Why Is Venezuela About to Attack Guyana?

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[@redbeard5939]

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[@CatFish107]

Mmmmmm, tasty ambulance exhaust. Slimy sponsorships

[@Crimsonier]

I'm lying prone on my couch, unable to do anything from lack of ambition and general laziness I wonder if they can help XD

[@CatFish107]

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[@arfazhxss]

Why aren't you talking about Palestine?

[@TheRafaelRamos]

As a Venezuelan, thank you very much for explaining this complex issue. I didn't vote on this and the majority of people also didn't, this is an absolute fraud and a bluff from the Venezuelan government. If anything happens (which I doubt) I hope Venezuela loses because that would accelerate Maduro's downfall. I do not want any war or conflict in the region and this government does not represent me at all. Let peace reign over everything 🕊☮

[@rincontibio7664]

is a strange position to be, we can lose Esequibo permanently but we can also see Maduro and his government gone, is this what people calls a Dilemma

[@Brandon_Brando]

Hope you stay safe over there

[@isaiahhope5560]

Most Guyanese are skilled in the art of bullshit. I promise you we can see that that vote was not the will of the people.

[@lowKut]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@promethiumfire6009]

As a Guyanese I love my Venezuelan friends too much , love your culture and people of course no like any war

[@shanilbahadur7546]

As a Guyanese, I appreciate this.

[@MegaFarah78]

Long live Venezuela

[@shanilbahadur7546]

@@MegaFarah78 Many Venezuelans fled to Guyana when the country was collapsing.

[@MegaFarah78]

@@shanilbahadur7546 yeah they allot Venezuela are living inside they country

[@ANUBISseyes2]

@@MegaFarah78that’s not gonna happen if they continue what they are doing right now

[@MegaFarah78]

@@ANUBISseyes2 Guyana leader is A puppet for exxonmobil aka Us empire

[@kiravatheargonian]

Venezuela has quite literally became the world's first *GAMER REPUBLIC*

[@pauldjdundas]

😂🎉

[@disyokerr]

Biside all trash , killer, narco, krapp Maduro and company ARE no Doubt, the esequio Guayana no GUyana GUAyana ends at Eseuibo River. and GUyana Birtish start from half of the river to east .Thats it and Thats ALL> British are the only invaders. Maduro sucks andall that I agree. I am peruvian, I know exatcly how the history, the real one Happens , since Bolivar , San MArtin and the hate between Brits and Spaniars since 1492. The only invaders there are ENGLAND>

[@gamingforever9121]

Gamers rise up! ✊🏽 😂😂

[@spiritfox4098]

Honestly I love that you brought up Runescape and the Venezuelan gold farmers. It's sad but yeah them putting in 8hrs a day nets them a living wage even with the constant sweeps and bans for RWT. Of course there's an entire history with this gold farming and how plenty of places took advantage of them. Along with them initially being hired out as muscle for clans to protect the Revenant caves across multiple worlds, only for them to band together and take over themselves, turning to gold farming, etc.

[@shadowofhawk55]

I fucking love this story!

[@NP3GA]

Rune scape politics, that's something I didn't expect to see

[@TheForeignGamer]

​It's wild to me to think how Venezuela's modern history/economy is almost inextricably linked to RuneScape's, seemingly by pure accident. I can't think of another example of such a thing happening in our world.

[@joshuakruger9455]

There's also the Commonwealth. While there's no formal military treaty, most of the Commonwealth will generally come to the aid of another former British colony.

[@prestonjones1653]

For the King!

[@glubes]

Is it Commonwealth a sort of nato ?

[@joshuakruger9455]

@@glubes sort of... It's not as formal and there's no hard requirements to participate in a given conflict. It's more along the lines of a gentleman's agreement between former British colonies (not including the US) of mutual support, aid, trade preference, and protection. We often harmonize laws and regulations to facilitate mutual trade and easy travel between Commonwealth nations and commit military support in times of conflict. It's a bit like a family. We might pick on each other a bit, but if an outsider tries it, you've suddenly got a much bigger fight than you thought you were picking.

