Bolivia's Geography is the Worst...in South America
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Bolivia is the 2nd poorest country in South America, and was the poorest before the crisis in Venezuala. Like any country’s economic situation, Bolivia’s economic struggles are complex and heavily debated…but it’s relatively easy to identify at least one of the many reasons, it’s geography.
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Mistakes: La Paz is the 3rd largest city in Bolivia not 1st. A source I used claimed that La Paz was the largest metro area by population in the country but after looking it up again most sources say that it is second to Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
Good video. I hope you could updated in the future. I know there is few data of the east and low lands of Bolivia, but you've only shown Andean part.
Now that you mention Santa Cruz, you'll find out a contrast of all those images.
PD: La Paz is nos the capital City, its the seat of goverment. Thats a mándela effect. The capital City is Sucre (constitutionaly speaking).
La paz is not the capital but it is where the government resides.
Sucre is the capital but lost the gorverment as a result of a civil war.
Nice video, hope to see more about my country.
Also, the name is Coroico, not Croico.
Thank you for sharing about Bolivia’s geography. Even though it has always been a challenge to overcome our difficult and varied topography, it is exactly this diversity in climates, ecological zones and landscapes that has made Bolivia into one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, as well as having the most biodiverse national park in the world (Madidi National Park).
La Paz is the Government Seat. Sucre is the Capital.
Fun fact: Boliviamar is a beach with 5 kilometers of coastline and 800 meters wide, which Peru granted to Bolivia, for a period of 99 renewable years, on January 24, 1992, currently the beach is totally abandoned and without any intervention from Bolivia.
Tourist beach, Bolivia cannot build anything there
@leo salgado really? build in a place that is not yours, Bolivia does not need a tourist beach, it needs a port czcams.com/video/U6KrvlNUZT0/video.html
@leo salgado building a tourist inly infrastructure, with roads and all is extremely expensive with barely any return if you want to build highways and housing dedicated to tourism only. Money that we don't currently have.
@leo salgado indeed, that could be a dream. I hope our current government does something with it.
What people don't understand about Bolivia and our petition of return to the sea, is not having a nice beach where we can go on holidays.
Bolivia wants access to the pacific to export and import, freely and with not taxes.
I always found it interesting that the population of many South American countries is clustered within the Andes mountain range. Meanwhile the flat fertile land is almost uninhabited. This seems to be exact opposite trend compared to other regions of the world. European mountain ranges are much emptier compared to the flat land around them. Just look at the difference between the alps and Northern Italy for example.
It's a similar situation in tropical African countries like Kenya, the population is clustered into the more temperate high elevation.
That’s because two factors: proximity to coasts and climate. The Spanish settlers found better climate for their newly created cities all across the valleys in the Andean Range, coincidentally, those valleys were located closer to the coasts than the vast country plains. Quito, Caracas and Santiago are located in mountainous areas but also relatively close to the coasts. Bogota is far from the coast but the location was perfect for all the other reasons you need to locate a capital city. Lima is on the coast but also surrounded by the Andes and the flat areas are extended throughout the other side of the Andes but it’s the Amazon, so you don’t have too many options there to properly locate cities. And btw, those Andean valleys are way more fertile than lower plains. The most fertile soil in Venezuela was located in Caracas Valley before this was transformed into a city, same happened in Bogota.
@@geografisica Then there's the case of Argentina. Buenos Aires is close to the water but many early settlers proceeded directly inland because of the fertile Pampas. I wonder why the Bolivians refrained to a greater extent from settling the flat lands.
It's probably because of the amazon or maybe it's protected area
As a peruvian living in the middle of the desert I can say that nobody wants to live in the jungle, in general these are the most abandoned areas by South American countries with low HDI and almost no infrastructure
Thank you for this video. As a Bolivian, a few corrections:
1. The city to which the Death Road used to lead is written Coroico, not Croico.
2. Bolivia’s actual capital is Sucre, not La Paz (you can look up the Constitution of Bolivia). La Paz is the seat of government, where the president resides along with the executive and legislative powers.
That is correct
So Quito is actually the highest capital in the world and not La Paz?
@@MsMRkv Technically, yes, just by 40 meters above Sucre, but yes.
Es un anglosajón, no esperes que diga cosas inteligentes, Bolivia es hermoso y es de los países más bellos del mundo, soy español y su único problema es su nombre y la ignorancia de su pueblo (sin contar que es un desierto demográficamente hablando).
@@richardb.7343 well, it's like tecnically the capital is Sucre, but in reality it is La Paz. The government is in La Paz and virtually everyone thinks La Paz is the capital even here in South America (excluding Bolivia, obviously, you guys know your true capital)
I lived in Rosario, Argentina wich is located next to the Parana river and I remember seeing a Bolivian flag on a heavily guarded piece of land with an official building. I did my research and it happened to be a land given to Bolivia to export they products through Paraguay-Argentina to the world. It was at least interesting.
