Is Uruguay the safest Latin American country?

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  • You've asked, and we are finally delivering, IS URUGUAY SAFE?
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Komentáře • 120

  • @bocajrs7628
    @bocajrs7628 Před 9 měsíci +22

    I have been to Uruguay many times and it is safe in my experience. Far safer than American cities.

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 9 měsíci +2

      Agreed! Just dont be flashy and irresponsible with cash or your phone, and you’ll probably be fine!

    • @bocajrs7628
      @bocajrs7628 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@MaddieAle Yes, I live in Buenos Aires, and I know South América well.

    • @bocajrs7628
      @bocajrs7628 Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@MaddieAle Iive in Buenos Aires and have been to Uruguay many times. I don't care much for Punta Del Este, but I love Montevideo.

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 7 měsíci +1

      I love punta del este... but not in january or end of december! It can be a little overcrowded, the beaches are nice, but it's very expensive and a bit overhyped

    • @bocajrs7628
      @bocajrs7628 Před 6 měsíci

      @@MaddieAle I have been to Punte Del Este several times, usually when it was very hot. I don't care much for it because it does not have much to do and is expensive. I know that rich Argentines own homes there, but most people in Buenos Aires usually go to Mar Del Plata. It has many things to do and is not as expensive as Punta Del Este.

  • @neutralninja9
    @neutralninja9 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Excellent video. Thank you for all this great info

  • @woz_in_oz
    @woz_in_oz Před 27 dny

    Love your channel

  • @jonathank6126
    @jonathank6126 Před 6 měsíci +1

    This video has been so helpful. Thank you!

  • @dugfriendly
    @dugfriendly Před 4 měsíci +1

    Wow! Thank you for creating this comprehensive video. You’ve prompted me to do some basic comparisons that are quite surprising.

  • @santiagoguerreroaraujo4928
    @santiagoguerreroaraujo4928 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Muy buen análisis 👏👏

  • @BurnRoddy
    @BurnRoddy Před 9 měsíci +6

    Little Maddie, I remember when you just moved in and you were worried about a lot of things and felt bad you have little knowledge of Spanish and I offered to go meet you and connect you guys with a group friends both males and females that are good English spearkers. While we never did, in hindsight I see that you did great and have made a huge progresse, and also, that I was probably out of my line since I'm 35 (like the youngest ones I hang out with are 28 and its only up from there) and you guys are not and need younger people to get along and feel more at home, so I'm so glad foe you guys. But the reason for my comment this time is that the overall feel of safetyness around older people in general is not just about the dictatorship. I was born in 1987, a full 2 years after it ended and I can tell you half of my childhood we slept with the front door unlocked. The issue started to change circa 1994-95 when a criminal group called "La Superbanda" began robbing banks and what not. Before that, our last organized crime problem was before the dictatorship even, in the form of the guerrilla movement of the Tupamaros in the 1960s and the rural outlaws bandoleros that had practically disappeared by the 1930s. I mention this because I think the Superbanda is an interesting read for anyone interested in how organized crime began in Uruguay. When those guys were captured they began calling the shots and establishing a mock up hiearchy within prison cells that was replicated outside and organized crime branched into prostitution smuggling into Europe (because the Balkan wars which is a whole other can of worms) and then with cocaine Base Paste around the year 2000. When the 2002 ecobomic crisis struck and The Left went into office they decided to not prosecute or stigmatize poor neghorbhoods or slums because there were a lot of poor families involved in it and that's how the crime organizations glued themselves to every economic level of society. When The Left decided to change things it was too late, after crime dropped in 2004 it began rising again and in 2007 there was te first spike, then in 2012 it was a huge spike which became average by 2015 and in 2018 it broke all records and it doesn't look like tis going down. So to summarize what I'm trying to say here is that us older folk just look at the bigger picture and were not teying to nag or scare anyone, its just our life's experience. As always, good day and take care!

