How China Moved into South America
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- čas přidán 7. 02. 2023
- The Chinese Communist Party has quietly moved into Latin America since 2000 while the US was distracted by the Middle East and now Eastern Europe. Xi Jingpings growing influence in South America and the Caribbean continues. From Mexican Cartels to political unrest around the country. Even though Mexican Cartels are worse than you think, China in. Latin America is more dangerous than you think.
China is now their largest trading partner in many instances. Starting in the 2000 allowing them to corner strategically important lithium mines, further isolate Taiwan diplomatically, and pressure nations into following their authoritarian vision of the future. Based on World Economic Forum's data you can see trade between China and Latin America from $12 billion in 2000 to 315 billion in 2020.
An economic and security review commission reported Chinese military leaders visited with their counterparts in Latin America 215 times between 2002 and 2019.
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As a Panamanian and someone that was raised near the US military bases. The problem is that the US government sometimes looks at Latin American as pawns not partners in growth…
Why not both
How is the US government treating Latin America (and in particular Panama) “like a pawn” and what about being raised near a military base holds any relevance to that?
@@TurdFerguson43 It puts it into social context of day to day life.
Military bases have a social impact on areas.
Because we are not in 1900’s anymore, a lot of the Latin American countries still have nightmares of imperialism and the less the US act as imperialist the more welcoming they will be…
Wait but China literly thinks you guys are a pawns and tasty snacks after the main course of Taiwan. Wile the US thinks of you as partners in the region hince why we cared so much to invade and change your govermnets.
I'm starting to feel like Chris is a little bit more informed than just an average infantryman.
It's his team but yes t&p are bringing US up to speed on Latin America 102
Nah I bet every US infantry man is has brain dead as him
the right amount of just a little bit :P
He isn't really.
He was actually a communist officer. :)
As both an American and Mexican, a Chicano if you will. It does feel like the US is dropping the ball big time but at the same time you can't be mad at China and Latin America for trying to do what's best for them. Also Latin Americans have a good memory of what the west has done to them in the past. I want both my parent countries to succeed but at the same time not at the expense of others.
The correct tense is not only the past, but also the present. South America is an area of influence of the USA and this is the reason why we are unable to develop. USA offers chaos. This is the modus operandi of this criminal country.
You are texan
Yup. My grandpa was affected by the US back in his home country when they installed a dictatorship. My mom said she hated the US with all her guts when she found out, but she was already here because she needed a better life that she could not have back at home BECAUSE of the US. Truly f**ked up what America has done in these last couple of decades, now I am rooting for China.
I am from Argentina, the truth is China treats us as an equal / a business partner... Maybe if Americans treated us with a bit more respect the relationship could improve.
I'm not defending America here, but if you really think that China sees you as equals and partners then you are delusional. It may appear like that to you and that's because China wants you to believe it for the time being. The Chinese have perfected the art of being two-faced.
I agree they seem to be offering more than the US, and these countries should absolutely take advantage of that. I'm less sure how equal it is.. offer 'free training' for Chinese reporters, or try to use Brazilian workers in China for construction projects, and see how equal things are..
I'd say similarly for Bolivia, however one more thing is that here not many countries seem to show much interest in development or getting involved in projects, the usually those that apply are regional (south America) and china, and being as corrupt as Bolivia is China mostly wins
americans ??? you"re american
@Lee8282 The US should plunder even the wealth of its own allies, and do not have expectations of the US. If there is enough wealth, the US is willing to share it with friends. If not, the US will stretch its teeth towards friends
This channel's coverage has improved so much since the early days. It's always been pretty good, but it feels like he is much more comfortable covering 'bigger' topics like this one. Props.
Still miss those weapons videos 😅
Fake poster. State sponsored content
Definitely not an average infantryman
I like this new stuff, but he needs to be careful he doesn't lose his original market. CZcams doesn't help, as it penalises weapons coverage. That leaves the more boring nuts & bolts stuff, like military rations or boots. Definitely no guns here CZcams!
@@LibertyGooselinks to proof?
Brazilian here. The lack of interest by the us and eu in trading with us are mainly the reason why China has grown so much influence here. If the Eu would just sign the trade agreement with us, things would already start to take a turn, however France would never allow it. Seems like its inevitable that Brazil, China, Russia and India form a concise block, given the fact that our economies seems to complement each other.
India and China don't really get along that well. The Chinese are literally invading an entire Indian bordering Himalayan mountainous region via militarisation and passive/aggressive soldiers with sticks walking and slowly building up military outposts and fence delimitations in "captured" Indian territory. There's been numerous skirmishes and gun fire between both armies that end up in fast diplomacy and crappy agreements just to cool down things a little. India also has some clashes with Pakistan, and Pakistan has made close ties with China, this has forced India to increase army spending and do a weaponry renewal.
