Ecuador: From Oasis of Calm to One of the World's Most Dangerous Countries

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  • čas přidán 5. 02. 2024
  • Uncover the shocking truth behind Ecuador's rapid descent from safety to chaos in just 5 years! Explore local corruption, cartel influence, and a desperate battle for peace. Must-watch!
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Komentáře • 572

  • @alexurfantasy
    @alexurfantasy Před 3 měsíci +41

    As a Salvadoran , I’m all too familiar with the situation that Ecuador is going through , but our country completely changed things around in less than 5 years and have gone from being the murder capital of the world to the second safest country in the Americas . So if we could do it , Ecuador certainly can . Their president already has implemented similar strategies that our president has done . I hope Ecuador can turn things around 🇪🇨🇸🇻

    • @Lost1nTranslation
      @Lost1nTranslation Před 2 měsíci +1

      I didn't know that about El Salvador. That is good to hear! I'm hoping Ecuador can do the same.
      Manténganse fuertes, amigos.
      -Love from 🇺🇸

    • @xavierlascano601
      @xavierlascano601 Před 2 měsíci

      Im Ecuadorian, can you tell me what strategies are you talking about ? Because the country is getting worst everyday, stop watching fake news please

    • @pepino7042
      @pepino7042 Před měsícem

      no diga mentíras

    • @TangRemix
      @TangRemix Před měsícem

      ​​​@@pepino7042 Dece la verdad. El Salvador fue la capital de homicidios y en el mundo..pero ahora es el más pacifico. Su Maras(pandillas) eran un cáncer in EEUU y toda centro America. Ecuador nunca a conocido violencia hasta ahorita porqué tiene un gobierno pasivo

  • @charlescumella4813
    @charlescumella4813 Před 4 měsíci +535

    As a person that works in tourism in Ecuador, this has been devastating. So, this should be the country’s new slogan: “Visit the Galápagos Islands, Andes and the Amazon… DON’T VISIT THe COAST!”

    • @georgiam7160
      @georgiam7160 Před 4 měsíci +6

      Hey Charles! Thanks for this - would you say Ayampe is relatively safe right now or would you avoid it? (assuming avoid as it’s on the coast)

    • @Fr4ncM
      @Fr4ncM Před 4 měsíci +33

      Bro, the sierra region is marginally better than the coast BE VERY CAREFUL IF YOU WANDER OFF IN CITIES LIKE QUITO AND CUENCA.
      Sincerely, a born and raised Ecuadorian.

    • @charlescumella4813
      @charlescumella4813 Před 4 měsíci +12

      @@georgiam7160 I would honestly say that any beach localities are 100% not safe at the moment, that’s spanning from Esmeraldas to the north to El apto in the south, just avoid it altogether!

    • @charlescumella4813
      @charlescumella4813 Před 4 měsíci +10

      @@Fr4ncM I actually think it hasn’t been that bad here, I live in Quito, and security measures have been beefed up a lot especially in the bud stations. But yeah, don’t stray off the path on any major city here!

    • @TheCdr19
      @TheCdr19 Před 4 měsíci +22

      My family is from Guayaquil and Manta. I can confirm, Ecuador is safe enough as long as you don’t visit the coast. Some really vicious psychopathic violence going on there.

  • @richardflechs1139
    @richardflechs1139 Před 4 měsíci +145

    Hoping for the best for Ecuador, the world must take a collective hardline stance against cartels and cartel violence.

  • @Coastfog
    @Coastfog Před 4 měsíci +349

    Brain Blaze Simon: "Cocaine! 🤭"
    Warographics Simon: "Cocaine. 😕"

    • @AndrewMitchell123
      @AndrewMitchell123 Před 4 měsíci +8

      GOAT comment so far 😂

    • @FukUrToS
      @FukUrToS Před 4 měsíci +7

      Real “Yeet …. No yeet” energy

    • @CoochieGremlin.
      @CoochieGremlin. Před 4 měsíci +2

      Just introduced me to another channel of his!! What is this? 8th? 😂

    • @AndrewMitchell123
      @AndrewMitchell123 Před 4 měsíci +3

      @@CoochieGremlin. More like 80th 💀😂🤣😅

  • @multiyapples
    @multiyapples Před 4 měsíci +217

    I just hope Ecuador becomes safe again.

    • @MrKramer13
      @MrKramer13 Před 4 měsíci +5

      The World.

    • @rightsdontcomewithpermits7073
      @rightsdontcomewithpermits7073 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Hope people will overcome the government.

    • @AlexBrown230
      @AlexBrown230 Před 4 měsíci +7

      Look at El Salvador, that is what you need to do.

