How Does Uruguay Exist?

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[@Felipe-gp9eu]

hey, do you have any plans on making a video about argentina?

[@RareEarthSeries]

@@Felipe-gp9eu I am intending to go to Antarctica in 2021, and since I'd have to start in Argentina at that time anyway I figured I'd tack a few on there.

[@Felipe-gp9eu]

@@RareEarthSeries wow that's so cool, make sure visit San Antonio de Areco! It's the "capital nacional de la tradición", I would love to take a selfie with you or something. If you want to talk about gauchos, this is the place.

[@artin7921]

If you haven't already encounter this music video you really should check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5q4mKGcZZ1qZ7s - It's about artigas :) translate the lyrics ! :D

[@ItalianPizza64]

how's the food in Uruguay?

[@NSMVable]

Uruguay helped the Australians of the Greg Mortimer on their coast. They are humble and good people. Small but with a big heart.

[@fofi6756]

Yess we're thank u🥳

[@humanbeing1675]

Uruguay is a very nice country. Have to return soon and stay longer.😀

[@martinafernandez8928]

thank you for that 🙏

[@melzlink4100]

Thanks uwu

[@boosterman7602]

Uruguay carajo! Im proud of being uruguayan

[@BrunoTurcatti]

I'm a simple uruguayan, I see Uruguay, I click

[@heinzgs]

you'll be Brazil soon

[@pezcadron6364]

@@heinzgs its not more "come to Brazil", now Brazil come to you

[@rytual22]

@@heinzgs or perhaps Rio Grande do Sul finally separates from Brazil with the Farrapo mov

[@Maxi_Friedrich]

@@heinzgs "soon" We had been waiting nearly two centuries for "that", brazuca.

[@dandei545]

@@pezcadron6364 fvck u

[@juanpedrodiaz9631]

Them: “Uruguay shouldn’t exist” Me: -Hold on my cow for a second... wtf did you just say?

[@PRDreams]

Hahahaha right?

[@ramon-theyseemerollintheyh1982]

I love uruguay, the 28º brazilian state! doce de leite, capivaras, italians, churrasco... C'MON! its just a Minas Gerais down south! kkkk

[@nazarenogabrielmasetto9568]

Provincia rebelde

[@LucasTheUltimate]

Y acá vemos a un Brazuca estupido que cree que somos su estado (Ya quisieran) y a un Argento que es un caso peor todavía, ya que además de idiota, es ignorante. Al menos los Brazucas tienen algo de derecho al llamarnos provincia, ya que si fuimos parte de su territorio (Algo en duda, ya que la provincia cisplatina era parte del IMPERIO de Brasil, no del actual Brasil), pero el Argento no tiene idea de que Uruguay NUNCA fue provincia. Dios mío, la ignorancia que hay en estos países vecinos.

[@BombaJead]

@@LucasTheUltimate Don't take it so seriously man, chillax. They're just joking.

[@russell_b2123]

"How does Uruguay Exist?" Argentina and Brazil: We don't know, the map is always glitched on there.

[@900108Chale]

ROFL!

[@saraps1]

Haha

[@Rafael-jn6iv]

@@edstar83 totally makes sense it only exists bcz of soccer tournaments

[@PABLOMAGALLANESDESTRO]

Jajaja!

[@santiagoetcheverry9079]

jajaja

[@igneo.s4554]

Them "Uruguay shouldn't exist" Me "Hold my carpincho, WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY QUERE PELEA"

[@lola-ue6wy]

HOLD MY CARPINCHO AJAJJSJSJSJSJSJ

[@Soso-iq9gp]

*carpinchos*

[@agustincaceres14]

JAJAJAJAJA el mejor comentario lejos

[@iohanncenturion9343]

Nazi

[@br1nogadea]

JJSJSJAJAJA ME HICISTE EL DIA

[@PabloChachavias]

Ghana people in 2010 World Cup “why Uruguay exists?”

[@martinn1071]

😂😂😂😂 that was a good one! Luis Suarez, why the f**** he exists, right!?! 😂😂 I'm from Uruguay btw, and that biter is a hero to us 😆😈👹

[@divyaakashdutta4038]

_"All you had to do was score a damn penalty, Asa."_

[@angelodiaz5961]

Pablo Chachavias jajajajajaj

[@tanginamo7721]

Good old days

[@camilaandrada9626]

JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA

[@luispereira1933]

They chilled so hard that everyone became ok with their existence

[@luisvila918]

We chilled ourselves into existence

[@fromaggio7654]

And from nothing... *C H I L L*

[@espio87]

As an Argentinian I tip my hat to Artigas. If he hadn't done what he did, the Banda Oriental would be part of the shitstorm that is my country. Cheers, bros and learn from our mistakes.

[@davemora6580]

As a south American i can say this comment is 100% accurate.

[@thegreatcalvinio]

Luis Suarez has been chill... Most of the time...

[@nahiajimenez3536]

I'm just a Spanish teen living in Uruguay, and not gonna lie, after 7 years living here, i felt a bit offended with the title, but after i listened to the video.. i smiled and felt proud of this little country, which is now my home 💕🥺

[@Isochest]

Desfrute su vida!

[@LeoDeCrescenzo]

As a Brazilian I may say Uruguay is one of the countries around America we look up to the most. Every World Cup Brazil loses I switch to Uruguay. It may be small, it may have only 3 million people, but Uruguayans always make themselves distinct, their country is unique and their politics and public services are light years ahead of our own. Grande abraço, Uruguai 🇺🇾 continuem dando o exemplo de identidade, desenvolvimento e sociedade que vocês sempre deram para nós e pra América Latina.

[@ademarrodriguez5329]

Gracias hermano

[@lotti_013]

3 millones y medio breeeo

[@natureshore]

Essa pode ser tua opinião e se respeita, mas te conto algo que não se fala muito por ai do Uruguay e o tal Matriarcado. Voce não deve ter a menor ideia da dificuldade que é para um pai exigir do Estado o simples direito de ter contato com seu filho(a), ou de um filho(a) ter contato com seu pai, uma vez que a Mae decide não querer. Sabe que aqui é considerado "normal" a criança não ter contato com o pai até depois de 6 anos de idade? Sabe a quantidade de transtornos e traumas que sofrem essas crianças quando impedem o vinculo da criança com o pai? Meu filho e eu vivemos esse mesmo problema que outras 90.000 familias daqui vivem (aprox. 360,000 pessoas) afectadas directamente. Eu, como brasileiro, pai de uma criança uruguaya, te digo uma coisinha mais com muito respeito. Um país que não pode pode cumprir nem com os direitos básicos das crianças, não pode ser visto como exemplo de identidade, desenvolvimento e sociedade. Abraço.

[@AnaRodriguez-js2fj]

@@natureshore discúlpeme Marlon, pero vivo en Uruguay y puedo afirmar que si la justicia no te permite ver a tu hija...por algo será. No hay un "matriarcado". Lo que sí se defiende los derechos de la madre al igual que los del padre. Por supuesto como en todo habrá errores y tal vez es tu caso. Pero estás dando información errónea si decís que vivimos un matriarcado.

[@albamartinez4987]

Muito obrigada 🥰

[@gabrielgerman359]

I saw comments from other Uruguayans but none speaking in "Uruguayan" so here I go: Muy bueno el video, bo!

[@damianpardo4420]

Más bien, bo! Vamo arriba con el video que está demás!

[@santiagoferres1402]

Me copan las discusiones entre uruguayos, hablando en un inglés muy criollo, bo!

[@gabrielgerman359]

@@santiagoferres1402 salado como hablan!

[@lucasvillamil5404]

Bien ahi capo

[@elektrosonic]

Damián Pardo because the video is in English ,

[@leonardopimienta9997]

I'm uruguayan and our history has many more tales worth knowing, the charrúa genocide as implied, and the political turmoil between blancos and colorados, the mercerbary forces of Garibaldi, etc. Great to see my little country featured on your videos.

[@petelin2142]

I have a bunch of questions, but I don't wants to use the comment section. Would you be so nice as to contact me on this throw-away email account [e-mail]. I know it's weird, and thank you for your time.

[@oldworldblu3s305]

Your country’s history would make a interesting Assassins creed game

[@theviniso]

@@oldworldblu3s305 You know what? It actually would.

[@Mrnevertalks]

I volunteer at a museum dedicated to Garibaldi in New York. He's an incredibly interesting guy! Like a combination of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Bono lol.

[@xxXXXxxx852]

Italian here. Rare Earth should make a biography on that guy. In every city there's at least a couple of streets named after Garibaldi, and yet, (especially in recent years), he's a quite controversial figure.

