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Post by spudbeaver on Jan 23, 2023 19:02:29 GMT -8
Feels like this thread should navigate its way into a lock…
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jan 23, 2023 19:19:49 GMT -8
Feels like this thread should navigate its way into a lock…
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Post by seastape on Jan 23, 2023 22:26:52 GMT -8
If you had asked me who has the 5th largest navy in the world by vessel count I don't think I would have answered "Colombia" in 100 years. Colombia basically has been in a 50+ year civil war against an assortment of Communists, extreme leftwing terrorists, and their drug lord allies. That civil war is supposed to be dying down but which seems to flare up every couple of years. Up until around five years ago, Ecuador was basically actively fighting Colombia through proxies in Colombia's Civil War. Colombia borders the most unstable country in the region in Venezuela and does not really have a border that each side 100% agrees with. To the North, Nicaragua is a heavy leftwing government, which is basically an ally of Venezuela. And neither Colombia nor Nicaragua can agree on who owns various islands in the Caribbean Sea. Basically, up until five years ago, Colombia was surrounded by a hostile and allied Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, with border crises with two of those three, while simultaneously coordinating with Peru to fight their overlapping civil wars, largely funded by Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The fact that China and Russia seem to be pouring a ton of material and money into Nicaragua and Venezuela does not help the situation. The situation is one of those powder kegs that no one seems to want to talk about or address. I know. It's still not a country that I would have thought would have a lot of naval vessels.
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jan 24, 2023 14:56:23 GMT -8
Colombia basically has been in a 50+ year civil war against an assortment of Communists, extreme leftwing terrorists, and their drug lord allies. That civil war is supposed to be dying down but which seems to flare up every couple of years. Up until around five years ago, Ecuador was basically actively fighting Colombia through proxies in Colombia's Civil War. Colombia borders the most unstable country in the region in Venezuela and does not really have a border that each side 100% agrees with. To the North, Nicaragua is a heavy leftwing government, which is basically an ally of Venezuela. And neither Colombia nor Nicaragua can agree on who owns various islands in the Caribbean Sea. Basically, up until five years ago, Colombia was surrounded by a hostile and allied Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, with border crises with two of those three, while simultaneously coordinating with Peru to fight their overlapping civil wars, largely funded by Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The fact that China and Russia seem to be pouring a ton of material and money into Nicaragua and Venezuela does not help the situation. The situation is one of those powder kegs that no one seems to want to talk about or address. I know. It's still not a country that I would have thought would have a lot of naval vessels. In other news, the leftist won in Colombia and is courting China and Russia, while working to get out of NATO (Colombia is the lone Latin American NATO partner country). Brazil seems to be on a similar path. So, given the elections of the past eight months or so, who is the United States' biggest ally left in Latin America? El Salvador, Guatemala, and Uruguay? Ecuador seems to be coming around, but is there anyone else? Hopefully, it is just a COVID-19 blip, because things look pretty bleak South of Yuma.
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Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on Jan 24, 2023 15:43:43 GMT -8
I know. It's still not a country that I would have thought would have a lot of naval vessels. In other news, the leftist won in Colombia and is courting China and Russia, while working to get out of NATO (Colombia is the lone Latin American NATO partner country). Brazil seems to be on a similar path. So, given the elections of the past eight months or so, who is the United States' biggest ally left in Latin America? El Salvador, Guatemala, and Uruguay? Ecuador seems to be coming around, but is there anyone else? Hopefully, it is just a COVID-19 blip, because things look pretty bleak South of Yuma. At least Uruguay has a storied history of naval success. A sea battle between Argentina and Uruguay in 1841 reportedly was ended when the Uruguayan ship, led by a Captain Coe, fired cheese -literally- at the Argentinian ship, led by a Captain Brown, breaking it's main mast and killing a couple crew, this apparently led to the withdrawal of the Argentinian ship. The story was later reported in newspapers of the 1840s, not necessarily proof that it occurred but it somewhat backs the story. The internet has references to it happening between Uruguay and Brazil around 1865, however Brazil was at war with Paraguay at the time and not Uruguay... can't always believe everything you read on the internet I guess. Also in other news, actual football transfer news... Caleb Williams just transferred to Tennessee.
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Jan 24, 2023 15:53:05 GMT -8
Different Caleb Williams. The guy who transferred is from liberty.
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Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on Jan 24, 2023 16:07:32 GMT -8
Different Caleb Williams. The guy who transferred is from liberty. Just having a bit of fun:)
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jan 24, 2023 17:49:46 GMT -8
In other news, the leftist won in Colombia and is courting China and Russia, while working to get out of NATO (Colombia is the lone Latin American NATO partner country). Brazil seems to be on a similar path. So, given the elections of the past eight months or so, who is the United States' biggest ally left in Latin America? El Salvador, Guatemala, and Uruguay? Ecuador seems to be coming around, but is there anyone else? Hopefully, it is just a COVID-19 blip, because things look pretty bleak South of Yuma. At least Uruguay has a storied history of naval success. A sea battle between Argentina and Uruguay in 1841 reportedly was ended when the Uruguayan ship, led by a Captain Coe, fired cheese -literally- at the Argentinian ship, led by a Captain Brown, breaking it's main mast and killing a couple crew, this apparently led to the withdrawal of the Argentinian ship. The story was later reported in newspapers of the 1840s, not necessarily proof that it occurred but it somewhat backs the story. The internet has references to it happening between Uruguay and Brazil around 1865, however Brazil was at war with Paraguay at the time and not Uruguay... can't always believe everything you read on the internet I guess. Also in other news, actual football transfer news... Caleb Williams just transferred to Tennessee. Uruguay has a very sad history, which was basically in one large off-and-on civil war, which stretched from 1832 to 1904, until the Colorados (Reds) finally defeated the Blancos (Whites). Argentina suffered its own set of Civil Wars and English, French, and Italian Invasion from 1820 to 1876. Argentina initially supported the Blancos to counter Brazilian influence but, after the Argentine Civil War, Argentina typically supported the Colorados. Anyway, both Argentina and Brazil and the Colorados were at War with the Blancos in 1864 and 1865 and basically defeated them in early 1865, but the Blancos were able to convince the dictator of Paraguay to join them, creating the War of the Triple Alliance, where Argentina, Brazil, and the Colorados fought Paraguay and the Blancos. Chile, meanwhile, used the opportunity to firmly take over portions of extreme southern South America, which led to the current border between Argentina and Chile. The war devastated Paraguay but helped stabilize Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Chile also used the war to help grab up the aforementioned land in what was then disputed territory in extreme southern South America. One of the most fun upshots of the War of the Triple Alliance is that President Rutherford B. Hayes arbitrated a boundary dispute that arose after the War of the Triple Alliance between Argentina and Paraguay, ruling in favor of Paraguay. Argentina claimed 60% of what is today Paraguay after the War. However, Hayes granted that land to Paraguay. In gratitude to Rutherford B. Hayes, Paraguay named the Department (State) Presidente Hayes Department. The capital city of the Presidente Hayes Department is Villa Hayes. One of the Paraguayan soccer clubs is named Club Presidente Hayes. President Hayes made his ruling on November 12, 1878. Since 1878, Paraguay has celebrated Laudo Hayes Firm Day to commemorate President Hayes.
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