As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, Vme TV is using generative artificial intelligence to tell the stories of Hispanic and Spanish figures whose contributions to American independence remain largely unknown. The Spanish-language network premiered Aliados por la Libertad on September 15, the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, with episodes airing on Vme TV and across its digital platforms, including YouTube and social media.
The short-form series focuses on individuals such as Bernardo de Gálvez, the Spanish governor of Louisiana whose military campaigns at Baton Rouge, Mobile, and Pensacola prevented Britain from opening a southern front against the colonies. It also profiles Juan de Miralles, a Cuban-born merchant who served as Spain’s informal envoy to the Continental Congress and died at George Washington’s headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1780. Diego de Gardoqui, a Basque merchant who covertly supplied arms and provisions to the Continental Army while Spain was officially neutral, is another central figure, along with Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan-born officer who fought at the Siege of Pensacola in 1781 before championing Latin American independence, and Jorge Farragut, a Spanish-born sailor who fought at the Siege of Charleston and the Battle of Cowpens and became the father of the first admiral in U.S. Navy history.
The series is already expanding. An episode currently in production will feature Felicitas de Saint-Maxent, the New Orleans-born Creole whose marriage to Gálvez connected the Spanish governor to the local society that his Gulf Coast campaigns relied upon. Episodes transport viewers from the battlefields of the Gulf Coast and the streets of colonial New Orleans to Havana, Bilbao, and across the Atlantic, presenting a side of the Revolutionary War rarely depicted on screen.
Because much of this history survives mainly through portraits, paintings, maps, and documents, Vme turned to generative AI to visualize a world preserved largely in static records. The technology enabled the creative team to build an 18th-century visual environment grounded in documented historical research and constructed shot by shot under human creative direction. Michael Fernández, Vice President of Marketing and People at Vme Media, said the technology was meant to serve the narrative rather than draw attention to itself. “The technology had to disappear into the story,” Fernández said. “We don’t want someone watching an episode and thinking about AI. We want them wondering why they never heard this story before.”
Fernández added that the project challenges assumptions about whose stories belong in American history. “Aliados por la Libertad is really about looking at a story we think we know and discovering who has been missing from it,” he said. “Hispanic history isn’t separate from American history. These stories show just how deeply the two have been connected from the beginning.”
The series arrives as debates over the role of AI in media production intensify, and as the 250th anniversary of American independence prompts renewed examination of the nation’s founding. By combining emerging technology with historical research, Vme TV aims to reach Latino families with programming that is engaging, empowering, educational, and entertaining. The network is available in millions of U.S. households through Charter Spectrum, Cox, DIRECTV, and AT&T U-verse. More information about Vme TV’s programming can be found at www.vmetv.com, and additional details about the series are available through NOTICIAS NEWSWIRE. New episodes will continue to join the series throughout the remainder of 2026 and into 2027.