The new Chinese silk road initiative also threatens to move sea trade routes away from Indian ports, Chinese investment ports on Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Yemen will leave Indian ports useless and this investment will come with a permission for the Chinese navy to freely strategically surround India in every flank and successfully cut commercial ties with it if needed.
The BRICS commercial coalition aren't really a strong alliance; Russia can't freely trade much nowadays with so much sanctions, China hasn't fully supported Russia's invasion in Ukraine, India and China kinda hate each other, Brazil is neutral, South Africa is also part of the commonwealth an therefore politically they're just neutral as well, they're currently commercially benefitting more from close UK/EU relationships than Russia's.
The agricultural lobby is very powerful in the EU, not just France. Brazil is far too strong a commercial competitor in this sector to allow easy access to the EU market. Similarly Turkey has faced endless delay in its EU membership bid. It also is too strong as an agricultural producer, and threatens established farming interests. These are politically very influential in France, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands, not to mention in newer member states such as Poland.
This is likely to cause big problems going forward for Ukraine. The EU farm lobby won't like Ukraine either, as it is among the world most powerful farming countries. Despite all the pro-Ukraine flags 🇺🇦 and slogans draping EU capitals at the moment, when it comes to business Ukraine will have a hard time trading with the EU.
Ukraine is not a good fit economically with the EU. Ukraine's major exports are agricultural - it's a major producer of wheat, maize (corn), sugar and sunflower oil. Its mining and manufacturing sectors, strong in the Soviet era (aircraft, shipbuilding, engines) have suffered heavy damage during the war. Or they are located in the secessionist eastern region now annexed by Russia. That leaves the Ukraine that is left after the war largely an agricultural country. But the EU already has all the agricultural stuff it wants. Unless you specialise in something it lacks, such as palm oil, getting a good trade deal is going to be difficult.
This all presents another opportunity for China (which before the war was already buying up Ukrainian manufacturing plants). While Brazil, Turkey and Ukraine all want to greatly expand trade with the EU, it's basically a protectionist bloc and not keen to deal. But China? Welcome aboard!
CH!NA SUPP0RT BRAZ!L🇨🇳❤🇧🇷
You said china and India complement eachother. Tell me you don't know shit about geopolitics in an even more blatant way
Maybe you will add Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela to the portfolio. Maybe one day, your president will decide that he will be the president for life. His designated heir will follow suit, just like in China, Russia and North Korea.
I lived in China for six years as an English teacher, and never experienced the slightest bit of governmental authoritarianism.
考虑到大多数媒体都是西方国家控制的，我并不奇怪他们对中国有恶意
The US treats Brazil like garbage. We suffered on a brutal military coup and regime backed and financed by the USA for 21 years, because the US was too afraid our reforms would make their companies reinvest their profits or lose their margins here. Also, we were spied on our major oil company, Petrobras, during Dilma Rousseff's term. As an ally, this is the type of behavior that equals betrayal, really. From a strategic point of view, the further we develop other partnerships, the better for us and our population.
This channel is doing a way better job at educating Americans about the world outside their borders than the whole education system. Keep it up!
PSSST…CZcams could replace the entire grade 4-12 curriculum in half the time. School is literally a daycare these days.
....and better than our so called news media outlets. It would be nice if the news was actual news instead of talking heads telling us how to think, one way or the other. This channel gives us actually important information, inspires us to do our own research and lets us draw our own conclusions.
Totally the opposite. It's keeping americans obtuse about geopolítica.
"educate"
Wow, you think this nonsense is educational. You have got to be kidding me.
You did mention US intervention in South and Central America, but I think you understated the deep scars that it continues to leave there. Many countries see China as a way to get out from under US domination and exploitation.
and then become solely dependent on China instead of hundreds of country's
@@lukasxss1794 well...China never financed a brutal dictatorship on my country...but...the US did...and that memory is very dificult to forget...especially by the political class that remminds the population every election...there is also the add benefit that China don't go around "exporting democracy" like the US do...we can still see the effect of that on the middle east...
Yes, being too dependent on China could be a bad, but China is de bigest trading partner for south america because of the lack of interest from the US. There is also the push for a multipolar world that the rise of nations like china and india brings, which is a worth endevour. So, if the US wants to increase its relations and influence with south america, that is great, you just need get your shit togueter as a nation and actually offer something better than what china offers...because so far its being quite unimpressive.
