Let me explain … Back when the Western hemisphere was mostly owned by Spain, the northwest part of South America was a single colony, called New Granada. They tried to make a go of it as the brand-new nation of Gran Colombia, but that soon broke up into 3 separate entities – all of which tried to lay claim to the same flag.
Colombia
This is the cleanest version, so I’m showing it first.
Ecuador
Same deal, but with a picture, some flags, and a really big bird.
Well, it sure beats what they came up with in 1797:
Venezuela
Okay, so, even stripes, stars, and a little doohickey in the upper right-hand corner. Et voila!
Alternates
Interestingly, each of these countries sported some very different looks earlier in their histories. Here, for example, is Colombia’s:
And Ecuador’s:
And Venezuela’s:
Seeing as these are all pretty unique .... Let's go with them.
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