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Before King Leopold II seized the Congo and created history's most brutal private estate (which later became Belgium's only colony) he spent decades attempting to secretly purchase colonies across Asia, South America, and the Pacific. The Congo was never the original goal, it was his backup plan. From failed attempts to buy the Philippines, Formosa (Taiwan), and Cuba to the corporate deception that fooled global superpowers, this is the untold geopolitical history of how one man privatized an empire that could have been much larger.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 The Forgotten Royal Footage
00:58 The King Who Despised Belgium
02:38 The Secret Philippines Buyout
03:17 Private Loans and Imperial Rejection
05:25 The Fake Independence Blueprint
08:01 Targeting Taiwan: Formosa Scheme
08:30 Land Grabs: New Guinea & Borneo
09:05 Exploiting Portugal's Debts in Mozambique
09:29 The Secret Argentine Farming Colony
10:22 Attempting to Purchase Spanish Cuba
11:11 The Disaster in Guatemala
12:30 The Fake Charity That Fooled Europe
15:09 Blood Rubber and Forced Monopolies
16:48 Burning the Archives: The Aftermath
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