Why Argentina Failed, Explained!

Welcome to Argentina, a country that should definitely be on your travel bucket list! With over 2.8 million km2 of land, it's the second-largest country in South America and the eighth-largest in the world. A country that should've been a global super power, but somehow failed the possibility to do so.
From the powerful Andes mountains in the west to the Atlantic Ocean in the east, Argentina is bordered by five countries and boasts diverse natural landscapes, including the Pampas grasslands, lush rainforests, arid mountains, and the Patagonian Steppe.
Notable landmarks include Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the Americas, Fitz Roy, a mountain that looks like the fangs of the Earth, and the Nahuel Huapi Lake, home to the Argentine version of the Loch Ness monster.
So if you're looking for an adventure, come explore Argentina and discover its hidden treasures!
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[@pablocastiglione4629]

A partir de la referencia de 1952 te pasaste 100 años en las referencias de fechas. Fuera de eso, buen video

[@perezdec]

Si mal la re flasheo el chabon jajajajaja ni se dio cuenta que animal jajajajaj

[@chaboncito3919]

Luego de la segunda guerra mundial llego la polvora a Sudamérica

[@eliaraujo8322]

La conquista del desierto en 1978.. para mí que lo hace para que comenten. Viste q a la gente le encanta corregir

[@raptorduck8785]

Y mandó tremenda fruta con el sol Inca. El sol que usamos nosotros es el de los masones, no el de los Inca.

[@Kaizen747]

aprende ingles

[@rijowanaazadtonni3572]

Love Argentina from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️🇦🇷. I know Argentina because of football and now I come to know about their their histroy, geography, economy, hospitality and so on. On top of that, I already fall in love with this beautiful country and people. Hope Argentina will rise again economically and I found them as world top ten economically developed nation which you had just few decades ago. Our country Bangladesh was rich last century but british colonization robbed us, then war and now corrupted government destroy us in many ways but hopefully we are still growing Alhamdulillah. Now, we still are keep going and trying to rise again economically and hope In-sha-Allah we will rise again. I want every success of Argentina in all sectors. Vamos Argentina ❤

[@Rammbriel]

Thanks to the World Cup Argentina opened again an embassy in Bangladesh and are now exporting regional products (like dulce de leche!)

[@martinlopez5416]

Thanks for your support in worldcup

[@jlmagoya]

Hi, Buenos Aires, the official capital, has actually 3 million people as stated in the video. But with its outskirts, actually where most people live, you reach the 15 million people mark. It is called Gran Buenos Aires and it’s the second largest metropolitan area in South America after São Paulo. Plus, you have more or less 10 million more living in the province of Buenos Aires (300.000 km2, the size of all Italy). After that, you have 2.5 million square kilometres of land (half the European Union) where 23 million live. So you can have an idea of how crazy this is.

[@BackwardSabotage]

My favorite KZbin genre? Foreign videos talking about my own country. All of Argentina's problems are, and always will be, entirely political.

[@IsmaelSantos-xv9qf]

Basicamente. La prohibicion y persecucion del peronismo nunca deberia haberse levantado. En el momento que dejamos a esos fascistas peronchos actuar el pais se fue cuesta abajo. El socialismo, en todas sus formas, es como el cancer: o lo detectas temprano y lo quemas tan rapido como sea posible, o crece y te mata.

[@Juan.R.Vera_LR]

Porque mrd escribís en inglés?? Pelotudo

[@MarcosReves]

I hope that by "political" you mean "human", given that the private sector has a big influence as well. Presidents come and go but the big old families from La Rural stay the same.

[@IsmaelSantos-xv9qf]

@@MarcosReves The problem is peronism, aka: Argentinian Fascism. As with all forms of socialism, if it's not purged entirely, it returns, and it ill never cease to corrupt and destroy everything unless erradicated completely.

[@averagetboihater8357]

it's strange to see so many people treating peron like a fucking cult leader and worshipping his every move, some devout peronists even have shitty statues of him like he's some sort of buddha, it's quite a paradoxical decadent corrupt ideology, because Peronists love to speak about how socialist tehy are and how much they care about class issues like the struggles of the workers, yet peron was an authoritarian right wing leader at best, post spain he became somehow even closer to franco. A neo-fascist president openly authoritarian it's kinda hard to udnerstand why peronists act like he's a paternal figure to our country, an ugly mark in history at best, the start of the downfall at worst@@IsmaelSantos-xv9qf

[@introspection827]

Fella moved Argentinian history one century later 💀

[@pabloolivero2783]

That i was about to say

[@JuanSebastianRichard]

I'm still trying to make sense of that error. I mean, he mixed some tribal fights with the century where nukes had been dropped and men made it to space. Like, did you even hear in your head what you were talking?

