Pizarro, Conquistadors, and the History of Peru 🇵🇪 with Colin Post (Ep. 2)

Pizarro, Conquistadors, and the History of Peru 🇵🇪 with Colin Post (Ep. 2)

Author: mylatinlife.com May 20, 2026 Duration: 44:15
For years, Colin Post lived and blogged from Peru and Colombia through his legendary (and politically incorrect) site Expat Chronicles. In this second appearance on the show, we go deep on Peruvian history — from the Inca Empire and Spanish conquest, through independence, the rise of modern Lima, class divides between coast/highlands/mestizos, political instability, and why Peru feels the way it does today. Colin brings his no-BS perspective after over a decade on the ground: the cultural und...

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