@@RenBR im not from america dont get me wrong i think the US needs to first of all get itself sorted out but i feel the same way about China it also is pouring a lot of money into other country's without adressing major problems in its country. A country should decide on its own who to side with but it should most importantly look after its own citizens and China gives that financial aid while the US does not
Iff you think that china is going treat any better iff and when they are No. 1 the you are fooling yourself kid.
@@db-wy8ul source?
I am a Chilean-Ecuatorian Citizen and i can agree with everything you said jajajja. i specially value your sincerity while talking about the US record of foreign military interventions. Thank your for your work mate, im glad i found your channel!
Also the U.S committed Genocide in Peru and Paraguay killing thousands also in many other places like Ecuador.
Chileno ecuatoriano, que es eso puaj
@@nicolasklausen8010 alguien que tiene ambas raices jajaja y ambas nacionalidades, aunque no existe legalmente la doble nacionalidad entre ambos paises :)
Meaning: American....
The blend of information and humor seems effortless and makes these videos my absolute favorite way to stay up on what’s going on.
As an Argentine national i tend to agree with your report. China is filling the void (and profiting from mistakes) made by the US and other western powers. Their failure and our hunger for better deals is tipping the scale towards China. Good job Chris
Pasa que los Chinos caen a negociar con bolsos de guita y bueno vos sabes que aca el deporte nacional es la corrupción ...
I've long said the West overlooked South and Central America when they moved to open China for trade and that goes back to Nixon.
@@IMGreg.. i never got it why USA decided to use China as their big factory instead of the Americas much closer with also cheap labor.
Yeah we need to do more for our neighbors and Chris said it best we got tunnel vision in the east after 9/11 but hopefully china pushes us to do more but sucks it took something like this to make us do anything makes us look petty af even if it's true but as long as our south American brothers an sisters get the support and credit they owed for all the shit they had to go through the last 100 years
@@sensato957 that's because of security china was willing to pay for everything and built the infrastructure for it, alot had to do with individual companies choice to move to China and China also gave incentives, tax breaks you name it they just made it to good to look else where
I don’t think America ever cared about Latin America and Africa until China was there.
In a way, it’s a blessing for these places as both countries will compete to provide more benefit. They are finally not neglected anymore.
why is the largest economy in the world, which conducts global trade, trading with countries in the world. hmmm. seems suspicious. china trading with europe: suspicious. china trading with north america: suspicious. china trading with africa: suspicious. china trading with south america: suspicious. suspicious suspicious suspicious, definitely must be a spy balloon then.
Billions and billions of dollars is nothing apparently.
After Cornel Rosvalt your still think we don't care?
How much do you want Americans to care about Latin America? California, Texas, and Nevada is technically Latin America. Now, do you really want America to 'care'?
I’m sorry, at what point would we be considered as “caring”? Any specific dollar amount in some specific area? Any specific policy?
The US history in Latin América will never be forgotten and that will always hold it back, regardless of its intentions or actions. The US is actively seen as a threat in south america, china not so much.
I live in Costa Rica, if the USA wants us as allies against China, it could start by helping us solve the problem of tax evasion that causes a huge hole in the finances of our countries. Note; American companies that operate in our countries are the biggest tax evaders, if they help us with that we will take a great leap forward.
These big companies run US you think you get them to pay tax?
As a Brazilian we have experienced a severe drop in living standards since 2017, Brazil wants to trade, it wants jobs most of all and infrastructure investments. Brazilians and Americans fought and died side by side in World War two and share the same deep appreciation for Democracy, but democracy alone doesn't feed your family, working for China does, the US currently only impose demands for Latin America, while China helps us develop, to sumarize Brazil has been seeking a seat at the OECD(The US doesn't support) Brazil wants to reform the UN security council(The US doesnt support), Brazil wants a free trade agg(The Us doesn't support), the US barely invests in Brazil, why would we call the US an ally? We are starving and we only see one hand extended.
As far as I know China also wasn't behind one of the main reasons we're poor and unstable (the multiple military dictatorships) the US was. At this point anyone can see why Brazilians would feel comfortable with closer Chinese relationships, especially a profitable and equitable one.
@@lukenullspec I agree history is not kind to Brazil-US relations, Brazil was always a US ally from the Empire to the Republic, from the Monroe Doctrine to the WW2. Brazil was the ally the US never meant to keep close, still, just because China didn't do the same doesnt mean it wouldn't, it just didn't do cause it didn't had the chance.
@@henryquecabral9357 yeah it is unfortunate that our relations have been very one sided for America's benefit. Brazil has always had superpower potential but unfortunately was too much of a risk for the US given that we were being courted by the Chinese even in the 60s-70s. JFK himself had stated that Brazil would be a huge threat if allowed to be developed by the Bolsheviks.