Have you met messi
@@zakttbc Of course dude, every person in rosario had met messi
You should also mention Santa Cruz when talking about Bolivia, especially when discussing the GDP given that this region is the country's economic powerhouse.
Plus it’s the most populated region on the country. So it’s not that evident that most people live on the Andes region.
How about the people are they dangeraous? Why did they hack their institutios to put porn? Is this something that is know to be the regular behavior of Bolivians?
As a Bolivian I can assure you that Bolivia's dream of a sea is nothing short of a pipe dream, it has been a dream ever since my parents were children lol
but hey, at least we have access to the internet and clean water...and lots of gas
Edit: oh right, thanks for the video, thanks for taking the time for making it!!
Yep lmao there is no way we are ever getting our sea back and it’s best to just accept the past and embrace the future
Actually the capital is Sucre, La Paz is where the seat of government is located. Yeah it makes no sense to me either
@leo salgado huh, cool
Also Sucre is more picturesque imo
Then that makes Quito the highest capital on Earth.
@@MsMRkv oh yeah? Well, I'm a lot higher
@@MsMRkv no bc La Paz is still the capital whatsoever lol
Small typo: The town mentioned at 5:10 is called Coroico, not Croico.
As a Bolivian-American, it’s always cool when people talk about Bolivia, being a lot of people sadly don’t even know it exists. Special shout-out to the paceños!
it's always the paceños living their best life 🫡. Good life
Almenos es bonito cuando no comentan sobre nuestra situacion politica XD
Silpancho very good food no arguements
love this place i'm from Scotland and I've ben to Bolivia 4 times currently out there just now in LaPaz!
You’re lucky no one knows that shitheap exists. Otherwise people would probably beat the shit out of you until you left.
First time I see a video on my feed that's related to my country!
Without getting into a political rant, we are incredibly culturally diverse for such a small country. But also that slows us down since total reconciliation our people seems to be impossible due to our differences.
Bolivia isn't small
@@diamante9721 population wise it is.
Having lived in Bolivia for several years and visiting surrounding countries/cultures various times, I think that Bolivia is the prettiest and most unique of them all - and has the best food and meat! (Don’t let my Argentine wife know I said that 😆)
I just spent a Month there and couldn't agree more! Bolivia is a gem in South America and many people forget that it has everything that makes its neighbors special... The problem is politics😓 still
You never went to Peru?
As a Bolivian, I prefer Argentina over my country.
clearly you have not visited other countries in the Area. and much more to see
@@imaxischerhangus3578 Are you South American?
One of the most interesting facts about Bolivia it’s its diversity. Diversity of nations, history and of course GEOGRAPHY.
Sadly the video only mentioned one of the three “regions” (geographically speaking) of Bolivia. These 3 regions are mountains, valleys and lowlands.
I know is hard to find information in English about my country, so I’m glad to find that this video even exists, so if you need sources to complement it, do reach out!
The Bolivians are the nicest and friendliest people ever. I pray they'll be happier and prosper much more.
One thing is visiting Bolivia, but living here..... without getting too political, I would change any of these pretty cultural geopraphical locations for the bare minimum of social stability. If someone from a first world country wants to exchange places please hit me up.
Really enjoy your videos! Keep up the great work!
I’m happy to hear it! I’ll do my best!
It's kinda sad that every video about Bolivia seems to completely forget the country's largest city and economic capital Santa Cruz, located in the flat lowlands.
Great video anyways! I'm a big fan of your content.
I love your content ! Wish you all the best from Romania !
Hey there! Thank you!
Romanians and Bolivians got a lot in common, poverty
@@danolicks7490 Hello , i don't think so , where i live we are actually guite good , middle upper class
Thank you for sharing my loved Bolivia history! I really enjoyed the video, pretty straightforward. Hope some day you can come visit, and see it for yourself. Greetings!
Thank you! I hope so too!
This is fascinating. Thanks for sharing 🥰
All countries are beautiful
I recommend visiting Bolivia, it was a challenge in many ways.
But it has opened my eyes to REAL poverty.
Coming, visiting, touring, and tipping can make someones life better.
Some things I've seen in Bolivia are still indescribable
to me.
Wow, like what did you see?
I've been there a couple of times and wasn't really impressed, but then again I live at a distance of 3 hours of driving away from Bolivia.
@@bernardofernandez6556 Street dogs, really old people having to take public transportation and no support, people begging on the streets, etc.