[@esquecido12342]

It's an incredible country, I have plans to go to study in Argentina and maybe create a life when I turn 22, the only fear is not being accepted by what I know about the stereotypes of Argentina. For now I am 17 years old in Florianopolis, I see several Argentines in practically every corner of Florianopolis, in my studies, even at work. they are teaching me spanish, they are amazing.

[@joaquinjoaquin3992]

Vení amigo, acá le damos la bienvenida a todos

[@arcearce8897]

If you will come, take care of thiefs. It might sound basic but they are a real problem here. We call them "chorros"

[@Etherealnow1]

venite brazuca, aca te re hacemos la segunda (?

[@francododorico2301]

En la clase de hoy aprenderemos "Cómo provocarle una apoplegía a tu profesora de inglés con una sola frase."

[@ninamanning8219]

Hi, i am from the USA AND i have lived in Argentina moust of my life AND people do not care that a was not born in Argentina (and I am black AND gay) people are ok in Argentina 😊

[@sh3rfi]

Hey man! Great video! I'm from Argentina myself, and I wanted to say that you made a great job! It's a really nice explanation of my home country in a nutshell. Little side note tho: when you say "then the country united and disunited", you say the year 1952, I'm guessing it was a typing error, but that actually was in the year 1852. The same happens when you say that Buenos Aires re-joined the Confederation, it was in the year 1861, not 1961. It happens one more when you speak about the "Triple Alianza" war, you mention the year 1978, when in fact it was the year 1878. After that, you name the years correctly. I'm sure that it wasn't intentional and it was just a typing accident, but I wanted to clear that out if someone was a bit distracted to notice, years are important when speaking about nations with such a short history like Argentina. Anyway, great video my friend, you just got a new subscriber!

[@ayelentaborda3577]

Let me mention that in the video you SHOULD HAVE MADE REFERENCE TO FOLCLORE Music. Apart from that... quite complete

[@maximilianschwab9668]

El señor este estuvo muy bien dando datos geográficos, respecto del resto del video - supongo que equivocarse por una centuria en los hechos históricos no fue un hecho intencional - evidentemente no entendió que la mayoría de Argentina no quería a Buenos Aires como capital. ¿Porqué no? Por dos causas, la primera fue que la ciudad intentaba concentrar todo el poder en un solo lugar, lo cual es insensato teniendo un país tan grande, pero el tema mayor era el robo mediante la aduana de Buenos Aires y después de la batalla de Pavón, se robó desde esa ciudad directamente a la mayoría del resto del país, matando a los gobernantes locales y quedándose con sus campos y otras pertenencias de valor que fueron a parar todas a Buenos Aires. Desde aquel momento Argentina es una oligarquía plutocrática de tenor extremadamente feudal, en la cual la riqueza y propiedades se concentran en un grupo de no mas de 100 familias. Esta fue la gran diferencia con EE.UU., Canadá y Australia que repartieron los territorios entre una gran número de sus pobladores, no permitiendo que su capital fuese la ciudad más grande. De ese lugar salieron muy pocos ricos y una gran miseria para el resto del país y sus provincias, situación que con la excepción de Neuquén y Tierra del Fuego, continua hasta el día de hoy.

[@VictorArce79]

Adding to this typo I would added The oldest colonial settlement that still stands today is Santiago del Eatero City. The current city of Buenos Aires was founded in 1580. There was a previous settlement in the same geographical area but it was Abandoned after it was Raided my native maybe that is why the mix-up.

[@eduardor2319]

"infame Juan Perón"...infame las pelotas! Quien te pasó letra? Si no entendés por lo menos mencionalo sin descalificar

[@j1n3]

venia a corregir lo mismo, gracias capo

[@madisonthecat88]

As a non-Argentine, I started to have a fascination with the country because of the word cup. (I felt so lucky seeing Messi lift the cup!) I can list at least 3 cities aside from Buenos Aires: Cordoba, Santa Fe, (both the cities), and Rosario.

[@CountriesExplained]

🔥

[@facundoriesco1369]

rosario which was considered the 2nd capital of the country in the beginnings of the 20th century is now an narco city state, they really messed this nation up

[@niCop411]

I'm so proud of you! Please, if you ever have the chance, come to visit Cordoba.

[@madisonthecat88]

@nicolasponce5506 Thank you! I really hope to visit in the near future. I live the Philippines and Argentina is so far away with no direct flights. 😢 I'm keeping my fingers crossed🤞

[@niCop411]

@@madisonthecat88 Oh that's great! don't you guys also speak Spanish in the Philippines? Well, what you can do is go somewhere else like Australia, and come from there. LatAm as a whole is beautiful.

[@jobenmenachem2269]

Such a geographically blessed country with so many economic problems. I wonder why!

[@grancitodos7318]

Socialism.

[@idk-ye7ur]

@@grancitodos7318 No, corruption and social decadence.

[@alejandrotrew5326]

Por la aplicación continua de políticas económicas neoliberales y la dependencia del sistema financiero occidental , espero que esto último termine cuánto antes .

