The history of South America teaches us that the Venezuelan people and those of the rest of the continent have remained in the fight against the different attempts at capitalist domination, initially by the European invader and later by the express attempts by the American empire. In this context, When the Compass Marked the South shows, through the analysis of different elements, the emergence and consolidation of Venezuelan popular movements, from the conquest to the Bolivarian revolution, in pursuit of achieving a free and sovereign country.