[@bhargavrs5231]

I am an Indian working here in Montevideo. I am delighted to be here amidst good people and pleasant surrounding. This is my second home. Anything for Uruguay

[@neblinasp]

Argentine province or a Brazilian state? hahahaha, argentines and brazilians allowed uruguay to exist only to disturb each other in football, sometimes beats argentinos, sometimes beats brazilians, geopolitics of football, hahahaha

[@TheAlmightyClipse]

Working in a Uruguayan 7/11 or Taxi 🤣

[@CX-ns4ft]

@Bhargav rs I'm happy to know you are doing well in Uruguay!! May I ask you how you got interested in it? Where did you first find out about our country? 🇺🇾🤍🇮🇳

[@imnoemit]

Are you still in Uruguay?

[@hugomarquez3189]

I’m so glad you’re having a good time there. I’m Uruguayan living in the US. I just got back for a visit and saw many people from India, because there’s an Indian company there in charge of internet regulation for the whole continent. We didn’t use to have many immigrants when I grew up there, so I was pleasantly surprised. Montevideo feels very alive again. Mi casa es tu casa.

[@nielsenn7012]

Uruguay really seem spectacular and wonderfull and so does it’s people. Huge respect from Denmark 🇺🇾🇩🇰

[@juanma-32]

I send you a hug from Argentina! Im half argentinian and uruguayan. So i have an uruguayan blood and a part of my identity. Længe leve danmark!

[@tttani]

thank u❤️ denmark is beautiful too, i love nordic countries!

[@DeadManDrifting]

It’s beautiful but politics it’s really bad, wages are really bad too. And taxes... dude here in Uruguay we paid a wage disguised as "social aid" to those who do not have and don’t give the possibility to get a job or education. Idk we still have many things to improve.

[@DeadManDrifting]

Like your comment btw

[@Mixer-dt3fq]

Thank you bro! 😊 Muchas gracias hermano!

[@anasarkissian1482]

I live in Uruguay, my grandparents come here in Armenian’s Genocide, and I’m so proud of my country, the first one all over the world that recononized it! I love my little great country 💪🏻💙🇺🇾

[@supergroxo]

Los míos tambien! Vinieron por el genocidio armeño

[@carmelaperezlobato431]

Que Uruguay fuera el primer país en reconocer el genocidio armenio es algo que me sigue llenando de orgullo forever, se la re jugó eh

[@sutash9043]

@@supergroxo Idem!

[@bigred183]

I'm Armenian is los angeles. My family fled to brasil. Uruguay looks interesting to live

[@neblinasp]

Cisplatina FOREVER, KKKKKK.

[@carolinafd]

I'm Brazilian and I find Uruguay a lovely and culturally rich country. Every time I visited it, I had an amazing time. It's a great country with amazing people!!

[@mateopena7239]

Obrigado Carol! Nos também amamos o Brasil. De que parte você é?

[@uniaguilar]

Hi

[@SofiaRodriguez-zc3he]

heheh thank u very much! I love Brazil too. We are like siblings^^

[@ornellatorena4247]

Carol Falcão ❤️

[@maitevarela5940]

I’m from Uruguay and feel the same way about Brazil

[@EL_URUGUAYO_MVD]

Somebody makes a video about Uruguay Uruguayans: 😱

[@joacodogliotti4976]

estamos tan acostumbrados a ser ignorados que nos sorprende jajajaja

[@nommlee]

@@joacodogliotti4976 mal jajaa

[@shikazzuka]

Uruguayos: Saben que existimos😱

[@juanmanuelnavia217]

No que fueran Paraguay

[@elhaddad3435]

Sabina extimous?

[@primottamartinelli9096]

Yo soy brasileña, pero vivo acá en este hermoso país. Uruguay es una tierra llena de encantos, un "rinconcito" especial en el mundo.

[@anagraff9424]

Gracias y me alegra que te sientas asi en nuestro pais.

[@LostmanITW]

Jajajaj es el único comentario en español que encontre

[@marisac.5303]

Mi paisito! Hace 42 años que mis padres me llevaron a los EEUU y nunca he regresado. Si Dios quiere pronto regresaré. 😢

[@AngelaSilva-ok2fw]

@@marisac.5303 Y q seas bienvenida a nuestro país!!! 😘🇺🇾

[@rosanered7710]

soy de brasil hija de imigrantes arabes pero despues que llegue a uruguay nunca mas quise salir , ese es mi pais ,acá esta mi vida

[@UnTipoSinNombre]

We just LOVE when foreigners talk about Uruguay.

[@mikedarkmoon2395]

Confirmo.

[@humanbeing1675]

Nothing wrong about it.😀

[@agusrodriguezz]

We do, it makes us feel special

[@falen_treee5254]

@@agusrodriguezz I think it makes us feel valid, like we're constantly arguing with people who says we're a part of Argentina or Brazil, and it makes me really upset because we didn't go through all our history for that.

[@naticrak99]

Confirmo doblemente ahre

[@JuanbianchibOP]

Uruguayan here! It's pretty rare to see foreigners talking about our country in their videos. I've seen some people who do, but no one has the passion you have at explaining these stuff. In most videos there are also many huge mistakes, but I couldn't find any in your video (apart from your Spanish pronunciation hahaha). I gotta say I'm surprised, didn't expect such a high quality video of my little Uruguay. Excellent information and excellent footage, all I gotta say is THIS is the video I'm gonna show to my English-speaking friends when they ask about my country. Muchas gracias, y te mando un gran abrazo desde Uruguay!

[@ludmilaluz2463]

Juan Bianchi tu inglés da cancer

[@angelab8549]

@@ludmilaluz2463 no hay errores en su gramática. pd: tu comentario da pena

[@mula8470]

@@ludmilaluz2463 noo loco epic troll man, nos re trolleaste sos un master

[@guillermotux614]

Soy uruguayo tambien yay

[@patobr0]

@@ludmilaluz2463 bueno aver tu ingles boludita ya q tanto hablás

[@carloscarpinteyro332]

I went to Uruguay, drove through 15 of the 19 departments on a self-guided tour. It is a very impressive country to me. Had amazing interactions with various people there. Would like to return on another visit there. I really like the culture, met the man that is in the Guiness World Record book for his pencil collection. Like how educated they are, and how they cherish their independence, and freedom, in a relaxed manner.

[@charrua007]

You made a very accurate description of our people

[@nehuenmutiozabal6339]

Nice to see my country featured in Rare Earth, most of the time it hides under the radar. Y si estás leyendo esto siendo Uruguayo, un saludo grande

[@ElNztastico]

otro saludo, capo

[@Saitouy]

saludos mi rey

[@agustinsalvador8970]

Otro saludo, no entendí una mierda lo que dijo el narrador igual

[@死亡-k6t]

Saludo Master

[@MiuraUY]

Saludo lince

[@diegorodriguez-fl5kp]

""it's not like an invation is hard here" Bold to of you to underestimate an angry uruguayan gaucho, gurí.

[@r7diego]

bo, como que diego rodriguez? cuando escribi yo este comentario??

[@lev4498]

diego rodriguez Si Australia los invadiese cada uruguayo tendría que pelear contra 14 canguros

[@pepon332]

Lev otra vez los canguros no por favor, tuve pesadillas con ellos, peleaba contra demasiados canguros en ellas

[@jo_darel]

Jajajajaj dale que nos rendimos en seguida quien va a salir a defender esto

[@ктѕє-ж8ж]

Milanesa de Canguro xd

[@Gabriel-in7bf]

"it's not like an invation is difficult here" -José Gervasio Artigas wants to know your location.

[@Trucosdemundogatu]

Jajajajajaj lpm

[@alejandrom.4680]

Gabriel 007 The place itself isnt, bit the people, holy damn

[@vivostubes]

It will be a Vietnam for the country who try to invader us.

[@fdekclaf2988]

I went to Uruguay last year. BEST country on earth. I Will live there any time soon

[@FerLuxis]

We are ready to welcome you!! Come and be a part of all this. Lots of love 💛💛💛

[@lucianasoriagutierrez5593]

Thanks ☺️☺️☺️🇺🇾

[@kaydotcontent]

Ni que fuera la octava maravilla. Pa' dar un paseo es lindo pero, ¿para quedarse? xd

[@matee6042]

@@kaydotcontent Y... Si queres vivir en un lugar mas o menos tranquilo y con vibes sudamericanas que no tenga una crisis cada 10 años Uruguay es el mejor candidato ajksldasdk

[@juandominguez9167]

Bienvenidos

[@konrione5349]

Uruguay: Exists Rare Earth: "Why are Uruguay?"

[@typingcat]

Who says I'm gay?