[@federicoratti4729]

One word, one man: Perón.

[@manugik]

It all begun with Operation Condor in 1974. United States started to infiltrate the Peronist movement (largest in southamerica) and after a few coup d'etat backed by UK and US we've received Democracy, everything went privatized and people became cattle of media and government.

[@econ1505]

we are so proud 🇦🇷🦾

[@CountriesExplained]

🙌🇦🇷

[@thomasherrin6798]

That doesn't equate to being successful!?!

[@thedude1666]

Proud of what? Being poor?

[@Femqr2000]

Being champion of the world in football

[@draigahan9400]

​@@thedude1666Proud of the people and culture of our country

[@carefulconsumer8682]

If they could ever stabilize their economy, I'd be interested in loving there for a long time. Great scenery, warm people, excellent food, etc. Economy and leadership leaves a lot to be desired, which is strange given the high IQ of its people and all its natural resources.

[@TuxraGamer]

High IQ? Hahaha, that's because you get to talk to the cool ones.

[@mharg6408]

@@TuxraGamer I think he s comparing with another countries and basing of historical facts, he is right.

[@bri......]

Yesss!! Im from there and i feally feel that :(

[@carefulconsumer8682]

@@damianreyes3297 Es verded, amigo.

[@esPabloL]

It's because of the natural resources that a country like Argentina can't stabilize its economy. Foreign interests, lobbies, etc.

[@zovaynezovanyari5442]

I lived in Argentina for a few years. It will always have a place in my heart. The people are unique in temperament. I've been in 15 countries. I was there when Peron returned from exile.

[@marcoperez8421]

The stadium you show in the minute 6:50 is Uno, Estudiantes de La Plata's field (from the city of La Plata, where I was born and of cuorse I am an Estudiantes fan). The River Plate stadium is called El Monumental and is located in Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Great video, greetings from Argentina!

[@argiedude3762]

Oh Argentina is so beautiful yet so vast, I have lived in Argentina for 29 years and I have yet to explore half of it

[@francod3892]

que hermosa argentina el mejor país del mundo! saludos desde argentina

[@Juan.R.Vera_LR]

Que comentario más boludo! 😒

[@Julian-nh4hw]

​@@Juan.R.Vera_LRjajaja te lo juro

[@gutsandglory1934]

@@Julian-nh4hw mas boludos son ustedes! la gente empezo a comentar ese tipo de cosas desde el mundial !!

[@Fenixisreal]

Thanks for talking about my country Vamos Argentina

[@satsukitsuruga4020]

It's overall a good video, I would also mention René Favaloro's heart bypass that has saved so many people.

[@Elsalvatore8221]

If it were not for the corrupt government, Argentina would be one of the best countries

[@alejandrotrew5326]

En todo caso " los gobiernos corruptos "

[@Elsalvatore8221]

e @@alejandrotrew5326

[@tranzient]

es verdad maldito gobierno gusaaa

[@user-kd5sv1kc6u]

@@alejandrotrew5326 la culpa no es del chancho, sino de quien le da de comer.

[@baku81]

Corrijo, a pesar de los malos gobiernos argentina sigue siendo el mejor país del mundo

[@nahuelmolinas542]

Hello from Argentina. Beautiful video and very informative, it's clear the effort you've put into it, thank you for such dedication. Regarding the Falkland Islands, it's important to clarify that the war was decided by Videla (a dictator) and he forced 18-year-old young men to go to war without prior preparation, and under very harsh conditions, as some of them died due to the cold. I also wanted to clarify that the Falklands have always been Argentine, but it was the British who invaded the islands first. P.S.: The country is suffering due to the corrupt politicians in power; I could present evidence and provide more explanations if needed.

[@Marumili]

for clarification, the war was decided by Galtieri, also a dictator.

[@thomasherrin6798]

The British never invaded the island, first it claimed it as sovereign territory, nobody inhabited it, it then had French and Spanish invaders who were cleared off and the British settlers inhabited it from there on, Argentina has never had settlers on the Falklands. Argentina's government of the day decided to attack the Falklands in the 1980's because they were struggling with domestic issues and it was used as an excuse to incite national fervour, however it failed. The islanders themselves have voted by over 99% to remain under the protection of the UK, and that's the best indication of who runs it. If Argentina sorts out its corruption problem and becomes a more wealthy state it might have some traction on replacing British protection, but at present it has none!?!

[@murkywaters5502]

No. Argentina nunca tuvo un reclamo indiscutible sobre las islas. Concéntrese en fomentar un país que otros quieran emular. Si Argentina tiene dificultades a pesar de ya tener algunas de las mejores tierras del mundo debido a su mentalidad, criminalidad y economía abominables, ¿qué te hace pensar que tener algunas islas cambiaría las cosas? Esas pobres almas jóvenes fallecieron a causa de la fallida dictadura de Galtieri. Te insto a que ayudes a poner fin a la perpetuación de la mentalidad enferma de Argentina, o que se sientan cómodos siendo un país condenado que no aprende nada. Y los políticos corruptos vienen de alguna parte. Obvio que una cantidad suficiente de la población general los habilita. Hay que mirarse al espejo y cambiar la mentalidad poco a poco como pueblo.