  • @eduardoburghos
    @eduardoburghos Před 9 měsíci +1

    very good Maddie , greetings

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 9 měsíci

      thankyou, I'm glad you enjoyed

  • @user-im2gi8rg2o
    @user-im2gi8rg2o Před 9 měsíci +1

    Well done.

  • @adventurefreaksss
    @adventurefreaksss Před 4 měsíci +1

    Well done! I hear Montevideo is a fantastic place to live!!

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 4 měsíci +1

      it truly can be, it just depends on what your expectations are!

  • @michelcecere7286
    @michelcecere7286 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Hello, could you depict the best and worst barrios in Montevideo ( according to lifestyle AND insecurity ) ? Thank you !

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 8 měsíci +2

      Sure! I want to do a little series looking at each barrio in detail, what it looks like, my favourite stores and restaurants etc. Starting with the nice ones in Montevideo by La Rambla, and then i can explore some of the less nice ones to show the difference.

  • @miguelcharquero20
    @miguelcharquero20 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Im a Uruguayan that lives in Melbourne Australia for the past 47 years and I can tell you that you are not safe in your house at night here as people break in to take the keys to your car and if you try to stop them you will be beaten or stubbed!Also normal working people here (Australia)cannot get a rental of a house,Flat and or unit as it’s too expensive .Just to remind you that in Queensland Police can’t control youth crime it has gotten so unsafe to the point that the community has to patrol the streets at night .People here in Australia can’t afford to pay bills such as water, Electricity Gas has gone up not to mention Food or groceries!.Just a reminder to enjoy where ever you live and stop pointing fingers .👍

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 9 měsíci +1

      Hi Miguel, I think there has been a misunderstanding. I am not pointing the finger at anyone simply educating. Australia is still far safer than most countries in the world, and yes Australian cost of living is high, but so is the income. Uruguayan cost of living is also very high compared to the average income.

    • @kainoizking
      @kainoizking Před 8 měsíci

      I live in Queensland and this is ridiculously overstated 😂 youth crime is not out of control by any means here in Brisbane. Can’t speak for Melbourne.

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 7 měsíci +1

      I think the biggest youth crimes are "light" dr0g related... like a little cannabis never hurt anyone, and if that was legalised a lot of "crimes" would be avoided.
      I have visited many Australian cities and i never felt unsafe or thought there was much crime, i think people LOVE to over-exaggerate, BUUUUT i will also say that sometimes foreigners can see things in a country, that locals don't. Maybe there is crime or violence AGAINST foreigners, or maybe they just pay more attention to things like that or live in lower-income areas, and therefore do witness more violence. but overall, Australia is COMPARATIVELY very safe, but you could still be caught up in something nasty, it's just less likely than if you travel through Rio or Tijuana.

    • @rodolfopilon9291
      @rodolfopilon9291 Před 7 měsíci

      @@MaddieAle You know, you pretty nailed it on your video when you said that people that travelled abroad, perceived Uruguay as safer than before having travelled.
      Also, it is universal that drug dealers recruits on poorest people kids. So violence there is always worst. It doesn't matter the drug type. It is organized crime that matters.
      Here goes a good phrase for you to exercise, at the end of Vazquez government, they interviewed Mr. Bonomi, and he declared something I was surprised to hear from him.
      He said: Que en muchos barrios donde se había evitado la persecución policial con tal de no estigmatizar a los residentes como pobres o delincuentes, la respuesta de los residentes fue: "Estigmaticen nos!". Some cry for help... (Tro to spell that in Spanish out loud!)
      I do believe that woman deaths being filed as "feminicidio" is somewhat misleading. It happens that a normal homicide against a woman, will be labeled like that, but it was still an homicide since it wasn't because there was hatred against that particular woman, just some abuser killing whomever was in between. Anyway it will still be labeled as "feminicidio". It is not only misleading, to my taste, it is against the original idea and blocks diagnosing the real problem. We should compare apples with apples, but right now those numbers are just useful to fill a political agenda, and not for diagnosing our society weak points.

