Why the Americas Still Aren't Connected by a Road
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Fact: a COPA airlines plane crashed in the Darien gap and was one of the hardest plane wreckage’s to find due to the location
To quote one of the investigators:
“On the first day, we had eight snake bites, three broken legs, and one cardiac arrest.”
Idc bozo
That actually doesn't sound very fun
@@thebestnoobyt1270 What The hell is wrong with you. Why would you comment that.
@@thebestnoobyt1270 Mate you make roblox stuff shut up
As a panamenian, this video is surprisingly accurate. We don't want the Darien Gap to be opened and the reasons given here are pretty on point.
@@whitewolf30f nope that's call money... they are poor and when they get to the US they will claim benefits.... i want more socalism in the US so i understand they will need to close the borders more
Is accurate until the point of the Hay-Bunau Varilla treaty. The government of Panama did not participate in the treaty. And that was the intention.
@@DarkShroom then go live in south america where there is socialism. Leave america.
@@DarkShroomyou want more socialism because you’re a bum
as an american, I've been to panama on a civil mission when i was in high school. my family is mexican, and Panama is a beautiful country. I stayed in Panama City and traveled to la escuela estado de minnesota. We helped them with supplies so much they changed the name of their school to my state's name. amazing people.
Man, I gotta appreciate these videos for a second. The way you explain things in combination with your graphics is so straightforward and easy to follow. Especially when describing strategic situations, this is such easily-digestible content. Great craftsmanship involved and a TON of research I'm sure! You're doing good work to educate myself and many others!
Too bad his history is total bullshit.
Basically the first half of the video was a nothing burger with just redundant and time wasting information, the video could be 5 minutes long and would explain everything necessary, but its dragged on just to hit the 10 min+ mark to make more money. Just a nitpick but his voice is so annoying, every time he finishes a phrase he says "all over the wooorlde", "the united staaatess", "paaanama".
sounds like you have a grudge (but I agree though). I was really bothered by the fact that he just randomly talked about the Panama canal for no reason@@Philip-qq7ql
@@Philip-qq7ql 😂😂😂
@@Philip-qq7ql he also has a very democrat world view which is why the algo loves him, but many points of info are misleading, missing key intel, and hyperbole. U have to know the subjects in most cases to detect it but obvi liberal “nwo” propaganda laden.
The Panama canal construction was a French project in the late 1800's that failed due to lack of funding. The USA took over the proyect in 1904. Oh!! And Panama's independence was from Spain in the early 1800's, but Panama became part of the Great Colombia for protection, however, that protection came at a very high price to the Panamanians that desided to separate from it. There is a lot more on the Torrijos - Carter treatie, but that is a story for another day, but overall, great video. Thank you 👍
The French attempt failed because they couldn’t handle the mosquito-born diseases.
It wasn't just funding, illness was the biggest problem, yellow fever in particular. America succeeded because we identified the cause of yellow fever and implemented a mosquito control system that enabled people to work. Everyone should remember the name Clara Maass, the nurse who sacrificed herself to prove mosquitoes were the source of yellow fever.
Why don't you make a video explaining?
If the Darien Gap was American territory there would already be a 6 lane highway plowing through
On god no cap
Your roads are build like pure shit tho, i really doubt it
to be honest based better to ve road then no road at all
And McDonalds throughout the area
The US has wanted one for a long time, but cooler heads have prevailed because it keeps South American diseases from entering the north.
I went through the Panama canal at the age of 8, in 1973.... I love the fact that the Pacific entrance is further east than the Atlantic entrance...
Um, k?
@@dickriggles942user name checks out
Its easy to forget that Panama is a horizontal country.
@@ACS2 yeah, you usually imagine the canal going from east to west but is actually goes from north to south
damn, ur 58
4:55 Concrete doesn't dry, it cures. In fact, allowing concrete to dry out as it cures will cause damage. In dry climates you need to keep the surface wet for several days.
They make concrete that will set under water, so really the rain is not a huge problem. The heat and humidity is however.
The problems is we america and canada just fuck up with too many immigrants
I'm so glad that I found this channel. I'm in Europe and never heard of this. Extremely educational and well done.
Ironic that a giant road that crosses a whole continent suddenly comes to a stop at a town called Turbo.
CZcams channel "Turbo Steps" is from that city
I kinda found that funny too
Makes you think there should be a giant ramp right beyond it.
and then another town called Visa(Yavisa) as well lol
it's a matter of perspective. If you are traveling from north to south America reaching turbo you dd find the name very accurate
Civil Engineer here: not only is the construction of a road a nightmare, but before that, immense permitting and surveying must be conducted. That means that every acre of the gap that would be used for a roadway must be surveyed by people or drones in this environment, which is its own issue.
🤔 architect here, and although my job isn't directly connected to building for transportation, I must still take into account the engineering disciplines civil and structural.