[@user-du5nh7kw3n]

¡Islas Malvinas siempre Argentinas! ❤

[@ninamanning8219]

Yes ❤🎉

[@thomasherrin6798]

No they are not, you have already found that out, the majority of the people on the Falklands Islands (Including descendants of the original UK settlers) chose to remain under the protection of the UK by a majority of over 99%, they are majorly self governing and the islands are better defended these days!?!

[@user-du5nh7kw3n]

@@thomasherrin6798 They are invaders, it is the same as thousands of Argentines going to live in their country and changing the name to "El Lacayo" and telling the world that it is Argentine territory. Doesn't make sense right?

[@youxkio]

... with British people living and speaking the English Language. Cómo explicarás eso?

[@murkywaters5502]

No. Argentina nunca tuvo un reclamo indiscutible sobre las islas. Concéntrese en fomentar un país que otros quieran emular. Si Argentina tiene dificultades a pesar de ya tener algunas de las mejores tierras del mundo debido a su mentalidad, criminalidad y economía abominables, ¿qué te hace pensar que tener algunas islas cambiaría las cosas?

[@burnermail5491]

argentina is truly a beautiful and diverse country, i hope th get the chance to know it some day. greetings from chaco

[@matinob501]

😂😅

[@alepacha76]

Excelent Resume. There is only one mistake. 1852 instead of 1952 it was when the civil war between Federals and Unitarians ended. And1879 it was the beggining of the "Desert Campaign" until 1906/1910. It was a occupation of the patagonia's land, wich was populated by aborigens.

[@ariel._.9186]

There's a big problem with the dates, argentina's history starts in 1816 not in 1916

[@ismaelschmidt1405]

4:23 The fact that he talked about Nahuelito gives me years of life

[@LampTwiceOver]

I was expecting a very incorrect and agressive analysis. I was pleasantly surprised. It is true that it only scratches the surface and that argentinian barbeque is not actually how we do it but this was nice.

[@leozelarayan]

Nadie va a negar que el nombre de Tierra del Fuego en inglés suena muy épico "The Land of the Fire", suena muy a lugar mitológico o medieval para un lugar infernal y lleno de mónstruos que soportan tales calores

[@murkywaters5502]

El nombre "Tierra del Fuego" no está traducido al inglés, sino que se mantiene en su idioma original (castellano). Nunca se dice "the Land of Fire". De todos modos, los angloparlantes nunca piensan en el lugar, igual que a los argentinos nunca piensan en, digamos, la isla Fraser de Australia.

[@leozelarayan]

@@murkywaters5502 en realidad si hay cosas que se transcriben al idioma del que hablas, porque Múnich por ejemplo no es así en el idioma original, en alemán es München. Así que hay lugares que sí se transcriben.

[@mauro100]

Fireland, Firefield, también son traducciones posibles. Argentina traducido sería Platinumine o Platinumy.

[@leozelarayan]

@@mauro100 si, pero siento que le quita un poco de epicidad ajjaja

[@UnemployedDM]

The Nothernmost Argentinian Settlement is La Quiaca...but you were close

[@martindione386]

and the place of Salvador Mazza in the map was also wrong sooo many mistakes in this video

[@ariohandoyo5973]

I don't know anything about Argentina so sad, Q: what makes Argentina loved by some people? Hi, new subscriber from Indonesia.😁

[@marcos14223]

the food the women and our music

[@SoothSayer182]

And football

[@IsmaelSantos-xv9qf]

Good things about Argentina: -People are welcoming towards foreigners. -Normal people are open minded. -Nice places to visit. -Food is good. -Ladies are cute. Bad things about Argentina: -High crime rate, specially in big cities. Mostly because criminals can vote and politicians, particularly the more Left ones, favor criminals over law-abiding citizens. If a criminal stabs you to death, it's gonna be walking away within days in some cases; but if you kill it in self defense you can face decades of prison. -Infested with socialism. Argentinian Fascism has two names here: Peronism and Kirchnerism. The adherents are quite fanatical. -The Economy is a wreck. Decades of peronist governments pushing destructive policies of abusive taxation, reckless money printing, ridiculous regulations and subsidising parasites leading to enourmous deficit.

[@SoothSayer182]

@@IsmaelSantos-xv9qf JAJAJ buen resumen

[@matiassanchez1679]

​@@SoothSayer182posta, la re pego

[@estudiantes68]

6:49 that's the stadium of Estudiantes de La Plata, in the city of diagonals. Not river plate stadium.