    • @horseman217
      @horseman217 Před 4 měsíci +2

      That will surely help

    • @AngelicoCiudad
      @AngelicoCiudad Před 4 měsíci +3

      ​@@AlexBrown230
      Thats what ecuador is doing... El Salvador just had poor street gangs while Ecuador has armed cartel getting support from cartels in closeby countries. Ecuador is way more important for cartels than El Salvador.

  • @Chrisxerri
    @Chrisxerri Před 4 měsíci +34

    Lived there for 2 years and loved it. Was a beautiful country, filled with great people. I'm so sad to see what it's become and can only hope it recovers

  • @kurtisb100
    @kurtisb100 Před 4 měsíci +36

    I was in Ecuador in…. 2005? 4 or 5. Can’t remember. Flew into Quito and it was my favorite city I visited in a 6 month tour of south America. Fantastic place, clean (clean for anywhere, absolutely stunning for South America) great cafes, lots to see…. It was wonderful.
    Then I took a bus to Esmeraldas. I got off the bus, looked around and beat feet. The place looked like beruit, bullet marks in most walls and sketchy looking people everywhere. The rest of the country that I saw was great, but the north coast even then was probably the least safe place I visited in the half year I spent in SA on that trip. And I spent a couple months in Colombia.

    • @TheCdr19
      @TheCdr19 Před 4 měsíci +7

      Esmeraldas was one of the first free black settlements in the entire Americas but has been neglected by leadership in every era. As a result, they’re the most impoverished province in Ecuador as well as the poorest educated and most crime-filled. No excuses, Ecuador needs to clean shop there and start over.

  • @Duvstep910
    @Duvstep910 Před 4 měsíci +236

    I learn more from Simon's videos than the news or mainstream media

    • @jeffmiesen
      @jeffmiesen Před 4 měsíci +27

      Yeah. In the US the news media is more fixated on if Taylor Swift is going to the Super Bowl than anything else.

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 Před 4 měsíci +8

      It's all been in the Guardian on line, for free.

    • @cjaquino28
      @cjaquino28 Před 4 měsíci +11

      Because mainstream media wants to keep you entertained, not informed. That's where the money is.

    • @carsontodd2443
      @carsontodd2443 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I don't care about the presidential election as much as I do this, but the election can also help shape the future outcome of these events. But until one of them can tell me a plan of action for the shit going on outside, idc.

    • @TiberianFiend
      @TiberianFiend Před 4 měsíci

      The only foreign countries the American media cares about are Israel and the Ukraine. Now, why might that be? 🤔

  • @josuealcivar9807
    @josuealcivar9807 Před 4 měsíci +21

    Thank you for bringing more information about this to the world, as an Ecuadorian I really want people to know more about what is going on here, you need to be on the lookout and learn from our mistakes to avoid these kinds of events from happening wherever you live.

  • @drbuckley1
    @drbuckley1 Před 4 měsíci +138

    I appreciate your coverage of Latin America, which most American news giants ignore.

    • @Jey0Why
      @Jey0Why Před 4 měsíci +13

      The AMERICAN media tends to post stories about AMERICAN issues? Crazy

    • @Jameson1776
      @Jameson1776 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Hmm I’ve heard about this on U.S. media.

    • @Talisguy
      @Talisguy Před 4 měsíci +18

      @brotherjey That's how you get blindsided by entirely predictable crises and how American foreign policy winds up fucking over its southern neighbours a lot of the time. The USA does not exist in a vacuum entirely unaffected by what goes on in the rest of the world, and it's also not the centre of the universe. Important shit does happen elsewhere in the world.

    • @NoNeedNoGreed
      @NoNeedNoGreed Před 4 měsíci +5

      @@Jey0Why Bet a lot of americans only learned the names "iraq" and "afghanistan" only after your soldiers started dropping dead over there. seeing a pattern here...

    • @spacemanx9595
      @spacemanx9595 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@NoNeedNoGreedget droned terrorists.

  • @umadbra
    @umadbra Před 4 měsíci +163

    Gang boss: I'll turn myself in if you can promise not to hurt me
    Government: nah, we'll take our chances to find you. No guarantee you won't get hurt.

    • @heybeter9505
      @heybeter9505 Před 4 měsíci +12

      They're aware that people are looking to torture these people into a nervous breakdown, it's gotten so bad that people are taking their anger on the parents of the delinquents, it's very brutal

    • @AlexBrown230
      @AlexBrown230 Před 4 měsíci +25

      @@heybeter9505 That's good maybe they'll turn them in, put pressure on them. By any means necessary, you cannot use half measures. There are no innocents. if they hide/protect them they are accomplices and guilty.

    • @AlexBrown230
      @AlexBrown230 Před 4 měsíci +15

      El Salvador did a great job of dealing with crime.

    • @umadbra
      @umadbra Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@AlexBrown230 different situations. They don't have the fire power like they do. Did you finish watching the whole video?

    • @PhuckYT12
      @PhuckYT12 Před 4 měsíci +3

      ​@@umadbraGive them time. I bet the DEA would love to fund a crackdown on drug gangs.

