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re: War breaking out in South America as early as tomorrow?!?
Posted on 12/2/23 at 5:14 pm to ned nederlander
Posted on 12/2/23 at 5:14 pm to ned nederlander
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Actually I would rate South America as a pretty peaceful part of the world in terms of inter nation conflict.
True. They’ve been too busy killing each other internally via dictators, coups, merciless drug cartels, and militant groups of the right and left wing variety.
Oh, and the CIA.
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Posted on 12/2/23 at 5:15 pm to Klark Kent
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it wasn’t Exxon’s assets that were seized by Venezuela,
XOM has been "compensated" but they definitely had their shite tied up for a while.
Chavez booted them and kept a few billion in assets.
This post was edited on 12/2/23 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 12/2/23 at 5:20 pm to fightin tigers
you’re right. for whatever reason i thought it was just Conoco.
Posted on 12/2/23 at 5:22 pm to Klark Kent
Chevron, I believe, was the only one not nationalized. Which is why they restarted this round.
Chevron was still doing some exporting during sanctions....depending on what you believed.
Chevron was still doing some exporting during sanctions....depending on what you believed.
Posted on 12/2/23 at 5:35 pm to Darth_Vader
Not well known in the US, but there were a series of bloody conflicts throughout South America in the 19th century. The worst of these was a war between Paraguay and an alliance of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. In the space of 14 months, Paraguay lost up to 90% of its male population.
Posted on 12/2/23 at 5:37 pm to Jim Rockford
War of Triple Alliance. Not much since I believe
Posted on 12/2/23 at 5:45 pm to ibldprplgld
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So that’ll be war in Asia, Europe, and now South America.
If Ethiopa invades Eritrea that’ll be Africa, too.
Australia? What ya got?
Antarctica?
Who do we get? Canada or Mexico?
Posted on 12/2/23 at 5:48 pm to kciDAtaE
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War of Triple Alliance. Not much since I believe
Yeah, to your point there was 1 major that I can think off the top of my head - the War of the Pacific between Chile and a Bolivia-Peru alliance in the 1880s. Chile won that war and got a fair chunk of its territory from it. It actually made Bolivia landlocked and it's an issue they still bring up to Chile and international courts from time to time.
There have been like a half a dozen other interstate conflicts since then between various South American states with some territorial changes but I don't think anything that comes close as to the Triple Alliance and War of the Pacific.
This post was edited on 12/2/23 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 12/2/23 at 6:35 pm to yaboidarrell
quote:Brand dilution. You've got New Guinea, Equatorial Guinea... presumably Old Guinea. It's kind of like USM football. Once the Sun Belt started playing I-A ball, the handwriting was on the wall.
Guyana is twice as big as Louisiana land-wise but only has 800 thousand people. Why so sparsely populated?
Posted on 12/2/23 at 6:45 pm to ned nederlander
Some economists and historians believe that one thing which holds South America back from being more innovative is that its international borders make too much sense. In Europe, the borders between nations invited constant conflict which forced a Darwinistic struggle for survival. This struggle spawned innovations as stagnant societies were crushed by more dynamic neighbors. Heck, in Asia, many nations’ entire identities are built around defending themselves from rampaging invading armies.
In South America, nations are able to stagnate because the borders make so much sense that nations rarely need to go to war with one-another. As a result, these countries do not fear their neighbors, so they’re just focused on controlling their internal populations, leading to authoritarianism, a large degree of inequality, and economic stagnation.
In South America, nations are able to stagnate because the borders make so much sense that nations rarely need to go to war with one-another. As a result, these countries do not fear their neighbors, so they’re just focused on controlling their internal populations, leading to authoritarianism, a large degree of inequality, and economic stagnation.
Posted on 12/2/23 at 6:50 pm to BuckyCheese
quote:Can you say Che?
Butch and Sundance fricked around and found out.
He also found out.
Posted on 12/2/23 at 7:00 pm to patnuh
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“Vote”
We can expect the vote totals to track along the lines of Maduros election.
Isn't dominion tied to Venezuela?
Posted on 12/2/23 at 7:04 pm to Jim Rockford
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The worst of these was a war between Paraguay and an alliance of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. In the space of 14 months, Paraguay lost up to 90% of its male population.
I learned that from an episode of one Anthony Bourdain‘s shows.
Posted on 12/2/23 at 7:07 pm to Darth_Vader
Buy your demerara rums now, boys.
Posted on 12/2/23 at 7:08 pm to ibldprplgld
quote:I don’t know what we can do.
God the adults are back in charge in DC.
If these little dudes wanna scrap. Let em.
Posted on 12/2/23 at 7:09 pm to Darth_Vader
Brazil is going to frick someone up if Maduro follows through here.
Don’t count out France and/or the Netherlands getting involved in some capacity either.
Don’t count out France and/or the Netherlands getting involved in some capacity either.
Posted on 12/2/23 at 7:28 pm to ibldprplgld
quote:I think it already happened on Ghost Recon!
If Ethiopa invades Eritrea that’ll be Africa, too.
Posted on 12/2/23 at 7:31 pm to Darth_Vader
Are there any fighting aged men left in S America?
Posted on 12/2/23 at 7:46 pm to Darth_Vader
Wonder how many days/weeks it will take to count the votes
Posted on 12/2/23 at 7:48 pm to S
My nephew is Bolivian. Super nice, small but uber athletic.
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