@@henryquecabral9357 take it from an iraqi usa aren’t that great tbh they bomb sanction starve invade you all in the name of democracy then they start sectarian conflict in your country establish a crony capitalist system and corrupt government they can control they don’t actually care about democracy don’t be naive
We find out in recent history again and again that democracy isn't a plug and play system. Everyone has to play somewhat fair in that system and educated enough to understand it, but raw human nature corrupts it easily.
The U.S: invades and over throws democratically elected governments and puts brutal dictators into power
Also the U.S. : *surprised Pikachu face* when those countries don't want to be their friends
Do these democratic elected governments have names or are you too stupid to point them out?
*plan Cóndor flashbacks*
The U.S. removes brutal dictators from power. Noriega and Saddam Hussein, for example. The U.S. did not overthrow Allende, nor did it install a military dictatorship in Brazil in 1964. The U.S. left Panama entirely in 1999 and has no military bases in Central or South America.
@@urseryllc1608 😂😂😂😂😂 okay bud
@@grimskid Which part of my factually correct comment do you find amusing or disagree with.
Great job Chris. Balanced, insightful, informative and interesting.
Cappy, great analysis! I’ve been conducting business throughout Latin America for 35 years and you are on point with this. Great job!
It’s so strange, hearing such honesty from a military channel, I would expect this to all be propaganda, but the accurate telling of American foreign-policy in Latin America is refreshing
It is incredibly refreshing.
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There is still propaganda though, he literally made it seem like its just us good(west’ vs the bigg ebil autocracy that evill chyna wants to put on the world.
He does have some good points though unlike some alarmists who rage at china every day.
I try to be honest with both sides of the perspective , as much as I can anyway . I’m glad some people find value in that ! Thanks for watching
@G Unit Tell me. How much does being a Russian propagandist pay?
Im peruvian, culturally we have a good relationship with china too, however we and many other south american countries would never involve ourselves with a foreign war. People would get extremely angry at whoever president agree to something like that, rich and poor, left or right.
Just don't let them roost in your harbors and bases. Whatever bad things the US has done, is probably nothing compared to the nightmare the CCP is to their own people, and too africa and the not so subtle threats they give to the world for recognizing Taiwan as a country. BTW Taiwan is not a country, it's the legitimate government of all China, except Tibet.
China is doing a worse job of what America already does in Asia…American influence is growing in India,Vietnam,Japan,Taiwan,South Korea ect. right in Chinas backyard I mean we literally have military drills with India….Whens the last time Mexico had a military drill with China??? Sorry but we’re better.
I do not think that the military power of latin america is even remotely close to the power level needed to be involved in a war amongst the great powers.
bombardeen Puno por el amor de Dios
Will when China puts in a military base
Your acumen as a rising geopolitical analyst is most impressive. I started watching your channel out of curiosity over the technical details of the weapon systems you review, came to appreciate your thoroughness and humor, but now, lo-and-behold, you've pulled off this awesome switch whereby you actually make important points and skilfully raise geopolitical issues worthy of sustained reflection. Dayum, well done! (...and in no way average)
As a teacher I am impressed with your underrated 'public school' education. Your videos are very thorough and jam packed with up to date, relevant, as well as important historical facts which have led us up to modern day issues at hand. I am learning much from you young man and appreciate your humor. Keep up the good work!
two types of people that always need to mention their career choice: nurses and teachers. hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Here in Costa Rica, they ditched Taiwan in return for the Chinese government building a stadium
Football ⚽ diplomacy! Obviously works.
L0NG L!FE CH!NA🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
I don’t know who I heard it from, but that person said the Chinese don’t care what type of government their partners have. They just want to do business and grow their power and influence. Whereas US tends to asks their partners to be more like them. I really don’t know how much of this is true.
@@ederlikessoccer No entirely true, it is true regarding China, with the US does not care if your country's government is for the interest of the US and post no danger to US interest in the region, however the US will overthrow a government that damage or post a danger for US national interest, being a democratic elected government means nothing in that scenario. You can look at example of Saudi Arabia which is hardly like the US, supported islamic extremist groups financially, and 1954 Iranian government.
Excellent analysis.
Problem US faces in South America is that China seem to offer stability.
Among many things, US actions in South American often had the opposite effect.
Then you have the drug trade and other illegal operations partly supported by the CIA.
China will end up doing the same thing, remember what has happened to Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Burma. Three countries that took trade deals with China.
@@niweshlekhak9646 you look very concerned pajeet
@@niweshlekhak9646 Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Myanmar combined still don't have the number of people living in poverty that India has. 😂 Pajeetis are so pressed over CPEC....if it was bad for Pakistan than India would he cheering Pakistan on.