[@hugbugDS]

U r Guay

[@CXWTFKR]

"Are You gay"... Homer Simpson. 🇺🇾🇺🇾

[@jonahlynx94]

This is the only version of the joke that actually made me laugh

[@buenahora83]

@@CXWTFKR the real word was you are a gay or "u r a gay"

[@scpatl4now]

When my Great Grandfather and his sister and younger brother decided to leave Russia and come to the US at the turn of the 20th century, but they had a problem. The younger brother could not come due to quotas at the time...so he instead went to Uruguay. There is a whole branch of my family that is still there, whose last name didnt get changed (I'm glad ours was since I cant even pronounce theirs...which I guess is mine). I've always wanted to go there and meet them.

[@taquitolayton68]

You might be referring to this place: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Javier,_Uruguay

[@nahuelrivas7523]

Hey, if they came here, they are probably in San Javier. If you need to contact someone from there, let me know. I have many friends from there with Russian descent. Greetings!

[@Kat-tr2ig]

Something similar happened to my Dad's side of the family. They left Alsace Lorraine in a hurry (they were sheep thieves; it was either leave Europe or be hanged). One part of the family took a boat that took them to the US. The other part took a boat to the Río de la Plata. No one knows where they docked, or whatever happened to them. Curiously, I moved from Ohio to Argentina 2 decades ago and I wonder sometimes if I have very distant family here, somewhere.

[@verticalmatt]

@@Kat-tr2igy seguis robando ovejas o se movieron a vaquitas?

[@aliciamesa5382]

Your'e welcome to visit!!!!🙋‍♀️🇺🇾

[@j.j.714]

As a Brazilian, I’m glad Uruguay exists. What a nice country. Los uruguayos son nuestros hermanos 🇧🇷🤝🇺🇾

[@Lucas_sGarage]

Eeeeeeeeee same bro

[@azarela03]

Saludos desde Uruguay 😊👋🏽🇺🇾

[@akalia8368]

Saludos de Uruguayy!!!!

[@jimena4392]

te amo

[@ifunny4216]

Jaja saludos del USA 🇺🇾

[@snowy3896]

Sending much love from Latin brothers in Romania to Uruguay. Much respect to you, guys!

[@sos.gamers]

Nice to see romanian identify them self as latinos, not like french's, italians or portuguese people that they said they are not latin haha 😅 latinos were born in Rome, italy... Lol

[@teresasander9173]

Rumania , un pueblo que admiro, veo que muchos de ustedes se identifican con nuestros pueblos de latinoamérica.Saludo afectuoso.

[@bbqsauce875]

Romanian are est Europe Latin, buna

[@leticiaagustinaananapereir2210]

Los hermanos rumanos aunque no son Hispanos son bienvenidos porque comparten nuestro origen en Roma!! Somos cristianos y hermanos!! Que Dios bendiga a Rumania!! Y acá son bienvenidos!! 🇺🇾🇺🇾

[@Rawmusse]

In Argentina we joke around that they are just a rebel province, but the truth is, we look up to them. They are managing to pull of all the things we dream about, a stable economy in one of those things.

[@pretendtheresaname9213]

Same joke in Brazil, they are forever our Cisplatina.

[@lucascanosa3913]

Well keep dreaming, with that president i don't know if Argentina will emerge form it's economic crisis. I hope Argentina will rise up and advance in this poor continent with us! From a friendly Uruguayan brother :)

[@estebanquito356]

Asado for everyone!

[@paulburley7993]

American Republicans view Canada poorly and brand us as Socialists but it's really resentment because Canada is everything the U.S. aspires to be but never makes the cut.

[@damianpardo4420]

@@paulburley7993 I have always said it: Uruguay is the Canada of South America (sans the Stanley Cup)!

[@SZebS]

"It's not like invation is difficult here" They tried

[@mate12cf]

They did and succeeded

[@manuar3051]

@@mate12cf Yes but to the charrúas, not to the colonizers that already identified as uruguayan. Artigas for example, who I'm actually related to. Si pero a los charrúas, no a los colonizadores que ya se identificaban como uruguayos. Artigas por ejemplo, con quien de casualidad estoy relacionado.

[@ethelmotta7893]

@@manuar3051 VIVA NUESTRO PADRE DE LA PATRIA.JOSE GERVASIO ARTIGAS..

[@KevinDuarte63]

I would add that Banda Oriental and Uruguay are not the same territory, the first one was almost twice bigger. Also Artigas didn't really fight for Uruguay's independence, he actually wanted to create the Liga Federal (Banda Oriental + some other Argentinian provinces, with a federal government). Uruguay became a nation when Buenos Aires and Brazil signed a peace treaty, with England acting as a mediator in 1828. Anyway, it's great to watch this video about my country, thanks for sharing it 💙

[@212-3]

it's very wrong to say "Artigas didn't really fight for Uruguay's independence" yes he did, because all of Uruguay's current territory was part of the Banda Oriental, he fought for more territory but he lost it over the time

[@theviniso]

I had no idea Banda Oriental was that big, if Uruguay was that size almost 20 million Brazilians would be Uruguayans instead

[@KevinDuarte63]

@@212-3 Yes, as you say, he fought for the territory that is Uruguay today. But at that time, Uruguay didn't even exist as an idea, no one wanted to create it as an independent country simply because no one felt Uruguayan, there was no national identity at all. So you can say Artigas fought for this territory, but never for Uruguay.

[@taimunozhan]

In addition to Artigas wanting establish a bigger federal entity closer to modern day Argentina than to either Uruguay nor the centralist Argentina of his own times, it is worth noting that the "33 Orientales" didn't fight for an independent Uruguay either. On August 25, 1825, a date that is now celebrated as Independence Day in Uruguay, the 33 Orientales met in the small town of Florida, a few hours north of Montevideo and they signed three laws (or rather, proclaimed them). The first one was the Law of Independence, which clearly stated that the 'Banda Oriental' was independent from Brazil, Spain and 'any other foreign power'. But then, the second law was the Law of Union, establishing that the territory was to join Argentina (which was clearly not seen as a foreign power by the 33 Orientales). The third law had to do with a flag for the territory, which is now one of three official national flags, but it's not the main flag (though you'll often find the three flags flown together in modern Uruguay). Although the expedition of the 33 Orientales, along with the parallel struggles of creole warlord Rivera (which will, no doubt, feature prominently in following videos), are often portrayed as the 'Uruguayan war of independence' (and it is often presented as such in the Uruguayan educational system), it was more of an offshoot of a bigger Argentine-Brazilian war, with both powers tugging over the 'Cisplatine/Eastern Band' territory. That is not to say that there weren't locals who yearned for their own voice to be heard, separate from those of Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. After all, many of those people had followed Artigas (some had actually physically followed him as he marched north), and Artigas had found bitter enemies both in the Portuguese and in the Buenos Aires elites that led Argentina. But those voices weren't as loud in the roar of war and their ideals were for certain not the ones that the 33 Orientales carried as they proclaimed the Union with their neighbours in the west and fought those in the north. When the end of the war came in the form of a treaty, it was Argentinians and Brazilians who sat on the table along the British negotiators, but Uruguayans were not a party in that treaty. Actually, that is not quite right: some of the peoples who came from Banda Oriental were represented, but as part of Argentina, the nation the 33 Orientales fought for. But the territory that until then had been the Brazilian "Provincia Cisplatina" was not a negotiating subject in that treaty: it was the negotiated object instead. And it was out of that treaty that the neutral state which would eventually name itself Uruguay came to be, getting an independence that was yearned by many but not fought as diligently as the narrative of an 'Uruguayan war of independence' would lead you to believe. Though it should also be said that most prominent of the 33 Orientales who had fought in the name of Argentina were more than happy to establish a sovereign state they would themselves lead, as was Rivera, a man who I could only say had fought for himself more than for any power anywhere. It is no wonder Rivera and former 33 Orientales leaders such as Oribe would be among the first Uruguayans to seize power in their newly independent nation and that the rivalry between Rivera's Colorados and Oribe's Blancos would set the scene for two centuries of political division (and many a civil war) that defined 19th century Uruguay and strongly influenced 20th century Uruguay (though it would be a different Colorado, Battle y Ordóñez, who really set the stage for the country as we know it).

[@BurnRoddy]

@@KevinDuarte63 You got that wrong. Artigas didn't want a Federal League. He wanted a Confederacy like in USA. He never managed to fulfil his dream because Buenos Aires ripped the League apart and allowed Brazil to invade the Oriental Province.

[@karpicius]

Cualquiera que conozca sabe, que la grandeza de Uruguay no es su territorio, sino, su gente. Inmensos e incondicionales. Un abrazo desde Entre Ríos; bo. Anyone who knows, knows that the greatness of Uruguay is not its territory; but its people. They are immense and unconditional. A big hug from Entre Ríos; bo.

[@kaizersoze6663]

Viva Uruguay! Hermoso país lleno de gente muy amena y educada .... Saludos a los charrúas desde el otro lado del charco ....