Children also used to beg on the streets and in traffic lights, you also get people who clean your windows at traffic lights, streets also tend to be dirty in some places.
Overall it's a good place
@@danolicks7490 dude that is something you can see in every country on the world
@@jesucristobostero3287 Yeah I know because I live here, I don't want anyone to expect something else than the truth.
The highway currently being constructed connecting the east and west coasts of South America was also going to run through Bolivia until it was changed due to unrest in the country I believe, correct me if I'm wrong. But that sounds like exactly the kind of infrastructure they need.
@leo salgado Ahh yep, thanks for that.
They’re still building a 4 lane highway connecting the East and West of Bolivia. 2019 was a year of turmoil in many countries in South America, not just Bolivia.
4:40 Isn't Sucre the capital of Bolivia?
Bolivia's geology is challenging. Maybe some exchange of ideas with Swiss, Austria and Liechtenstein might help.
Ski resorts, banking, wearing silly clothes while using the echoes from the Andes... Sport facilities for high elevation training.
From what I've heard, the people are very friendly and social. Though poverty demands its toll.
Fun fact, Bolivia used to have the highest ski resort in the world, but due to the global climate change, the snowy peak where it was located melted away permanently. Chacaltaya is the name of the mountain.
@@portibolivia That's sad...
@@dutchman7623 Probably should have said Sad fact instead.
As a Chilean, I think there is no way that Bolivia could possibly recover its past maritime territories. It is one of the few things that we Chileans all agree on, we won't ever accept losing the Antofagasta region, a key strategic region with ports, and minerals such as copper and lithium. Not even imagine the people who live in those territories could accept to become Bolivians. But we can share ports and infrastructure for Bolivia's export needs. I think Bolivia should accept that and begin a new era of relationship with Chile.
"We" are never accepting it bc "we" got brainwashed into hating Chile since school and, without getting explicity political, that got worse during the last 16 years. Campaigning to recover territory and general xenophobia are GREAT propaganda. When they ruled in favor of Chile, oh boy it became a shitshow for the governement here, it was hilarious.
I put "we" between quotes bc I don't feel represented by that ignorant but extended way of view and bc I actually love Chile and miss drinking a mote con huesillo at the top of cerro San Cristobal during that beatiful pink sundown.
I believe we bolivians should stop looking at the Pacific Ocean shore of Chile and look to the Atlantic. But using "your help"? You people are always so condescendent, f*ck off!
I know, right? Also i feel they could boost their economy just by shutting up the claims and we would gladly help them improving the infrastructure and railway.
nobody has EVER thought about conceding the Antofagasta region, that's delusional. the most realistic proposal consisted in a land corridor no more than 10 km wide, north of arica, in exchange for equal surface. Anyway that possibility was nuked by the bolivian absurd move to bring a third party into the discussion
Can you cover Mexico’s geography if not it hasn’t been done yet?
I have a video on Mexico coming up in the next couple of weeks. It’s not on its overall geography but something rather specific though.
@@GeographyGeek it would be interesting to make a video about the destruction of the Pristine Beautiful Jungle in Mexico by the Project "Tren Maya" ( Train ). A wild idea. A train that is destroying one of the most beatiful jungles in the Whole World. It has the wonderful "cenotes" what are beautiful submarine lagoons + a lot of antique ruins from Maya Civilization. The delicate equilibrium between fresh water and salt water is so critical
@@GeographyGeek Complete video about destruction of Pristine Jungle in Mexico -> ......czcams.com/video/s3KEXIx_UxU/video.html.....
When Bolivia signed peace with Chile, its president was treated as a hero in his country, because the terms were considered excellent for Bolivia: Chile would finance and build a train connection to the nearest port in the Pacific and Chile would pay Bolivia a large sum of money. At that time, Bolivia did not use its own coast to access the sea, because the geography made it very difficult to access, so they used Peruvian ports. The treaty was considered so good for Bolivia, that a few years later Bolivia reached another similar agreement with Brazil, in which they ceded a large portion of their country in exchange for money and a train line.
No Chile's is. Chile is desert and mountainous, has earthquakes, and is competing with Argentina for a port no one uses. Yes, they have a good amount of natural resources, but every South American country does.
Colombia: emeralds.
Venezuela: oil
Ecuador: oil.
Chile: copper.
Bolivia: lithium.
Paraguay: fresh water.
Argentina: silver.
Peru: gold.
Brazil: rare earth minerals.
Uruguay: cows
have you ever see a map of chile? only the north is desert, the rest (central and soyth) are green, with valleys and forests
@@cristo8498 *cold mountainous forests.
