As a Salvadoran , I’m all too familiar with the situation that Ecuador is going through , but our country completely changed things around in less than 5 years and have gone from being the murder capital of the world to the second safest country in the Americas . So if we could do it , Ecuador certainly can . Their president already has implemented similar strategies that our president has done . I hope Ecuador can turn things around 🇪🇨🇸🇻
@@pepino7042 Dece la verdad. El Salvador fue la capital de homicidios y en el mundo..pero ahora es el más pacifico. Su Maras(pandillas) eran un cáncer in EEUU y toda centro America. Ecuador nunca a conocido violencia hasta ahorita porqué tiene un gobierno pasivo
La situación del Salvador es muy diferente a la del Ecuador en Ecuador funcionan no solamente dos pandillas como en El Salvador si no funcionan 2040 pandillas todas potencialmente peligrosas que trafican drogas y armas son pandillas ya multinacionales inclusive que operan en países vecinos e incluso en Europa Estados Unidos se asocian a mafias grandes como el albanesa la libanesa mafias en México etcétera no es tan fácil como dice bukele coger cortarle la comida encerrarlos y listo no acá es un tema mucho más complejo
As a person that works in tourism in Ecuador, this has been devastating. So, this should be the country’s new slogan: “Visit the Galápagos Islands, Andes and the Amazon… DON’T VISIT THe COAST!”
Bro, the sierra region is marginally better than the coast BE VERY CAREFUL IF YOU WANDER OFF IN CITIES LIKE QUITO AND CUENCA. Sincerely, a born and raised Ecuadorian.
@@georgiam7160 I would honestly say that any beach localities are 100% not safe at the moment, that’s spanning from Esmeraldas to the north to El apto in the south, just avoid it altogether!
@@Fr4ncM I actually think it hasn’t been that bad here, I live in Quito, and security measures have been beefed up a lot especially in the bud stations. But yeah, don’t stray off the path on any major city here!
My family is from Guayaquil and Manta. I can confirm, Ecuador is safe enough as long as you don’t visit the coast. Some really vicious psychopathic violence going on there.
@@AlexBrown230 Thats what ecuador is doing... El Salvador just had poor street gangs while Ecuador has armed cartel getting support from cartels in closeby countries. Ecuador is way more important for cartels than El Salvador.
Lived there for 2 years and loved it. Was a beautiful country, filled with great people. I'm so sad to see what it's become and can only hope it recovers
Hey Simon, I’m Ecuadorian, and it’s nice to see interest in our situation! The video’s neat but you really reduced Correa’s role in the country getting to where it is right now. Correa’s currently a wanted criminal in the country, and he fled to Belgium. The reason why is that evidence was discovered that his campaign was financed by FARC. Part of the deal he had was he would remove US military bases which kept drug trade at bay. He also gave heavy protection to foreign criminals, including making it illegal to check for judicial history upon entry to the country, and making it illegal to show criminal faces publicly (on TV, the news, etc.). The guy rewrote the constitution twice and stayed in power for a total of 10 years, as opposed to the legal 8. Part of the reason it’s been so hard to turn things around is because since he’s left, the parliament still belongs to his party, which backs Correa and his policies, so any attempt to go back to something like the old system is shut down.
exacto, le faltó mencionar esto. lo de desmantelar la base gringa en Manta , todavía no entiendo cómo es que no nos dimos cuenta ya en ese momento que el man era vendido a los narcos...
You are a looser., man . Don't lie. The Liberalismo destroyed Ecuador; from Moreno , Lasso and Noboa. I hope Luisa wins and calm return to this beautiful country. Say NO to drugs, man. It damages your brains 🧠 .
I was in Ecuador in…. 2005? 4 or 5. Can’t remember. Flew into Quito and it was my favorite city I visited in a 6 month tour of south America. Fantastic place, clean (clean for anywhere, absolutely stunning for South America) great cafes, lots to see…. It was wonderful. Then I took a bus to Esmeraldas. I got off the bus, looked around and beat feet. The place looked like beruit, bullet marks in most walls and sketchy looking people everywhere. The rest of the country that I saw was great, but the north coast even then was probably the least safe place I visited in the half year I spent in SA on that trip. And I spent a couple months in Colombia.