[@glubes]

@@joshuakruger9455 thanks for the explanation

[@NikoBuraitoPinku2024]

@@joshuakruger9455 Qué extraña familia donde la mayoría fueron saqueados, humillados, y segregados racialmente por su país colonizador U.K, porque existe la commonwealth siendo que U.K es un país racista en su mayoría, que no ha pedido nisquiera un simple perdón a sus excolonias que dejó en la absoluta miseria como la India y Bangladesh, no le veo sentido considerar "familia" a una comunidad donde el país que los asesinó de forma masiva y los ve como infrahumanos a los nativos no blancos de sus excolonias, es un milagro que exista esa mancocomunidad tan humillante, por qué no mejor vetan a U.K, quizás ahí si sería familia sin ese monstruo. 🤔

[@penguinsrockrgr8yt216]

“Our population is starving, our economy is nearly nonexistent, our military is a complete joke, and we are sitting on a massive pile of unrefinable oil since nobody wants to import the necessary chemicals to refine it. You know what would make this situation better? MORE BLOOD OIL!”

[@benjaminloyd6056]

War distracts people from their government's failures. Probably part of why the USA has been in war for most of it's history, that and fueling the Military Industrial Complex. The ol' Arsenal of Democracy, doncha know.

[@rajendrapremanand1387]

I am Guyanese and very happy that your covering our country’s issue. I’ve been watching ur videos for a while now

[@vGalaxy1401]

I wish you and your country luck my friend

[@kyloben8537]

may your country stand strong.

[@marcello1099]

As a Venezuelan, the history provided for the socialist/communist regime was delivered perfectly. Impressive work and thanks for sharing factual information.

[@vGalaxy1401]

I wish you and your country luck on turning around the inflation and economy my friend

[@beejcarson]

I guess America is about to militarily support our long time friends in Guyana.

[@ObiwanNekody]

That oil needs freedom!

[@gamingforever9121]

@@ObiwanNekodyFREEDOM!

[@HortonSalm]

At least this one is on our side of the world?

[@PSNPerfectNinja]

@@HortonSalm No, it's on the south side. We're on the north side

[@R6-kc4jx]

I love real-time history

[@historyofeverythingpodcast]

So do I until it’s no longer fun

[@mursac1959]

"May you live in interesting times", is not a blessing...

[@badluck5647]

I think that is called "news"

[@R6-kc4jx]

@@badluck5647 you're so smart!

[@LG23-ho3zk]

Me watching this to impress that one friend who wants to learn about politics who thinks I know a lot about it but I just watch stak

[@historyofeverythingpodcast]

I am honored by the thought

[@user-qd4td7yb8e]

​​@@historyofeverythingpodcast Misogynist piglet driveler. Stop making it HIStory when Her story is equally important! You need to give half of the airtime to Miss ,Venezoohella or you shall be forsooth reported to the agency of criminal affairs in Jewtube's San Bruno valley HQ, mister!

[@Fly-the-Light]

Hey, you're doing the research; after enough time you will know a lot

[@neilblair3264]

That transition to the sponsor was perfectly executed.

[@BanditNation602]

I never expected to see a Morgan & Morgan ad on youtube lol

[@prestonjones1653]

​@@BanditNation602 It's the only place I've seen their ads.

[@JingleJangle256]

So much about this situation reminds me of the Gulf War. A reeling dictatorship looking to gain greater access to the oil market by invading a smaller neighbor and annexing it’s territory.

[@CharliMorganMusic]

I'm thinking the same thing. Where you at, America? 🇺🇸🛢️🦅

[@MrFro89]

Venezuela already has the biggest oil reserves in the world, just sitting there unused. The Venezuelan dictatorship is not looking for oil, they don't need it. Right now, it looks like it's looking for a war, but there's an infinite amount of possibilities as to what exactly they're looking for. It could even be simply related to the upcoming presidential elections, without any war ever happening. It's just clearly NOT about access to oil. (if you don't believe me, look up the current state of Venezuelan oil refineries and extraction plants. They have ran the oil industry to the ground.)