@@BabyDeath68 yeah cause the valdivian rainforest its so mountainous, and even tho, the central and south-central part of chile it is till valleys and fertil lands, how i say, only the north is desert (and a desert with lots of resources)
@@re_yolo ?
Great video!! Can you make one about Chile's geography?
0:49 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHY
Ayyyy I made it earlier then usual😂 great video tho!! 🙃
I appreciate it!
I would like you to talk about Guatemala and its geography just like this video with Bolivia
This is so true. Shout-out to Cochabamba
I love my country so much. We have our problems as any nation does, but I see the potential in my people and in my land.
Yeap, Evo Morales was the best president of Bolivia, thanks to him You all bolivians hace something to eat, at least
Long live Evo Morales
Probably the ones with the best geographies are Argentina, Uruguay and Chile.
Bolivian here! I really loved the video :) !!! but a couple of things... La Paz isn´t the capital of Bolivia it is Sucre (also known as the white city) which is located in the department of Chuquisaca, La Paz is where the central goverment is located thats why the missconception and the town you mentioned that connects to the death road is misspelled it is Coroico besides everithing was amazing i really loved how you mention the lack of an efficent way of transportation but as an interesting fact we used to haved trains but the goverment (dont remenber the year) sold them and since then they never wanted to implement them again. :D
There are still some trains operating, even in El Alto, but on a very limited basis. Fun fact, the British were the ones to supply the trains, railroads and that infrastructure to Bolivia. However they found that many campesinos were deliberately sabotaging the train tracks, as they saw the trains as competition to their own businesses. Eventually, it became too costly to keep up the maintenance and repairs of sabotaged railroads and many of the trains were scrapped.
As a Bolivian I can confirm that we kinda fell off
I'm from Chile... Only watch this video for curiosity.
Many commenters will point out Santa Cruz being the most important region and the country's economic powerhouse. That's a myth born out of local pride and political chasms... Bolivia is a rather big country, with a wide range of geological floors. Some will tell you Santa Cruz feeds the entire country, but that's just plain ignorance about how the other regions operate and what they produce...
Hope to visit their beautiful beaches one day.
5:44 breaking bad referance?
You should do Paraguay.
The landlcoked country with LOTS of rivers.
Do a video about Chile please
greetings from Santa Cruz, Bolivia
There are a few reports here that are wrong, the capital of Bolivia is Sucre not La Paz, the reason I know that is because I m Bolivian
Achava que ambas fossem capitais
@@andre_cinelli no falla portuguese
Funny how once this Andean geography was the only place the Incan empire and many civilizations before it could thrive, in some ways more so than Europe, but now it is considered a detriment.
Something's not right, I think.
It's not a detriment. It's the opposite. The Andes is where the vast majority of resources are located. Lithium for example, was deposited there by the slow erosion of mountains by long gone massive salt lakes.
Its a detriment in the sense that you need an organized people and a disciplined government to build and maintain the infrastructure to prosper. Bolivia has had neither for the last 200 years.
Hola desde Cochabamba Bolivia!
bolivia's navy could obliterate chile i don't know why they don't take it, furthermore, they could make a passage expanding from the pacific to the Atlantic and everybody would have to shove it, chile, the one in the middle and bigger Portugal
Are you drunk or something?
Chilean army is one of the most powerful among South American countries and the Bolivian navy doesn't have the logistics for any of that shit
bolivian navy LOL, stay in your lakes
@@galvatk2194 he's trolling, no one's stupid enough to say that unironically
If nearly half of Bolivia's land area is in the Andes mountains, why don't most of the people live in the flat part? Their second biggest barrier is roads. Building roads in the mountains is hard. Why do they live there when most of the country is flat? I wish you explained that in the video or spoke of the other part of the country that is not in the mountains. Now I'm just scratching my head.
Most of the people live there because the whole economy of my country used to and still kinda revolves around the mining industry made in that part of the country and there is little to no incentive to build outside of the previous settlements from the Spanish era
Actually Bolivia's economic capital and most populated city is Santa Cruz, located in the lowlands. They seem to have forgotten to talk about it in this video
And right off the bat you went for the coastline issue
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Not a random CZcams video talking me that my country have the worst geography (in south America) 😭😭😭
Don't forget Bolivia was once a much larger nation before it was whittled down to it's current state.
@leo salgado Except Brasil I think
So were many countries in South America, just look up old maps of Colombia, Peru, Paraguay and Ecuador. Truth is, borders were not properly defined in those times.
as a Bolivian, all I have to say is that HOPEFULLY THERE IS A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR US like you said. I amd starting to really lose hope adn the will to live.