  • @davidhughes9086
    @davidhughes9086 Před 4 měsíci +101

    This has gone from a nice channel to Simon’s best. Keep it up yall.

    • @--enyo--
      @--enyo-- Před 4 měsíci

      It’s tied for my favourite now as well.

    • @georgehh2574
      @georgehh2574 Před 4 měsíci

      Yeah it's my favourite now, alongside Megaprojects

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Před 4 měsíci +1

      I think I like Casual Criminalist a tiny bit more (usually, the case has been solved so you can leave with a feeling of "justice served", lol). But this too is becoming a favorite for me.

  • @danielandraderodriguez9452
    @danielandraderodriguez9452 Před 4 měsíci +63

    I'm an Ecuadorian, who happens to be living abroad. I've followed and enjoyed this and other of Simon's channels for some time.
    I must say this is by far the best explanation video in English that I've found about what's happening back in Ecuador. Definitely sharing to my English speaking friends.
    I highly appreciate the effort put in making this video alongside the thoughts and prayers!
    The only thing to improve (as always) is Simon butchering the pronunciation of non english names and places haha

  • @jameshightower8875
    @jameshightower8875 Před 4 měsíci +11

    Video gave me chills. I’ve lived in Colombia and seen the knock off effects of drug trafficking. It’s horrible to hear what’s happening to the Ecuadorian people 😢

  • @danielonyango9677
    @danielonyango9677 Před 4 měsíci +23

    thanks for keeping us updated

  • @garyfrombrooklyn
    @garyfrombrooklyn Před 4 měsíci +5

    Man, this is my daily go-to channel! I love the coverage, which prompts me to dive further into the subject. Keep up the good work!! 21 minutes of valuable information

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Před 4 měsíci +40

    1:20 - Chapter 1 - World on fire
    5:40 - Chapter 2 - Paradise, lost
    10:20 - Chapter 3 - White gold
    13:55 - Chapter 4 - Gang warfare
    16:45 - Chapter 5 - Theory of victory

  • @Relic554
    @Relic554 Před 4 měsíci +8

    As someone who lived in Ecuador during the past year I really want nothing else but peace for the people living there. It’s been a great time and I’m planning on returning soon, but seeing what’s going on is a shame.

  • @cadmeangel
    @cadmeangel Před 4 měsíci +6

    Excellent video as an Ecuadorian . I’ve been doing my own research and you hit a lot of the points accurately

  • @Johnnyboy000
    @Johnnyboy000 Před 4 měsíci +5

    I'm glad I went to Ecuador when I did. It's a beautiful place filled with great people. It's sad to see what it's become.

  • @Boss-xu8wp
    @Boss-xu8wp Před 4 měsíci +2

    New subscriber. Very high quality videos

  • @sergeantrickroll9281
    @sergeantrickroll9281 Před 4 měsíci

    Me and you dont share the similar opinions or perspectives but i always appreciate your informative news stories.

  • @EdgarQS
    @EdgarQS Před 2 měsíci +1

    Watching this after Ecuador invaded the Mexican embassy. Would love to see a full-length video with an update on the situation from this incredible channel! Love the videos.

  • @cuttinaboot
    @cuttinaboot Před 4 měsíci +3

    I don’t know what’s more insane, doing something sadistic just because your are a sadist or doing something sadistic because you know it will bring you power by striking fear into others

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Před 4 měsíci +6

    Love your content!😊😊❤❤

  • @jamelchris9724
    @jamelchris9724 Před 4 měsíci +28

    The consistency on the uploads have been 🤞🏿❗️

  • @MrLewis555
    @MrLewis555 Před 4 měsíci

    Thanks!

  • @justdeaf-ry6bn
    @justdeaf-ry6bn Před 4 měsíci +24

    The way things are going in the world today. It won't be safe to visit any country before to long.

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 Před 4 měsíci +8

    Nice video explained chaotic and violent phenomenal in Ecuador 🇪🇨. Drug transportation cartels and gang competitions ...changed oasis Ecuador to a dangerous country...on the corruption , unemployment ,economic crisis platform...

  • @tronytroo
    @tronytroo Před 4 měsíci +2

    Simon doesnt normally show show much emotion during these documentaries. So when he goes off script at the end like this, it shows he cares.. Let us all have hope for Ecuador

  • @MagaldiMateus
    @MagaldiMateus Před 4 měsíci +7

    An Ecuadorian punk band came to my town last weak and we talked about this.

  • @TimeWarpTech
    @TimeWarpTech Před 4 měsíci +16

    Simon could you link all of your channels on your youtube profile page? You seem to drop a new one every month and it's easy to get confused, at this point there has to be ten of them!

