The Union of South American Nations: Every Year

South America tried its own version of a continental union, but it had many troubles in its membership.
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Music used:
"Suvaco do Cristo" by Kevin MacLeod
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Sources:
- "Cartagena Agreement." Signed on 26 May 1969.
- "Constitutive Treaty of the Union of South American Nations." Signed on 23 May 2008.
- "Cusco Declaration on the South American Community of Nations." Signed on 08 December 2004.
- "Declaration of Santiago for the renewal and strengthening of South America." Signed on 22 March 2019.
- "Protocol of Ouro Preto." Signed on 17 December 1994.
- "Treaty of Asunción." Signed on 26 March 1991.

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Updated for 2024 with Brazil rejoining UNASUR and Bolivia joining Mercosur!

[@sameeknowsitall]

👍🏽

[@death-istic9586]

Hi.

[@pangolimazul6055]

Argentina rejoined Unasul in 2023 but Milei left again in 2024

[@Alfonso162008]

Wait, Bolivia joined Mercosur as a full member? When? First time hearing about it.

[@mohsenalamoudi6853]

Can you make history of Rashidun and Umayyad and Abbasid caliphate

[@adblue8955]

South american countries love to start and join clubs but they hate going to the meetings

[@TheStickCollector]

That was a fast fracture

[@3bostonboys]

Chile really likes leaving unions

[@wtbdarkness2900]

Yeaa dunno why they left the first time they did :p it defo wasnt a major event!

[@DaGreatestAlexander-Nelvy]

cuz chile wins nothing remaining there in reality

[@RepublicaSindicalista_doBrasil]

US-lover traitor.

[@ALEX-fq7hh]

South America before Venezuela's crisis: 🗿🤝🗿🤝🗿🤝🗿 South America AFTER Venezuela's economic and migrant crisis: *Balkans 2.0*

[@hodisfut]

And some people have the gulls to say Venezuela is doing ok under Maduro

[@Bavaresco2008]

@@hodisfut venezuela is not doing ok due to oil crisis

[@Fnidner]

@@hodisfut No, the rich elite are doing a great job of sabotaging the Bolivarian revolution

[@DarthGTB]

Venezuela is slowly becoming our very own North Korea

[@Gabe-vw2ux]

This is my favorite channel.

[@rd959.]

Venezuela, a country with hardly any mountains: joins the Andean Pact Chile, a country that is entirely mountain: leaves the Andean Pact you guys need to calm down it was a little joke

[@DArtBBW25]

Venezuela has plenty of mountains

[@Aaaaaaarrrpirate]

venezuela has a longer stretch of the andes than ecuador

[@ram0s._1]

its not about mountains bro tf

[@losisansgaming2628]

@@ram0s._1 its literally called the andean pact. its named after the mountain range, thats like if idk... australia or japan joined nato/otan, or the usa joining the eu

[@Rafael-n8r3k]

Unasur was created at a time when most presidents were from left-wing parties... when right-wing presidents took office, these countries began to leave because there was simply no dialogue... there was no consensus... mutual ideological prejudice between leftists and rightists got in the way a lot. So much so that Prosur was just a right-wing version of Unasur. The right-wing presidents left Unasur with that super prejudiced mentality of "I will don't sit down and talk with these damn... repulsive communists" and got together and founded Prosur. Then comes the situation where Brazil, for example, after the defeat of Bolsonaro (right-wing president) returned to Unasur when Lula (left-wing president) assumed the presidency... but remained in Prosur for... bureaucratic and very complicated geopolitical reasons that I confess I don't understand very well. Mercosur is much more stable, regardless of the ideology of the presidents.

[@mosaloquendo]

The main thing that caused the UNASUR losing members was the mechanism for the election of the general secretary, Bolivia and Venezuela constantly boycotted any candidate that they didn't like, making impossible to elect someone because all countries had to agree. After a couple of years like this, Colombia left starting the disintegration of UNASUR by the other countries. At first glance it might seem only political but no one cared about the union since 2013-2015, Mercosur had different ideologies but not even Milei, Bolsonaro or Lacalle Pou had real plans to leave

[@CarlosD374]

There is however a massive issue with Mercosur and it is how slow and bureaucratic it has become, failing to actually provide any trade benefits in the last decade. The customs union is in need of reform and became one of the most taxing around the world, which perhaps wasn't that much of an issue a few years ago, but with Argentina currently attempting to rebound economically, it will probably have to ease some of its measures to allow Argentina to develop SOME competitive international trade.