[@mattpotter2560]

Estudiantes de la plata hablaba de que todo se llama plata para el origen del virreinato síndrome de down

[@fernandoch6473]

At least you nailed the right pronunciation for Fitz Roy

[@rodrigovelazquez8077]

Muchas gracias!!! Saludos desde Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego

[@CountriesExplained]

🙏🙌😁

[@alejandrotrew5326]

Mejor terminas la primaria y luego te atreves a publicar pelotudeces

[@user-or9sk9td3z]

I loved every minute I spent in Argentina. They definitely know how to asado

[@lalimasson]

Muy buen resumen, aunque hubo algunos errores. En 1806 y 1807 los que intentaron invadir Buenos Aires fueron los Ingleses, y fueron derrotados ambas veces por las milicias criollas. La constitución fué dictada en 1853 y todas las fechas que pusiste al respecto no son del siglo XX, sino del XIX. Perdón fue un gran estadista, muy amado por su pueblo y electo democráticamente, a pesar de ser militar. En su gobierno se asentaron los derechos de los trabajadores y creció la clase media con un Estado de Bienestar. En cuanto a las Islas Malvinas, fueron colonia española, luego pasaron a formar parte del territorio argentino, hasta que en 1833 los ingleses la invadieron y echaron a sus habitantes argentinos. En su momento hubo algún intento infructuoso de recuperarlas, luego se siguió reclamando por la vía diplomática. Pero en 1983 se cumplían los 150 años de su invasión, así que los militares decidieron hacer una toma simbólica, para no perder el derecho al reclamo y luego, lamentablemente, pasó a mayores. De todas formas, si bien hubo un cese al fuego, nunca se firmó una rendición oficial y formal. Por lo que seguimos teniendo derecho al reclamo. Argentina sería una potencia mundial si no fuera por los políticos corruptos e inescrupulosos que nos gobiernan. Quien sabe, tal vez las cosas cambien. 💞😘

[@AnkitKumar-sn8hq]

hey, your content is quite good. I was looking for such channel. Thank u. Keep up the good work bro.

[@CountriesExplained]

Thank you! 😁

[@hnorrstrom]

Very good video about an interesting country. However some small errors when talking about years, mixing up 19 and 18 hundred, that got me pretty confused.

[@luisibanez3600]

Es un pais Grande no un pequeñito pais, GRANDE ARGENTINA POR SIEMPRE❤

[@THIAGUX99]

cuando dijo que fuera pequeñito(?

[@gutsandglory1934]

@@THIAGUX99 tu novia te dijo que pequeñito

[@SOCCERNUT32]

Argentine-American here., great video ! best of both worlds, love Argentina.. my roots and have family there. All American though. lol

[@Diegoscort1]

excelente trabajo! el mas completo detallado que he visto. felicitaciones!

[@walking4kargentina202]

So many developed countrys and big companys making bad things allowed by corrput goberments for so many years (including military goberments)

[@Casscapri]

Thank you so much for this interesting video!

[@IvanQuaglia]

many thanks for such a nice video about my country!

[@amos_melkersson]

Great video! Underrated.

[@estudiantes68]

9:58 the conquist of the desert was way before 1978. In that year I was 8 years old, and had never seen an indian in my life. Indians are a recent phenomenom, and they're coming from Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, etc.

[@claudiopiazza3793]

1978 😂

[@alangilmour1341]

it was a typo. Quiso decir 1878 y dijo 1978. Bien notado.

[@martindione386]

que se hable de los mapuches en los últimos años no significa que sean recientes, y si no viste un indio en tu vida es porque no salis lo suficiente

[@jdeffe7947]

buen video pa, muy bien explicado

[@laluenbaires]

I'm so glad I watched this video on my TV! Beautiful shots of the best of the country. Despite it all, I'm so glad I was born here 🇦🇷 Dulce de leche Alfajores Chocotorta Helado Pizza de roquefort I'm so hungry now, and I already brushed my teeth 😅

[@FacundoPombo]

You say Messi, you get a Like... Messi AND Diego... a new subscriber!

[@Belcebuyamigos]

GOOD JOB MAN! You made me spend a few tears. Im so proud of my country yet so ashamed of my Government (i do like some politicians but they are few and not so "followed"), that all of those statistics made me think of greater, elusive times for my people. Thanks a lot.

[@ricksonparmeggiani5366]

As an Argentine it made me laugh when you said name 5 cities 😂 i actually started listing em 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@CountriesExplained]

😂👌

[@ed500ac]

I am not from Argentina, but I had no difficulty in naming 5 cities of that country. I heard that Termas de Rio Hondo is very hot, and Ushuaia is very cold. In Corrientes, people speak an indigenous language. Puerto Iguazú is close to Iguazú Falls. Mendoza is famous for its wine. I don't know exactly why people talk so much about San Miguel de Tucumán. Other interesting cities: Rosario, La Plata and Córdoba.