But for the placement of the road isn't is as simple as prefabricated columns and road ways? Much like they have done Bahrain (please check it out, type in Bahraini roadways or something, i did see it about a decade ago), the temperature there easily soars into the 40-45°c region and they also are a tropical climate, only difference is they're a desert.
Idk but I'm sure, if all the pieces were made offsite, somewhere comfortable, with A.C and a shopping mall, the surveying and setting up the roads has to be done on site, permits are nothing more than receiving permission, it should be straight forward to build, no?
I think the political reasons are the deciding factor as to why the darian straight hasn't been completed.
Give us a call, will do it.
Hey I'm considering civil engineering as my major. What's the day to day job like?
We need to the call the Chinese bruh 😅
@@sandrajones8245 it's not as simple as that but I do think political factors are a major deciding factor for this.
Geopolitical issues aside, I think it's great that there's still an area untouched by the modern world. Not implying that this is the only area like that, but there needs to be some blank spots on the map.
it's full of modern trash left by people
I think we should tactical nuke it. People won't want to traverse it if it's full of radiation.
The Sahara desert
We should probably still connect it. Just maybe we could use a bridge? Better security, easier to build, doesn't touch the jungle.
@@timotheataea one hundred kilometer bridge that doesn't touch the jungle is a tough project. The only way is along the coast. At that point making a coastal road would be much cheaper and easier. Bridges need supports (so jungle would be disturbed) and a road to get supplies there is needed if the route isn't coastal.
Man, your channel is great. I've read and listened to this issue by latin americans (I'm argentinian) and while most of us focus on the humanitarian part of the problem, it's hard to grasp how all the factors weight into the decition to let the Darien be what it is. Now, your video made me utter "the gringo understands!" because, man, people in other places that are unaffected by this situation simply not only don't care but don't understand! Is so refreshing seeing how you understand it from the perspective of the different nations that I'm really happy to see it explained in a concise and interesting way, with images to illustrate it. Great great work, man, thank you!
"the gringo understands!" took me out 😂😂😂
If you call me Gringo, can I call you wetback?
Another big reason why there is no hurry to build a highway through the gap is that it functions as something of a firebreak for holding back the spread of hoof-and-mouth disease and screwworm to North American agriculture. The US, Mexico, and Panama maintain an extensive program of spreading sterile screwworm flies in the Gap to keep outbreaks south of the border.
I've always heard that and the environmental damage as the main reasons why it hasn't been made. I'm surprised neither was mentioned. Though the reasons given were also compelling.
The fundamental reason is Panama is a breakaway province of Columbia. Politics beats the environment every time.
@@ClydeFrog13 what environmental damage? its a narrow strip of land. idiot environmentalists love to blow everything out of proportion.
@@ClydeFrog13 The environmental issue definitely 100% should've been mentioned. Environmentalists obviously don't have as much power as governments but pretty much all of them worldwide see it as one of the few remaining completely wild areas and are against fucking that up. Even a single road or railway can lead to major issues for some animals and cut their ranges dramatically.
5:35
I am from Panama. What is going on in Darien is way worst than what is being reported and unscrupulous people and organizations are profiting from it.
That being said, I hope the gap is never opened. We are a third world country with incompetent authorities that will sell us out to cartels and guerrillas in a second.
Thanks for the honesty, gracias hombre
What is happening there ? Now, you report the truth.
But dude, you are fine with America keeping their cartel and propping up this artificial country? Think of WHY there is so much violence? It is all American influence. Geopolitics takes advantage of the propaganda that makes people fight for artificial tribes and nations that are nothing more than the borders generated by "players". We the humans need to care about each other more deeply and become one tribe.
@@tbraghavendran mind your own. you guys have a lot to fix in own your country
@@LifeOdysseyMotivation why not just know it?
Amazing story about something I have never known anything about. Very helpful, thankyou, job well done.
I often wondered why the Darien gap still exists, but now I know. Awesome video
I briefly worked on one of the many proposals for an electrical grid interconnection point between Panama and Colombia, and even that, with HVDC terminals way outside the gap, connecting underwater, is still such an unbelievable expensive and complicated endeavor that I don’t see it ever getting done either. Personally as a Panamanian that has worked in Darien, I don’t see the gap ever getting closed. Another thing that went unmentioned in this video is that the area where the gap exists is home to several indigeous groups that are fairly well protected by our laws and basically self rule themselves, and have no intentions of getting their millennial homeland destroyed. That said, many of these groups also benefit massively by the drug trade, enabling and assisting traffickers through their lands.
And this is not even mentioning the immigration concerns already existing in panama due to the massive and unregulated migration of colombians in the 90s and venezuelans in the 2000s. It’s all so very complicated and we have plenty of other things to worry already…
How do the Darrien gap natives benefit from the drug traffickers? I would just assume they have no choice but to comply under their threats of violence etc.