  • @MrUnitedgroup1
    @MrUnitedgroup1 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Why you moved to Uruguay? What kind of work you guys do ?

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 9 měsíci +2

      We both teach English online, we also make these videos, and I have a small business.
      Alejandro in the past had a different job working at a call centre, but the company was not suitable in the end.

    • @MrUnitedgroup1
      @MrUnitedgroup1 Před 9 měsíci

      @@MaddieAle you didn’t respond my question , I ask you why do you moved to Uruguay ? Thanks

    • @Angel-cu1fp
      @Angel-cu1fp Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@MrUnitedgroup1for job in multinational call center he move.are software company in canelones are contract her husband

  • @marossi0814
    @marossi0814 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Uruguay is a small country therefore it is hard to compare to bigger, more populated countries. I am Uruguayan but live near the Washington D.C. area here in Maryland, crime here is getting worse, more shootings, thefts, etc. , last night they stole my neighbor's car which was parked almost right across my apartment building. I live in a very safe, upper class neighborhood yet, crime has spread out everywhere. Drugs have been a big problem with the younger generation and just like everywhere, young kids without jobs become addicted and tend to break into cars to try to steal something of value to later sell to use the money to buy more drugs. In Uruguay we have the same problem with pasta base, the difference is that here you can see a lot more people with guns and they tend to use them without thinking about it twice.

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 9 měsíci +2

      thankyou for the insight! I have to say... i feel far safer here in Uruguay than i would anywhere in the USA. As an Australian, seeing people with guns is terrifying and there are far too many shootings, DAILY, for me to trust anyone who has one.

    • @marossi0814
      @marossi0814 Před 9 měsíci

      @@MaddieAle just curious... is Alejandro's parents from Uruguay?, I understand that he was born in South Africa. What made you guys move to Uruguay?

    • @danielarossi5437
      @danielarossi5437 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Ya tener leyes que regulen la tenencia de armas ayuda mucho a que nuestros países sean más seguros. Que no le estemos lamiendo el 🍑 a las farmas y nadie se quede en bancarrota por sacarse el apéndice también.

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 7 měsíci +2

      Alejandro's mother is Uruguayan and SHE grew up here, but Alejandro was born in south africa and grew up in many countries in africa and also hong kong (they moved a lot)
      so he only ever came to uruguay as a family holiday, so he is culturally a little uruguayan but not nearly the same as someone who has lived here their whole lives! same with the language, he IS uruguayan, but he isn't FULLY Uruguayan, if that makes sense

    • @marossi0814
      @marossi0814 Před 7 měsíci

      @@MaddieAle yes, it makes sense! , thank you for explaining!

  • @unobservador4485
    @unobservador4485 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Yo soy de Uruguay de Montevideo 😊🇺🇾💁

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 3 měsíci

      y pensas que montevideo es seguro?

  • @Glee4224
    @Glee4224 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Uruguay is the 5th country with most cocaine consume per capita in the World, just behind Australia. You can find any kind of drug easily un beside heroin. In Montevideo design are normal nowadays, there is a sub culture of electronic parties and drugs that is growing up every years and is not expensive.

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 9 měsíci +1

      ok well thankyou for the additional information. I only know people who take more natural substances like mushrooms or canabis so this is useful info.
      And my hometown of Adelaide actually has a super high drug use surprisingly, but you'd never know it because the people are all so friendly and "normal" ...
      to be honest drug use is not a concern for me in regards to safety, but i included it because I know it can bother other people! so thanks for the extra info

    • @Glee4224
      @Glee4224 Před 9 měsíci

      @@MaddieAle I have family that lived in Terrigal, near Sidney. When my cousin came some years ago she was surprised with how much we consumed drugs here. She told me that aussies did the same but hidden, we went to a Christmas rave. Drugs get used to be for posh people but not anymore, at least not in Montevideo. The Interior is other reality. Usually ppl that uses drugs like mdma, lsd, mushrooms are not in spotlight because elder ppl don't even know that these exist here. Love your videos, is nice and funny to hear things that nobody says from Uy on internet.