  • @user-kc6qf3mf6u
    @user-kc6qf3mf6u Před 4 měsíci +5

    prayers from tunisia, hope your country gets safe again soon,

    • @archlich4489
      @archlich4489 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Respect & Cheers from North Carolina

    • @lemonade_ib
      @lemonade_ib Před 4 měsíci +1

      Protect the migrants in yr country first before praying for others.

    • @kaka3661able
      @kaka3661able Před 3 měsíci

      You hating little hoe. Miserable asshole​@@lemonade_ib

  • @giorgiopoli7408
    @giorgiopoli7408 Před 4 měsíci +8

    Thank you for focusing on my country. Long time fan of your channel. Thank you for shedding light on this situation. Just so you know, just now the increase of taxes on the people just lost in the asamblea (our countries congress) and taxes have been increased on the rich and the banks.

  • @shubecklinechemanjiayunwi961

    Bro been waiting for this video where' ve u been

  • @luigigotbig6217
    @luigigotbig6217 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Ecuador looks to El Salvador, 'you know, maybe they have the right idea'

  • @goldeagleproductions
    @goldeagleproductions Před 4 měsíci +1

    Could you put a google doc with links to all the articles you mention? It would be nice to read the sources too 😀 love the vid as always

  • @killer13387
    @killer13387 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Hi, I've recently moved to Colombia, and the place is crazy. However on this topic, my girlfriend is making a documentary on some of the things you are talking about. She recently returned from the Amazonas (state in Colombia near Ecuador) and the stories are unimaginable. She interviewed a "disgraced" family, in where they were caught growing vegetables, so the father was repeatedly raped by gang member in front of his family.
    A different point, the cartels aren't shifting coke, they're being paid to protect the oil companies in the area as coke has become too dangerous to move.

  • @misledpoet
    @misledpoet Před 4 měsíci +5

    Ecuador needs their own Bukele

  • @saadindassum
    @saadindassum Před 2 měsíci +2

    Hey Simon, I’m Ecuadorian, and it’s nice to see interest in our situation!
    The video’s neat but you really reduced Correa’s role in the country getting to where it is right now. Correa’s currently a wanted criminal in the country, and he fled to Belgium. The reason why is that evidence was discovered that his campaign was financed by FARC. Part of the deal he had was he would remove US military bases which kept drug trade at bay. He also gave heavy protection to foreign criminals, including making it illegal to check for judicial history upon entry to the country, and making it illegal to show criminal faces publicly (on TV, the news, etc.). The guy rewrote the constitution twice and stayed in power for a total of 10 years, as opposed to the legal 8.
    Part of the reason it’s been so hard to turn things around is because since he’s left, the parliament still belongs to his party, which backs Correa and his policies, so any attempt to go back to something like the old system is shut down.

  • @WaddedBliss
    @WaddedBliss Před 4 měsíci +18

    This violence is why people love the idea of The Punisher or Judge Dredd.

  • @WhatifiForgotMyName
    @WhatifiForgotMyName Před 4 měsíci +11

    Bro, no penalty for 50gs of coke is wild… even 1g is intense

    • @firstnamelastname6216
      @firstnamelastname6216 Před 4 měsíci

      Fr tho, that's about 2 ounces(1/8 lb.)!!

    • @the_Kutonarch
      @the_Kutonarch Před 4 měsíci +1

      For context:
      1 oz is equal to 28.35 grams.
      1 gram is equal to 0.035274 oz.
      50 grams is equal to 1.7637 oz.

  • @garwynrosser8907
    @garwynrosser8907 Před 4 měsíci +5

    The thing about an oasis... It can often be mistaken for a mirage.

  • @Misionero4Christ
    @Misionero4Christ Před 4 měsíci +1

    I just flew there stayed there for a few days last week. Felt safe. Military was everywhere.

  • @PetieLee
    @PetieLee Před 4 měsíci +14

    Praying for Ecuador. 🙏🙏🙏

  • @Adams420
    @Adams420 Před 4 měsíci

    I was there last in 2022 for a month and had such a wonderful time. I truly love this country. It's so sad and unbelievable to see what's happening. At the same time, given everything I was hearing at the time about the growit influence not cartels in the country, it is perhat not entirely surprising.

  • @ElGuerreroMaya
    @ElGuerreroMaya Před 4 měsíci +4

    Just some corrections: gangs in El Salvador DID profit from drug trafficking, in fact, they monopolized it, meaning they would kill anybody who sold drugs not on their behalf. Also they were more numerous than Ecuadors gangs, around 85 000 strong, specially when you consider the per capita ratio of gang members to citizens

  • @noahgray543
    @noahgray543 Před 4 měsíci +12

    I mean, given how everything has gone lately, I just assumed that another disaster of some kind was bound to happen. The entire world is becoming chaotic, and it is just causing more and more ripples every time something happens.
    The only question is, how long can wealthy countries insulate themselves? Costs are going to keep going up, but hopefully, we can keep out of it. Somewhat.