@@MariosPOS I used to work on yachts in the area. The Kuna people who control the Panama side sell the traffickers fuel for massive mark ups. They will hide a bunch of barrels on an island for the traffickers to refuel. Occasionally you'll see huge plumes of Diesel smoke from the security forces blowing them up.
@@MariosPOS the "drug traffick" had been the heart blood of the natives since before Europeans became a factor.
So it's the same game with bigger prizes and different markets.
That's why US had never eliminated it.
@@MariosPOSI obviously don’t have any verifiable information, just stuff I heard from the locals at times, but as far as I understand all or most of the interactions are more or less business-like in mutual benefit, I would assume violence is not sustainable in the long run. And as far as I understand its either holding onto merchandise, guiding transport groups through difficult treks or like, _diving up cargo dropped from boats on the coast_ to like avoid coastal guards and shit.
I didn't know about the indigenous people, yet another reason to dig a tunnel instead!
Just FYI, hardening concrete in a wet environment is not only not difficult, but it's actually incredibly easy with the right concrete chemistry, since there are water hardening concretes that will harden more the wetter they get. This is what they use for building bridges and dams. The real issue is with ensuring it doesn't crack (self healing concrete is also a thing to help this), because water getting into any rebar lattice holding the concrete together will rust it apart and cause the slab to spall.
Yeah, that part is completely off. Almost the entire Panama have the same problem of humidity and heat, and the roads around the country are just fine.
@@byhyew Yea Practical Engineering (another channel that also posts to Nebula) has a video on this from just recently talking about concrete chemistry, a lot of his viewers also watch RLL, it seems like a number of people caught it and commented lol
@@TheOriginalFaxon I feel it's really more of a political decision. That Panama is wealthier and better off islanded off from the poorer but much bigger and stronger Colombia from where it broke off.
Indonesia successfully build their Trans-Sumatra toll road which the conditions were pretty much the same minus there are actually some minor settlement across the planned path.
The Chinese can build a 6 lane freeway in a few months if given the chance.
Wow! This video is soooooo informative! I'm impressed 💯
Amazing video! This is the first I've ever even heard of the Darien Gap...
Fun fact Darien’s lethal environment is why Scotland lost its independence to England. Scotland’s attempt to bridge Atlantic to Pacific trade pre-Canal, and get stinking rich, bankrupted Scotland when all their people sent to develop a road in Darien died.
stupid economic decisions are underrated in the histories on how empires fall
see also: John Law, and how he crippled the French economy
another Scotsman btw
I saw the Adam ruins everything episode on that
Panama is the reason why the UK exists
is this a joke
It played a role but the Darien scheme wasn't the only reason.
I've seen a video about the geographical challenges of the Darien gap before, but knowing the political climate in the area really adds a lot to the story!
Yeah. If only the us would legalize drugs and help stabilize the drug market instead of complaining of how many emigrants leave due to drug wars and colonialism...
This is true, I heard if the Darian gap before and its geographical and engineering challenges, which in todays world the geographical challenges are are far less daunting, and the engineering is simple.
But the political is where the point stands firm. If they were saying they want our jobs, blah blah blah, I would say they're being racist, but since the fight is against narcotics, they're completely justified in not finishing the road.
Although stopping drugs by road is as simple as upping security, this costs money, one thing neither the US, Mexico, or Panama has
@@sandrajones8245 no money? 700 billion on defense. Lowest taxed population. Companies bank rolling lawyers to find loopholes. No money tho.
@@assaqwwq I don't want to get too much into this, but something tells me the usa is living hand to mouth.
In writing, so idk if it's true or not, they say their in $30T debt, and practically the usa has so many homeless people.
If the usa had money, they would take care of their homeless, not charge so much in medical bills, lower the costs of education, invest in infrastructure and take care of their society.
Even their military (which they spend billons on) after the soldiers come home a lot of them end up homeless and have to fend for themselves.
Nah, the usa has money, but they're on a tight budget.
@@sandrajones8245 in the US, a majority of our tax dollars go to everything but US citizens. We just send a hundred billion dollars to Ukrainian for more war. We sent isreal 3 billion dollars every day. They talk about our overinflated military budget. Well, we are the world Police. We end up training soldiers for other countries. Not to mention, the president is a global puppet that had sex with kids on Epstein island.
Thank you for sharing this information 📯
very infornative content
Just a little correction: the mountains in the gap are not higher than those in Australia, they are 400m lower than mt Kosciuszko
Lies
It's actually true, because Australia is a government psy-op
Just..... ONE correction?