    • @gracejam3889
      @gracejam3889 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Si, y todo comenzó cuando se FA legalizó la mari….

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 7 měsíci

      i'm curious though, would you say that this is a danger risk? is there much crime around this activity or are people just using it as a party substance? Obviously selling of it is very much illegal but is it causing problems as far as you are aware?

    • @Glee4224
      @Glee4224 Před 7 měsíci

      @@MaddieAle the only drug that is a real danger to our society is pasta base. Our versión of crack, ruins a lot of ppl, vast of them sadly became homeless and maybe also robbering. In some ghetto hoods are cocaine of low quality that is in hands of the worst gansters, murderers and scum yes. Although those situation the drugs I referred in my first comment, there are just recreational. Most ppl do it just recreational and it's becoming just like drinking alcohol. Teens smoke more weed weekly that drink alcohol nowadays.

  • @florianrohrmoser7959
    @florianrohrmoser7959 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Ganz liebe Grüße 🖖 nach Uruguay 🇺🇾 ❤😎aus Deutschland

  • @user-wq2py1de9j
    @user-wq2py1de9j Před 3 měsíci

    What the guys said about doing to you, as a men i hear it every where in the world, they just got comfortable thinking that you don't understud, but belive me, nice girl like you happens every where

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 2 měsíci

      ... i feel like you meant that in a comforting way but it really doesnt help. Also the femicide rates don't lie.

  • @driden1987
    @driden1987 Před 9 měsíci +6

    I'm an Uruguayan male and it sucks to hear you say you feel so uncomfortable/unsafe around us, hope it gets better

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 9 měsíci +3

      Not all! Everyone I've MET is super nice, but you just always need to be cautious of people you DON'T know. But as a general rule, most females are always cautious and unsafe around strange men... its just the sad reality and if you watched the section about femicides, it will make sense as to why.

    • @driden1987
      @driden1987 Před 9 měsíci

      @@MaddieAle Oh no, I totally get it. Better safe than sorry.

    • @danielarossi5437
      @danielarossi5437 Před 9 měsíci

      Es TAN raro cuando los hombres hablan de violencia contra las mujeres como si el tema no los tocara. Como si ninguno de los hombres que conoces jamás ejerció violencia sobre una mujer, como si nunca jamás hubieras escuchado a un hombre hablar de las mujeres como si fueran objetos, como si nunca jamás te hubieras cruzado con un tipo mayor de edad mirando una nena en la calle o en el teléfono. Es tarea de los que no son unos violentos el educar a los que lo son, pero no lo hacen, y después se despegan de la situación. La inacción es mala también.

    • @driden1987
      @driden1987 Před 9 měsíci +8

      @@danielarossi5437 La verdad que no, pero allá vos encasillando a todo el mundo en la misma categoría.

  • @AtmAll1_World
    @AtmAll1_World Před 8 měsíci +1

    Soy estadounidense viviendo en Montevideo, hace 5 anos. It seems to me that the greatest danger of serious crime (beyond snatch and grab) comes from growing up Uruguayan. Murders are mostly within families and between narco-families. The pooest suffer the most crime. Certainly the people flashing success are noticed by the people with nothing ( a growing number in the world of too many too-rich capitalists).
    I can not speak of the feelings of those who have seen their culture here deteriorating over some decades. I can speak of seeing my birth-nation over 7 decades, declining, deteriorating, and 'desenmarañando'.

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 8 měsíci

      I think you might be right there! Unfortunately just like most countries, the poor suffer the most, and the rich hardly at all. And then the cycle only worsens leading to greater differences!

