Belgium's Failed Colonies
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Aug 24, 2026 17:00
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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.
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