On the contrary India is having a panic attack on a daily basis. Sometimes your jets get shot out of the sky by Pakistan, sometimes you lose territory to China, sometimes Iran tells you to F off. Good luck! 🤣
@@TMBpk I am not indian.
@@niweshlekhak9646 If want to say debt trap, then you will need to pay close attention how did these countries getting into the situation. Take Sri Lanka as an example, 47% of Sri Lanka's debt were not with China but with private lenders from US, UK, Switzerland and Germany that is more than any other country. Japan and China each hold about 10% of Sri Lanka's debt. And the west in general holds more debts of these poor countries. We can again look at Africa, the whole Africa has a debt of 700 billion dollars and 612 billion dollars were held by non Chinese lenders.
Chris, a brilliant and very comprehensive presentation. Keep up the good work !!!
A big problem I see is that Nations like Mexico have to jump through hoops to buy even less advanced US weapons. The US refused to sell F5s to Mexico until 1981, the US refused to sell the F16 to Mexico until 2009, when the Mexican navy tried to buy SU27s(the F16s weren’t bought) The US cut off spare parts for Chilean F5s etc. it’s simply easier AND cheaper to buy Chinese weapons. And even Europe is easier to buy from.
well yeah I mean obviously China doesn't care if cartels get their hands on F-16s
@@StayFreshMyFriends And this is related to my comment how?
Selling weapons is different when your neighbour is right next door and doesn't have a good track record in stability. I dont think any nation sells advanced weapon systems unless that country is being invaded by another (like the Ukraine war) US or not. I'm not even american and I wouldn't sell F-35s to mexico if my country had them
You are quickly becoming one of the most important voices on CZcams concerning American strategic goals, and I'm proud of you for it.
I'd add that he is one of the more balanced voices out there. "Dear CIA" and "Dear Pentagon" had me cracked up. LOL.
He is really bed at geo politics. Seriously this is all surface level stuff. There are plenty of other yotubers who are much better at this.
@@AL-lh2ht surface level coverage doesn't equal bad coverage. The broad mass needs a way to get into this field. It still serves the purpose of helping people to form a somewhat rational opinion instead of basing it off news coverage of events.
Yes. Use to like him. It’s obvious he’s on state payroll now. Sad
@@LibertyGoose If he is "on state payroll now," he wouldn't bother mentioning that China's Belt and Road Initiative will lift gazillions out of poverty around the world. Unless you mean he is on China's state payroll, LOL.
Chilean here. I have to say that at least Chinese-Chilean relationship has been very close since the Pacific war in 1879 When the Chilean army freed Chinese slaves who were in Peru and they ended up fighting with us again Peru-Bolivia. The relationship grow over the last decade even during the extreme right wing dictatorship of Pinochet when US blocks the shipment of arms to Chile, so China helped us keep them stable at a time when we were about to go to war with Argentina. In recent years that relationship keep growing but at the same time we set the line because we know the risk we run if we align ourselves to one side. There have been several instances in which we have put our relations with the US above China, such as the last one with the passport tenders in which China was about to win but they failed, this put national security at risk since that company I would have all the biometric data of Chileans.
So yeah I been very interested in geopolitical movements in recent years. At least I am happy that the Chilean-US relations on military issues continue to grow, as with the UK and Germany.
PS: I love your videos ❤
Between Hungrybox and Pablo Pascal, Chile has if's share of celebrities.
Pinochet did nothing wrong he did what any sensible person would do to protect ones country from communism
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It's a bit surprising as I would say Chile is pretty far right but I guess there are some similarities with the CCP and the Chilean gov.
@@JD96893 nah, Chile has been firmly on the Center left since the end of pinochet's dictatorship (with the exception of Piñera's Center right goberment), but in my opinion the ties with both "the west" and China have more to do with pragmatic trade relationships than anything ideological, considering that most people in LATAM don't really trust neither
This geopolitical analysis is as good as any other channels on YT like Caspian Report and Good times Bad Times. Definitely way better than any mainstream media 🤙🍻
Thanks! You are my world news that I watch for now on! Keep up the great work!!!!
Thank you! This topic needs to be covered much more.
Fundamentally groundbreaking episode. Way to elevate the channel. Thorough analysis, Chris.
"...we're like the friend that only calls when we want something." ; ^ ;
Excellent analysis and clean presentation! In the future would love links in the description to follow up on all the cool sources you cite in the vid. Cheers!