[@xixi5172]

Aw! ❤

[@heinrichkirkvonovasteno1792]

Acá no había charruas, eran guenoas y guanes, los charruas fueron casi extintos por los guaraníes

[@Elisa11078]

@@vgpkevin2900 tal cual

[@heinrichkirkvonovasteno1792]

@@Elisa11078 gracias

[@heldens4483]

acá no hay sangre charua fueron asesinados por europeos absolutamente todos

[@gogogomes7025]

"The colony of Brazil was by then enormous, it was unruly, nearly lawless in parts and absolutely teeming with economic potential" funny how all every single one of this facts, still applys to modern Brazil

[@lucassund8605]

Like ciera where my mom is from. I love the candy there.

[@Tsuruchi_420]

kinda unruly, very big, maybe promising, the candy is definitely great

[@RockSmithStudio]

That's partly why the Amazon is getting set a blazed by Brazil. Brazil knows that land is valuable and they want to make sure that the federal government maintains strong access to the Amazon both politically and economically

[@andremacedo8463]

@@RockSmithStudio nah the president is definately not that smart, he just like to say that the media is lying about the amazon being set on fire and pretend its not happening

[@douglasdiogenesmeneses9544]

@@andremacedo8463 lier

[@daphsdiscos]

That’s my uncle Pequeño Río on the thumbnail and dancing in the blue vest while holding the giant Uruguayan flag!

[@RareEarthSeries]

Your uncle is awesome!

[@daphsdiscos]

Rare Earth thank you!! We showed him the video and he really enjoyed seeing himself in it 😊

[@salmacaribbean7362]

Hermoso Uruguay! Me encantò ver tu tio bailando. Soy boricua y asì bailamos tambièn, puro ritmo y alegrìa! ❤

[@isbe8810]

Are you Uruguayan as well? I am Dominican and fascinated with Uruguayans with black/african roots! Can’t wait to visit during “carnival” .

[@Uruguay_pequeno_rio]

Hi daph, it's me your uncle haha

[@texasson7950]

¡Saludos desde TEXAS en los Estados Unidos! Viví en Colombia por unos años. Viajé por toda América del Sur, incluido Uruguay.Tuve una visita muy agradable y memorable. Me gustaría volver a ver Uruguay...tal vez algun dia. ¡Mis mejores deseos para la gente de Uruguay! Greetings from TEXAS in the United States. I lived in Colombia for a few years. I traveled throughout South America, including Uruguay. I had a very pleasant and memorable visit. I would like to see Uruguay again...maybe one day. My best wishes to the people of Uruguay!

[@jorgeantonio8000]

Gracias hermano. Serás bienvenido!!

[@RockSmithStudio]

I've always had great respect for Uruguay. It's no secret that corruption has plagued many Latin American nations. However, at this point, Uruguay is one of the least corrupt nations in the world with little poverty(compared to other Latin American nations) and solid human rights policies. Plus they have won two World Cups despite currently having a population of less than the state of Connecticut

[@alejandromechina5959]

In fact we have 4 world cups. we won 2 :1924 and 1928. but Fifa didnt existed then. When Fifa was established they declared those pre-fifa world cups to be recognized as Legitimate Fifa world cups. If you pay atention Our Shirt has 4 stars over the Badge.

[@ikariam12345678]

Alejandro Mechina Una simple corrección, los juegos olímpicos de 1924 y 1928 fueron hechos bajo el reglamento de la FIFA pero no organizados del todo por ella. La FIFA ya existía desde antes, sólo que no podían ofrecerse el lujo de organizar un campeonato mundial de fútbol por sí sólos sino hasta 1930. Es por esto que esas dos medallas de oro cuentan como copas del mundo y ningún otro juego olímpico cuenta como copa del mundo, sólo esos dos. Literalmente, fueron copas del mundo sólo con la diferencia de que los nombres eran "Juegos olímpicos" no "copa del mundo", aún así, los artículos y noticias de esa época sí los consideraban campeonatos del mundo como tal. 🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@91137732]

@@alejandromechina5959Exactly. The olimpic games were the most important tournament at the time, so it´s pretty fair to say Uruguay has 4 world cups. Thinking about it, it amazes me that Uruguay had won 4 major championships way before Brazil had won its first...

[@MrAlejandroII]

@@ikariam12345678 no no noo, Fifa reconoce a Uruguay con 4 estrellas ⭐⭐⭐⭐ en su escudo. Son 4 copas del mundo.

[@thomasjameshenderson8145]

We won the first ever and even held it here

[@AgustinaGiovio]

Them “ Uruguay shouldn’t exist “ Me : aver vamo a calmarno .

[@MatildeM]

Jajajajajajaj te amo :'D

[@emanuelogando9760]

Mua preshiosha

[@ilmatzo]

jajaja pireeee

[@uruguayo884]

😆

[@AgustinaGiovio]

Matzo Farias Jajajaj y si

[@joaquinclavijo7052]

Great video! Although as a uruguayan I'd like to make a few sidenotes. In 1825 "independence" was declared only form Brazil, the document established re-anexation with the United Provinces (nowadays Argentina). Obviously after that Brazil wouldn't stay arms crossed, so it started a war between between Argentina and Brazil, both forces were so even that it lasted for many years. Here is where Britain comes into play, with interests in region the British proposed for the first time the idea of an independent state, seen as the only solution to the conflict a treaty of peace was signed in 1828 and Uruguay was left on its own to write their own constitution, finally proclaimed in 1830.

[@Massimofraga]

All thanks to our real national hero Lord John Ponsomby.

[@sanignacio1999]

buen comentario, se olvidaron de hablar de la guerra entre las Provincias Unidas del Rio de la Plata y el Brasil. This video forgot to talk about the war between "the Provincias Unidas del Rio de la Plata"(Argentina) against Brasil, wich resulted in the uruguayan independence

[@grf73tube]

Why does Uruguay exist? Thank to the British! Of course, we can´t teach that to our kids so we chose a smuggler as our hero and make it look like the best person that ever existed. Yeah, that would teach good values to our kids. Well, except honesty, I guess.

[@LautaBravo]

You can't talk about Uruguay independence leaving aside the British and it's economics interests being the ruling empire of that time. I can't blame the channel, it's not easy to find that info but it's the reason why Artigas failed in his plans to form the Liga Federal.

[@desiderata8811]

What about the war between Brazil and Uruguay? Who are the heirs of the blancos and the colorados?

[@ianmatos7823]

I'm brazilian. During our whole formal education we hear this same history talked over and over again, portugal and spain. And yet, somehow, even though we know what happen, we also know almost nothin about, nothing about how people felt, about how the rest of the world was dealing with Napolean, there is no context, it's pure fact spilling. Thank you rare earth, for explaining to me the history and the legacy of my country, whithout even trying to, something my nation couldn't do for even though it tried for 40 years.

[@tblue303]

True, it's crazy to think that Uruguay could've still been part of Brazil if it weren't for the treaty. I'm surprised the Portuguese language didn't survive in Uruguay. Did the original Portuguese settlers move to Brazil or they stayed in Uruguay. Alot more Spanish settlers eventually out number the Portuguese I guess.

[@ttuliorancao]

Lol, I remember learning it very well in my history classes about the Napoleon, the court fleeing to Rio, the Colônia do Sacramento being traded with Spain for the Missões Orientais that became the west of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, about the platine wars between Brazil and Argentina. Did you really pay attention to history classes? Hahahaha

[@splashnskillz37]

@@tblue303 From what i've seen, there is some portuguese speaking areas but the official language is just spanish so they go with that

[@facundomadariaga2957]

You really understated the role Argentina (then the United Provinces) played in the 1825-1828 war as well as Britain's role in the independance of Uruguay. The war was mainly a Brazilian-Argentine affair and peace was settled by the British, creating a buffer state between the two South American powers.

[@LuciaRPerez]

All the independent processes is a little bit mixed here. And Artigas lived until 1850 and he didn't participate in the creation of the Uruguayan state because he was in favor of "LA liga Federal". The "wonderful" work of Lord Ponsonby in "La Convención Preeliminar de Paz" in 1828 is not mentioned. Well, this gentleman participated in the "creation" of Uruguay and Belgium, small states among giants are alive and well today.

[@facundomadariaga2957]

@@LuciaRPerez the guy had a thing for buffers

[@ivang7164]

most people dont like the idea of Ponsonby because they (wrongfully) believe Artigas wanted independence, and too because they dont like the idea that our country was actually made because of international interest and not “patriotism”

[@guruxara7994]

The United Provinces isn’t the same as “Argentina” was a union of several provinces at the time, even Paraguay

[@southamericunt6354]

@@guruxara7994 what do you mean Paraguay? We were independent before Argentina itself. 1811. And isolated from the rest of south america under José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia.