BOLIVIA MENTIONED 🎉🎉🎉🎉🇧🇴
Un saludo a todos los lokallas y chocos leyendo esto
As a Bolivian this was pretty dope to see in video , good stuff mate. Economy is a bit better now tho, even tho it will bite us the future
the problem with agriculture in bolivia is the distribution of land made in 1950 has made only small scale agriculture in the occident of the country, so its hard to have large scale agriculture. unless its santa cruz where the law was not enforced this is an problem never solved..., because land transfer laws are very hard to do. because of this small producers made slash and burn agriculture the norm, is slowly killing the posibilities and no body talks about it, because will generate conflicts with the small producers.
Beware of the character Kari Kari or Kharisiri, who is a character from the Bolivian & Peruvian highlands and valleys. He is known for extracting fat from the body of travelers and local people, using different strategies. This can take the form of an animal during the day, it can imitate the cry of an abandoned crying baby, to attract its victims. This character is also called lik'ichiri or sacamantecas, in Potosí. The term Kharisiri comes from its association with the Aymara word khariña, which refers to the action of cutting meat. In Peru the Kari Kari is called pishtaku or ñak'aq.
That is why the locals entrust themselves to the land, asking for its protection. Peru and Bolivia have unimaginable mythological beings that to date continue to do their thing..
A small town of 12,000 people? That’s a small town? That’s 4 times the size of my town. And it’s the biggest town in the county
It's kind of subjective - www.city-data.com/forum/rural-small-town-living/377382-what-size-town-considered-small.html#:~:text=0-99%2C999%20population%20town%20%28anything%20less%20than%2050%2C000%20population,is%20a%20small%20town%29%20100%2C000-499%2C999%20city%20500%2C000-4%2C999%2C999%20metropolis
Yes, pretty much everywhere that is a small town
Thats a village in my county
yes bryan, 12.000 people its a small town, proper of a small country
incredibly small, almost a medium village
Hello Im from Bolivia great video
Hey, thank you!
La Paz is not the capital of my country, article 6 of my Political Constitution establish that the only capital of Bolivia is Sucre. You forguet to mention that one of the reasons Bolivia is an underdeveloped country is the extremely corrupt government authorities that make bad decitions and not allow the develop of the country
You should of mentioned Santa Cruz, the economic bastion of the nation that the whole country is dependent on for future prosperity
No shortage of ego over there, eh? Haha
@@LokiTheAnsuz how can there be ego if I’m being factual?
During Colonial Period ( before 1825 ) Bolivia was known as "Alto Peru" what means "high (altitude) Peru" . This name was used during centuries before Simon Bolivar stamped his own name as "Republica de Bolivar" ( what means "Bolivar's Republic ) and some months later renamed as Bolivia
It was more of a late 18th century-early 19th century thing, that is the time close to the Independence years.
The term "Alto Perú" was designated by the "rioplatenses" and did not exist until the end of the 18th century, 49 years before it changed its name to Bolivia more precisely, not for centuries. Before that, Bolivia was known as "Royal Audience of Charcas", which was governed by the Viceroyalty of Peru and later by the Viceroyalty of the Río de La Plata.
The name of Bolivia was not given by Bolívar, but rather was proposed by the indigenous priest of Potosí Manuel Martín Cruz, one of the 14 representatives/deputies of Potosí in the Deliberative Assembly of 1825 (an assembly in which Bolívar did not participate, since at that time had never set foot on Bolivian soil). He proposed the name in honor of Bolívar and almost everyone in the assembly accepted it. Also the name "República de Bolívar" was not put by Bolívar either, but by the Bolivian Creoles.
Simon Bolivar didn't fight any battle for the Liberation of Alto-Peru. Not even a single Skirmish. There is no real reason for bolivianos to recognize him as the "liberator" He hot stamped his own name onto a Part of South America. The 2 Final battles for the Independence of South America were fought in Peru -> Junin and Ayacucho in 1824. When Bolivar arrived to Alto-Peru , the area was already a free region. Spain was expelled in Peru in 1824
Alto-Peru was a named given by Spain to actual territory was is called "Altiplano" ( was means high (altitude) flat plains). That name is stamped in Maps , Official Documents, etc. Check "mapa del alto-peru"
@@carlosespinoza2453 No, it was not, go and look for any paper given by Spain it was never called Alto Peru its was a name given by rioplatenses. Stop your chauvinism Bolivia was as much part of the Republic of Peru as Peru is To Mexico given that the Viceroyalty of New Spain was the first among all.