[@marcos14223]

@@ed500ac Not only in Corrientes, Entre Rios and Misiones ppl talk Guarani too, (the indigenous language) and they talk it in Paraguay too

[@ed500ac]

@@marcos14223 I didn't know that people speak Guarani in Entre Rios and Misiones.

[@marcos14223]

@@ed500ac Yes, all provinces near Paraguay speak it a little, or at least is common to use some guarani words mixed with spanish, Guarani is spoken specially outside the towns and city, in the rural area

[@Samilazz_]

Bro literally knows more about Argentina than me. I'm Argentinian.

[@juanmarin6557]

00:31 I could name 10 cities, but also I'm from a neighbor country, and have visited myself some of these beautiful places. This is my list: ✓ Buenos Aires Cordoba ✓ Mendoza ✓ Bariloche ✓ El Calafate ✓ Ushuaia Salta ✓ La Plata Rosario Mar del plata ✓ = I've visited

[@marcosurrea401]

Incredible, im from Argentina, i know mostly things of the video, but Thanks for teach about this wonderful contry 💪

[@iwantapool7945]

I think countries like Argentina prove that while geography is of-course important to a countries success. It isn’t EVERYTHING like some make it out to be.

[@murkywaters5502]

It reminds me of the classic economics quote by Simon Kuznets: "There are four kinds of countries: developed countries, underdeveloped countryies Japan and Argentina." Argentina is a perplexing failure and squandered every possible advantage it had when it really should be one of the most prosperous countries in the world. I'm not holding my breath for Argentina to get better. At the end of the day, a society comes to the core ideals and mentality its inhabitants hold. If the mentality is sick, then all is lost.

[@KuaEtus]

Really good video, you mess up some dates by 100 years, but its okay :). There was a lot of silver in argentina, but is all gone, they call it the "silver river" because they transport the silver to Europa through it. They slave a lot of natives to extract thar silver, most of them die from mercury intoxication (it is use in the extraction of the silver) There is a little resentment on europians in some communities because of that and other things, but mostly because of the Malvinas.

[@federicodagostino4696]

El estadio "uno" es el estadio de "Estudiantes de la plata", el de River Plate es el estadio Monumental

[@TheWannalala]

Gr8 job. Nice explanation for ppl outside of South America

[@Computment]

Underrated channel you just gained a sub

[@CountriesExplained]

Thanks a lot! Really appreciate it 🙏

[@juanignacio5493]

aguante Argentina papaaa 🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@sebsmate]

QUE GRANDE ARGENTINAAAAAAAA

[@gni8031]

ARGENTINA, ARGENTINA, ARGENTINA!!!

[@Ni7ram]

very good video. i found it balanced and entertaining

[@Wackgamer]

Muy buen video!

[@FabyRuth2]

Malvinas will always be a sensitive subjet for us but I could add that Malvinas were taken by Spain y 1766, after we declare our independency we considery them an inheritance. We settle in Malvinas since 1820. Ingland took them by force in 1833. The war in 1982 was a sad attemp of justify a military goverment.

[@thomasherrin6798]

The first recorded person to land on the Falklands was Captain John Strong in 1690, the island was uninhabited. The French colonies were first Established in the Port Louis on the East Falkland Islands in 1764, in 1765 the UK landed on West Falklands and claimed sovereignty over it and the surrounding Falklands islands, a British settlement was established in 1766 , the Spanish bought the French settlement also in 1766, the British withdrew their settlement in 1774 but did not relinquish their sovereignty, in 1811 all garrisons or settlement departed the Falklands, in 1816 Argentina declared it's independence from Spain and asserted its authority over the Falklands as the successor state to Spain (Although having no presence on the Falklands) and in 1820-1821 Colonel Jewett employed by Argentina who started out as a privateer, but before he landed on the Falklands he captured two neutral ships (Portuguese and US) which changed his status to pirate and therefore all his actions were illegal under the laws from that time. Argentina tried to establish a garrison on the Falklands Islands on the 6/10/1832 and three months later in 1833 the British who never relinquished it's sovereignty sent a warship to the old French colony (Bought by Spain) in 1833 and expelled the Argentinian military (Without loss of life) who never returned from that date (Untill the illegal invasion in the 1980's), the Falkland islanders in the last election voted by over 99% to stay a Overseas Territory of the UK and is majorly self governing. Had the UK not blockaded the Spanish and French ships Argentina might not have secured its independence!?!

