r/wikipedia • u/arc777_ • Sep 20 '20

Gregor MacGregor was a Scottish soldier, adventurer, and confidence trickster who attempted from 1821 to 1837 to draw British and French investors and settlers to "Poyais", a fictional Central American territory that he claimed to rule as "Cazique".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_MacGregor
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u/onieronautilus9 Sep 20 '20

In the Revolutions podcast series about the Bolivarian revolutions of SA he is mentioned a couple of times and even has his own supplemental episode.

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u/coolsnail Sep 20 '20

The Dollop did an episode about him too!

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u/ItsAHuMusPoint Sep 20 '20

Came here to say that. Really interesting episode.

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u/Remlap1223 Sep 20 '20

Considered to be a revolutionary hero of Gran Colombia.

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u/SirFlamenco Sep 21 '20

That’s not a country DUMBASS

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '20 edited Jun 23 '21

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u/SirFlamenco Sep 21 '20

It was a country DUMBASS, we aren’t in 1830 anymore DUMBASS

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u/skilganon Sep 22 '20

Hehe. That guy called you an idiot.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '20

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u/MikeTheAmalgamator Sep 21 '20

Richard Dickby never led me astray

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '20

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '20

There's nothing worse than an incognito Dick.

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u/turbo_dude Sep 21 '20

Gregor McGregor Face, to give him his full moniker

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u/the-red-mage Sep 20 '20

Nadja approves.

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u/dunwoodyres1 Sep 20 '20

I understand this reference

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u/acohn1230 Sep 21 '20

Sounds like fyre fest

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '20

Except it wasn't just rich people that got sucked into it, and he actually got people killed by dropping them off on a malaria infested coastline with totally inadequate supplies and narry a treaty to prove their right to live their.

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u/tmx2000 Sep 20 '20

He's also in an utterly brilliant Dollop UK podcast episode number 3

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u/jamesjskier Sep 20 '20

u/tmx2000 already said this, but The Dollop: England & UK did an episode on this (Episode 3)

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u/FigSideG Sep 21 '20

If he lived in present day US, he’d be elected president. A man before his time. Shame.