RealLifeLore makes up stuff all the time. They are try-hard intellectuals
1700 to 1800 meter prominence is pretty impressive but 1800~ mountain peaks are hardly anything special i spent most of my childhood in a high valley thats way above 1800 meters
I was actually on an expedition through the darien gap last month and the conditions there were equal to hell so you´re hella right to say that it is hard to cross. I could not make it all the way cause of nursea(8 out of 13 gave up due to bad health conditions) ,still it was a nice experience and the enviroment is one of a kind :)
Saludos desde Panamá :)
I’ve never heard Hell described as a “nice experience” before. Interesting…
how did you get out?
@@markstahl1464 he mentions he did an expedition, not the route the immigrants do. Some people do scientific research in Darién and they spent days there. Some others like extreme adventure. Lets wait his tale.
Must be nice, you going where a bunch of homeless emigrants fight to survive. Happy you had that experience, sorry you didn't stay there... Bad health... My ass...
The best explanation ever about this topic
Just learned about the Darien Gap from some facebook post about someone wanting to drive from far South America to Alaska.
Interesting stuff. Always was fascinated with the Panama canal though.
Great video. One thing though. Google maps with preloaded maps, or another offline oriented map app, work 100% fine without cell service. GPS is global and doesn't require internet.
I wish more people understood this.
Yeah, it's trivial to navigate with just GPS if someone has surveyed the route before.
People like to assume Google Maps is the only way, but in fact it's complete garbage for doing anything besides making money for Google.
The only issue might be carrying 10 days worth of batteries.
Also, satellite phones are a real thing nowadays. You can even text people. About the only thing you're not going to have is high data rates nowadays with technology
@@GregHassler I use it on the plane to see where I’m at. I just open maps and it know where you are in the country even in airplane mode
@@highonahill Services now exist with networks that provide GPS location and texting on your cell phone without any connection to a cell network or towers. You don't even need a sat phone.
one thing: common misconception that you need a cell signal to accurately know your location via Google Maps. If you download the map area ahead of time, your phone has a GPS receiver that operates independently from cell service and with a clear view of the sky (regardless of cell service) you can know your location on the planet at all times.
Truth. I used it when exploring Guatemala a few years ago.
Until you run out of batteries lol you are best with paper map and a compass like the good old times for a trip that could last weeks or months
@@franciscoherrera3155 i have a solar panel that charges a battery that can charge my phone
@@franciscoherrera3155
Solar, hand crank, etc.
@@GuacamoleyNacho Google your phone model, or check to see if you have a "location" setting, and try to use Google maps.
going the long way around south america, once you got to the southern mountain ranges, I imagine it would be very scenic and beautiful to look at.
Soo cool nice info
In 1961, Chevrolet took 3 1961 Corvairs thru the Darien Gap. Search "Daring the Darien" to watch a GM promotional film about that trip, keeping in mind that GM downplayed the disease aspect of the trip. One of the cars is still in the jungle somewhere, as it was too damaged to bring back home. Great video, RLL.
These days, you could easily get one or a thousand Jeep Rubicons through there.
@@whitewolf30f how deep is that river? It's pretty wide. Not sure a Rubicon could handle it.
@@ThePrufessa rivers usually arent that deep, but what is deep is the dense forest and high mountains
They broke some Corvairs climbing Stone Mountain too.
I guess if a Corvair could do it, most modern AWD vehicles would easily cross the Darien Gap.
As a Colombian I would really doubt Colombia would be willing to conquer panama at any point, Venezuela, Ecuador and parts of Brazil were also Colombian territory, and Colombia has never tried to retake them in the last century (as much as I am aware of) and specially because the US is the biggest Colombian ally in modern geopolitics. And with the centralized structure of the government I would doubt it would be managed properly (that's why they lost it too so yeah).
Colombia's issues also lie in wars with multiple guerrilla groups since more than 50 years ago, even with a "peace treaty" with "las FARC" that was made a couple years ago, it made that the individuals that didn't agree with them got separated from the main lead and make even smaller groups, so the war is not really over and there are other groups remaining, but the main problem is the crazy amounts of people that had to leave their homes and lands to not get killed by drug cartels and guerrilla conflicts. So if it was not enough with the drugs and war we have a really divided political demographic making progress really difficult, so making a decision to invade an allied country in this state is extrememy unlikely.
And we are also a "strategic ally" for NATO since 2022, which implies in case of a war NATO would aid us (or viceversa) with military supplies and resources. So attacking a US ally (panama) which is also our ally and NATO's would not be wise at all. And tbh it lacks any purpose and in the long term they would get independence again at some point for the geographical gap and cultural differences.
A south american war would be more likely to happen with venezuela being a Russian and chinese ally, so in case of a world war that would be definitely a point of conflict. Another option would be when natural resources like water get so scarce that it requires bigger forces to conquer other ones in order to survive, in that case colombia would definitely would be invaded from other powers, even the US if needed.
But that's just my point if view.
Great video, nice job
RealLifeLore is pure nonsense you shouldn't believe anything his annoying voice says
He meant that the geopolitical situation could change and Panama wanted no risks. Yeah modern Colombia doing it is laughable since there is good relations, but countries went from friendly to mortal enemies before.