[@pedrocoentro2009]

Maybe to help Russia. Diverting more arms and resources from Ukraine and Maybe even rising oil prices....

[@nate8932]

Saddam didnt need oil lol, but he still went for it

[@ObiwanNekody]

Oil needs freedom.

[@lowKut]

So many Venezuelans are running away from their country to Guyana and other neighboring countries. Their government is a complete disaster the Venezuelan government should focus their energy on bettering their current land rather than fighting for more that doesn't belong to them. One Love to Guyana. 🇬🇾🇬🇾

[@inebriatedfowl3197]

And who sre you to decide to whom the land belongs to?

[@MrFro89]

That government won't do anything that actually betters Venezuela, sadly. I don't even think they'd be willing to go to that war.

[@geanmcristofano]

that land doesn't belong to guyana neither until we set it up in a diplomatic way my guy, the ginebra treatment was made for a reason all because of the same people who got buyed by the UK mentioned it was a fraud and also the SAME UK declared as well that the paris laud was a fraud so.... until this case of esequibo is set up that land does not belongs to nobody and neither venezuela nor guyana can exploit their resources but as my future president maria corina machado said to your president "do not mistake the venezuelan people will in the third of december act, because that act was against maduro, venezuela knows that this land belong to US and we will recover it soon hopefully in good terms my guy i dont want a bloodshet but if it is necessary.... lets hope it is quick

[@pauldjdundas]

I love the Spanish girls

[@disyokerr]

Tha reality does not chanche that esequibo GUAYANA ends at esequibo river west and britis Guyana Start at half of that river to EAST! and you know thatperfectly.

[@PapiJack]

Just a small correction. When the country was founded it was called the Republic of Venezuela. The whole "Bolivarian" thing was added in the late 90's by the current regime. They also added an extra star in the flag (from 7 to 8) just because they wanted to be cute or something...

[@jasonirwin4631]

The US should do the same thing. We could become the united Washingtonion States of America UWAS for short.

[@luckyonos13]

Dude. You would have been my favorite college history professor. I would have loved to hear you teach the history of the world. I really enjoy these videos. Keep it up!

[@RTBird2]

Sponsored by Morgan & Morgan. Did not see that coming. Great video and thanks for the info. Much appreciated.

[@historyofeverythingpodcast]

Geopolitics really is one giant accident waiting to happen after all

[@RTBird2]

@@historyofeverythingpodcast hahahaha good one.

[@davidfryman2173]

My neighbors growing up in Rural Arkansas were Guyanese Indians, they run a food truck. You should talk about how the Marshallese Queen lives in Northwest Arkansas

[@tomsonlarrson3318]

I remember finding out the decline of Venezuela was happening because in 2013-14 Venezuelans were playing and farming RuneScape, because at one point the in game gold actually had more value than the bolivar. They would farm high value locations in massive clans and sell the gold to blackmarket gold trading websites, since real world trading is not allowed. As I am typing this the video just got to that point. I remember having to deal with them in the revenant caves. You could make like 3-4 dollars a day per account so they just played multiple accounts at once e and do nothing else but that.

[@Zacarias_Blanco_delaBarra]

Honestly although the oil is a reason, I just think it’s not coincidence these many wars have popped off simultaneously.. they are trying to stretch the US and it’s allies thin

[@eliascampbell9281]

Who is they?

[@carlsoll]

⁠@@eliascampbell9281BRICS maybe OPEC Idk

[@DaGhost52]

​@eliascampbell9281 imo I'd say opec or Russia

[@reeyees50]

Minerals

[@markstott6689]

Russia and China mainly. A busy US means a distracted US. A distracted US is easier to circumvent.