The tragic thing is Bolivia, with the worst geography in South America, also sits in one of the region's largest unexploited resources. The country is very resource-rich, and if used wisely, it can become the fastest growing economy in South America - but it lacks the capability to do so.
the roads are so bad because of corruption they overprice the costs, we are the largest reserve of lithium in the world also, and yes you could grow anything in Bolivia is good land the problem for the development of agriculture is the agrarian reform law which makes difficult to have private property in rural areas, so not anyone would put money into something that is uncertain and that the state could take away whenever feels like it, rural land is just a bargaining chip given for free to certain groups of people only, and that is happening since 1952 with no end in sight, so I think the main problem for underdevelopment is mainly the politics and corruption and not so much the geography if anyone has it worst geographically is provably Chile most of the country is a desert and they do not have water, no natural resources, and if they have any is mainly in the territories they gain from Bolivia and Peru main reason why they made the war.
my man here confused Chile with Bolivia
te quiero mucho bro, espero que si se cumpla el futuro brillante, hagan dormir al MAS como a los perritos bai JAJAJAJJAJA
MÁS no está cagando el futuro de nuestro país
Y Ecuador¿?
Coming up soon
@@GeographyGeek
The origin of Ecuador was born from the legit desire of creating a new country. The union of 2 main cities Quito and Guayaquil. During your searching, Sooner or later you are going to see the Ecuador-Peru conflict for the Amazon Basin. Some data for fact-checking :
1820 Guayaquil is liberated from Spain (only Guayaquil). Ecuador does not exist, yet
1821 Peru gets its independence from Spain (by this year Ecuador does not exist yet, not even has a name) Jaen and Maynas are part of Peru (Jungle areas) by Independence Declaration ( Declaración de Independencia )
1822 Guayaquil and Quito are annexed by Simon Bolivar to Gran Colombia by force with no public votation. Ecuador does not exist, yet. From 1822 to 1830 is ruled by a Venezuela's General ( he was not born in Quito or Guayaquil, a foreigner general imposed by Simon Bolivar ). Let's remember that Simon Bolivar was born in Venezuela
1830 Guayaquil and Quito finally exist as an independent nation using the new name as “Ecuador”. Chaos came afterward. From 1830 to 1860 the rivalry between Guayaquil and Quito created political instability and turmoil, like a Civil War. Both wanted to be the Capital of the new country. both wanted to imposed its flags onto the another
In 1860 finally won Quito over Guayaquil and the country finally get a flag (as it is now)
In 1864 Peru founded in Iquitos a shipyard (in the middle of the jungle)
While Peru in 1821 already had a consolidated country with Lima as the capital + flag , Ecuador began as a real Republic with a flag since 1860. It is 40 years of difference
By 1864 all the Jungle has been already colonized by Peruvians. As Jaen, Iquitos, Maynas, San Ramon, Quillabamba. But then the nightmare came to Peru
Since 1860 and during 80 years, Ecuador began to hold a growing enmity toward Peru, using the misconception that Peru took over their “amazon” but Peru arrived first to the Amazon.
With the past of the time, this misconception turns into big hatred toward Peru.
In 1941 Peru and Ecuador waged a war. After this both countries signed an agreement, but Ecuador never agreed with this and its hatred grew even more -> Protocolo de Rio de Janeiro de 1942
In 1981 Ecuador attacked Peru using fake coordinates called as “Falsa Paquisha” conflict
In 1995 Ecuador attacked Peru again. It is the Cenepa Conflict
In 1998 Ecuador is forced to respect the agreement of 1942 by several neutral nations as USA, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Finally the boundary between Peru and Ecuador is marked on the ground
This video makes me want to travel to Bolivia
Bolivia has an emotional claim to the sea, but not much else. Peru and Chile don't want to lose their shared frontier.
Pensaba que la capital de Bolivia es Sucre.
All the Bolivian growth was thanks to Santa Cruz, the most productive and powerful part of the country on the eastern side, which was not mentioned at all
Well, probably because that's an ignorant take if not a disgusting lie?
How you determinate is better or worse??
Interesting info, but forgot to mention that the economic capital and the biggest city is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located in the Amazonas.
Omg só Bolívia really exists xD so surreal
And to add, the population isn't the "cream of the crop" that loves to destroy the roads for any stupid political reason.
That's why the "transoceanic highway" wich was Bolivia's idea was built surrounding the south of Bolivia.....
Lol
la paz is not the capital!!!, its sucre
Hadn't the agreement already been torpedoed after Chile's demand of a same-extension territory swap -which Bolivia would have never accepted as it finally was the case-, way before Peru's counterporposal?. What's for sure is that Peru's proposal was that a shared sovereignty of the three States be established just in the small coastal section north of Arica city. Anyway, nice video!.
I like how Peru is asking for stuff as if they're the ones putting up their sovereign land for the taking
@@casper_z1259 "putting up their sovereign land for the taking" are strong words given that it was going to be a territory swap from the beginning. It wasn't that much of an "asking", rather a counterproposal in a negotiation context as an interested third party. And it was 50 years ago, and "Arica peruana", and yada yada yada...