@@stephenjenkins7971 When you fart what does it smell like?
We haven't tried in the last century because we were busy killing each others in the internal conflicts, but in the early 19th there were some wars aganist Ecuador over the ownership of Pasto, so I would say that there's precedent
@@danielutriabrooks477 yeah, that's true but for modern south america the relationships between countries aside from Venezuela are good, we don't know what could happen in the next 60-100 years but for the current situation I really doubt Colombia of all countries would decide to invade a neighbor, the drugs and political corruption / stagnation has really damage the progress. But with the Colombian army has a lot of power due to the drug wars too, so who knows
Thankyou
One other point not fully fleshef out in this piece is that even if a road was built through this area, it would need CONSTANT maintenance and patrolling due to some of the reasons mentioned. This alone, alongside the massive investment to build to the road, must add to the decision not to build. Also, having an armed presence that close to Panama would not make them very happy.
5:26 - 5:35 Thank you RealLifeLore!
In Spanish it's called "el tapón del Darién", meaning, "the Darien plug or stopper". Very straightforward.
@@facta-non-verba y? Cual es el problema con eso? Te afecta en algo? Los problemas de Panamá los resolveremos los panameños.
@@ajavier7634 Lo que pasa es que en el video se muestra como si Panama fuera muchisimo mejor que el resto de latinoamerica cuando en realidad no lo es xd
@@reyalfa18 no se en que parte entendiste eso? A mi me da igual si es mejor o no, peroblos problemas internos que Colombia a tenido porque siglos no los tenemos y no los queremos.
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job/maps enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. The 2 countries north & south of the Darien gap. Aren't interested with investing in paved road. That's the reason no connection.
There’s a quick and simple answer: There’s no way in hell the US would allow or want that.
This and the most recent video on Mexico’s mountainous geography have been top tier. Thank you so much for the work you do and the content you provide!
You mean top tier Propaganda 👍🏻
@@darealberrygarcia what's propaganda in this video? genuine question as I'm not from these areas to know myself
@@ethereal_catt These channel isn't all that accurate, they often get things wrong. I have no idea how it could be considered propaganda though, especially this video
I suppose because they put USA as either the hero or the victim
As a Panamanian, I find funny the fact that he didn’t mention at all the true reason why USA lost, yes, LOST the Canal. Zonian aka “American” students refused to put Panama’s flag in the Canal Zone. There was even a treaty that established it, they just simply didn’t want to. Panamanian students went into the Canal Zone, with permission and a flag in hand, Zonian students started to fight them, the US military intervened, and that’s how the riots started. Panamanian citizens defended themselves with stones while US army was shooting at them. A total of 22 Panamanian students were killed. We could actually say that our only student shooting was in fact caused by the US.
You are the best! Geopolitics is so important
I agree
I disagree
@@nealrigga6969 why?
@@Sora97 get those illegal aliens out of my country
I agree
2:37. Incorrect. Mount Kosciuszko in Australia is from memory 2228m above sea level. It's definitely in the 2k - 2.5k range. 1845m is up the top of some of the ski resorts. Pretty high still.
5:28 the items on her back serve two purposes. Counter balance, and convenience/sustenance.
The Darien Gap! One of my favorite things to learn about!
but wouldn't be your favorite thing to walk through 😂
By people who know nothing but give opinions 😅
sad to see that pristine nature being soiled by trash left by the illegal migrants.
Wait, why is that?
@@darealberrygarciain my opinion, walking thru the gap is not a good idea
It’s crazy to see how much this channel has improved over time, I’ve been watching for years and every video is just as entertaining as the last.
Are you his mom? He is getting more into more difficult political videos and I don't think he's doing well. Most of what the US knows about Latin America is straight from the State department.
Tons of fake facts and just simply made up stuff to fit their scripts but sure I guess its entertaining
Just be aware that a lot of the basic facts are incorrect despite being presented with strong conviction.
@@seanhedgpeth2109 how are you in Beijing? Or Moscow? Any ways, the political videos aren’t often flawed but they are often not remotely pro US therefore I’m wondering of the huge bias you have.
@@darealberrygarcia the two biggest and probably only real factor in why they didn’t connect South America to North America is that it’s too expensive to build and Maintain roads through the gap and the second reason is the huge negative impact to the environment. This video is much like most of their videos in the past year - way too alarmist and often exaggerating things such as stating the US is the reason a road hasn’t been built through the gap.
It can’t be that difficult. Like 7 million people walked through it since 2020.
Tremendous 💯
Everyone who was wondering why the Aztec and Incan empires couldn't have met each other, here's why
The south American tribes got there somehow so I guess it wouldn't have been impossible. The distance itself was probably more of a factor but the Darien gap would've made it even more unlikely.