[@barriewright2857]

Your explanation and historical information and context of the situation, is brilliant 👏🏿.

[@atrumluminarium]

Thank you for including Runescape this time. It's such a fascinating economic quirk where a real and fictional economies end up so coupled together

[@everwinter9795]

A very interesting topic, thank you for bringing it up

[@YannaTarassi]

Well organized and informative as always, Sir

[@mollysheridan7134]

Thanks for succinctly explaining this complicated situation. I enjoy your unbiased presentation

[@LunaticTheCat]

Perun just relaesed an excellent analysis on the situation that I highly recommend to anyone watching this.

[@Mike-ys4sr2023]

Thanks again for your great updates on Venezuela and Guyana disputed area of Essequibo

[@joestutzman4519]

Great job, loved the level of detail!

[@georgeesteve1601]

This clear explanation is priceless. Thank you. !

[@yourneighborhoodxenos]

For half a second, before he finished the sentence "in 2019, 54% of all transactions in Venezuela were not in the Bolivar but in..." I thought he was gonna finish with Runescape Gold or something wild 💀 I remember hearing about the Runescape economy crash in a prior video about Venezuela's issues. Insane.

[@Rhbrehaut]

At this point to maintain my sanity with world and local events I’ve just retreated into apathy

[@mrjones2721]

Same. Unless I can do something about it, news is basically just entertainment for me. It’s not where I wanted to be, but here we are.

[@user-qd4td7yb8e]

If you had apathy, you wouldn't be commenting.

[@carlettejohnson9253]

Thanks for the upload.

[@elizabethleon2409]

Excellent documentary!!

[@funkyfemsel2112]

Love the episode!❤❤

[@Andy_Babb]

I love the range of topics on this channel

[@Dranzel]

Amazing video very well explained

[@maxmillianwiegel1643]

Desert storm 2: jungle boogaloo.

[@fabriziocossio]

19:13 It was to the point that there was a war between one of the biggest clans in runescape and the entire Venezuelan playerbase over territory for mining and farming It quite the facinating tale tbh

[@kinman3051]

Runescape being a clutch for a country is not something I expected

[@MisterQueeb]

Great video thx

[@felixvenne-deshaies2926]

Very informative. Many thanks

[@romeshramlall7860]

As a Guyanese, thank you for covering this .

[@nickholk3379]

Love your channel.

[@danielbrenner7922]

As a Brazilian I was quite surprised by our president siding with Guyana, as he is a long term friend of Maduro and was with Chavez. But then and again Brazil always prefers to avoid conflict and keep things as is.

[@jeanbastien9424]

No matter how good of a friend you are, you cannot let a foreign army enter your country to get to another one. Also, as Brazil continues to develop economically, war on their border could ruin their progress. Avoiding war means siding with Guyana.

[@007mooo6]

Becuase Brazil could risk its territory being stolen as well

[@prestonjones1653]

Brazil doesn't want to become a much bigger Belgium.

[@KhajiitKharjo]

That was quite obvious to be honest, Lula nor the brazilians want any war, especially in their borders. Also, Brazil is kinda diplomatic titan, that likes to being neutral as much as possible (i'm talking about military alliances, not trade rights, like they've done in BRICS). Plus a war in the borders would end in a victory for Brazil, but would damage brazilian economy deeply, war is quite expensive.

[@estebanhughell709]

I remember watching the Guyanese "airforce" while taking classes at a karate dojo across the street. This was back in 2001 i hope Guyana gets a lot better.

[@abbynormall207]

Morgan and Morgan some of the best ambulance chasers out there. Also one of the reasons insurance fees are so high. Thank you ambulance chasers!