[@murkywaters5502]

Esas pobres almas jóvenes fallecieron a causa de la fallida dictadura de Galtieri. Una guerra sin sentido. Muy triste

[@danielpiedecasas1346]

It is important to mention that Buenos Aires city is an administrative district, the whole city is much bigger comprising a massive urban area with mor than 12 million of souls and functioning as one city in several aspects

[@fedeneder8622]

Minute 6:50 that is NOT the River Plate stadium, that is the Estudiantes de La Plata stadium "uno"

[@ameyakulkarni6493]

🇪🇨ECUADOR🇪🇨 🇵🇾PARAGUAY🇵🇾 🇺🇾URUGUAY🇺🇾 🇻🇪VENEZUELA🇻🇪

[@mvpeluffo]

Amazing country

[@iiREYteoii]

this guy really dropped the "you know argentina? name 3 cities" lol

[@ManuYoCom]

Lo lindo de ver estos videos hechos por gente de afuera es que te recuerdan lo hermoso que es este pais. Definitivamente el mejor pais del mundo LPM

[@jmjm1102013]

i would like to mention the boxer that had probably the best defense in history wich was also argentinian, and i'm talking about nicolino locche, whom literally stood still with both his hand in his back, and his oponentns still couldn't hit

[@P.PRODUCCIONES]

He's a legend

[@jessedavid5218]

The only three cities I know by memory are Buenos Aires (of course) Cordoba and Rosario. I have lots of Argentine friends but still don't know too much.

[@gmachi1983]

@countriesexplained great video. Besides the errors of a century, with constitution and desert campaign, the video is quite complete.

[@eyestoenvy]

Gorgeous country

[@agustinseas9595]

MUUCHAAAAACHOOOOOOOOOO⭐⭐⭐

[@Naifkopi]

As an argentinian, i confirm this video explains Argentina

[@pablosiles6885]

Good video, but you were badly mistaken at the years. At 9:38 you said that Buenos Aires separated at 1952, but at that year Argentina was a well established country. I guess you meant 1852. You were 100 years off in the next events you comented

[@melisol03]

Really nice video! I take the oportunity to say my opinion about our president's phrase "argentines are descended from the boats". That phrase made many people angry because he is not remembering all the people who has native tribes ancestors as mapuches or guaraníes (most recognizable examples). In that sentence he is denying half of our cultural wealth. Inmigrants are part of our country identity, of course, but they're not the whole population. We have to vindicate our native peoples, who were denied by colonization and continue to be demonized today.

[@Adventure_2nature]

I'm coming Argentina!

[@xshumbo942]

As an argentinian, I'd say that they nerfed us with the Cóndor plan.

[@reverfilms8723]

Great video, but at 09:38 I think you had a typo and add 100 years to every event! Example, it's 1852, not 1952. Great video though.

[@HIROSENNPAII]

Nice vid! You can have someone explaining Argentina to you for 10 years, and you would understand less and less actualy. You-can-not-explain-Argentina, period. You can only describe it. A short version is the most you can do. I enjoyed your work!

[@terapyagusarg]

Fun fact, Nahuelito is older than nessie

[@jamesrosemary2932]

I have to make a big correction. The Conquest of the Desert was not against the native peoples but to enforce Argentine sovereignty against cattle rustlers crossing the Andes Mountains. The absence of the State allowed Chileans, most of them of Mapuche ethnicity, hence the confusion about who the campaign was directed against, to cross into Argentine territory to steal cattle and sell them in the Pacific ports. In fact, the Argentine Army under the command of General Roca, who was charged with the task, recruited many native Tehuelches into its ranks who were also victims of the Mapuche marauders.

[@mharg6408]

And we must add the Frenchs, English and maybe anothers that desired the land.

[@JamesSmith-ui2hv]

Actually the Mapuches are not the first people or nation in Chile and they are not natives of Chile , they arrived from Argentina to Chile , they came from the south of Brazil , travelling along the pampas until they reached Chile , their last possible destination , they were an invader tribe

[@elchurcho2704]

​@@JamesSmith-ui2hvnot to mention that Mapuches where responsable for the genocide one of Argentina native cultures the Tehuelches.

[@Shifinline999]

​@@JamesSmith-ui2hvno, eran originarios del norte de chile, por que mentis?y si, eran invasores chilenos y los argentinos los regresamos de donde vinieron, de igual forma matamos a los indigenas autoctonos de aca.

[@Shifinline999]

Hicimos bien en desterrar a esos salvajes mapuches. Todo apunta que la patagonia chilena se independizara. Todo por tenerles piedad, mientras que del lado de argentina son inexistentes

[@leonardoblanco7955]

You got the dates VERY wrong... The country "united and disunited in 1852 (first constitution); Buenos Aires joined the Confederation in 1861; the Conquest of the Desert was in 1878.

[@karinamnz6604]

Great video except for the mistaken dates! Nevertheless... I encourage you to make the corresponding ammendments and keep it up!

[@andreapaolabaezpaz9733]

How can we fail??? Because we Argentinians CAN DO EVERYTHING WE WANT TO 😅(if we wouldn't make fun, we would die crying 😢... I love my country so much and feel so sorry about us....)