[@jakec5472]

They also were the first country to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

[@bbqsauce875]

Cool man! We support Freedom whit no guns👊👊

[@miiim]

@Evidential not

[@CodyTheWolf]

@Evidential if they do we are dead (?

[@ignacioprestes1183]

@@CodyTheWolf not at all, serbia would help us (???

[@laranari9769]

Yup, we even have a monument to honor the Armenians

[@benjaminlara8456]

Most people: where is Uruguay? Rare Earth: why is Uruguay?

[@r7diego]

i saw what you did here

[@thalesmiqueias4839]

I am Brazilian and trully respect Uruguay. They won the 1950 World Cup Final in Maracanã against Brazil and people here say it was a sad, depressive day. That was Uruguay's second World Cup title in soccer, Brazil had none at the time. 4 Years layer Brazil would beat Sweden at their home with a certain 16 years old black young man scoring one of the most iconic goals of all time against Sweden. But God yeah, Uruguay is huge and made us cry, I mean, really cry. Until today Brazilian broadcast talk about that event. Respect to my brothers from Uruguay, you guys bare awesome!

[@Green-tf8uw]

When I saw the notification I was like "holy shit that's my country"

[@Notadragon621]

Mauricio cool place

[@GermanTopGameTV]

How is the relationship with Argentina these days? How do you guys fare with Brazil? I mean those were historically the oppressors, have they come clean and started to tear down the borders, or is the diplomatic relationship still riddled with old conflict?

[@ZRZK2127]

@@GermanTopGameTV We all get along mostly okay now. i believe the last 'notable' foreign policy clash happened between argentina and uruguay when uruguay wanted to build a wooden pulp mill on the river both countries share, but nothing happened really

[@roguishpaladin]

How do you exist? ;-)

[@billbell5103]

@@GermanTopGameTV Between 1811 and 1828 the people of what is now Uruguay fought several oppressors, the Spanish, The Portuguese, Buenos Aires, the Empire of Brazil and even Britain. Uruguay has been independent for almost 2 centuries and we definitely do not see neither Argentines nor Brazilians as oppressors. There might be some obscure diplomatic plot in 19th century Brazil to regain Uruguay. But the balance of power was always held tight by Britain and later the US. It could be catastrophic for Brazil or Argentina to go to war over Uruguay. There are some minor rivalries over soccer but that;s about it. Uruguayans and Argentines don't see each other as foreign at all. Our relationship with the Brazilian people is not that close but it is very good. Brazil is a much bigger country than Argentina and also they speak a different language and historically Brazilians have always being more into their own culture.

[@Nadia1989]

" _Everyone wanted their say but no one would get it without a fight_ " That's Latin America in an nutshell, even today.

[@cesarlarzabal1214]

and Europe, and USA, AND ...

[@alejandranunez8886]

Ey ey ey si existimos somos grandes d corazón,no somos ni Argentina ni Brasil SOMOS URUGUAYYYY

[@BleSSedK1nG]

Eso mismo

[@gissel1646]

Aguante Uruguay🤩

[@mariaeliafernandez6395]

@@uruguayelpapu5079 jugabamos a la escondida y nos descubrió Cristobal

[@mariscastro7345]

Exactamente. Es nuestro país. Ni de Brasil, ni Argentina. Qué no se confundan

[@L3m0n_Ey3s]

Siii! Bien ahiiii

[@nataliacosta3907]

Uruguay é lindo parabéns hermanos... Fiquei com vontade enorme de conhecer Uruguai algum dia. Abraços de Brasil. 🇧🇷🇺🇾❤️

[@robertpeluca9610]

As. Portas están abiertas. Para VC. Mía. Bonita. Hermana

[@egemensentin]

So basically, UruguWHY?

[@maxx1014]

Best comment

[@miiim]

Hahah

[@CodyTheWolf]

I'm Uruguayan... And I approve it xd

[@lucassegura3460]

UruWhy

[@angelpais8160]

ROTFL !!! I'm from Uruguay and you made me laugh. Best comment ever!

[@lorenzogiani7190]

Uruguay's like Argentina's Canada: chiller people and pot is legal

[@mmjahink]

lol except Canada's landmass is far greater than Uruguay's

[@lorenzogiani7190]

@@mmjahink no shit, sherlock.

[@carlitoxjojojo89]

Actually they are both kinda neurotic, i speak as an Latinamerican

[@laranari9769]

Lorenzo Giani I always say the same

[@danielfrenkel]

Maybe you ment South America's Canada. 😎

[@NDKY67]

They certainly punch above their weight on the football (soccer) field too.

[@brookeking8559]

Nicholas Duckney, consistently well above!

[@mftepera]

Two World Cup championships from a population roughly the size of Houston. Highest literacy rate in S. America, too, I think. This Texan has always been impressed with Uruguay.

[@anarchycastro]

And rugby.

[@agustinl2302]

@@mftepera And won the most Copas América out of any country (15 of them).

[@federalismooimperio3161]

@@mftepera 4*

[@patissialabrinhghetto2429]

Un Pais para querer 🇺🇾 Very proud of my Uruguayan ancestors !!!! Salute from Grecia 🇬🇷

[@m41437]

WTF? It seems weird to me that someone from the Old Contienent could have ancestors from the New Continent. I would expect someone from Uruguay to have ancestors from Greece, not the other way around.

[@IntensePeppers]

Banderas muy similares 😅

[@sositatwm]

We are Uruguayans, we see Uruguay we click. 🇺🇾❤️

[@neblinasp]

Querida CISPLATINA, kkkkkk

[@moonlightsybil]

I almost got a heart attack seeing a video on youtube about my country. The only time we’re ever talked about is either in football, or referenced in a video about argentina and brazil. Excellent video!!

[@CodyTheWolf]

We'll probably be cited for other reasons in the future (imagine some ppl from Uruguay that became famous from music or another thing) Anyway we are refered to in more sites than you think ;)

[@303LalaZ]

Adriana Boga ????

[@johnnyhoops3991]

@@CodyTheWolf Love "Los Olimareños"! From Australia!

[@carlosm.labanca2285]

With many inconsistencies as regards history, though.

[@zaclang6472]

Thanks for this! I lived in Uruguay for three years, - I took an interest in its history too. Surprised the English were not mentioned - they occupied Montevideo in 1807 and started Uruguay's first newspaper. The captured flag from the battle 'Flag of Montevideo' is now in a museum in Ireland, as it was taken by the Royal Irish Fusiliers. Then you have Lord Ponsonby (hope that's the spelling) who brokered Uruguayan independence in 1828 (I think) .

[@Rintintin7676]

Didnt know about the Irish. Get the flag back lol

[@fatbitch7168]

You also gave us trains and the system to work with meat (idk how to call it lmao)

[@TongaRoots]

interesting! do you know what's the name of the museum?

[@tifosibianconero]

@@TongaRoots During the operation, the 87th captured a flag from one of the defending formations, which is now displayed as the 'Flag of Montevideo' in the museum of the Royal Irish Fusiliers at Armagh, Northern Ireland. - Vivo en Irlanda, recien me entero de este dato asi que voy a ver si voy al museo para ver esa bandera

[@emmahyer1839]

I legit just did a school project on this country Greetings from Denmark:)​

[@LogicReel]

How did it go? Any interesting/good reactions?

[@emmahyer1839]

​@@LogicReel it went excellent, I have gotten a whole new perspective on the country because I dint know that much about it before. It is a very cool country ngl.

[@LogicReel]

@@emmahyer1839 Awesome

[@carmelaperezlobato431]

As if it wasn't enough with being confused with Paraguay constantly, and being featured as an extra in Argentina tourist guides, NOW YOU HAD TO QUESTION OUR ENTIRE EXISTENCE? Give us a break, we smol!

[@fatbitch7168]

Nos incluyen como extra en turismo argentino? Qué chotos

[@kkuryoo]

No hay nada que se pueda hacer con los argentinos. La rivalidad entre ambos es y será infinita.

[@saishuu.u5717]

@@stephilima85 WTF onda, en el video nos halaga boludo, dice algo real "uruguay no deberia existir", pero no lo dice metaforicamente ni como lnsulto, LITERALMENTE no deberia pasar que nos independizaramos, pero paso, y no significa que este mal, todo lo contrario, es lo mejor ya que podemos ser libres y no bajo otros regimientos

[@asdffdsa7210]

@@stephilima85 incitación al odio? Jajaja tas sensible

[@realhawaii5o]

Uruguay: exists Portugal: why? Spain: why? Brazil: why? Argentina: why?

[@violetaperez4009]

No entiendo tu idioma, perdón, pero creo que preguntas si Uruguay existe, claro que si existimos, saludos desde Uruguay 🙋🇺🇾

[@CodyTheWolf]

We: BECAUSE

[@josephyang4997]

Violeta Perez Uruguay: Existe Portugal: Porque? Espana : Porque? Brazil: Porque? Y despues muchas guerras.