[@rileymosman2808]

Yeah Venny's are oft mentioned in the Old School Runescape community. There are even gangs or cartels of Venezualans running high-risk high-reward areas. One example is the Revenant Caves which is an activity in a PvP area in which huge Venezualan clans run a protection racket. There was even a war between rival Venezualan clans in this area which makes sense because protecting players in this area was lucrative, consistent and something that could conceivably be done on an alternate account (i.e. they could be a bodyguard on one screen while making more money on another).

[@edgy_username]

Im so glad you mentioned Runescape. NPR did a really intriguing interview on it if anyone wants to dive more into it, good place to start.

[@spiritfox4098]

Honestly FlippingOldSchool, Crumb, and Sirpugger all put out some decent videos on their gold farming operations too.

[@ithielpitt7525]

Damn that runescape trick is downright brilliant 😂

[@carlosbarrios-cabu]

There is not war or possible war, in the near future or probably ever. . Every decadent dictator in Venezuela history has played the "Guyana" card and we all know the end. Thank you very much for explaining this issue, good job!

[@mercator79]

is it me or are we living in hearts of iron IRL. Guyana is the new Kuwait, and Venezuela is the new Iraq. Fun times.

[@williamfreigang9072]

Fantastic video, love the stuff for sure. But the very last thing I was expecting was a sponsorship from law firm, threw me for a loop

[@angrybigfoot752]

I love you brought up the runescape black market

[@captainfoxythepiratefox8874]

I do think Guyana has a few big advantages against Venezuela. Jungles are as stated impossible to navigate via heavy vehicles, only 3 points for invasion but only one is viable but will be heavily defended while the two would be blocked by other powers, allies like Brazil and US and possible more allies if war breaks out. Now yes Venezuela has air power, idk what kind of Russian aircraft they have so I'll study more and determine their capabilities. Air warfare is my bread and butter. If the Venezuela does invade (and if their commanders are competent) they'll try to establish air supremacy while doing CAS for infantry. That being said if the US gets involved (which we might because oil lol) whatever cold war birds that Venezuela will send would face the 100mi+ death sticks from the USN. As for numbers game yes in theory Venezuela will win. But this is real life. You could have everything yet still lose. Like Russia Vs Ukraine or Israel Vs the Middle East. All it comes down to is luck and having good generals. Also good allies. Final part is allies. Since no one but Russia supports Venezuela if they try to invade it would be the same as kicking a hornet's nest. You would basically be asking for death even if you win. Hopefully this war doesn't happen. But given as you stated about rash decisions it might happen. The one thing i worry about is Guyana's other neighbors who are in dispute over who owns what. They might take Venezuela side and invade forcing a 2 front war. Perfect opportunity. That's all I'll say for now. Might respond when i researched the aircraft Venezuela owns. Love your videos and hope your channel continues to grow.

[@captainfoxythepiratefox8874]

It feels weird to reply but after studying a bit, tho it comes from wiki so take it with a grain of salt. Venezuela has a pretty sizeable air force, 183 birds in total, the two I'm worried about the most is 20 SU-30MK2s and 22 F-16A/Bs. Now my knowledge of Russian aircraft are limited but the SU-30s are multi-role....meaning it can preform Air to air and Ground attacks. The F-16s can also tho it's the A models so very limited. Also worried is the amount of transport birds both fixed and rotary. You wouldn't need to cross jungles you could use helicopters and transports to air drop if the Venezuelans have paratroopers. This is gonna be a pain in Guyana side given you can air drop from behind and hit them in different directions. I thought they only had really old and bad birds, which I hate to say due to my love with aviation. So quite possible that they are more capable than I thought. Thing is even with all that if they use it badly it wouldn't matter. Still a concern if this war happens.