Not the Incas and Aztecs though, but there were other tribes that came to Mesoamerica from South America and met with other tribes, the chibchas crossed the Darién and came here before European arrival.
@@abelramirez7320 Pretty sure the distance between Rome and China was far bigger but they did manage to at least trade indirectly with each other.
And the problem was precisely that. There was a lot of hostile and untrusty tribes roaming in dense and extremely hostile rainforests. Incas and aztec were EMPIRES and therefore, needed a whole political, military, architectonic and economic system to back them up. They weren't high-mobility small tribes, who could afford living there. Even the spanish had to go around by sea to South America.
Not the aztecs but maybe the "golden age" mayans could have, as recent evidence of lost island colonies show they probably had seafaring technology. Also the aztecs were not even close to the darrien gap, their territory pretty much ended were the jungle starts
@@leonake4194 Andean people indeed had a considerable naval technology (having developed sails and rudders) and the farthrest distance in which the Incan empire was known was precisely Panama. So you could have a point.
Even it was proposed that some cultural influences in the Andes and west Amazonia came from the Mayan region thousands of years before the Incas
I've been seeing a lot of content about the Darien gap in recent weeks or moths. NY Times podcast (The Daily) had an episode on a a reporter who did the travel through the Darien gap with migrants. It was tough. They saw at least one dead body. The major problems they discussed is that it's often hilly (ups and downs), muddy, streams, insects, very hot and humid, and not close to any civilization if you get sick or injured. And that's usually how the deaths occur - a person gets sick or injured and cannot go any further and succumbs to the conditions. They ran into one 9yr old child separated from her mother and being looked after by one of the men making the trip. The reporter falls behind to see if she can cross path with the mother. She does. The woman has blisters and possibly infections in her feet and could not keep up. She lost her daughter near some hill. if those blisters or infections were any worse, it could be her body that others see later on.
Hi. What's the name of the episode or do you have a link that you could possibly post or share?
I like how video of the Swedish coastal guard vessel KVB 002 Triton is shown at @12:16
This fact blew my mind, for some reason!
Was thinking about this yesterday, the answer is clearly a costal "bridge" road on the gulf side
I was wondering why they just don't go around it too.
@@Gebri3l because both countries are lazy
@@Gebri3l yeah, right !?
Amazing video! Side note, as a Dominican I hate the hypocrisy in my country over illegal immigrants. Our people hate on Haitians who are looking for a better life yet they turn a blind eye when it is their family moving to the States for the same reason. Luckily now the DR is in a much better place than before, hopefully more people stay.
Same here in Slovakia bro, everyone hates the immigrants coming from Ukraine and Middle East, yet they even wish good luck and encourage people moving to the west like the UK or Germany
Sorry to hear that but glad to hear your country is improving. I’d love to visit someday.
Unfortunately, people all over the world are hypocrites when it comes to immigration. In my country the people who tell us the land was stolen from the native peoples are the same people who say we have to open the borders to allow the world in.
They love the native people. They hate the other people who were born here and They love the people who want to migrate here.
Is it safe to visit?
@@ChineduOpara yeah DR is safe to visit, obviously depends where u go but the touristic places are safe
@@miggygetright6344 Which city and zone is safest, in general? Do you know?
Tropical disease wreaking havoc on construction workers was also a problem for the Panama Canal. Walter Reed, a name that may be recognizable from a US military hospital in the DC area, was noted for research on yellow fever which was helpful to the successful canal project.
5:27 Nice scenery
I feel like I’ve seen this one somewhere before…
It was the video where he talked about a road that connected the entire planet or at least one that allows you to drive from South Africa to Argentina and Chile
And a video on the Darien gap a couple years ago
Yeah, he did this same video 3 years ago.
Yah its an update to an old video
This topic has been rehashed many times.
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As a Brazilian, i found the people "fleeing" sao paulo to colombia part pretty funny 😂
I feel just as you do. I have visited São Paulo on many occasions and São Paulo is just like New York. You can get anything that you need there. No reason to move. I thought that was interesting as well.
@@Dbo_Sports they are just Fortune seekers from africa. If you are ready to risk your life for a higher wage and better living no one is obligied to feel sorry for you, you made that decision
yeah, that was pretty stupid hahahaha americans view latin america like we're all lowly insects trying to transform into real humans by going to the amazing us of a
@felipe if your saopaolo is like new york then explain why the ppl are fleeing to usa?
Indeed, most of the human movement occurs in the inverse way.
Any highway would have to be elevated so the jungle wouldn't just take it over, plus to be able to control access. That way it could be a toll road with vehicle inspections; it wouldn't hurt to have an inspection station at the halfway point, either.
Though the plan I've wished for since high school is not a highway but a railroad; that also would have to be elevated. It could also carry cars, again with inspections.
Love your content! I have learned so much from you - thanks!