[@ikariam12345678]

Joseph Yang Sólo para que sepas! Cuando es una pregunta se escribe porque de escribe separado y con tílde en última e, sería "¿Por qué? No ¿Porque?

[@kayakero1969]

Because 🇬🇧 created it.So?. Falklands isles are 🇺🇾🇬🇧.

[@abdulazizbature2615]

KZbin : wanna know how Uruguay existed Me : why not !

[@ikariam12345678]

Frantazo I'm the proof. 😂

[@miiim]

Salam bro

[@kapzet9951]

@@ikariam12345678 me too

[@erikaolivera2481]

@@frantazo5710 I don't know man, but I'm watching this in Uruguay

[@katjerouac]

*exists

[@leandronogueira3676]

Nós amamos o Uruguai 🇺🇾 , saludos desde Brasil 🇧🇷

[@monicalaulhe8908]

Es mi país y estoy muy orgullosa de ello

[@aliciaferreira75]

Tambien yo

[@valmont226]

PERO CLARO MIJA URUGUAY ES ORGULLO COMO PATRIA

[@Lucas_sGarage]

X2

[@rytel1080]

X3

[@9429-v6i]

Ustedes no existen es solo mi esquizofrenia

[@PhysicistGamer]

Here in Argentina we like to think about them as a better version of ourselves, like how Canada is a better version of the US

[@laxxen4277]

Argentina is my favorite country after my country (uruguay). Saludos :)

[@eugerufino8647]

excepto cuando nos llaman su provincia, pero los argentinos que no son así los tkm

[@MatiasMoralesPriori]

Come on, it is not that bad, it is just bs as :)

[@gaiden8039]

@@eugerufino8647 lo hacen en broma wn es para q te molestes

[@angelicadickson8666]

Canada is not part of the US?

[@d4rk45t6]

I like how everyone is like "wow this is the first time someone actualyy notices Uruguay and recognizes it existence and accomplishments" and I´m like "No one remembers Luis Suárez: The Vampire?"

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

It just works

[@oldworldblu3s305]

Just Some Bigfoot With Internet Access is it a glitch or a feature?

[@kumstuke]

16 times the detail

[@theviniso]

Thank you Todd.

[@megadiabrous]

16 TIMES THE SIZE

[@JustBenNotBenjamin]

I just saw you on an Unus Annus video and I find it supremely amusing that we seem to have a similar range of taste in KZbin videos

[@AgustinCardoso502]

Video : Uruguay shouldn't exist Yo : Nos calmamos bo

[@matiasb8565]

🤣

[@santiagovillalba5786]

Jajaja

[@maiqtheliar8210]

Jajajaja

[@sebastiandenigris6532]

@@creadordelcringe2596 Alguien dijo libertad?

[@paulolosed2122]

@@creadordelcringe2596 calla gaY

[@mattcolver1]

My wife and I spent one day in Montevideo, Uruguay in 2018 as part of a cruise. I really loved the people. It's a place I'd like to go back to for a longer visit.

[@anastasiagia]

An Argentine watching this video because she finally made the decision of moving to this tiny lovely country. 😊

[@mariorebelo1644]

1:23. A little correction. The Iberian Union (as is called the unification of the crowns of Portugal and Spain under the same monarch), occured from 1580 to 1640, when a group of nobles portuguese nobles captured the Vice-Queen of Spain, Margret of Saboy, and killed and throwed out of a window her portuguese Home secretary, Michael of Vasconcelos, to Restored the portuguese monarchy under the lidership of Duque John of Bragança. After that both kingdoms enter in a War that continued until 1668, when the Treaty of Lisbon was signed. Very diffrent from 20 years of ocupation between 1660-1680.

[@RareEarthSeries]

Oddly enough, in my script I have "after nearly twenty years of war against Spanish rule" but apparently I riffed on that line when doing the reading

[@marinarosario8855]

Looking for this comment. Obrigada

[@mariorebelo1644]

No problem, It's always a joy to see the history of my country been mencioned, even if slighlty wrong. Another thing. At 5:19 you state that the king of Portugal never returned from Brasil. He did. In 1820 a Liberal Revolution in Porto forced him to return and sign a Constitution in 1822, turing the portuguese monarchy from a an absolute to a constitutional. Aware that his return would lead to a new revolt in Brazil, as a preenptive messure he left behind his heir, prince Peter, who would take control of the independence movement that form soon after and became the first Emperor of Brasil. Later, in 1831, after abdicating the imperial crown in favor of his son, Peter returned to Portugal in order to lead the liberal army in a Civil War against the absolutist forces of his younger brother, Micheal. After his success in 1834 he returned the crown to his daughter, Marie II, and promptly died a few months after.

[@victorviterbo3952]

As a Brazilian, we did cover the War of Cisplatina in history class as one of Emperor Pedro I’s greatest defeats, the only one out of many rebel provinces that he couldn’t keep under his crown In many ways, Uruguay is “the one that got away” hahah I wonder if this loss is widely taught in all schools or if I just happened to have good teachers. We all know how many nations tend to “casually” gloss over their imperialistic past in history class...

[@Maxi_Friedrich]

As a uruguayan who usually see many brazilians on internet I think for the way that the history is teached to them they just get that idea of Uruguay just being a "rebel province", the same thing for Argentina. Thinking about It I notice that It's something normal because that's the basic idea that the teachers wants to transmit to their students, but at the end It's just create a false idea in their minds. Uruguay being part of the Brazilian Empire or of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata is only a minimun of all the culture and history of the country. Uruguay is a lost jewel in SouthAmerica and a strange experiment who went well.

[@guruxara7994]

MaKz- 25 Uruguay never was part of Argentina.

[@masterchief-yj7yw]

@@guruxara7994 yeah, but It was part of the United provinces of rio de la Plata until 1828

[@LuciaRPerez]

I'm curious... are you taught about "LA guerra del Paraguay" o "La guerra de la Triple Alianza" (it appears with both names) It is probably one of the most shameful chapters of the Mercosur.... how Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay litteraly made Paraguayan population dissappear (and how brave were the Paraguayans) In Uruguay it's almost not mentioned. The fact That Paraguay still exists... that is incredible!!!!

[@foxsipher]

@@LuciaRPerez you just blew my mind

[@chungusdisciple9917]

Uruguay: exists Evan: HOW?

[@siderealpibe]

vsauce here

[@czos9239]

*We’re the guardians of the galaxy, biatch!*

[@darellarocho5729]

Much love to Uruguay from Puerto Rico! We're all Latinos!

[@timberwolfdtproductions3890]

Uruguay is a country I’ve long been fascinated by, and would love to visit. They have a long history of peace, democracy, and prosperity unequaled by their much larger and more turbulent neighbours. And since Canada never makes it in, (still hoping), they are my go-to team in the World Cup.

[@charrua007]

Check Cabo Polonio in december or January

[@timberwolfdtproductions3890]

@@charrua007 thanks

[@thomasjameshenderson8145]

Look, Uruguay is stable compared to our neighbors but by no means is it comparable to Canada. The government is huge and taxes are increasing, jobs are hard to come by and the poor are becoming less moral and educated. Before the poor were humble and had manners but now many tend to crime. As a Uruguayan it is fascinating to see how foreigners like the country, but all we wanna do is leave for Europe or North America. I have to admit that our culture is pretty western nowadays, many speak great English. I wouldn’t be distinguished from an american when speaking english and i always lived here. If you come and visit I suggest you come in summer (December - February ) and go to Punta del Este. Or in winter (June- August) and visit the countryside with no coast since in summer it gets heated. Temperatures in summer are about 30ºc and in winter 5-15ºc.

[@eugerufino8647]

whenever you want to come, dm me and i can tell you what to visit and a few things you should know

[@eugerufino8647]

@@thomasjameshenderson8145 el cuquito.....pero tiene sus cosas lindas

[@catalinaleita746]

“How does Uruguay exist?” Don’t worry we don’t know either

[@cesarlarzabal1214]

Maybe YOU don't know...

[@mauri1692]

Uruguay is the best country better than france and better than paris

[@alejandrom.4680]

Mauricio Herrera *Sí*

[@juako3191]

@@mauri1692 *Sí*

[@himarik4609]

Mauricio Herrera Nope

[@e.c.5100]

Uruguay seems such a great country and in many ways very similar to my country. Cheers from Albania!

[@elrincondemarshal9796]

Greetings from Uruguay :")

[@humanbeing1675]

Have been to both countries. Mmh, haven't seen many similarities. Sorry.

[@gonzaloflieller8022]

Im uruguaian and I visited albania so I can say that we are a LOT better. No offense.