[@ataakhan8432]

Ultimately aviation in a rainforest is hard and i would think it would even more so with lives on board. However Guyana isn't exactly defenceless rn since US Southern Command is rn patrolling and monitoring Guy Air Space. Also only other border dispute is with Suriname, and they are an active member of caricom among other organisations mutually with Guyana... Atm likelihood of this is very low as yes it is taught in Suri schools as well it isn't atm being drummed up and this controversy doesn't have that level of patriotic desire esp when compared to vene

[@captainfoxythepiratefox8874]

@@ataakhan8432 thanks for clearing those up, yeah aviation in jungle warfare are a pain and idk if Venezuela has any abilities to make LZs like we did in Vietnam. If they do then it's "easier" but still a pain since you can hide AA systems and wait for birds passing through basically ambushing them. Which idk if Guyana has AA guns, I mean a RPG while not made for it can be used as AA. So can machine guns. Will it be effective? Maybe for helicopters and unlucky jets going low but other than that. The air warfare would be in Venezuela favor unless the US gets involved by sending Air Defense systems or birds but time will tell, I do know if they move a carrier there then Venezuela is about to feel it since the early F-16s only could carry AIM-7s and are limited by outdated radars that couldn't do BVR iirc. The SU-30s might be better but still 1980s tech isn't gonna have fun with F-35s or F-18s lol.

[@nicholailatchana339]

There are 2 things you can base a possible defense of Guyana. 1 is the vietnam war, hellish jungle which is nearly impossible to pierce, the second is the Ukraine war, where it is proved that highly motivated and internationally support countries can defend and even push back their aggressors.

[@nicholailatchana339]

@@captainfoxythepiratefox8874 Guyana does not have any AA guns (coming from someone who lives there) I would like to state that it does have a few bell helicopters even though one crashed a few days ago

[@sebastianrochefort6763]

Thank you, this has bought me a bit up to speed

[@nonya9120]

Great vid..

[@timgale8824]

Thank you sir.

[@richardcheese5091]

Given how big Stak has gotten, it would be very funny if President Ifraan sought out an interview with him. It would reach a much different audience then regular news sources.

[@MichaelLewis-fx8eq]

Do Ethiopia and Eritrea next please. There has been a build-up of Ethiopian troops on the Eritrean border over the last few weeks and some people seem to think that the situation might escalate really quickly.

[@chany9313]

Thanks ❤🇬🇾

[@RPGirlZera]

I would actually love to see a podcast on The Yellow Emperor. While he is considered a myth I wonder who really inspired this Chinese legend. Or maybe a podcast on the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, where the legend stems from.

[@eyasjas8098]

I saw that coming ages ago, It is in their focus tree path!

[@gabeflame7803]

Love the video, glad other people are learning about this. Bolivar (in an American accent) sounds like “boliv-are” not “boliv-air”, cause it’s closer to the right way to say it. Venezuela (in an American accent) sounds more like “Venez-well-a” not “Venez-whale-a”

[@leserb9228]

Thank you for this Video Stakuyi. As a Serbian, i cam empathise with Venezuelans when it comes to the majority losing the elections due to corruption. We just had parliamentary and municipal elections yesterday, and again, the Vučić government won, even when most people didn't actually vote for them. How do i know? People who were counting the votes said so on some social media apps like Twitter, while Vučić was twisting the votes into his favour on the news. I hope nothing comes out of Modero's threats of war, as the tensions in the world are already high enough, and we dont need more war. Especially since my own country can erupt into war with the breakaways down south at any time. Good luck to the people of both Venezuela and Guyana, hope it gets better!

[@snpr1022]

Communisim stikes agian!😮

[@thevillager8339]

I remember either Lazarbeam or one of the hoi4 gamers joking that the AI wasn't AI, but rather Venezuelan children. Now i know why

[@nicholassano2854]

Normally I don't like creators using ads but this one I'm behind since I too have used Morgan and Morgan and am in middle of a Social security review with Morgan and Morgan as my law firm who represents me. Weird *** thing to plug but ya there good responsive and skilled.

[@LordDarthHarry]

About that cruise ship incident. The ship was designed to be able to sail in the Arctic so it had an ice breaker on it's prow underneath the water line. It essentially had a battering ram. and the Venezuelan patrol ship tried to block their path.

