“Santo Tomas was based on emigration and was therefore bound to fail, Belgians do not emigrate.
Tu ne verras pas Verapaz?”

—  Leopold II of Belgium

Documentary about former Belgian colony in Santo Tomas de Castilla, Guatemala.

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