    • @rodolfopilon9291
      @rodolfopilon9291 Před 7 měsíci

      Deshilachando (unthreading) or "desmantelando" (dismantling) would be the word you intended to use. Desenmarañando means actually the opposite, it means undoing knots.

  • @Dahon5
    @Dahon5 Před 8 měsíci

    A little off topic, I was wondering what natural disasters can happen in Uruguay? Are earthquakes, wildfires, or Tsunami's possible?

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 8 měsíci +1

      ... basically nothing.
      wildfires can happen and did a few years ago on new years eve, but its not super common.
      i haven't heard of earthquakes, and tsunamis would be very unlikely due to the shape of the coast!

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 7 měsíci +1

      fires can happen, but earthquakes? not that i know of, tsunamis? i doubt it!
      but there was a wildfire in 2021 at chrsitmas / new years, i don't think anyone died, but it did destroy a lof of vegetation.

  • @Jsarson1976
    @Jsarson1976 Před 9 měsíci +2

    So why you all drinking salty water? I thought drinking water was good there?

    • @juanpablomiranda1976
      @juanpablomiranda1976 Před 9 měsíci +4

      There were no considerable rains for the last 6 months. So water "repositories" (don't know how you call it) basically dried up. Now water quality is slowly returning to normal.

    • @Jsarson1976
      @Jsarson1976 Před 9 měsíci

      @@juanpablomiranda1976 am glad that it is getting better and clearing up. Many places around the world water security is becoming more and more of an issue. What’s your thoughts of the safety of your country?

    • @juanpablomiranda1976
      @juanpablomiranda1976 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@Jsarson1976 This is a very complex and controversial topic. I don't think is fair to say it's safe here but at the same time it's nothing apocalyptical. It also changes drastically from a city to another. Officialy, crime peaked in 2018 and has been slowing since. If you ask ANY inmigrants coming from all parts of South America, they say Uruguay is VERY secure. So as you see it's very subjective. Truth is, in a scale from 1-10, being 1 Afghanistán and 10 Denmark, Uruguay scores a 6 or 7

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 9 měsíci +3

      traditionally Uruguay has had EXCELENT drinking water, but for the last 2 months its been a huge issue. Essentially there is a drought and the government has taken some, interesting, measures to "fix" the problem... It is hopefully getting better but I will believe it when its actually solved. You can google "Montevideo drinking water crisis" or "uruguay salty drinking water" to find out more and see news articles!

  • @gracejam3889
    @gracejam3889 Před 8 měsíci

    Yo te diría lo que los australianos me decían y yo sin dar ninguna opinión, sólo fui ahí a estudiar inglés, si no te gusta te vas🤷‍♀️, desde el corazón eh! Ah! No vivo en Uruguay ni Australia, las peores experiencias en mi vida las tuve ahí! (Australia)

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 8 měsíci

      Creo que no entendiste el video, o tal vez no lo viste completo.
      De hecho, me gusta vivir en Uruguay, también amo Australia, aunque ninguna de las dos es perfecta.
      Australia es más segura que Uruguay, pero ambos son buenos países.
      Lamento que hayas tenido una mala experiencia.

    • @craftertime44
      @craftertime44 Před 6 měsíci

      Cada uno tiene derecho a su opinion ella solo esta dando informacion, si no te gusta mira otra cosa ☺️👍🏼

  • @carlric
    @carlric Před 8 měsíci +3

    I'm an Uruguayan living in Canada. Feeling safe is very much a personal thing, during the time of the pandemia I realize how horrible countries that call themselves free and safe like Australia and Canada became the worst anti freedom and totalitarian regimes. Just like during the military junta times in Uruguay or Argentina, and if they did this for a virus that was so insignificant, what would they do when they have a more letal virus or when they decide to lock people for the climate? ... This made me think and I've decided that I rather deal with insecurity caused by some criminal and not by the government that we elect to protect us, this kind of crime is very insidious and harder to fix. So, I'm planning to go back to Uruguay as soon as I retire and live there for good... I do not feel safe from the government in Canada when my opinion is not the allowed opinion by the government...