Love the geopolitical content! Keep up the great work team
Im from Chile, it is true that trade with China has been very profitable, however our ability to speak up against China´s regional imperialism, lack of human rights, depredation of our ocean´s fisheries just outside of our exclusive economic zone and a ton of other issues is severely compromised, over 40% of our trade is with China, they can bankrupt us at any moment without breaking a sweat, that makes us their hostages, no president in Chile left or right balls to speak up against them, we are on a complicated position with many alternatives for the future, but today oposing China openly is not one of them.
Thank you so much for these "closer to home" videos. Awesome work.
I've watched 6 of your informative videos. Your funny and insightful, I've subscribed so please keep up the great work.
As a Chinese person. It's never been a question of is democracy or authority. It's always about working hard to better our lives and the lifes of our family and friends. I think democracy is great. Noone here hates democracy. But having a democracy doesn't automatically means foods on the table. Sure we can pray all day. But only action can make a actual difference in our lifes.
That's the point. Greetings from Brazil. What you said summarizes all. We aren't anyone's backyard, I must also say. We just want to cooperate and make deals, which means food on the table for each side. That's it. Xiè Xiè
Well said
That's the teaching of christian not prayer will help you must have action l will not help you you must help yourself first before helping you
I'm from Argentina and many people in Latin America dislike the us do to their extreme interventionism, also many consider it a unreliable partner and criminal country
Yes I agree
That's because they are.
and China is clearly much better.
There will come a time in which china's fishing vessels will be in your shores to feed its population. What is your take in that? Good luck
@@markussantos6164 They'll just have to bow to their Chinese Masters
Wow, this may be one of your best yet and that's saying something! Outstanding work mate.
Keep it up, Battle Buddy! Good stuff...and well considered!
This was really good! You did a great analysis of the geopolitics. It is always smart addressing the USA's historical and current mistakes/actions that we're now criticizing other countries for repeating -- address that yourself up front.
Thanks to the valiant efforts of the Central Intelligence Agency the United States are a bit... Unpopular in Latin America
Chris don’t know, lots Latin America countries are allied with China, especially Cuba , Venezuela, and in Brazil, China has long replaced US as its largest trading companion.
Super cool how you still reply to people in the comments even though you’re almost at a million subs. Keep being a man of the people Chris
I feel like this is one fo your most serious videos as of yet with some of the most interesting analysis. I miss your light-hearted humor a little, but it was very satisfying to get this new angle that is off most people's radar! Hope it gets as many views as the other ones!
More geopolitical reports appreciated especially with the national security implications. Thank you for this report
Coming from a left-leaning American, this is my favorite source of news on American geo-politics, for the fact that Chris is primarily interested in the truth, not the way politicians will look in a story.
An excellent explanation of the challenge the CCP presents in SA. Great intro for a deeper dive into this problem! Great research and I like that you state your sourcing for the reports.
I appreciate the geopolitical videos.
Hmmm ‘Has the Us lost Latin America as an ally’. My first question is did America ever have a true ally in Latin America?
Has us ever treated Latin America as ally ?
One would think that US would see the value on investing on the political and economic integration of the americas...but...instead, the US preffer to waste resources on Europe, Middle East, asia.
Yes. Att least Brazil used to be a ally In the 19 century and slowly drifted away In the 20 century.
Cappy, what you say is TRUTH & from TRUTH comes WISDOM! You're GROWING in WISDOM! GOOD JOB! KEEP IT UP!
Great job, Chris!
As an american it is frustrating seeing what could be an obvious win for both the us and latin america geopolitically by allying eachother and strongly tying together eachother's militaries and economies just get left to the wayside because our leaders look down on latin american countries
Chris, right again. We fall behind constantly... But pray we get the rebound. Good show.
Whenever people learn about this or some other thing about China, none of the reactions are wow we need to build our own new railways and modern nuclear power plants. Instead it's always just "they can't build anything good" as if the last 20 years of Chinese growth hasn't occurred :(((
Yeah no Anglo devils stay away
Great segment, Happy you shine a light on this!
Importance of building partnerships!!!
Always stellar information and presentation there CC!!
South Amercan countries should tie with both US and China. It is a win win strategy.
It should be worth mentioning that Argentina is also subjected to certain arms restrictions after what happened with the Falkland’s war
They still kinda want to invade, just a little walk around Buenos Aires and you'll find there's state propaganda and posters in some spots in reference to the Falklands on the streets, radio and TV. "Las Malvinas son nuestras / The Falklands are ours" they say; they're taught this since school and it this does have a cultural impact.
As a fellow South American I do believe that they had a right to claim over those islands because they're extremely near and they do have some historical background with it, but they messed it up and lost the opportunity, that war was just a crappy smokescreen for internal political and social problematics that where about to end up in the dictatorship being overthrown. Argentina's dictatorship sent badly equipped conscripts to confront elite UK troops... Kinda like what's happening in Russia vs Ukraine.