    • @0816M3RC
      @0816M3RC Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@joeyaldente8858 Inflation is dropping over here.

    • @noahgray543
      @noahgray543 Před 4 měsíci

      @joeyaldente8858 look, I don't know about you, but the cost of milk going up a dollar doesn't make any difference in my life. A few percentage points of inflation *is* comparatively insulated.

  • @just4stringsandsteve
    @just4stringsandsteve Před 4 měsíci +11

    Simon please have your audio editor up the threshold on their de-esser. Your S's have a bit of bite to them on mobile.

    • @dogthefrog
      @dogthefrog Před 4 měsíci

      Don’t listen to this audiophile, it’s fine as it is Simon

    • @just4stringsandsteve
      @just4stringsandsteve Před 4 měsíci +3

      ​@@dogthefrog definitely not an audiophile but a guy who knows his way around some audio editing and mixing a bit. His editor likely mixes on headphones and forgot to compensate. Cell phone speakers love to amplify highs. I know because I have done it multiple times myself. This was intended to be a constructive criticism not an attack.

    • @Spartan-sz7km
      @Spartan-sz7km Před měsícem

      I agree. S's was very sharp? Idk if that's the right word.

  • @barney10240
    @barney10240 Před 4 měsíci +4

    I hope they're on the same path of recovery as El Salvador.

  • @TheMRsmallville1000
    @TheMRsmallville1000 Před 4 měsíci +7

    OMG A sadly cameo of my country in one of Simon's video's.

  • @DarkWarchieff
    @DarkWarchieff Před 4 měsíci +25

    El Salvador doctrine time!

    • @TealWolf26
      @TealWolf26 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Kinda yeah? So long as they keep people from starving in prison before seeing the inside of a court room. I'm all for sweeping with a broad net but due process and evidence still need to happen not just feuding neighbors setting each other up on suspicion.

    • @marianyhc
      @marianyhc Před 4 měsíci

      thats why the shit is hitting the fan down there. He starting to do that and the cartel leadership is going pablo escobar on him to keep him from completing construction of that building. they know they're fucked if its finished. a building just like it took out MS13.

    • @0816M3RC
      @0816M3RC Před 4 měsíci

      ​@DrMindbender-wi1gq What El Salvador did was trample their democracy and just mass arrest people.

    • @kevinweltje4604
      @kevinweltje4604 Před 4 měsíci +3

      ​@0816M3RC it really irritates me when people try to excuse criminal activity under the false pretense of democracy

    • @kevinweltje4604
      @kevinweltje4604 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Yes, delete your comment out of embarrassment. Good job, brother

  • @JDWanko
    @JDWanko Před 4 měsíci +18

    "The people of Ecuador don't deserve this. They deserve peace."
    Don't we all?

    • @user-FUCKYOU18
      @user-FUCKYOU18 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Not sure any more,every body wants wars in this world

    • @BigTrees4ever
      @BigTrees4ever Před 4 měsíci +5

      We all deserve peace

    • @user-FUCKYOU18
      @user-FUCKYOU18 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@BigTrees4ever there too many hatred in this world so you can keep dreaming all your wants & you can't avoided social conflicts in this world

    • @CodeLife_12
      @CodeLife_12 Před 4 měsíci

      @@user-FUCKYOU18 Deserving something and being able to have it are two very different things.

  • @Jch434
    @Jch434 Před 4 měsíci +3

    You pronounce Ioan Grillo name as “Yone” as per him on his Joe Rogan episode. Brilliant Journalist

  • @VisibilityFoggy
    @VisibilityFoggy Před 4 měsíci

    Excellent description. It would have been nice to have seen some of the views of the nice cities and towns in different parts of the country, though. South and Central America will always have its stereotypes, and it's sometimes important to specifically point out that this is a shock to this country in particular because of its growing middle class and westernization.

  • @AiydnnCantu
    @AiydnnCantu Před 3 měsíci +1

    Bro Make Ecuador Great Again
    MEGA 🇪🇨

    • @NapoleanBlown-aparte
      @NapoleanBlown-aparte Před měsícem

      The only acrynom that begins with an m and ends with an a i support

  • @kittensteaparty
    @kittensteaparty Před 4 měsíci +9

    Grew up in Ecuador, like a 4th of the way through the video & the mispronunciation of Guayas & Guayaquil is killing me.

  • @XM177ColtCommando
    @XM177ColtCommando Před 4 měsíci +2

    "Oliver Siniesterra"
    A villain's name couldn't get any more sinister sounding than that. This shit practically writes itself.

  • @ramennight
    @ramennight Před 3 měsíci

    Man, how does one clean out such deep set corruption? Its one of those things that seems so much easier to prevent reaching problematic levels than it does to cure.

