It was colonized by the Spanish for the same reasons as the rest of Latin America except Brazil, which was colonized by the Portuguese.
Spain discovered and colonized Argentina Brazil discovered and colonized Brazil.
Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay were colonized by the Spanish. Uruguay was also colonized by the Portuguese (which then followed Brazilian rule), and this is who the country gained independence from.
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Well from what I know I believe it was Spain who originally colonized both Argentina and Venezuela.
The Spanish people. Like they did with most countries in Latin America
South American countries where Spanish is spoken are those who were colonized by Spain. These countries are: Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. Brazil was colonized by Portugal so they speak Portuguese Suriname was colonized by the Netherlands so they speak Dutch Guyana was colonized by the United Kingdom so they speak English French Guyana was colonized by France, so the speak French :)
Peru was colonized by the Spanish
Spain, and also colonized argentina, chile, uraguay, colombia,ecuador, panama, bolivia, venezuela, dominican republic, peru, nicaragua, honduras, mexico, gutemala, el salvador, costa rica. All conqured in 1813.
the spanish
well we would probaby have some kind of Canada in Argentina, and confederation in brasil, because of slavery
It was found in 1516 by a European explorer named Jose De San Martin