I started following this channel during the height of the pandemic and never looked back. Thanks for the very interesting topics as always, RealLifeLore! More power! Keep the videos coming!
For those of you wondering, he did a video of this a while a back. It’s called “What If We Built a Road around the World,” also some of his videos are remakes of videos he did almost 3-5 years ago such as the North Sentinel Island video for example.
This is not about a road around the world. On the video your talking about, he wasn't just talking about this specific area. Don't be surprised if he comes out with " whst if we build a bridge across Mediterranean" which he also mentioned on the video you mentioned. "
Sadly after so many topics the creativity starts to drop. It’s commonplace on CZcams
Let’s build a railroad around the world instead
Ya basta de cementar y asfaltarlo todo. Me gusta que exista el tapón del Darien. 👏👏👏👏👏
Drill a tunnel deap beneath the gap. Expensive, but it bypass most of the challenges to building a road across.
This Man Has Almost Single Handedly Kept Me Up To Date With Geopolitics And I Can’t Thank Him Enough.
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If u rely on this channel, ur missing alot! And I mean A LOT!!!!! This is clicky entertainment, not geopolitics. I definitely wouldn't brag about that!
@@Upgraydez you mean A LOT?? Jeez it’s a lot
@@Upgraydez you have any recommendations for channels if one wants to get into geopolitics? Thank you 🙏
@@Upgraydez No I Pay Attention To Other Channels He Just Got Me Into Geopolitics
I visited Yaviza 15 years ago on a mission trip. While the Darien Gap is harsh, it's still quite beautiful, especially coming from a place like the Great Plains of the United States. I took so many pictures of just the massive amounts of jungle trees because there were so few trees back home. Also, pretty much everyone in Yaviza lived in a shack, the roads in the town were essentially wide sidewalks since they were made of concrete, but sometimes on those roads you would see someone driving a brand new Nissan Pathfinder. One day, some members of our group, including me, went out into the jungle to help clear land for a farm. We put so much insect repellent on ourselves that we basically had a bath in insect repellent and washed our clothes in insect repellent. We also learned how to say "Don't shoot" in Spanish, though thankfully we never had to use it.
Even the bugs and insects in that area speaks Spanish and learn to use firearms, huh. Gotcha, Darien Gap region's hostility is no joke.
@@jancukasu sorry, I should have been more specific. The Darien Gap can and has been home to armed conflict, though there have not been problems for years. One group in particular being responsible for most of it is the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, or FARC. One of the most recent, if not most recent, incidences comes from 2013. A Swedish backpacker named Jan Philip Braunisch left the Columbian town of Riosuscio, saying he wanted to attempt to cross the Darien Gap in foot into Panama via the Cuenca Cacarica, but he disappeared. FARC admitted they killed him, thinking him to be a foreign spy.
@@nathaniellong4281 I was joking there my man. Btw poor Swedish guy.
Concrete does not dry; it cures. It will even cure underwater, and cure stronger than if poured in hot sunshine. Rainfall does not prevent concrete from "drying", though it will retard curing somewhat. Rainfall will interfere with the surface finish, but there are ways to deal with that.
Some construction specifications call for concrete to be kept wet as it cures.
I did not know about that!
I really appreciate the detail you went into in this video. It was an eye opener.
3:38 Thank you for using the word 'plethora'; it means 'a lot' to me.
Excellent explanation. Very enlightening.
17:10 far right???? You mean farleft...
No. Far right is the type of violence they face.
Those are some serious mountains at 5:30
There was a proposal for a coast road raised on concrete piers along the shore line of the Caribbean. It would be in effect the longest over pass in the world. It would literally stand on the beach and in the mangroves just 2 meters above the sea. In some places it would touch land only enough to create a base area for maintenance crews and a food and toilet stop. Needless to say the proposal came from someone that engineers bridges and over passes. The sea breeze would help keep the mosquitoes and other lethal bugs at bay.
The Chinese would build it.
That could be a good option.
For what purpose? It's far cheaper to use ships to move produce and the only human traffic is largely unwanted. Such a highway would cost a fortune to build and to maintain - so who's going to foot the bill?
@@smgdfcmfah Have the drug traffickers pay for it.
Train would be the cheapest method of transport. I'd vote for train access only.
George Meegan did it and wrote about it in The Longest Walk.
It reminds me of New Guinea.
There are no road or rail links across the Owen Stanley range.
I appreciate that real life lore probably could have ended the video after 5:18 ‐ 5:37 but he didn't, he gives us all the juicy details. Thank you, RealLifeLore ❤
Ugh stop being so cringe its bad for your health. This is whats called "info-tainment" ... Do you not understand they push a biased agenda by NGO sponsors smh hahaha
I see what you did there
@@krioni86sa Yeah I rewound a couple times lol
8 mins is the minimum time to monetize a video with ads (On top of their sponsor) Its not out of the goodnes of their hearts; content creation is a business.
