to us being basically a bit poorer). You can eat very well at any place though, although if you go to Barcelona of course avoid touristic places. Ask for local tabernas or mesones with good reputation, we have a cuisine to be proud of. Tripadvisor or Google Reviews can probably help you in that
Good, traiditonal plates are of course paella (typical Valencia), fabada or cachopo (typical Asturias), cocido (typical Madrid), pulpo a la gallega (typical Galicia), pescaito frito (basically from my land, Cádiz), fresh salmorejo and gazpacho (the first one being more solid, to eat with a spoon, and the later a beverage), croquetas and tortilla, and of course jamón ibérico. These are just some examples. For breakfast a toast with oil and tomato, or sobrasada is typical. Also churros, oftenly taken with chocolat. It’s just like some kind of fried donuts. Ensaimadas, sobaos… you can’t help getting broke and gaining weight here for sure dude hehe
Great video btw 👍
You should know that at least 1/3 of all the population consider their selfs as atheist, non religious or agnostic. And the most part of the catholic ones are simply not practicant 😂❤
Spaniards don't have to regret anything from their past, learn some history.
I live in the city where the pheasant island is and it is so small that it has no value and only ducks live there.
There are different kind of tourism in Spain. There are a lot of digital nomads that LOVE the spanish lifestyle of Sun beach siesta and relax. There are other tourists that go to party. Especially Ibiza and to la costa del sol.
There are 2 kind of history-lovers tourist: one go to Madrid because its the capital of the spaniscsphere and the others are more architectonical-lovers because they love the arquitecture of Barcelona (actually Barcelona is the capital of architecture)
Religious tourist in the north of Spain because of the camino de Santiago.
And a lot of more profiles.
In the end Spain IS awsome for everybody, just because they way you can live here. Tapas, terraces, Sun, funny and nice people, mediterranean diet, great weather, surrounded by culture and in an international place.
Yeah, Spain is the european california but with culture
I'm from Mallorca, germans are a bit of a pain in the *ss but it works mostly as you said. Summer time is the peak and they mostly come to party, drink and make noice.
This Canadian guy reminds me of some French “gabacho” 😂… what this means… only a fellow Spaniard may know hehe.
About tourism, since I live in the north, and despite having a healthy tourism I cant even remotely relate to people in Barcelona or Madrid with the hoards of tourists that go just there maybe for only a day.
Im spanish, first time i hear rio Tejo...i know Tajo, but google calls it Tejo. And there are so many wrong things in this video that i just cant...so just one reflexion on how this video starts. 2 guys from one corner of a country, one of whos corner reivindicates that are so special and genetically different that they should have their own country (there would only be 1 or 3 countries in europe in this terms), making sure that u associate the name of other corner with dogs...now imagine what we have in Spain...spanish history is too rich and its been lied too much about.
1984 was written by George Orwell after spending some time in Spain (i dont say it was inspired in Spain, but do say that many writters dreeses in fiction their beleaves, so i like to think he wrotte about how he was being lied...how im being lied, how wrong is this video to understand Spain)...nice time to my neighbors i was lied too when i was young, things are much more "rocambolescas".
I am Spanish, people in spain come from culture, Beaches, Hiking, Religion (Santiago de compostela), Nature (In Spain in the province of Granada you have the higest mountain of the peninsula and also in one hour in car from the city of Granada you have a coast that is semitropical), the party is in the islands and south Spain mostly. (Sorry for the grammar)
Every year come to Spain more than 80 millions tourists but I never meet them ...there is no problem at all.
Actually, Spain started to colonised territories in America, but then those territories were part of Spain, like ultramarine territories. Actually, Spain had viceroyalties in America: Viceroyalty of New Spain, Viceroyalty of Grenada, Viceroyalty of Peru, and Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata, divided in General Captaincies. So, talking about colonial Latin America is a huge mistake, and American universities have these awkward subject names. Absurd!
you should do Portugal
Did he just attribute latin anerican soap operas to Spain? 😬
por que?
Yo vivo a 300 mts de la Sagrada Familia en Barcelona y no veo turistas. No voy a la Sagrada Familia ya la conozco.
Los turistas van a lugares muy concretos. Y cada año vienen 12 millones de turistas a Cataluña.
you talk about spanish slave trade ? the indians conquered just became citizens with rights look it up .
Está totalmente equivocado, debería leer un poco sobre ello.
Es increíble como nos ignoran a los Murcianos, ni una puta palabra sobre nuestra región, esto ya se sale del puto meme, tenemos como 3000 millones de cosas más que Muchos sitios mencionados en el vídeo ( La Catedral de Murcia, La Manga que prácticamente es única en el mundo, El teatro Romano de Cartagena, Las salinas de San Pedro y mil y una cosas más) pero deciden no decir ni una sola cosa en el vídeo, es que esto les pasa por no llevar a gente culta para apoyar de forma fiel el contenido estoy llorando por dentro fuertemente, a los que no sabéis qué es la Región de Murcia, solo tenéis que Googlear "Región de Murcia" 2 minutos y veréis cosas tan o más impresionantes como en todo este vídeo, un saludo
Italian fascism and Franquismo are good topics to get drunk on.
Fascist side it's the correct way to say it, los republicanos also were nationalist, the difference their were not fascist.
please react to geography now! philippines
At least on Canary island people are exhausted of not having the option to build a house because everything it's rural soil (you can't build a house on rural soil legally) but at the same time the politicians just give green card to any hotel company that want to build one (search: "playa blanca macro hotel" and "hotel de Puerto del Carmen se adueña de la playa")
They just change the rural soil to urban soil and magic now it's legal to build a mega hotel.
Pd: On Spain beaches are of/for public domain/use so no one can buy them but a hotel just get a part of a beach for itself thanks to the mayor of the island (Lanzarote). That's what make us angry the politicians and it's corruption.
El chico de Cataluña habla mas normal , mejor .
La de Valencia grita y gesticula demasiado, mucho.
Can they stop saying paLLella?
In Mallorca even streetsigns are in german, and in Ibiza many people doesn't speak spanish.
I had to ask for drinks in english. That's mental!! 🤣🤣
I hate that video. It's awful.
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The Spain dialect is weird compared to the rest of the Spanish speaking countries since it is a minority. aroun 50M Spaniards (vs 450M non Spaniards), from whom around 70% make the distiction of s and z/-ce/-ci. It may be weird in numbers, but take in mind the diference would be the same as pronouncing "think" as "sink". Would sound weird in English to not do the distinction
what is it with all these European countries that hate having others in their country ?
Every country hates having a large number of foreigners in it. But Europeans are the only ones who gets blamed for having such rational feelings
It's called "Wanting to preserve your culture", one day you'll understand how having too many foreigners and inmigrants, whether legal or illegal, creates a massive problem in any country.
In many spanish cities people have to move from their house because it becomes expensive. That’s because companies rent appartments that once were from locals for generations to tourists. They make the prices higher on prupose so people can’t live there anymore. We can’t live in our cities, let alone keep our traditions. Tourists have a generalized idea of what spanish culture means, and you can find a lot of merch in Barcelona that doesn’t represent our culture at all. A lot of tourists travel here for partying, which isn’t a bad thing. What happens a lot is that they don’t respect the locals cotidian life: they are loud, drunk, unrespectful, and they throw garbage everywhere. A “popular” thing that they do is “balconing”: they jump from a balcony to the pool. That has caused a lot of accidents that costed their lives and the “trauma” of the unprepared people that have to clean that (most of the times the cleaning is done with unprepared people because it’s cheaper).