[@brenokrug7775]

​@@CarlosD374Uruguay is also likely to leave Mercosul in favor of a free trade deal with China

[@The_whales]

Europe: has stopped killing each other after ww2, creates EU, survives as a serious organization South America: largely stopped fighting their neighbors (or at threat) around the same period, creates UNASUR, collapses faster than Balkan relations

[@heroepato]

There's yet another trade bloc called the Pacific Alliance which includes Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico.

[@m.a.n4134]

i like how when that whole mess went on at the end of the video uruguay just went "alright screw you all"

[@TurkiumEmpireBall]

I never knew this. Good work!

[@jacksonmyers6536]

Such a tragically quick end to an organization with a pretty dope ass flag.

[@BREZHNIK]

International Unions in south America seem to easily fracture and the individual countries re-allign based on what the goverments political leanings are at the given time. The countries are also quite quick at establishung those new Unions. I just hope they dont overcomplicate things..

[@santi2683]

South american countries can't reach the long term state policies that transcend party divisions like Europe, that's why the moment a government changes ideology it's immediately hostile to any organization if it was aligned with the previous one

[@Kanadabalsam]

Mercosur and Comunidad andina seem to be the most stable ones

[@federicomarintuc]

That's because most of these unions are pure show with no binding pacts. Only Mercosur and Andean Community have obligations for their members

[@gustavoguti27]

Unasur and prosur are absolutely useless. And Venezuela is suspended from mercosur, technically not a member in practice

[@milan99cz]

What the hell are they doin over there ahh

[@limoneadeGlass]

We just don't know.

[@santi2683]

We'd like to know too, honestly

[@Dr.Wayner]

I believe this is the famous URSAL mentioned by presidential candidate Cabo Daciolo in 2018. Only Brazilians will understand. Hahahaha

[@limon16025]

Viva URSAL!!

[@Rafael-n8r3k]

União das Repúblicas Socialistas da América Latina (Union of Socialist Republics of Latin America) To foreigners: Cabo Daciolo was a candidate who was a very religious firefighter who always carried a Bible saying that there was a conspiracy in Latin America to turns all countries in communist countries. He became a meme here in Brazil.

[@cdw2468]

why did some countries split from unasur and create prosur?

[@soultacer2723]

My guess is some sort of Right/Left wing political divide in South American governments

[@lucifersam7946]

Right-wing governments thought the organisation was corrupted by the left-wing governments.

[@cdw2468]

@@soultacer2723 that’s what i thought, but didn’t want to assume

[@chinsaw2727]

@@soultacer2723 Looked it up, and it actually is

[@outerspace7391]

​@@cdw2468 It is not left wing-right wing division. It was neolib states like Peru and Colombia versus populist states like Venezuela and Bolivia, while also Brazil leaning towards that direction. Up until 2023 Argentina was aligned with the long time centrist liberal Colombia and the libertarian fujimorist Peru, yet the neoperonists (left wing) were in power, does that seem an alliance based on ideology?

[@DoisMitosEmBuscaDeAventuras]

Let's go Mercosul 🇧🇷🇦🇷🇺🇾🇵🇾🇧🇴

[@mcanty]

Chile doing its own thing

[@Skult1]

Works good enough for us

[@krel4]

The map is a bit misleading. Mercosur still exists and is mildly effective in promoting trade rules in South America. On the other hand, UNASUR is dead lol.

[@Fudgeking21]

watch it again, it still shows mercosur as existing

[@democraticrepublicofsprout7263]

That took no time to collapse at all

[@caballeroarepa9223]

Chile is always the weird one from the group

[@nickthegreat4957]

Could you do a Syrian Civil War video? I know it would be challenging, but there aren't any mapping videos up-to-date with 2024.