  • @xyrisejoss7144
    @xyrisejoss7144 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Before peace is chaos. I hope people are willing to sacrifice for the future.

  • @mikariekki5708
    @mikariekki5708 Před 3 měsíci +1

    So sad to see whats going on in Ecuador, I visited there 20 years ago, Galapagos, the Amazon and the Coast. I hope all the best for the people of Ecuador and that they can deal with the gangs.
    Is it possible that the same happens to Sweden? They have a drug/gangs problem also brewing. Maybe in 2044, we read the same about our neighboring country, and things are about 10 years behind in Finland compared to them on these matters.

  • @K-qNS
    @K-qNS Před 4 měsíci +1

    off topic but, what's that armored vehicle in thumbnail??

  • @zogar8526
    @zogar8526 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Escaped gang lord: look, I'll turn myself in, end this, just promise I'll be safe.
    Government: pass fam. We'd rather find you ourselves.

  • @fearrogue
    @fearrogue Před 3 měsíci +1

    Makes sense hope freedom wins 😊

  • @umadbra
    @umadbra Před 4 měsíci +4

    Not sure they are ever safe. I have friends who are Ecuadorians and ever since the 90s I've heard them going back home and getting robbed outside of the airport. They even took his shoes! Friend's uncle got robbed and they took his passport and he had apply for another one before he could come back. He says he'll never go back to Ecuador anymore lol.

  • @Retrofun69
    @Retrofun69 Před 4 měsíci +31

    They need a president like Bukele

    • @thematthew761
      @thematthew761 Před 4 měsíci +5

      Naboa is trying to be just that

    • @0816M3RC
      @0816M3RC Před 4 měsíci +3

      The Central American fuhrer?

    • @resileaf9501
      @resileaf9501 Před 4 měsíci +6

      Simon explains why it's not doable in this video. El Salvador was a much smaller country with much weaker gangs. The gangs in Ecuador are funded by external cartels, which gives them better weaponry and more resources.

    • @CursedLink666
      @CursedLink666 Před 4 měsíci +2

      They pretty much do have one, but he's being held back by the political parties fighting eachother.
      Political parties are all the same when there's power to be gained. Rather than doing their jobs and fixing the nation's problems, they'd rather fight eachother and block essential laws/bills simply because the other side is trying to enact them.

    • @yucol5661
      @yucol5661 Před 4 měsíci

      @@CursedLink666that’s not their job tough. They job is to be like a fly to the light. Their work is to get power. It’s the job of everyone else to have a conscience and choose who to give power to

  • @kwdblade4683
    @kwdblade4683 Před 4 měsíci

    Simon could make the assembly of a cheese sandwich sound interesting.

  • @andrewsmith9174
    @andrewsmith9174 Před 4 měsíci +1

    The thing is that Ecuador does not produce the drugs. They may have locations in which they refine the raw materials on the borders, but that is inefficient. They are the transport hub. But their flagged vessels or vessels traveling through their ports are less likely to be searched over more notorious countries (Colombia and Mexico). So the battle is about port control, which is why the coast is riddled with the gangs. Yes, there is a presence throughout the country, but that is the focus.

  • @theconqueringram5295
    @theconqueringram5295 Před 4 měsíci

    Here's to Ecuador!

  • @user-qm9vk8nl8g
    @user-qm9vk8nl8g Před 4 měsíci

    What was the video about South Korea's arms industry?

  • @tristenlarsen1
    @tristenlarsen1 Před 4 měsíci

    I lived in Ecuador for 6 months. I wasn’t let back in, in December because I didn’t get a visa. A few weeks later the state of emergency hit. Everything happens for a reason

  • @loganbrown1185
    @loganbrown1185 Před 4 měsíci +1

    This gonna be the us come November

  • @larrybanta8858
    @larrybanta8858 Před 4 měsíci

    Wow

  • @VilcabambaTheUnderbelly
    @VilcabambaTheUnderbelly Před 3 měsíci

    Oasis? Crime has been a major issue for decades and corruption ripples through all levels.

  • @042509am
    @042509am Před 4 měsíci

    I wish every one of Simon’s channels used the Brain Blaze format 😅😅 still like them all. But. IYKYK

    • @Oxinder
      @Oxinder Před 4 měsíci

      I like how each has its own personality.

  • @christopherescovedo5471
    @christopherescovedo5471 Před 4 měsíci

    You are killing Simon

  • @IraqWarVet03
    @IraqWarVet03 Před 4 měsíci +1

    It's sad

  • @spjolo
    @spjolo Před 4 měsíci

    very sad

  • @aaronhiggs
    @aaronhiggs Před 4 měsíci +6

    Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

  • @vaenii5056
    @vaenii5056 Před 4 měsíci

    Ecuador! Plim plom pliplapluplamplim~~! 🔊🔊

  • @HandyMan657
    @HandyMan657 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Such a shame, it's such a beautiful country, I always had a pleasant time when there.