@leo salgado Arica sigue ahí, tan peruana de corazón como de origen.
The agricultural expansion is debatable. The issue is here that allot of the ¨available land¨ are natural forests. Allot of these forest are endemic ecosystems. Meaning that the plants and animals found in these areas, are only found in these places. Nowadays, deforestation in Bolivia is in an all time high due to the wood insdustry, soya plantations and cattle. It has a huge environmental impact. Yet, many institutions (I worked in one of those), I trying to find a proper balance between the need for a controlled agricultural expansion and natural area conservation. Due to uncontrolled expansion of agriculture there is a high tendency for natural disasters, enxtended forest fires, and loses of resources (water, soil fertility, etc).
Correct, but how dare you
a country is not rich just because it has skyscrapers and a finance district... there is culture, the happiness of the people, the environment... leave bolivia alone, much better than the US
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Well as a chilean I'm kinda forced to say is at this time more of a issues due to being use by ruling classes to get at the popular vote via nationalism than any real economic issue
From colonial times the way the Spanish set their colonies was very different as other powers did it and it was by a sistem that heavily favored thoses that came from Spain and sons of thoses that came on Spain while the largest part of the population were either natives or mixtures and it was this locals elites that wielded the brunt of the economic powers and this local elites felt good just staying on their almost feudal positions and every time that was threatened they waged their economic power at the political power and most often than not they turned up on top
And also as side note as part of the post war agreements (and important to say that unlike the unlucky Peruvian they didn't got their land decimated and plundered despite being them that started the war) was that chile would build a railway from arica to la paz but after completion and some time the track fell on disrepair in the Bolivian side and they didn't really cared for it
And in another note they would have the same costs of transport from arica to their distribution centers
And lastly that people that live in the zones have told time and time that they want to be part of chile and even thoses part of native population like the aymara and Quechua also do preffer to be part of the chile rather than going back to bolivia
I think you are misinformed and you don't provide any source of information. But in the books that I read, it explains that Chile invaded Bolivia because of Guano which is bird shit.
And you said that the Aymaras y
quechuas wanted to be part of Chile? That is all lies,
There are documentaries of Aymaras from chile in you tube that cry and State that the Government of Chile forgot them and have no water.
So you are just feeding a lot mis information here.
@@richardb.7343 well first of the war it self has a lot more to do with saltpeter rather than guano
And if you really want the long history I have no problem on giving it
Upon the independence of the Spanish colonies in America most agree on keeping the borders than the Spanish had set and being he lazy cunts that they were they just said that the border between the viceroyaltie of Peru (that had a good chunk of modern day bolivia and the captaincy of Chile ) was the atacama dessert with no lines to set borders upon it but during the first 40 years or so the countries in the region were al to busy with internal affairs to go and deal with the most unhospiable desert on the earth and then comes the 1860 when both chile and bolivia started putting more eyes up there as mineral riches were discovered and thus tensions started cause chile claimed soveranity up until the 23thrd parallel while bolivia claimed up to the 26 parallel and then comes a war against Spain in wich most SA countries banded together when they tried to make peru pay for stuff that happened during the independence. And after that war and in a spirit in collaboration both countries opted to set the border at the 24 parallel but created a join economic zone between the 23thrd and 25 parallel in wich both countries would benefit equally on what was extracted in that zone and just 8 years later in 1874 chile opted to renounce its economic rights that it had north of the 24 parallel with the condition that taxes were not to be increased on chilean miners and business on 25 years in between the 24 and 23 parallel (this partially because chile was entagled on other border disputes with Argentina over the Patagonia).