[@JaySliZe]

Chile just chillin

[@Kanadabalsam]

Mercosur and Comunidad andina still going strong

[@natheriver8910]

Very nice

[@cubirk]

We gotta keep on going, once argentina's enconomy is fixed we can unite to something closer to the eu

[@marianobosch04]

Muy buen vídeo y muy exacto. Es claro que con tantas ideologías políticas diferentes será imposible unir a Sudamérica en una sola unión.

[@enzosrandoms]

I have been watching your mapping videos since 2019, and I got to say I loved all of them. But I think the ww2 video needs a bit of a rework dont you think? That's just a suggestion lol thank you.

[@nicbahtin4774]

Bolivia doesn't have access to the sea but is surrounded by a sea of enemies.

[@cruzdesangre2850]

Average Bolivian developement

[@juanmartinlepiobruno1090]

I wish we could go back

[@mateosanchez9440]

UNASUR was especially promoted by Chávez (Venezuela), Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), and Lula da Silva (Brazil). They had plans for joint-military defence of South American soil, a special courrency for the block, and free pass between countries (like the EU). Sadly, Néstor Kirchner died too early, and Chávez followed him in illness soon after. With these two out and Lula's successor kicked out of presidency and replaced with Bolsonaro, the UNASUR fell death.

[@AcreGeneral]

Welp, now that the fasis of bolsorabo is out, can lula can revive that plan? Thats the question.

[@MappingCBguy]

​@@AcreGeneralnever because of the New dumbest president of Argentina

[@stephmod7434]

VLLC! 🦁

[@bestuan]

When are you making an iraq war (2003-2011) video?

[@grandevirtude9830]

There is an actual reason for the breaking: UNASUL became quickly ideological and associated with some far-left communist groups that did not reflected every member. Also there were some conriderable members who wanted to imeditelly create a unified South America, the opposition didn't liked that, and the fact the many were communist boosted that lack of trust.

[@elrarodelosvideos]

Aca en latam las uniones no funcionan 😢

[@oicmapper]

1995 Guyana and Suriname: 0 Alliances 2022 Guyana and Suriname: 3 Alliances

[@Ati2736]

Ты легенда❤ Из Приднестровья

[@Ramoncarvalho554]

I like it, you can go to most countries without a visa.

[@EmmanuelLopezAmalfi]

Soy de Colombia y no sabía que existía la Prosur. Interesante.

[@michalekbezmigdalek]

Wololo!

[@sync9847]

You missed the Pacific Alliance, which is arguably the most successful of these unions.

[@matiasbarraquero9347]

You may be wondering why so many shifts in recent years. Well, basically Unasur was the only organization that wasn't just a US puppet, then it was destroyed. And Mercosur is more like a customs union (you can travel and trade with almost no papers). Unasur in fact avoided wars during the XXI Century

[@dincoox1915]

Chilexit

[@sameeknowsitall]

Wow

[@riowhi7]

Bro idc they gotta keep the old unasur flag tho

[@fiorinopizio4554]

Mmmh Looks unstable

[@Distress.]

Unstable countries make an unstable super national organization.

[@CAProductions051]

I know about this concept because of this game called Rise of Nations on Roblox

[@death-istic9586]

Hi.

[@TravisG-lj9dz]

The Federation of Drug Cartels

[@Firmus777]

This seems like a mess.

[@michaelknowles1405]

Bro south America isn't even real!

[@Bolitadewien]

¿?

[@Alan_J_Silva]

As a Brazilian I can confirm this, Australia isn't real either

[@michaelknowles1405]

@@Alan_J_Silva great minds think alike as they say

[@DoisMitosEmBuscaDeAventuras]

yeah brazil is in Europe

[@michaelknowles1405]

@@DoisMitosEmBuscaDeAventurasyes. Yes it is.

[@raibarishifa]

Just another copycat of either EU and/or ASEAN :V

[@GBA811]

Bolsonaro and other right-wing leaders leaving the bloc and creating their own out of ideological spite was one of the stupidest things that has happened in the world's International Relations.

[@user-uf2df6zf5w]

Another EU copycat. And even the original isnt very good.

[@raibarishifa]

Or shall we call that another ASEAN copycat :)