[@humanbeing1675]

@@gonzaloflieller8022 Yes ☺

[@farodyne]

I loved the way you told all these important details! I am Uruguayan, but living in Sweden since the 80s. Since 1996 I have returned to visit family and friends every single year. This year, due to the pandemic, that will not be possible and I will miss visiting enormously! =( So I will have to manage with memories from my own pictures and lovely videos like yours! Keep up the good job! =)

[@marcelobeledeli8974]

I'm loving your Uruguayan videos! I'm Brazilian and live in Rio Grande do Sul, the state that borders Uruguay. It's really a wonderful country, full of history and beautiful sights and with an amazing and nice people. I hope you've done something related to the "twin cities" of Rivera/Livramento and Chuy/Chuí in the border with Brazil.

[@carnivoregains1413]

Marcelo Beledeli Northern Uruguay is basically Brazilian people that speak Spanish. Genetically very similar to people of the Rio Grande do Sol state.

[@danielfrenkel]

Rio grande do Sul used to be Uruguay.

[@claudiaguidi5689]

Made me miss Uruguay. Only spent a short week there, but fell in love with this little gem of a country! After this season I'm going to need to go back actually armed with more background. Thank you!

[@lewisanthony1955]

Claudia Guidi hi ! It happened to me the same I’ve been there 7 times and I know 14 departments of the bunch of 19 !!! Beautiful people , good wine 🍷 and meat 🥩 iam from los Ángeles, California Usa 🇺🇸

[@ericquiabazza2608]

If is for vacation you can, but don't stay too long, things have been hard lately. Uruguay already struggle not to go full crisis when it strike in Argentina, Brazil and later in Venezuela, plus we just change government, the Blancos are in power now, and they are more interested in the economy and money than in people, for starters they let the dolar go free, so it skyrocket to 50% more costly, maiking everything cost more (or more accurate making the Uruguayan Coin be worth less) and now we are in Quarantine, a very laxing quarantine because like I say the actual government don't care that much but at least they do the minimum to look competent. But who know when they would fuck it up, theyr are discussing opening SCHOOLS right now, there is very god reason other countries haven't do it, but they don't really care.

[@johnsax1445]

I’ve always thought of it as a buffer zone between the two giants of South America, without the excesses and failures of either. A stable, liberal democracy and if you’re looking for the Continents best Beach Resort, Punta del Este can’t be beat!

[@tiagozimermann9028]

I've been to Punta del Este, it's cool but it's expensive. You should try the Northeast of Brazil it has amazing beaches and you won't pay as much

[@agusrodriguezz]

Tiago Zimermann But it’s our main source of touristic income, wealthy Argentinians made it popular and started investing and building

[@900108Chale]

I think the same... Same as Paraguay, to keep the giants calm...

[@diegobauzil4563]

you not lying , uruguaywas a kind of a buffer between thecontinent giants , but it does not take absolutly anything away from the uruguay an particular culture .

[@brailixs1481]

@@tiagozimermann9028 tenemos el mismo apellido y eso que es raro

[@FenriZz]

Uff quisiera visitar Uruguay un día 🇺🇾❤️ Saludos de Colombia 🇨🇴 Quite the video dude this was very enjoyable

[@josephyoung6749]

Uruguay is the one place I would like to live in the western hemisphere. While all her big sibling roam the world destroying each other, Uruguay, at least in the most recent of times, is a respite of peace and moderation.

[@Awakeningspirit20]

I really love this country, especially their flag! I want to visit. I've always heard the name "Artigas" but didn't know anything about him. He reminds me a lot of our own founder, George Washington, just a much more tragic version. Washington rose to action both as leader of the Continental Army but then also as the first president. All he wanted to do was go back to his farm and live a peaceful life. Washington, unlike Artigas, got the chance to rule his own country and have a sort of happy ending, both becoming an American hero as the first president but then also getting to go back to the farm and die there. Artigas is much more tragic, which seems to be a trend with Latin American founders and heroes. He's sort of a martyr figure, not just for himself but for all the ideals attached to him. So in the end, that sort of solidified a much stronger Uruguayan nationalism than maybe would have been had they not been re-annexed to Brazil. My friend lives in Rio Grande do Sul and says they should be a part of Uruguay; they almost were after all. The Gaucho Nation.

[@nerynoir8747]

The flag was inspired in the United Provinces's (Argentina ) flag.

[@mariaeugenia2436]

awakeningspirit20 in fact, Artigas and Washington were friends,.. Artigas went a couple of times to USA, 'cause he was interested in the 13 colonies' rebelion and got in touch with Mr W, and both exchanged letters for many years. He left instructions That in case someting happened to him, when the time comes for the Eastern Bank to become independant, USA should send people as observers to prevent That neither England, Portugal, Brasil, Spain nor Argentina would ever attack Uruguay again as a favour to his good friend Artigas, and in 1825 That became a reality, Uruguay declared its independence, all the above countries accepted and Washington was able to fulfil his last wish

[@mariaeugenia2436]

awakeningspirit20 in fact río Grande do sul was part of uruguay and brazil asked the territory in exchange for some favour during a civil war in the late 1800's

[@mariaeugenia2436]

awakeningspirit20 and last but not least our flag has represented the colours of the 2 polítical parties at That moment, and the sun is a masons' symbol, the 9 stripes represent the first 9 departaments (states) the country had, nothing to do with argentina''s flag

[@mariaeugenia2436]

@Felipe Fgd wikipedia , baby....and history clases at the liceo, rio grande do sul belonged to uruguay es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasi%C3%B3n_brasile%C3%B1a_de_1864 es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misiones_Orientales Here you can see Uruguay as it was before losing rio grande de sul when Uruguay got its independence in 1825, Spain as a gift traspassed all the territories that belonged to the third Naval Apostadero of the Spanish Crown, which was Montevideo (the other 2 were cuba and Venezuela), that included rio grande do sul, the falkland islands (malvinas) and the south of argentina in the area of the Estrecho de Magallanes... as it could cause war (there was a treaty between portugal and Spain, the tordesillas treaty that gave rio grande do sul to Uruguay) ,Brazil made us sign an oficial document giving away rio grande do sul, but Argentina didn´t so oficially the south of argentina and the falklands are still ours... you could see that in old maps, an area with a diferent colour in the south of argentina mas-historia.blogspot.com/2017/12/apostadero-naval-de-montevideo.html the uruguayan government sold the falklands to samuel lafone, a guy half english, half uruguayan, when he died england started administrating it, but the day they don´t want to do it anymore, it returns back to uruguay

[@metametodo]

Uruguay have always had a nice spot on my heart, I'm not so sure why. Probably it's what the country accomplishes among the south american context. And such a small country, in size, but I feel like in attitude as well, the way I see their humble stance makes me feel humbled myself. I'm brazilian, and everything I've seen about uruguayan people and culture had a gentle and calm atmosphere, I love it. It is a place and people I want to visit and meet, and this series has and certainly will only strengthen this desire.

[@miiim]

You are most welcome to come over here whenever you want. ^^

[@E7A8G7L8E]

Voce sera muito bemvindo...............

[@twomoons0606]

I'm not nationalist at all, and usually while living in the country you tend to focus on all the flaws it has, but something about seeing my tiny and humble country through someone else's eyes brought me pride. Thank you!

[@brunotorres7332]

Amo Uruguai espero um dia visitar Love from Portugal❤

[@gonzaloflieller8022]

Stay away you, filthy colonialist XD

[@micamope09]

Uruguay is VERY beautiful🇺🇾💕💕

[@joakinsilva3503]

No te lo recomiendo almenos que quieras que te robem

[@l90664]

Bruno Torres mi abuelo era de Portugal de Viana do Castelho y vino a vivir a Uruguay a los 24 años.

[@xixi5172]

Oh, ¡thanks!. :D

[@payaa1880]

'Perá que bajo de mi vaca y suelto el mate... -Bo, ¿¡Qué te pasa con mi Uruguay!¿

[@Chris-cl5rs]

No eres un verdadero uruguayo si tienes que soltar el mate para pelear.

[@electrolandasc3151]

@@Chris-cl5rs tampoco solemos andar arriba de las vacas ...;)

[@marcelosilva81074]

Somos que le.pasa al gil este

[@xixi5172]

Te mamaste xd

[@matiasb8565]

Ni andamos en vacas ni soltamos el mate los Uruguayos, te peleamos con el termo y el mate en una mano, te damos con una sola, aguante nosotros che.

[@kashudy278]

Wait what??, rare earth is talking about Uruguay?!?!? What? The mayority of the time we are a part of Brasil or Argentina in Global Maps. Damn didn’t expected that one.