  • @RSKofficial-267A
    @RSKofficial-267A Před 4 měsíci +2

    Warographics has gone from just being about war to covering all the sociopolitical turmoil of our time.

  • @jodiunger9425
    @jodiunger9425 Před 4 měsíci +4

    End the pointless and futile war on drugs and you will end the mindless violence. Why should I be judged for what I enjoy indulging in during my time off, in the privacy and comfort of my own home? I am only a criminal because I am labelled as such, If there was an avenue for me to procure my substance of choice through legal means I would take that road, however that is not the world we live in. I do not enjoy the fact that through me cartels and gangs are profiting, I do not like that fact at all, but there is no other option, I would rather the proceeds from my guilty pleasure go to the government or better yet, the tax payer, however that is not the world we live in. The world we live in is prohibition, and violence.

    • @studiotwilldee
      @studiotwilldee Před 4 měsíci +6

      So just to be clear, you're saying that if the choice is between paying drug lords who will use their profits to commit unspeakable violence against innocents or just not doing blow, you choose the former?

    • @sinders18
      @sinders18 Před měsícem

      I agree with legalisation and think the money should be taxed rather than going to the criminals. But the fact of the matter is that isn't how the world works right now. I used to sniff all sorts and not think anything of it, but now I live in Ecuador and see the brutality of it, makes me sad to think of my mates back home not having a thought of an entire population of innocent people suffering because they want to get on it at the weekend. You can enjoy yourself and relax without purchasing powders that cause suffering to millions

  • @terranhealer
    @terranhealer Před 4 měsíci

    I met some of the police at an emergency response summit in late 2023. They looked like they had seen some action and were very serious 😅

  • @Erok9
    @Erok9 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Sometimes you have to step over the line to remember where it lays. Good luck, Ecuador, a lot of bad men are about to die.

  • @kaorufusumada20
    @kaorufusumada20 Před 4 měsíci +1

    As an ecuadorian born in Guayaquil, now Canadian I can only reminisce about the good old days, wishing for a speedy recovery for Ecuador, if I was the president I would go full Nayib on the narcos in Ecuador

  • @UnicornzAndLolipopz
    @UnicornzAndLolipopz Před 4 měsíci +2

    Corruption for some is business as usual for others

  • @jasonlib1996
    @jasonlib1996 Před 4 měsíci

    I have to give alot of support to Ecuador and its government. its one of the few nations cracking down on gangs and drug crime the most. many countries make pitiful and ultimate insubstantial efforts against crime.
    Ecuador however has taken its internal security seriously and waged war with the gangs well beyond everything. even to the extend of refusing to guarantee security for a high ranking gang leader in exchange for turning themselves in. Thats a rather strong statement, that the governments has no intension in allowing these gang members to go unharmed, and are confident enough that they will get them to not care about him turning himself in.

    • @juanmam.2113
      @juanmam.2113 Před 4 měsíci

      I mean, things got waaay too much out of hands so the new gov eventualy had to do something against these terrorists. Our braindead politicians got us to this mess in the first place.

  • @iOSalltheway
    @iOSalltheway Před 3 měsíci

    As a citizen of Ecuador’s antipode, Singapore, I pray that your country will succeed in this fight against the cartels. People in the west always criticise us for being inhumane for our mandatory death penalty for drug traffickers. But they always fail to see how drugs can push an entire nation into a rapid downward spiral into civil war

  • @charlesmoss8119
    @charlesmoss8119 Před 4 měsíci +24

    The war on drugs was lost decades ago - my suggestion would be governments should own the trade on certain ones, state manufacturers effectively and at least make revenue that can be put into treatment. This would also free up police to look at the worst types of drug - though all drugs from alcohol on cause huge issues - but people will be people so if cocaine is near ubiquitous - admit it and manage it!

    • @sadboi8458
      @sadboi8458 Před 4 měsíci

      You do know this would be abused to all hell right? corruption, substance abused on the government level, and if you believe that government officials won't abuse this then you're living in a pipe dream

    • @jakel8627
      @jakel8627 Před 4 měsíci

      Pretty hilarious that you think the solution to drug gangs is for the government to seize their entire business operations. That sounds totally peaceful, I'm sure the drug gangs won't mind

    • @Xplicitthedon
      @Xplicitthedon Před 4 měsíci +1

      Exactly.

  • @khanofkhans6946
    @khanofkhans6946 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Also a huge boom to the drug economy is the cartels targeting Australia, where a kg can go for 200k. Of course Ecuador is perfectly situated geographically to make the long journey across the pacific, with small stops in places like Tahiti and Figi etc for gas. The aussies love to get loooooose. Also, with the worlds biggest drug route now apparently being Guayaquil to holland/belgiums ports, that's a shit ton of blow to be transiting the Panama Canal, do they just not search the cargo that transits through there? I suppose it would create a massive bottle neck if they started searching vessels with the size of the canal and the amount of vessels transiting it.