[@salveritual]

lol, I was playing os runescape with this in the background. Was not ready to it referenced in a video about the economic/political situation in Venezuela

[@JourneyWithJazz-]

Wow‼️‼️‼️ excellent excellent video and factual information🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

[@andersonbin265]

“Fatual” ? As a Guyanese myself many things are off like our population demographics.

[@bigsur1355]

No one is attacking anyone. MADuro skuunttttt

[@thevikingbear2343]

As a Venezuelan I am adding some stuff to the video: 1. Venezuela changed its name several times. Its been called "United States of Venezuela", "Federation of Venezuela", "Republic of Venezuela" and the current name "Bolivarian Republic of Benezuela" only came to be when Chavez chanhed the constitution in 1999. 2- Santeria hides an African Politheistic Religion under a Christian diaguise. This was needed because slave owners forbade any other religion, so the slaves hid a piece of paper with the name of their different Gods (called Oriahas) inside the ceramic statues of several Catholic Saints. For example St. Barbara in Santeria is Obatala, the king of their pantheon, and many Venezuelan Catholic festivities are really Santeira Based. The Day of St. Barbara is huge in Venezuela because of this reason. If you see a statue of St Barbara, most likely it is Obatala and not the original Saint they are worshiping. 3. Venezurlan Maps taught in schools have shown the Ezequibo as part of Venezuela for the longest time. It shows them as Zone in Reclamation, and shows Guyana as the rest of that county. I'm 37 years old and I had never seen a map of Venezuela without the Ezequibo until Google Maps was invented. You go ask any Venezuelan what shape Venezuela resembles and all of them will say it is an elefant. Very hard being an elefant without its back legs. This denying of History has been the State position long before Chavez came to power. I agree though this is a political smoke screen by Maduro to rekingle that old issue just to get the oil and, more importantly, the infraesteucture.

[@danielhatcher9840]

Operation Tropic Thunder, here we come!!

[@Aredel]

This time, the trees are speaking Hillbilly!

[@nicolasde9949]

"it did change .... it got worst"

[@andylee3784]

spanish people came on ships they were not here before the amerindians that was living here it belongs to them and guyana

[@theshlauf]

8:09 - That AI image is hilarious! So many creepy faces, distorted hats and men in dresses.

[@fbalter]

Point of order: There are *no* roads that go through Essequibo, at least coming from Venezuela. The only road connection between the two countries in through Brazil. It's around some 200km of dense jungle at the shortest between any real road in the Venezuela-Guyana border. Maybe a bit less if you count some stuff on aerial view that might be some very small rivers or might be some very barebones dirt roads, but even then, still some 100km of very dense jungle. There is one major river that looks pretty navigable, the Cuyuni River, but that's about it for a direct non-sea route between the two.

[@jeffbenton6183]

If Putin is even a little bit behind this, then that could be a severe miscalculation for him. India and China support Guyana (especially India). From a strictly RealPolitik perspective, the US decision to - say for instance - send just one carrier to the region to defuse the situation (or actually *use* said carrier in the event an invasion actually takes place) would probably actually *help* Ukraine. For one, it would dispel the myth in the US that aiding Ukraine is hurting the US' ability to respond to other crises (just one Carrier Strike Group would completely overwhelm Venezuela's miltary). More importantly, it would probably lead to India viewing the US slightly more favorably than they do now, and Russia less favorably. Since India's neutrality has been crucial to Putin during the larger war, that's really bad news for him. Furthermore, even China might consider that to be a positive use of the US' role as guaranteer of global security (though there is no way they'd publicly admit to that). Obviously, it wouldn't cause all World events completely go in Washington's and Kyiv's way, but it would be a small boost to the US Navy's international and domestic prestige and an embarrassment to isolationist politicians in the US.

[@valmikiramani580]

Keep abreast with Guyana's situation.

[@PatrickNthedesert]

At 13:40 wasn’t that F Murray Abrahams character from AL Pacino’s movie Scarface ?