[@rafafr9]

He really like to bring focus to lesser talked about countries and regions

[@giuliananunez97]

I know right?? Im still shocked as to how this occured to someone as a video and how people are interested. Appreciate it ☺

[@juanmanuel7305]

Provincia rebelde

[@Forlfir]

I've never seen Uruguay as argentina or Brazil in maps, never

[@ikariam12345678]

Leopoldo Ferrari 💖💖

[@annanunes8406]

Uruguay, país territorialmente pequeño. Pero gigante en su gente, en su cultura, en su naturaleza. Me siento muy orgullosa de ser uruguaya. Y ver que en grandes países, nos reconocen por ser tan solidarios con los demás, me emociona mucho ver este tipo de video. Al ver comentarios tan positivos hacia este maravilloso país! Uruguay pa'todo el mundo!!!

[@lacucurrucucu9245]

Gran cultura ? Donde si los Argentinos dicen que son su provincia como un patio trasero,y es cierto Uruguay No tiene identidad.

[@libertadindependencia8133]

@@lacucurrucucu9245 y seguís repitiendo..al que le falta cultura, educación y formación es a vos.

[@lacucurrucucu9245]

@@libertadindependencia8133 tu pais es como un pan sin sal ni levadura,mucho menos mantequilla,o sea simple 😂😂😂🤣

[@TheHeliosxd]

@@lacucurrucucu9245 repetir algo mil veces no lo hace verdad, sabes? A eso se le llama falacia ad populum. Uruguay tiene su historia y su cultura, nuestra riqueza vino gracias a españoles, italianos, franceses, su historia e indigenas y africanos. Compartimos mucho con Argentina aunque también tenemos nuestras cositas propias igual que ellos tienen las suyas.

[@elfaraons344]

@@lacucurrucucu9245 somos libres y independientes siempre fuimos generosos con los de afuera si les faltaba algo acá todos son bienvenidos pero hablar de provincia a Uruguay eso es algo inexplicable lleno de odio y envidia Uruguay siempre será libre nadie lo va a tocar o les va ir muy feo

[@hellotherehayzel9982]

Never imagined Uruguay like this lol. Looks like somewhere in Europe.

[@fatbitch7168]

We are the whitest country of America nowadays. The South Cone is white

[@fatbitch7168]

@Alexandre Krösling That's why I said America lmao 88% white or so 😎 that's why I call it Uruwhite HAHAHA 🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾

[@kaydotcontent]

There wouldn't be problem if we were blacks mostly, would it be?

[@gaiden8039]

Not really, it has a lot of beatiful places but insecurity in non-turistic places is very real, not that much like in other south american countries hopefully lol

[@MFTQ]

@@kaydotcontent Urugay formerly had a larger black minority but they left.

[@NietMartijnvt]

This channel feels like a young crew telling the stories of old people and old times. Its like history meets culture and culture meets ethics. I love how the footage feels humanitarian and proud. And the way you tell stories man, my god. Its raw, but poetic. No doubt in my mind you and your team are the best at what you do. So much love.

[@therealsosi8204]

As A Uruguayan I can tell you that the eastern region of the country has a lot of Brazilian influence, while the rest of the country is closely related to Argentina, because once we were supossed to be the same thing. Anyways, almost every uruguayan is from european descent, like italians, french and mostly spanish, while like 10 or 15 percent of the people are mixed or from african descent!

[@BurnRoddy]

Not just the East. The North as well. Artigas, Rivera, Tacuarembó, Cerro Largo and Rocha. *Edit: maybe Treinta Y Tres. Don't know.

[@adelinod.5568]

@@BurnRoddy I would say the whole of the country except Montevideo and Canelones, which are more close to the Rio de la Plata culture. PS: Gallego (de Galicia) que vivió allí un año....

[@ikariam12345678]

Y yo soy de la mitad de Uruguay, una mezcla de los 2 por igual😂

[@carlosuruguayo]

El noreste habrás querido decir. En el éste está Rocha que no tiene nada de brasilero.

[@ricky_4363]

@@carlosuruguayo El Chuy

[@zhamirareyes9207]

Uruguay, my beautiful country My school took me to almost all the places that you showed, to teach me things and I realized that my country is really fun, almost all the people are really kind but now that I am in high school I have noticed that times have changed and there is a lot distrust among all. I can't explain why, it's just something I've noticed over the years.

[@wellmakeitworth1316]

You're right, I also feel that in my country as I grew up, I'm also sure it happens to all for us. Distrust exist, and it will continue to exist for whatever reasons to cause distrust, but please don't forget that kindness still exist. Don't forget that even for people in the same country, we still have inequalities that may affect our views on life. Whatever you do to be kind will never be perfect,in fact, any action isn't perfect. If you want people to see how honest you feel, be a bit more expressive without going too far. This is just my humble opinion and developed views in life. I hope it may contribute even if just a bit

[@dfaro8453]

@@wellmakeitworth1316 wow thank you for taking the time to write this uplifting comment. I have learned something here; that is to be a more humble person during difficult times. Thank you again.

[@manp1826]

Uruguay: a stable progressive country focused on it’s peoples quality-of-life 👍

[@londonbello95]

They speak a weird language that as I Spanish native makes me mad. It's like a 20 percent of Spanish some Portuguese and the rest a native language. I don't like it

[@XplosivDS]

@@londonbello95 What do you mean? We speak simple Latin-American spanish, i don't see what do you mean with "some Portuguese and the rest (is) a native language"

[@Megas_Alexandros]

@@londonbello95 De que mierda hablas pelotudo si hablan rioplatense

[@Richard-zu5br]

@@londonbello95 what's? You don't know nothing about the lenguage, it's a simple latín

[@fabiooliveirabar7868]

@@londonbello95 nunca lembre a um Uruguayo de que ele é mais Brasileiro do que Argentino hahaha! São charruas mas não querem que digam que eles usam palavras nativas dos charruas. Em suma, são orgulhosos e teimosos.

[@dannyperez4022]

Uruguay existe porque es el país más grande de el mundo,no se necesita extensión territorial ni millones de personas o grandes riquezas. Lo que en realidad lo hace grande es su gente ,cultura y naturaleza

[@elrincondemarshal9796]

Su propio amor a ellos mismos

[@ryuufairys]

Facts

[@ErikQuiqe]

Aguante URUGUAAAAAAAAAY!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉💖

[@valentinabustos3407]

@@armentumhominum9931 Ningun país es perfecto, una lástima que no veas la cantidad de cosas preciosas que Uruguay tiene para ofrecer

[@ashandme9866]

uruguay es provincia argentina

[@edgelord8337]

Such an inspiring history. It really reminds me of the story of paraguay. But unlike the isolated and militaristic Paraguay that was strong and lost it all. Uruguay balanced all the powers and didn't start up trouble. This is probably one of the most interesting nations in South America.

[@billbell5103]

Uruguay shows what could be achieved if South Americans got our shit together. Uruguay ain't perfect, but slowly and consistently has created a rather nice society. I sincerely hope Brazil and Argentina settle down a little and finally get a true sense of nationhood and purpose and maybe just maybe we could all be a little wealthier and more integrated and stable. Imagine Uruguay being the Netherlands of South America, strategically located at the mouth of those giant rivers.

[@CodyTheWolf]

@@billbell5103 underrated comment

[@Jose-gn6hv]

Them : Uruguay shouldn’t exist Me : QuErEs PeLeA ?

[@bonkrodrigo8329]

"Uruguay shouldn't exist" Te espero en la puerta gringo vejiga xDD

[@santiagoetcheverry9079]

JAjajaja

[@無名兄弟-i7m]

Hands down the coolest Spanish speaking country.

[@Nich-ib7xv]

The coolest? Does that included Spain or just Latin America?

[@Luis-pi7fh]

@@brunolara2293 Ngl, Id give uruguay cooles spanish just because of their inuslts. Ma favourites being: nabo, salame and abombado

[@lalireyes3256]

@@Luis-pi7fh I've learned this one yesterday : Bolas secas

[@Luis-pi7fh]

@@lalireyes3256 Lmao, bolas tristes is also a really good one

[@lyn.8059]

@@Luis-pi7fh except for abombado, literally the same insults as argentinians ¿?

[@adriangarciabianchi4734]

Uruguay exists Rest of the world: What kind of black magic is this?

[@falen_treee5254]

I laughed it's 3:03am

[@riccardonori6594]

I have lived in Montevideo for one year and it was an amazing experience! Uruguay is a small country with a lot of history. You should tell a story about the 'Barrio de los judios' (the jewish district) in Montevideo, there is 'calle Reus' one of the most beautiful street in Montevideo

[@mariavictoriaperez5504]

Riccardo Nori y eso que no fuiste a Carrasco bro

[@riccardonori6594]

@@mariavictoriaperez5504bueno, fui a Carrasco pero viví en el barrio Goes cerca del Reus y del Mercado Agricola. Claro, no es Carrasco pero me gustó mucho vivir allá

[@Memily23]

Saludo enorme a los hermanos uruguayos desde Argentina!