Exactly! Because of this, they'll eventually go to somebody like oh say.. China whom isn't bound to the UK's demands. Everytime a western country is ok with offloading some older hardware, like the US selling F-16s, the UK blocks it. This will only alienate them worse. Because the UK is stuck in the last cold war, instead of thinking what happens if China sells them advanced stealth fighters someday.
True, we want to replace and renew our air force but all we get offered are 50 year old f16s and no tech transfer, not even able to replace ejector seats with UK embargos, russia and china have offered brand new JF17s with better price, hi tech engines and full tech transfer last year, and seems like that's where we're heading, and i'm glad
@@emilianoc.5048 your country's military still want those aging F-16. good luck. China might no longer offer Jf-17 on the table anymore. China only offer once, you burn the deal you burn that bridge. You can buy from the Russia now
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las malvinas son argentinas.
espero que argentina logre suficiente armamento para recuperarlas.
los unico que los anglosajones entienden es la fuerza.....
You have improved very much since 2 years ago. Props to you for getting that hard work, work in your favour!
Chris, you do really good work.
Just an example from my country (Uruguay). In 2021, in the peak of deaths from Covid in my country, the United States was hoarding vaccines for internal demand and not "answering the phone" about helping us in the third world. Meanwhile, China sent us ships filled with containers with their vaccines. The containers were wrapped in some kind of artistic envelopes, with written words of one of our national poets (Mario Benedetti) with words of support and friendship. Those were the first vaccines we got to take, and China was praised in my country regardless of political tendencies from anybody here. Sometime later the United States did accepted to send us a first batch of Pfizer vaccines, but China did already score points with my country. It's just an example of the very smart way they're playing their cards around here.
The humor in all the videos gets me every time. Keep it up, look forward to next one
Cheers Cappy! Love seeing one of your vids popping up
Thanks for always speaking the truth, even if it hurts. Lord bless ya, brotha😊
Well done and spot on!
The US: Increasingly, the nations of the world are siding with peace
Also the US: Why aren't people siding with us?
makes sense as china didnt invade anything besides what... vietnam after US lost? thats all i can remember
@@5.45x39_ + 5000 years of sinicization of it's neighbours. A little history anyone?
@@fahimrind9714 well maybe 3000 years, but its significance is a fact
@@5.45x39_besides entirety of SE and South Asia.
@@fahimrind9714lmao Korea and Japan sinicized themselves, Chinese culture is so strong that even their conquerors assimilated and became Chinese(Mongols and Manchus)
Don't wanna come off as a CCP shill, but this "Democracy x Autocracy" discourse falls apart when you consider how many autocracies are currently important US allies.
The gulf states are unwelcome allys. No one is happy about them. In fact those countries basically bribe the US for protection.
That was much of his point. US has to walk the walk of democracy, not just talk the talk. Particularly in Latin America, where it has a dreadful track record.
But more positively, this should be possible now. Certainly it's easier for the US to ally with the good guys in Latin America than in, say, the Gulf region.
There's a couple of different, competing ideas here.
i) Don't let the good be the enemy of the perfect / needing to live in the real world
ii) Living in a polarised, post cold-war world. Not the hyper-polarised world of the 1960s/1970s, but still a 'them and us' element.
So the West is trying to find allies and form alliances with countries and regimes with whom we have little 'cultural affinity'. That is the relationship is purely strategic. Then the question becomes how far can we 'nudge' them to make changes.
We can't wave a magic wand and make them the allies we'd choose them to be.
And of course, people are looking at us too. We only show leadership when it's 'convenient', and our terms.
Right? Turkey being at the top of the list.
Turkey, Saudi Arabi, Qatar, Kuwait maybe UAE.
Heading to Ecuador soon so this was very timely and educational. Thanks
Great story, and really solid information. Hopefully, it will get people thinking about the topic you covered. Always enjoy your episodes.
Great topic cappy, I hope you could explore more China topics soon
A large factor in the situation in Venezuela, is that Venezuelan's thought they were getting a raw deal from the US, and populist leaders were able to exploit that for their own personal gain. People on the street were very willing to tell you about their problems with the USA
People in Venezuela do not tend to "have" problema with USA. That's mostly propaganda from the authoritarian gov
And sanction, attacks, invations, economical sabotages and now trying to make a deal because petro have only prove those alegations RIGHT.
@@ericquiabazza2608 economic Sabotage ? Dude, we destroy our economic ourselves, BECAUSE VENEZUELAN GOVERMENT IS FUCKING CORRUPT. Have you heard of Odebretch ?