Unknown to the chilean authorities both bolivia and peru had signed a secret mutual defense pact in case of any chilean agression in the year 1873 and with that secret Peruvian backing bolivia decided to gamble on chilean inactivity and in 1878 increased the taxes on the chilean companies between the 23 and 24 parallel and when the companies failed to comply with that raise of taxes they decided to seize the companies but by that time chile had already sent up a detachment of troops and naval infantry to the port city of antofagasta (where I was born) to stop the take over of the companies (foot note that city had been founded by chilean miners and explorers ) and when the ships arrived both the mayor and the prefect left the city knowing that they were totally overmanned and out gunned and when the troops landed they were greated by the mostly chilean population and while this was going on bolivia declared war on chile and chile tried to get peru to broker some negociations but when they even rejected to sign a neutrality chile declared war on both peru and bolivia in April 1879 and peru declared war the next day (note that the landing occurred in February and bolivia declaration on war came on early March if I'm not mistaken) and that's the why the war started cause from the chilean government eyes bolivia had nullified both the 1874 and 1866 agreements and in turn decided to force by arms its claim to he 23 parallel
And in the case of the native population at this day my information came from polls and interviews dome by chilean news when the case entered the court in Hague and about the lack of water its a heavy issue here on chile and the draught has even reached the capital city and there's been talks about water rationing in there and thus for the most part of the North of he country has had problems for years and the help has been slow to turn both by economic reason and political reasons (both domestic(since water is classed on the constitutions as a consumer good rather than an human right(and this has led to the more wealthy families being able to water the avocado trees that use a metric ton of water while poorer inhabitants had to even limit personal consumption and not even dream about showers and cleaning dishes on tap) and international ones like when bolivia diverted the silala river (more like a stream)))
And maybe my information on that could be out of date but I don't really think so and I say this as personal experience when I went on a trip to the lake chungaraen.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chungar%C3%A1_Lake went there just before pandemic hitted
@@richardb.7343 Peru and Bolivia started the war by raising taxes and having a secret alliance
@@richardb.7343 as long as it wasn't Bolivian History books, Guano was definitely not the reason why Chile went to war against Bolivia and Peru at the same time, everyone can read the Wikipedia article right now and realize the actual reason and therefore why Bolivia can't say shit about anything that happened to it after they got busted plotting against Chile violating contracts thinking they could beat it in combat with a secret alliance if they protested said contract violations, who knows what would be happening next if they managed to neutralize and invade Chile's capital with an allied coalition. I'd love to know what books were those and who wrote them and why you got your education from those specifically
La Paz is nit the capital of Bolivia. It's Sucre.
Learn to pronounce well the word 'route' not as rout, the latter means a dis-organised retreat.
No
THE WORST? only for amateurs and noobs
Skill issue
La Paz is not de capital
They need a coastline bad.
The capital of Bolivia is Sucre
La paz is not the capital of Bolivia. It is Sucre
Alto Peru is the true name "Bolivia", if the Bolivians really wanted access to the sea they would join with Peru proper!
At least Bolivia is the only American country with still an American majority. So I'd say they're actually pretty based.
Thanks to Chile 😒
Thanks to Peru-Bolivian Confederation, if they dont mess with chile, bolivia would still have a sea
my man didn't pay attention in history class, sad
Hello, Bolivia has the east, the bolivian east has almost the 50% of poblation, not all is mountains and the reason of poverty in my country is the estatist government.
la capital de bolivia es sucre, no pueden hablar de bolivia sin hablar de chile ?
No, es un video sobre geografia y la característica mas importante de este pais es esa, la falta de acceso al mar
Isn't Bolivia a big producer of cocaine ?
coke* or coca not cocaine
Coca leafs which we inherited from the Incas. As you people would say is grandfathered
@@johnnybaxter8078 Bolivia is the second largest producer of *Cocaine*. Yes there is a lot of coca, yes cocaine's base product is coca. But stop living in denial, everybody in Bolivia knows that tons and tons of Cocaine is leaving the Chapare region on a weekly basis. And everybody knows who the mastermind is behind that operation. And everyone knows most of that cocaine is destined for Mexico. It's Bolivia's worst kept "secret"
omg seriously?
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Argentina geography is the Best
Gringos me caen mal y no es por imperialismo, solo que me desagradan.
You say that Bolivia has the worst geography of South America? Bolivia has basically everything, Acording to Alcides d'Orbigny a french explorer-scientist, it has every type of geolocally classified land, beautiful landscapes and many other good things, you don't know anything about Bolivia
So many things wrong with the video, fact wise I mean and surprised how many Bolivian don't seem to notice in the comments. Btw Bolivia is not even in the top 5 of poorest countries in south america
Chile is a bad country.for.not returning the coastal area of bolivia
Why should we return something we won in a war started by peru and bolivia? If it were not for that confederation, bolivia would still have sea.
XD jesus christ the level of pityness
Awful video
Bolivia is the most magical and wonderful country. Bolivia has the amazon, the andes, the inca ruins, the salt flats.
And now one of the richest countries
This video doesn’t represent this beautiful country. Its a shame people upload information from the 90s
I'm pretty sure I didn't misrepresent the content with the title.
One of the richest countries?! Did Tio Lucho tell you that? The whole economy is being propped up by the federal reserve, which is at it's lowest in almost a century. Within the next decade or so, Bolivia will completely run out of money, inflation will sky rocket, and Evo, Lucho and all the other idiots will scream "The USA is to blame!" That is the reason why the Boliviano has maintained a value of almost 7BOB to the USD for 15 consecutive years - all the missing money is coming from the reserves.