Esmeraldas was one of the first free black settlements in the entire Americas but has been neglected by leadership in every era. As a result, they’re the most impoverished province in Ecuador as well as the poorest educated and most crime-filled. No excuses, Ecuador needs to clean shop there and start over.
Thank you for bringing more information about this to the world, as an Ecuadorian I really want people to know more about what is going on here, you need to be on the lookout and learn from our mistakes to avoid these kinds of events from happening wherever you live.
I don't care about the presidential election as much as I do this, but the election can also help shape the future outcome of these events. But until one of them can tell me a plan of action for the shit going on outside, idc.
I think I like Casual Criminalist a tiny bit more (usually, the case has been solved so you can leave with a feeling of "justice served", lol). But this too is becoming a favorite for me.
@brotherjey That's how you get blindsided by entirely predictable crises and how American foreign policy winds up fucking over its southern neighbours a lot of the time. The USA does not exist in a vacuum entirely unaffected by what goes on in the rest of the world, and it's also not the centre of the universe. Important shit does happen elsewhere in the world.
@@Jey0Why Bet a lot of americans only learned the names "iraq" and "afghanistan" only after your soldiers started dropping dead over there. seeing a pattern here...
1:20 - Chapter 1 - World on fire 5:40 - Chapter 2 - Paradise, lost 10:20 - Chapter 3 - White gold 13:55 - Chapter 4 - Gang warfare 16:45 - Chapter 5 - Theory of victory
I'm an Ecuadorian, who happens to be living abroad. I've followed and enjoyed this and other of Simon's channels for some time. I must say this is by far the best explanation video in English that I've found about what's happening back in Ecuador. Definitely sharing to my English speaking friends. I highly appreciate the effort put in making this video alongside the thoughts and prayers! The only thing to improve (as always) is Simon butchering the pronunciation of non english names and places haha
Watching this after Ecuador invaded the Mexican embassy. Would love to see a full-length video with an update on the situation from this incredible channel! Love the videos.
Video gave me chills. I’ve lived in Colombia and seen the knock off effects of drug trafficking. It’s horrible to hear what’s happening to the Ecuadorian people 😢
They're aware that people are looking to torture these people into a nervous breakdown, it's gotten so bad that people are taking their anger on the parents of the delinquents, it's very brutal
@@heybeter9505 That's good maybe they'll turn them in, put pressure on them. By any means necessary, you cannot use half measures. There are no innocents. if they hide/protect them they are accomplices and guilty.
As someone who lived in Ecuador during the past year I really want nothing else but peace for the people living there. It’s been a great time and I’m planning on returning soon, but seeing what’s going on is a shame.
Man, this is my daily go-to channel! I love the coverage, which prompts me to dive further into the subject. Keep up the good work!! 21 minutes of valuable information
I don’t know what’s more insane, doing something sadistic just because your are a sadist or doing something sadistic because you know it will bring you power by striking fear into others
Just some corrections: gangs in El Salvador DID profit from drug trafficking, in fact, they monopolized it, meaning they would kill anybody who sold drugs not on their behalf. Also they were more numerous than Ecuadors gangs, around 85 000 strong, specially when you consider the per capita ratio of gang members to citizens
Thank you for focusing on my country. Long time fan of your channel. Thank you for shedding light on this situation. Just so you know, just now the increase of taxes on the people just lost in the asamblea (our countries congress) and taxes have been increased on the rich and the banks.
I was there last in 2022 for a month and had such a wonderful time. I truly love this country. It's so sad and unbelievable to see what's happening. At the same time, given everything I was hearing at the time about the growit influence not cartels in the country, it is perhat not entirely surprising.
