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

Podcast: My Latin Life Podcast
Published: May 20, 2026
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Summary

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...