@@tanybrachid Whoosh
@2:41 the tallest mountain in Australia is Mt Kosciusko which is 2,228m above sea level
Still pretty small compared to other countries lol
@@IWantToStayAtYourHouse yes but taller than the mountain that he incorrectly said was taller than any mountain in Australia
@vanderkok Estonia?
@vanderkok Suur Munamägi?
Mt Kosciuszko in NSW Australia is 2228m high. which is not close to the height of Volcan Baru at 3474m high.
What's the blurred out sign say at 13:27 ?
RLL is on a tear - keep it up! 3rd video in what, a week? Lot a love from Portugal and always nice to see a new upload!🎉
i remember when this video was first posted and emphasized in the roughness of the terrain over the much much rougher geopolitical obstacles that makes the darien gap also known in spanish as the darien's plug (tapon del darien)
There are plenty of mountains in Australia taller than stated at 2:40
Damn those knockers on 5.29 are huuuge 🎉😮
Ah men of culture
We meet again
So much important information this episode.
I really love this channel 🤩
Great job for making content i didn’t even know i needed to watch 👏
I learned about this from a backpacker in Costa Rica that had biked from USA MN whereas I flew from IA. Some coincidence, the linearity.
11:02 Fun Fact:
Cocaine is actually an anesthetic, like Lidocaine, Novocaine, Benzocaine, and Bupivocaine.
They do share similar names after all
True story. After I got about of the army, I was a drunken hobo living in my car which, you can imagine ends with crossing law enforcement eventually. Arrest for DUI in Virginia, got bail, got car out of impound. Decides to keep drinking, and chose to skip my court date. Where was I? Driving through North Carolina, after deciding I would hide out in Venezuela since there is no extradition. Had no passport, no luggage, a backseat full of empty booze bottles. I expected to make it too! That damn GPS seemed to be broken, wouldn’t let me set a route to Caracas, where I would live like a king! 🤦♂️Google learned me a lesson that day.
This video is so well done, amazing job! Loved all the detailed explications, and incredibly easy to follow
The highest mountain here in Australia is Mt Kosciusko, with an elevation of 2228m! Sounds like a bit of flat shaming to me 2:34
The Darien remains a gap in the very long PanAmerican Hiway mainly for political reasons, and should perhaps stay that way...(you can take cars up the coast via ferries...)
16:57 that's simply not true
you can use google maps without the internet, simply by pre-downloading the map, and tracking your location with GPS. no internet required
Also you can presumably still use Satellite based SOS signals
@@xryeau_1760 i'm not really aware of those, can you clarify?
i know of satellite phones, tho they are very expensive (both the device itself, and payment plan to even make calls with it), so i'd assume a person in such desperate situation probably couldn't afford one..
An incredibly informative video; great job! (as always... But this one was particularly great!)
2:37, Australias tallest mountain, the mount Kosciuszko is 2228, making it a ~400 meters taller. Otherwise good video😁👍
I actually believe that if they build a highway in the Darien gap, it will actually be easier to control the flow of people who try to cross the gap. Imagine that you build a highway with a checkpoint at the end of it... People would highly consider crossing the gap through the highway, which in turn will most likely catch them. But of course, it's so expensive and risky to build.
RealLifeLore, I commend you for bringing these modern problems to light. I feel like it is easy to brush over the current state of our world because it isn't covered by the news or because it's just too confusing to understand. You make these issues accessible and engaging. I've learned a lot from your videos and wish the schools I attended took advantage of this content.
He also conveniently brought up the colonialism of one nation and left out the socialist government of another, while trying to describe the reasons for their current impoverished & sad civil situation.
@@MR-nl8xr Haiti also doesn't have an average IQ that is high enough to sustain it's population. The challenges required to bring them up to standards with the Dominican Republic are insurmountable. I can understand why most countries turn a blind eye to that part of the world apart from disaster relief.
@@LordZordid We'd all have that same problem too if we had to make fried pancakes out of dirt.
@@MR-nl8xr I know people who each year spend an entire summer and millions of donated dollars setting up self-sustaining agriculture for the locals. And every year when they returned everything was ripped apart and destroyed. So they started from scratch again and again and again. They literally did everything they could next to running it themselves. After many years they finally gave up.
It's easier and cheaper now just to send food.
@@LordZordid SMH.
I worked on tourist yachts between Cartagena and Panama in 2010. We occasionally be boarded by Blackhawks from either Panama special forces or the US coast guard who were a long way from home.
My uncles went through the Darien Gap back in the 70’s. They were on ten-speeds and said they traded sugar, salt and other resources to get through.
suuuuuuure, sugar
@@92larsko True story. If anyone is familiar with this hit me up.
@@92larsko Why not?
I'm convinced. I'm never going to try crossing this. I admire those who do it.