Simon doesnt normally show show much emotion during these documentaries. So when he goes off script at the end like this, it shows he cares.. Let us all have hope for Ecuador
Hi, I've recently moved to Colombia, and the place is crazy. However on this topic, my girlfriend is making a documentary on some of the things you are talking about. She recently returned from the Amazonas (state in Colombia near Ecuador) and the stories are unimaginable. She interviewed a "disgraced" family, in where they were caught growing vegetables, so the father was repeatedly raped by gang member in front of his family. A different point, the cartels aren't shifting coke, they're being paid to protect the oil companies in the area as coke has become too dangerous to move.
Simon could you link all of your channels on your youtube profile page? You seem to drop a new one every month and it's easy to get confused, at this point there has to be ten of them!
I lived in Ecuador for 6 months. I wasn’t let back in, in December because I didn’t get a visa. A few weeks later the state of emergency hit. Everything happens for a reason
As an ecuadorian born in Guayaquil, now Canadian I can only reminisce about the good old days, wishing for a speedy recovery for Ecuador, if I was the president I would go full Nayib on the narcos in Ecuador
Nice video explained chaotic and violent phenomenal in Ecuador 🇪🇨. Drug transportation cartels and gang competitions ...changed oasis Ecuador to a dangerous country...on the corruption , unemployment ,economic crisis platform...
The thing is that Ecuador does not produce the drugs. They may have locations in which they refine the raw materials on the borders, but that is inefficient. They are the transport hub. But their flagged vessels or vessels traveling through their ports are less likely to be searched over more notorious countries (Colombia and Mexico). So the battle is about port control, which is why the coast is riddled with the gangs. Yes, there is a presence throughout the country, but that is the focus.
I mean, given how everything has gone lately, I just assumed that another disaster of some kind was bound to happen. The entire world is becoming chaotic, and it is just causing more and more ripples every time something happens. The only question is, how long can wealthy countries insulate themselves? Costs are going to keep going up, but hopefully, we can keep out of it. Somewhat.
@joeyaldente8858 look, I don't know about you, but the cost of milk going up a dollar doesn't make any difference in my life. A few percentage points of inflation *is* comparatively insulated.
So sad to see whats going on in Ecuador, I visited there 20 years ago, Galapagos, the Amazon and the Coast. I hope all the best for the people of Ecuador and that they can deal with the gangs. Is it possible that the same happens to Sweden? They have a drug/gangs problem also brewing. Maybe in 2044, we read the same about our neighboring country, and things are about 10 years behind in Finland compared to them on these matters.
@@dogthefrog definitely not an audiophile but a guy who knows his way around some audio editing and mixing a bit. His editor likely mixes on headphones and forgot to compensate. Cell phone speakers love to amplify highs. I know because I have done it multiple times myself. This was intended to be a constructive criticism not an attack.
Man, how does one clean out such deep set corruption? Its one of those things that seems so much easier to prevent reaching problematic levels than it does to cure.
Not sure they are ever safe. I have friends who are Ecuadorians and ever since the 90s I've heard them going back home and getting robbed outside of the airport. They even took his shoes! Friend's uncle got robbed and they took his passport and he had apply for another one before he could come back. He says he'll never go back to Ecuador anymore lol.
Excellent description. It would have been nice to have seen some of the views of the nice cities and towns in different parts of the country, though. South and Central America will always have its stereotypes, and it's sometimes important to specifically point out that this is a shock to this country in particular because of its growing middle class and westernization.
As a citizen of Ecuador’s antipode, Singapore, I pray that your country will succeed in this fight against the cartels. People in the west always criticise us for being inhumane for our mandatory death penalty for drug traffickers. But they always fail to see how drugs can push an entire nation into a rapid downward spiral into civil war
I have to give alot of support to Ecuador and its government. its one of the few nations cracking down on gangs and drug crime the most. many countries make pitiful and ultimate insubstantial efforts against crime. Ecuador however has taken its internal security seriously and waged war with the gangs well beyond everything. even to the extend of refusing to guarantee security for a high ranking gang leader in exchange for turning themselves in. Thats a rather strong statement, that the governments has no intension in allowing these gang members to go unharmed, and are confident enough that they will get them to not care about him turning himself in.