[@imranharripersaud5813]

Watching from Guyana 🇬🇾 🇬🇾 🇬🇾

[@dannydacheedo1592]

5:25 damn, look at that tiny arrow going to the US

[@OfficerCharon]

Looking like a good time to invest in Security Contracting...

[@Zefurion1988]

Operation Jungle storm when?

[@SA-xf1eb]

These ambulance chasing lawyer advertisements make your car insurance rates go up. Literally costs you more money.

[@swimscape2499]

Oo! Oo! Ethiopia and Eritrea next!

[@Revole.]

Never thought I'd be talking about my experiences in history as a...well, a Runescape player. But I've played since 2006 and I remember the effects in-game of not just the Venezuelan players but also the blackouts. The prices of in-game items, especially consumable resources that nobody else wanted to spend hours farming, would skyrocket during the decline in the playerbase. I became friends with one of the gold farmers when they started to become known among us "normal" players, and I picked up enough Spanish from talking to him to converse with other farmers. I came to learn that they were fathers, mothers, children, really anyone that with access to a computer and a mouse. They were essentially clocking in to work fishing (pixel) sharks, while I was getting home from school and blowing off steam in the same game. In college my history professor thought my proposal for a study on the in game and real world economics of Runescape was bonkers at first. 6+ years later and he still uses my Power Point presentation to teach about the effects of video game economies on real world economies and vice versa. Cheers from us Runescape players. We hope for peace and prosperity in Venezuela and Guyana 🕊

[@MrBerg4ever]

Venezuelan women are absolutely gorgeous. Yes, I'm fully aware that statement has nothing to do with the video♥️🇻🇪

[@namelesssomebody2557]

"The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions." ~ Robert Wilson Lynd

[@dropbear8579]

Venezuela v Exxon lets go!

[@ithielpitt7525]

Well this is interesting

[@Mortiel]

Slight tangent from this very good video: Ah, yes, "indentured servitude", where British Empire would "arrest" (read: kidnap) dissidents from Ireland by the thousands and ship them to British territories (e.g. Australia) as "indentured servants" to "pay for the trip", and then included "room and board fees" (read: imprisonment) on that contract at a rate that would ensure the "servant" never lost that "indentured" status. It was literally slavery. Full stop.

[@PanzerkomandantFencer]

26:22 we cant entirely blame it on the Venezuelan ship tho, the poor thing rammed into a **German** ship

[@clerns]

If I had to take a wild guess without having watched the video yet it's oil with a pretty decent chance of behind the scenes Putin shenanigans. It's not a subject I know much about though so I'll be very interested to learn some background info.

[@Odinson224]

Pretty spot on.

[@Davitofrito]

How is Putin responsible for Venezuela mismanagement? Russia is an absolute paradise compared to Venezuela. They have managed their country from the 00s onward to actually improve lives. It's like people saying the CIA is behind everything that happens in the world.

[@scottowensbyable]

I recently watched a commentary suggest that uranium was in Guyana. If uranium is there, that raises many questions about Maduros' true intent.

[@MattttG3]

24:24 that’s easily explainable though , it is completely different to have to go and vote between two different candidates than to go and vote on the potential near-term policies from the political candidate that won and is their president .

[@MattttG3]

*he arguably won and still is in charge either way so he “won” 😆

[@ObiwanNekody]

As an American I can say that that oil needs freedom and protecting its freedom is an American intervention wetdream.

[@bandanacompanion8862]

You guys ever hear about a game called mercenaries 2.

[@McEldercraftHD]

Sorry if this is a dump question, but why are The US Not in The Top 10 oil Nations? I mean during WW2 they had mad amounts of oil but now they arent Even in The Top 10? Had they used up Most of their oil reserves or have there been much much much more oil been discovered everywhere Else that they Look Like Germany during WW2 now?

[@royrogers3133]

Video starts at 20:30