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 7 měsíci +1

      interesting perspective. TBH here at the start, the country went very strict on regulations, as far as i know australia was actually far MORE RELAXED than here, and didn't enforce masks until the second year, and that is why the "problem" continued so long, whereas here, they "cracked down" hard and fast and then by 2021 when the vaccine were available, people had mostly continued on with their lives as normal. And in australia, the pandemic basically STARTED in 2021, other than travel restrictions, the everyday life wasn't so harsh.

    • @cubitocan
      @cubitocan Před 4 měsíci

      18 years Uruguayan/Canadian citizen here and can testify that what you say is true. There's no freedom of speech here, there's a totalitarian regime here supported just by the Canadian's nature, not being confrontational and let the government do its thing. Not a democracy either. This is not safe, crime, drugs, homeless people everywhere and the list goes on. We were forced to choose between getting a vaccine or being left out of work, society not even allowed to leaving and getting into the country freely. So we have to be very careful when giving feedback about countries and realities we move to specially when comparing them to the countries we are coming from, nobody called us, we are there because we want to, it is their culture and you need to adjust to it not the other way around. Even when mentioning things that we believe are wrong we can come across as obnoxious which brings the first response you get from locals, if you don't like it leave. It is the same eeeeeeeeeeverywhere.

    • @joannewolfe5688
      @joannewolfe5688 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I agree. I was in Canada during the plandemic and after the border reopened in 2021 I sold my Canadian property and left for good. Canada is now under a totalitarian dictatorship, and the US is going there fast.

    • @carlric
      @carlric Před 2 měsíci

      @@joannewolfe5688 I'm glad I'm not alone thinking like this..

  • @Mobev1
    @Mobev1 Před 2 měsíci

    I’ve known people that moved to Uruguay and then right back. What is the capital gains rate, tax rate on income and foreign income, what is the tax rate on long term, short term capital gains. What is the import tax rate. Unless you want to go over to Uruguay from Montecarlo these are important questions.

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 2 měsíci

      depends a LOT on where you're from. income tax is pretty relaxed but again it depends on what your situation is.

  • @carlosdeambrosissorrondegu7256

    I am uruguayan living in Uruguay, Montevideo. Very good your video.Congratulations. I am curious to know what your husband work is In Canelones. You are a very beautuful woman too. Congratulations for that. Do you feel safe where are you living now?

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 9 měsíci

      He doesn't work "in Canalones", in the past his job was in ZonaAmerica working for a call centre, but then the company moved into Montevideo.
      But we both teach English classes online and have other work tasks as well.
      I do feel safe living in Canalones for the most part, at night i am cautious, but usually i feel ok to be alone in the daytime.

    • @carlosdeambrosissorrondegu7256
      @carlosdeambrosissorrondegu7256 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@MaddieAle Thank you for answering Maddie

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 7 měsíci

      you're welcome@@carlosdeambrosissorrondegu7256

  • @32_santi
    @32_santi Před 9 měsíci

    nou

  • @user-iz3fu7ro7y
    @user-iz3fu7ro7y Před 9 měsíci

    🇲🇦❤

  • @santikingkong
    @santikingkong Před 9 měsíci +3

    as an Uruguayan i can say is not safe, it was safe in 1950, but not anymore

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 9 měsíci

      Ok but what about between 1950 and now, ... It got a lot worse in the middle there.

    • @danielarossi5437
      @danielarossi5437 Před 9 měsíci

      Pa, eran doce en Uruguay en 1950. Incomparable.

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 7 měsíci

      Puede explicar mas? como es diferente ahora?

  • @orlandonoche
    @orlandonoche Před 5 měsíci

    Usually dictatorships have been very bad for political opposition but very hard on crime ; those are Two different subject’s, two different topics; you can’t use that as a safety comparison, about USA feelings more safe than another country’s believe me that doesn’t matter what your statistics says; it’s always going to feel safer that all those country’s in South America , it’s a fact.