I mean, things got waaay too much out of hands so the new gov eventualy had to do something against these terrorists. Our braindead politicians got us to this mess in the first place.
The US Supreme Court voted against Ecuador with their fight with chevron …now there oil every where in the rainforests with no accountability to Chevron
Kinda yeah? So long as they keep people from starving in prison before seeing the inside of a court room. I'm all for sweeping with a broad net but due process and evidence still need to happen not just feuding neighbors setting each other up on suspicion.
thats why the shit is hitting the fan down there. He starting to do that and the cartel leadership is going pablo escobar on him to keep him from completing construction of that building. they know they're fucked if its finished. a building just like it took out MS13.
If you think Mexico is trying to end the cartels...you are wrong, the government is best friends with them. As an Ecuadorian who lives in Mexico i can tell you that, i hope the corruption ends one day for mexico, and for Ecuador....show them no mercy, end the gangs once and for all we support you president Noboa!
I was in Equador some 40 years ago, and all was not well. I had to travel from Guayaquil to Quito by bus with a bunch of shipmates. During this time, every plantation border we crossed we were stopped by armed militia. They robbed us blind, being left with empty suitcases and the clothes we stood in. Not only that but they took our passports until we cleared the plantations. A right laugh. Yup!
Oasis my 4ss! I got assaulted in my home and tied up with my mom on 2009. Police has ALWAYS been corrupt and completely in existence. The difference is that nowadays cartels have learned about Ecuador’s vulnerability and just now they took advantage of it.
The problem is that the USA is a huge market for cocaine. Maybe they should contribute to fighting those gangs. Or legalize it and offer free healthcare to fight it instead. Portugal has medicalized drug addiction rather than criminalize it. No I’m not Portuguese lol. I’m Canadian. As soon as we legalized weed here the gangs running grow ops packed up and left. If there’s no market, there’s no profit and the gangs will leave.
If western countries legalised all drugs that would finish the drug cartels. Conservatives would argue that they would just move to kidnappings and bank robbery’s. Maybe a few would but it would not cause the devastation that they are causing now
@@WaddedBliss Sorry homie, but I'm not sure where I pretended to be a teen lol... I'll just take this random snide remark as you being out of touch with late Millenial/Gen-Z internet culture 😂 God bless you, good sir
@@donvillejames761 "Babe, wake up. New Warographics video dropped" It's something I've only seen teenage virgin boys say. Or men pretending to be teenage virgin boys. Unless you actually wake your 'babe' up to tell them a video has been published? It seems unlikely.
This is a little bit misleading... the murder rate in Ecuador was actually higher from 2000-2011 than it is now. Although it did drop from 2010-2017... the current rise may just be the country returning to the mean.
End the pointless and futile war on drugs and you will end the mindless violence. Why should I be judged for what I enjoy indulging in during my time off, in the privacy and comfort of my own home? I am only a criminal because I am labelled as such, If there was an avenue for me to procure my substance of choice through legal means I would take that road, however that is not the world we live in. I do not enjoy the fact that through me cartels and gangs are profiting, I do not like that fact at all, but there is no other option, I would rather the proceeds from my guilty pleasure go to the government or better yet, the tax payer, however that is not the world we live in. The world we live in is prohibition, and violence.
So just to be clear, you're saying that if the choice is between paying drug lords who will use their profits to commit unspeakable violence against innocents or just not doing blow, you choose the former?
I agree with legalisation and think the money should be taxed rather than going to the criminals. But the fact of the matter is that isn't how the world works right now. I used to sniff all sorts and not think anything of it, but now I live in Ecuador and see the brutality of it, makes me sad to think of my mates back home not having a thought of an entire population of innocent people suffering because they want to get on it at the weekend. You can enjoy yourself and relax without purchasing powders that cause suffering to millions
The war on drugs was lost decades ago - my suggestion would be governments should own the trade on certain ones, state manufacturers effectively and at least make revenue that can be put into treatment. This would also free up police to look at the worst types of drug - though all drugs from alcohol on cause huge issues - but people will be people so if cocaine is near ubiquitous - admit it and manage it!