[@mingo7929]

You should do a video on Croatia. That would be very interesting!

[@CountriesExplained]

Absolutely will! 🙌🇭🇷

[@mingo7929]

@@CountriesExplained great!

[@ArielitoGD]

5 cities in argentina : La ciudad de buenos aires, La plata, Mar de ajó, Ushuaia and Las toninas.

[@user-rt1cp5ee5k]

Mar de ajo y las toninas no son ciudades, son parte de un partido (el partido de La Costa) que pertenece a la provincia de Buenos Aires

[@ArielitoGD]

@@user-rt1cp5ee5k Gracias por informar

[@murray9807]

6:50 That's the Estudiantes de La Plata stadium. How could have anyone made this mistake when looking the pictures up? River Plate's stadium is the Monumental wich is way bigger and circular.

[@facuariotti]

That good video! All the problems we have are political, as you saw. 11 presidents in just 6 years. It is incredible the amount of love we have for our country. I'm living in NYC rn, but my hearth is there.

[@murkywaters5502]

Hay muchos descendientes de italianos alrededor la ciudad de Nueva York. Sé que dijiste que dejaste tu corazón en Argentina, pero me pregunto si sientes parentesco en la ciudad de Nueva York. saludos, compa

[@TheSensei88]

I was expecting an explanation as to why, having this great place, we got this economy. Still nice video haha

[@IsmaelSantos-xv9qf]

The explanation as to why we have a shitty economy despite being a great place can be summed up in two words: Peron. Socialismo. Had that fascist and his totalitarian ideas been cast into the void and all the adherents purged until they were no more, Argentina would be a prosperous country. Same thing applies elsewhere really. Socialism is, in all it's forms, like cancer. Either you keep vigilance, detect early and purge ASAP, or you allow it to grow and fester until it kills the host.

[@thomasherrin6798]

Corruption!?!

[@pippo1734]

The image of Patagonia is actually Torres del Paine, Chile. The dates for civil war and unification are wrong by 100 years. Again, the image of the military coup is Chile outside the government palace (La Moneda).

[@antonius7851]

May I add, that there where also a fair amount of syrian (and arabic in general) people, I for example am a crossover from italians and said syrians.

[@microcolonel]

Argentina has a lot of what I love about Wyoming. :+ )

[@matiasdelfino7432]

as a fellow argentinian, i approve of this video, although it has a few innacuracies

[@lourdeslu4331]

The real reason why we failed: Operation Condor was a formal system to coordinate repression among the countries of the Southern Cone that operated from the mid-1970s until the early eighties. It aimed to persecute and eliminate political, social, trade-union and student activists from Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil.

[@mattpotter2560]

Deja de repetir estupideces porque Brasil tiene ciudades como Sao Paulo Brasilia y Río de Janeiro nosotros nos quedamos por la mitad y también Japón que fue enemiga y Corea del Sur si resurgieron la misma Irlanda y Australia no tiene sentido la estupidez que está diciendo y hasta Hong Kong

[@mattpotter2560]

Sí Manuel belgrano la Constitución de Washington y alberdi Sarmiento traía gente de Estados Unidos no sé que éramos o de la vieja nueva Inglaterra lo que trajeron Asia no fueron los ideólogos socialdemócrata que trajeron a los ideólogos de Mussolini Franco y Hitler sobre todo la comunidad alemana en Argentina y en Paraguay y en Chile hizo bastante daño

[@juancruzjimenez3461]

That's not true

[@mattpotter2560]

Mejor hace me pete

[@mattpotter2560]

@@juancruzjimenez3461 yo o la petera esa?

[@danielz2131]

In a word: Corruption. I watched the knock-on of affects of corruption in Danny Ortega's Nicaragua.

[@santiagoagudo960]

bro the "river plate" stadium you put is the independiente's stadium

[@dennis771]

They have a great soccer team and a beautiful language is all that matters lol

[@facundomolli3089]

futbol team

[@alavalle69]

5 Nobel prices, cientists, great music and Literature, tasteful food: we, as spaniards and italians, know how to enjoy life with 100% passion.

[@dennis771]

@@alavalle69 Haha funny. What’s that doing for your economy now?

[@alavalle69]

@@dennis771 1) Our economy is doing ok: economy and finance is not the same. 😀 2) The problem is politics: too many traitors to get id of. 3) Probably, after WWIII starting, lots of smart asses like you will beg us to receive them in our country. 😀

[@dennis771]

@@facundomolli3089 Soccer ⚽️ 😀

[@reunier1]

Tienen ue revisar las fechasde algunos acontecimientos históricos. Por ejemplo, las conquistas del sur, no fue en 1978, mas bien en el siglo 19.

[@SergioGW10]

Very good video, however you have left out one of the 7 wonders of the world "The iguazu falls" located in Misiones. Other than that very entertaining video, greetings.

[@Ni7ram]

pero si aparece varias veces