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 3 měsíci

      I didn't use it as a comparison, I used it as a possible reason as to why Uruguayans continue to FEEL unsafe in a country that is statistically very safe.
      It was just a guess into the cause of the fear and anxiety that I can see in my own mother in law and her mother, despite the facts that uruguay is not a safe country.

    • @orlandonoche
      @orlandonoche Před 3 měsíci

      @@MaddieAleok maybe a wrong use of the word “comparison” , still I hope that you got the message anyways ✌️. Thank you for your reply

    • @joannewolfe5688
      @joannewolfe5688 Před 2 měsíci

      The US is becoming a third world country. People who were born here and lived here all their lives are like frogs in a pot of water that's coming to a boil. The increasing lack of safety and personal freedom is shocking and escalating rapidly. Not only that, the government's hegemonic behavior has placed a target on this country as a whole. Very bad vibes.

  • @craftertime44
    @craftertime44 Před 6 měsíci

    I thought your husband was Uruguayan

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 3 měsíci

      his mother is uruguayan, mitad uruguayo, mitad sudafricano. , but he grew up in south africa and other english speaking countries so he is considered more of a foreigner here than a uruguayan despite the UY passport.

  • @heltonja
    @heltonja Před 6 měsíci

    If your 6' 9" Rugby player husband was assaulted, I'm surprised he doesn't have a problem with his wife being out all night clubbing. Just seems like a predictable and avoidable disaster waiting to happen.

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 3 měsíci

      firstly, its not that bad, secondly, he was attacked while sitting alone on the beach at night, with no one around AKA a target.
      I, a female, would never do that because I know I can't physically protect myself.
      When i go out at night I am with friends, and i stick to the main roads and popular bus stops to get myself home, is it fool proof? no, but as i said in the video, i am not going to change my life based on fear.

  • @june.w.1288
    @june.w.1288 Před 7 dny

    Hi Maddie! I am converned about you. The fact that you developed anxiety there suggests to me you are not feeling so safe and well there. If I were you, I would consider moving back to Adelaide. I was in a situation before where I felt rising anxiety and just like you, I tried to go to therapy and convince myself it's just in my head, and I am doing the racional thing... I regret doing this. In retrospect, I see there were clear signals things are not as idyllic as I would like them, and it was more about convincing myself that things are OK when in reality, they were not OK. I regret not leaving when the cracks started to show. Besides, you started doing some risky and unwise things: you talk about how unsafe it is for women to walk alone at night and yet you do it, moreover, you tell about it in a public video which is very unwise because possible abusers might watch this video. Please be more careful. Yes, it's important not to live in fear, but still, it's important to take good care of yourself and not do things that are widely considered unsafe. Wishing you all the best. 🙏👋🥰

  • @matiassilvotti4453
    @matiassilvotti4453 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Is not safe .

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 9 měsíci

      Can you describe why you think that?

    • @matiassilvotti4453
      @matiassilvotti4453 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@MaddieAle a Lot of crime. Montevideo and around. Latinoamérica Is not the same

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 7 měsíci +1

      can you give more details, puedes explicar mas? porque?

    • @matiassilvotti4453
      @matiassilvotti4453 Před 7 měsíci

      Te acabo de mandar un vídeo o querés más ? Montevideo no es seguro. Y algunos pueblos tampoco .

  • @miguelsuarez5420
    @miguelsuarez5420 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Well... seen from the outside it may seem nice, now from the inside I tell you that the current government has done everything to favor drug trafficking, and we are a very expensive country...

    • @gui113mart
      @gui113mart Před 9 měsíci +3

      I don't think you live in Uruguay if you say the government has favored drug trafficking. I do agree that we are expensive as shit when compared to other Latin American countries

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 9 měsíci +2

      the cost of living is far higher here than other latin american countries because of the "stability" and the taxes are higher.
      @miguelsuarez5420 if you have more information about that claim i would be interested to hear, but it's not something I have heard of or know too much about.