@@javsRFX I was there, so forgive me for not trusting you over the people I talked to on the street back in 2001, 02, 03, when Venezuela's crisis was taking shape.
That said, the educated class in Venezuela mainly went to school in the US and was fine with the US. The poor on the street were not. A lot of this was down to perception, and how the wealthier class ignored the poor and allowed these feelings to fester
@@cidshroom dude I live here... People don't talk about weird conspiracy of US, and you be surprised that we have education here as well and people with money take education Here. The perception of people with money around the country (like Lorenzo Mendoza) is more positive than the likes of Maduro
Thanks for bringing this to peoples attention. It needs to be addressed.
Good work, Cappy
Thanks for this Cappy! I admire your work.
My father, uncles and half of my family were slaughtered in El Salvador. This country was ripped in half because of American Interference and greed.
Never any sort of apology or help from our monstrous neighbors to the north.
Wow. Lots of great info! Thank you!
gotta say that quality of production is amazing!
This is the kind of journalism I’m here for!! Love your channel…and your ability to comically slice right down the middle of complex geopolitical issues.
Great coverage on this topic, many i feel are completely unaware of this. BRICS in particular. Would be interesting to see a piece on Chinas deals with African Nations, in very similar ways as they have with South American Nations.
But they are doing it, China invest in Africa heavily
CIA: I'm gonna do what's called a pro-gamer move.
Taliban 2021:😁😁😁
New sub. Good job making these videos!
Another thoughtful analysis that presented a complex relationship in clear terms. I hope this nuanced presentation is well understood by other Americans. We(Americans) should learn to a nuanced circumstances instead a simplistic US-China war.
If you look at all the american military bases next to china you can't really be upset about this stuff
The thing with brics is that while these countries help eachother out with the idea of keeping out of each others business there are also some substantial tensions between most members politically
No only India and China have substantial political tensions.
Hi, I have fun with your videos man, I'm from Uruguay, a small country in South America. In Latin America we also consider the historical part of relations with the US and the history is quite murky with governments falling, torture training, etc. Hugs and keep up the good work.
I enjoy how you show that this is, at least in part, the US’s fault. I think one way we could improve relations with some South American countries and Cuba is by lifting the sanctions we have on them.
The USA is two proud for that to happen. You need to replace the entire political system in the USA before we have good relationship with the USA
Great content and surprisingly on the objective side of things.
Thanks for all the info
Outstanding work Marine. Keep it up Tueful Hundun!
Cappy, you basically outlined the U.S.'s old forgotten foriegn policy, gain allies (if not friends) through gains of stability of security, communication, and beneficial trade.
the lack of focus, has resulted in loss of trust and faith from achieving progress.
definitely something worthy of being "food for thought".
US haven't always kept up with that policy anyways, and basically never have. At least not consistently. That foreign policy is mostly directed towards the developed world (ie. Europe and northern Asia post-1900). Hate to break it to you, but developing countries are exploited and bullied by everyone, US included.
@@neurofiedyamato8763 Ok, but they are also not starving all the time. Let's be honest enough to admit that much. Unless something changes the U.S. is falling apart. Which means China might have a chance to take its spot. How do you think the world will look then?
@@gups4963 with how china treats less developed countries, I'd say the world would look better than it does now.
@@Andromeda365 debt traps diplomacy, putting bugs in projects they actually finish, Building a base in Nicaragua but not finishing the canal. Add on a world where organ harvesting through appropriation of it through alive and now formerly alive people, slavery. They wont tell you what they truly are, but look at how they treat their own people. The U.S. can be exposed similarly but it's substantially less fucked up
@@neurofiedyamato8763 FDR did follow the good neighboor policy with latam before the monroe doctrine came back in the cold war, but that was probably the only and last good(ish) president the US had
When I was in high school I used to install water filters in the mountains of Nicaragua, our guide was a friend, I remember hearing him saying they were taking over and brushing it off (I was in grade nine maybe 2010)
Good job Cappy
Excellent information, well done.
Captain Cappy spitting mad truths
I echo many of the previous comments on where you are going with this channel. You are really doing a great job! Now on to more important things... where'd you get that T-shirt and who's the guy in that song clip at the end?!
That’s Dr. Don , look him up and follow him on CZcams if you enjoy his political songs as much as I do !
6:30 “Sorry, one second…” *immediately interrupted by CZcams ad* - well played CZcams…
Bolivian here. This description feels so accurate.
Great job!
You keep on growing like this i would be proposing the infantryman for a president. Looks like you understand and provide an honest and clear explanation then many in DC.