You do know this would be abused to all hell right? corruption, substance abused on the government level, and if you believe that government officials won't abuse this then you're living in a pipe dream
Pretty hilarious that you think the solution to drug gangs is for the government to seize their entire business operations. That sounds totally peaceful, I'm sure the drug gangs won't mind
Simon explains why it's not doable in this video. El Salvador was a much smaller country with much weaker gangs. The gangs in Ecuador are funded by external cartels, which gives them better weaponry and more resources.
They pretty much do have one, but he's being held back by the political parties fighting eachother. Political parties are all the same when there's power to be gained. Rather than doing their jobs and fixing the nation's problems, they'd rather fight eachother and block essential laws/bills simply because the other side is trying to enact them.
@@CursedLink666that’s not their job tough. They job is to be like a fly to the light. Their work is to get power. It’s the job of everyone else to have a conscience and choose who to give power to
So, just to be clear, it all started when they elected a leftist-socialist leader, got worse when they had a guy named Lenin, who is even more leftist who wanted to implement “prison reform“ and suddenly they had a lot of criminals walking around the street? Where have I heard this story before?
please do a video on these (this is a copy and paste list for a few channels) history of south Russia (just above caucuses) how Mongolia helped Russia in ww2 and cold war, greek life under rome, Mongolia life under china, and later in ww2/cold war and mabey a little on modern units and tactics/evaluation of loadouts of troops (from different jobs (and other branches) like the 82 snd 101 airborne units or infantry tank units, (or when tanks were assigned a infantry unit like i think earlier war Russia then all tanks were formed into there own units wich meant the infantry no longer knew the true strength of there own tanks but alowed tank units to fight more efficiently) the evaluation of tank doctrine of countries evaluation of tanks/armored vehicles of different countries evaluation of aircraft types of different countries, different between navil and army/air force fighters logistics units of the axes and allied powers in ww2 ww1 estern front tactics Russian Civil war tactics and strategies navil ship cross sections (all the rooms and how it all works) evaluation of types of ships or evaluation of navil warfare (or just dedectsded videos on ww1 and ww2 navil doctrine as theres stuff out there on other times of history) air craft carrier strike group formations exsamples (from different countries) ancient persan ships, ancient veneti ships (gauls that fought ceaser) ships used by genoa and the vernesain republic the vernesain republic government all sailing ships, (i know theres many on yt but some contradict each other and i think theres more left out) ancient macenean greek and trojan troops 2b9 vasilyok morter tactics used so far in the Ukraine war, better for squads to be 2 teams of 5 or 3 teams of 3, and probably the easiest, better to keep troops well feed or starved like an animal how dose age effect comsnders eg napoleon got older so took less risks, ancient urban warfare ww2 tactics in Asia, tactics in the Chinese age of warlords, (and Chinese civil war) tactics in the ruso jap war cold war navil tactics, Korean war tactics, strange tactics or unque battles from the American war of independence and America civil how were 17th centry sailing ships build comands given on sailing ships (like ease the sheets and get ready to chine, or slack n beases, basically things you hear movie capitns say) why did the nazis never return (or a video on best occupations) why did the Japanese empire fall, dont just say "America" like things like how there army and navy argued alot alot more on the Polynesians and māori, but please learn pronounceations if you do this
Its almost if drugs were regulated and and legalized like marijuana and alcohol have been the amount of problems it would solve in the world is unimaginable. It would destroy most criminal organizations, save insane amounts of money from not spending taxes investigating, prosecuting and housing inmates and also provide taxes that can be used for medical and therepy interventions in addiction and education on the risks of addiction. Save lives,save money, reduce crime and alow adults to make informed decisions on what drugs they want to use for medical or recreational reasons
As a Salvadoran , I’m all too familiar with the situation that Ecuador is going through , but our country completely changed things around in less than 5 years and have gone from being the murder capital of the world to the second safest country in the Americas . So if we could do it , Ecuador certainly can . Their president already has implemented similar strategies that our president has done . I hope Ecuador can turn things around 🇪🇨🇸🇻
I didn't know that about El Salvador. That is good to hear! I'm hoping Ecuador can do the same.