    • @Grimsace
      @Grimsace Před 4 měsíci

      I don't think that'd be logistically feasible and I don't think the Panamanian government has the administrative capacity or fiscal space to do so.

    • @khanofkhans6946
      @khanofkhans6946 Před 4 měsíci

      @@Grimsace no doubt there clearly not cracking down whatsoever if the worlds #1 drug route traverses through there

  • @diegoalexander6059
    @diegoalexander6059 Před 4 měsíci

    Oasis of calm?? When?

  • @texastuna2090
    @texastuna2090 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Bukele is a hero of the people

  • @CartoonHero1986
    @CartoonHero1986 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Ecuadorian Gangs seeing the response from the military;* insert Job meme * I've made a huge mistake...

  • @riphoffman
    @riphoffman Před 4 měsíci

    Is cacao price afected by this?

  • @jqp897
    @jqp897 Před 4 měsíci +2

    It works in El Salvador.

  • @Rpg844
    @Rpg844 Před 4 měsíci +7

    The world is just one big doomsday movie right now.

    • @josephgriffin2388
      @josephgriffin2388 Před 4 měsíci +3

      It always has been...we just get detailed info about it all now.
      It was always been there.

    • @Rpg844
      @Rpg844 Před 4 měsíci

      @josephgriffin2388 Regardless of whether the world has always been like this or if we're witnessing something else, when the media is biased, manipulative, and it's saying things like "this has a 1939 feel to it", or discussing topics like conscription/draft , it highlights the fact that, right now, it doesn't matter what is REALLY happening, but what people THINK is happening, and in a society more connected, more divided, more confused, and more emotionally driven, it has become extremely complex, unique, and is has definitely become incomparable to any other time in history. The very fact that we are seeing a collapse in both geopolitical and domestic politics and at a rapid rate globally should be more proof of this. There is a sort of "global awakening " and it can go either way. We shouldn't be concerned about what is really happening, we should be concerned about what they are telling us and how people will react. Interesting times nonetheless.

  • @theromanorder
    @theromanorder Před 4 měsíci +6

    please do a video on these
    (this is a copy and paste list for a few channels)
    history of south Russia (just above caucuses)
    how Mongolia helped Russia in ww2 and cold war,
    greek life under rome,
    Mongolia life under china, and later in ww2/cold war and mabey a little on modern
    units and tactics/evaluation of loadouts of troops (from different jobs (and other branches)
    like the 82 snd 101 airborne units
    or infantry tank units, (or when tanks were assigned a infantry unit like i think earlier war Russia then all tanks were formed into there own units wich meant the infantry no longer knew the true strength of there own tanks but alowed tank units to fight more efficiently)
    the evaluation of tank doctrine of countries
    evaluation of tanks/armored vehicles of different countries
    evaluation of aircraft types of different countries,
    different between navil and army/air force fighters
    logistics units of the axes and allied powers in ww2
    ww1 estern front tactics
    Russian Civil war tactics and strategies
    navil ship cross sections (all the rooms and how it all works)
    evaluation of types of ships
    or evaluation of navil warfare (or just dedectsded videos on ww1 and ww2 navil doctrine as theres stuff out there on other times of history)
    air craft carrier strike group formations exsamples (from different countries)
    ancient persan ships,
    ancient veneti ships (gauls that fought ceaser)
    ships used by genoa and the vernesain republic
    the vernesain republic government
    all sailing ships, (i know theres many on yt but some contradict each other and i think theres more left out)
    ancient macenean greek and trojan troops
    2b9 vasilyok morter
    tactics used so far in the Ukraine war,
    better for squads to be 2 teams of 5 or 3 teams of 3,
    and probably the easiest, better to keep troops well feed or starved like an animal
    how dose age effect comsnders eg napoleon got older so took less risks,
    ancient urban warfare
    ww2 tactics in Asia, tactics in the Chinese age of warlords, (and Chinese civil war)
    tactics in the ruso jap war
    cold war navil tactics,
    Korean war tactics,
    strange tactics or unque battles from the American war of independence and America civil
    how were 17th centry sailing ships build
    comands given on sailing ships (like ease the sheets and get ready to chine, or slack n beases, basically things you hear movie capitns say)
    why did the nazis never return (or a video on best occupations)
    why did the Japanese empire fall, dont just say "America" like things like how there army and navy argued alot
    alot more on the Polynesians and māori, but please learn pronounceations if you do this

  • @SapienAnamoly
    @SapienAnamoly Před 4 měsíci +1

    Sounds like Ecuador took the gloves off.

  • @andljoy
    @andljoy Před 4 měsíci +2

    Time to deploy el Salvador strategy