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 7 měsíci

      expensive, absolutley, i don't know anything about the trafficking, but if you have any resources you're willing to share, i would be interested in reading them!

    • @ricardoluismalacria9541
      @ricardoluismalacria9541 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@MaddieAleno lo tiene porque es una mentira....ya se de donde viene el comentario....

  • @kylymapy
    @kylymapy Před 9 měsíci +4

    espero que saquen esas ideas liberales que trajo el frente!!

    • @pablotrobo
      @pablotrobo Před 9 měsíci +1

      Que la corrupción es mejor entre los empresarios e intendentes herreristas.
      Blancos pillos, míralos caer uno por uno

    • @kylymapy
      @kylymapy Před 9 měsíci

      @@pablotrobo son muy corruptos pero al menos voten por salle

    • @MaddieAle
      @MaddieAle  Před 9 měsíci

      no se suficiente para comentar pero...😬

    • @kylymapy
      @kylymapy Před 9 měsíci

      @@MaddieAle estuvimos quince años de frente todo creian que Mujica era como el salvador de uruguay pero solo trajo ideas muy liberales .la verdad es que si uruguay deja al frente se volvera un pais comunista como cuba o venezuela o argentina. Es decir que sera peor. Pero yo antes vivia no importando quien ganaba pero ahora si me importa porque no quiero que mi uruguay quede como argentina o como venezuela o peor como cuba. Con el presidente la calle al menos tuvimos el privilegio de poder soportar una cuarentena agradable y amistosa. Y algunas cosas buenas. El problema es que este gobierno tuvo muchisima mala suerte incendios , la pandemia , clima extremo, corrupcion y el peso de quince años del frente no se que pasara si retorna el frente pero se que que debemos hacer lo posible para vivir bien y ayudarnos a arreglar un uruguay mejor que sera el futuro para nuestros hijos. Una nueva perperctiva un nuevo comienzo sea quien gane debe cambiar no empeorar el pais. Piensa maddie que nuestros hijos son los que van a pagar estas decisiones a futuro y en parte esta en nuestras manos desde ahora.

    • @marossi0814
      @marossi0814 Před 9 měsíci

      @@kylymapy el frente hizo cosas buenas y cosas malas, entre lo malo se puede decir que defendieron en manera erronea a los criminales, dandole libertad a que cometan delitos y la policia no tuvo el apollo como para usar la autoridad para poder proteger al ciudadano inocente. Las leyes protegen mas a los criminales que a los policias. Otro gran problema es/fue el MIDES que esta bien ayudar a los pobres y gente de bajos recursos pero tiene que existir un control mas severo, a la vez deberian hacer el esfuerzo como para ayudar a sacar esa gente de la pobreza, ayudandoles a aprender un oficio y brindarles trabajos, etc, para que se superen, cuantos de estos se aprovechan ya que le dan casi todos y mandan a sus hijos a mendiguear, despues utilizan el dinero para beber bebidas alcoholicas y drogarse... al final terminan ayudando a muchos que son los mismos criminales que no le da suficiente para poder drogarse y van y cometen hurtos. Despues estan los casos de como los del frente que se cubrieron entre ellos por los delitos que cometieron asi como Raul Sendic, un tipo sin titulo que cometio crimenes por los cuales deberia de estar preso, fundieron companias multi millonarias asi como PLUNA y otras. Yo lo que veo es que despues de la dictadura militar, mucha gente que se sentia oprimida despues de esa dictadura penso que todo ese movimiento liberal de Mujica era para el bien, pero Mujica nunca opto para proteger al ciudadano comun y corriente, mas bien opto para ayudar al pobre con recursos pero se olvido de ayudarlos a sacarlos del pozo, hoy en dia siguen en el pozo y el crimen ha aumentado a consecuencia de todo eso.