Manténganse fuertes, amigos.
-Love from 🇺🇸
Im Ecuadorian, can you tell me what strategies are you talking about ? Because the country is getting worst everyday, stop watching fake news please
no diga mentíras
@@pepino7042 Dece la verdad. El Salvador fue la capital de homicidios y en el mundo..pero ahora es el más pacifico. Su Maras(pandillas) eran un cáncer in EEUU y toda centro America. Ecuador nunca a conocido violencia hasta ahorita porqué tiene un gobierno pasivo
La situación del Salvador es muy diferente a la del Ecuador en Ecuador funcionan no solamente dos pandillas como en El Salvador si no funcionan 2040 pandillas todas potencialmente peligrosas que trafican drogas y armas son pandillas ya multinacionales inclusive que operan en países vecinos e incluso en Europa Estados Unidos se asocian a mafias grandes como el albanesa la libanesa mafias en México etcétera no es tan fácil como dice bukele coger cortarle la comida encerrarlos y listo no acá es un tema mucho más complejo
As a person that works in tourism in Ecuador, this has been devastating. So, this should be the country’s new slogan: “Visit the Galápagos Islands, Andes and the Amazon… DON’T VISIT THe COAST!”
Hey Charles! Thanks for this - would you say Ayampe is relatively safe right now or would you avoid it? (assuming avoid as it’s on the coast)
Bro, the sierra region is marginally better than the coast BE VERY CAREFUL IF YOU WANDER OFF IN CITIES LIKE QUITO AND CUENCA.
Sincerely, a born and raised Ecuadorian.
@@georgiam7160 I would honestly say that any beach localities are 100% not safe at the moment, that’s spanning from Esmeraldas to the north to El apto in the south, just avoid it altogether!
@@Fr4ncM I actually think it hasn’t been that bad here, I live in Quito, and security measures have been beefed up a lot especially in the bud stations. But yeah, don’t stray off the path on any major city here!
My family is from Guayaquil and Manta. I can confirm, Ecuador is safe enough as long as you don’t visit the coast. Some really vicious psychopathic violence going on there.
Hoping for the best for Ecuador, the world must take a collective hardline stance against cartels and cartel violence.
And illegal drugs.
@@disalazargSeeing how America's efforts on that particular front have gone, I'm hesitant.
@@grimgrahamch.4157 Not hardline enough
Yes they should definitely win over the government cartels.
@@disalazarg😂🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
I just hope Ecuador becomes safe again.
The World.
Hope people will overcome the government.
Look at El Salvador, that is what you need to do.
That will surely help
@@AlexBrown230
Thats what ecuador is doing... El Salvador just had poor street gangs while Ecuador has armed cartel getting support from cartels in closeby countries. Ecuador is way more important for cartels than El Salvador.
Lived there for 2 years and loved it. Was a beautiful country, filled with great people. I'm so sad to see what it's become and can only hope it recovers
Hey Simon, I’m Ecuadorian, and it’s nice to see interest in our situation!
The video’s neat but you really reduced Correa’s role in the country getting to where it is right now. Correa’s currently a wanted criminal in the country, and he fled to Belgium. The reason why is that evidence was discovered that his campaign was financed by FARC. Part of the deal he had was he would remove US military bases which kept drug trade at bay. He also gave heavy protection to foreign criminals, including making it illegal to check for judicial history upon entry to the country, and making it illegal to show criminal faces publicly (on TV, the news, etc.). The guy rewrote the constitution twice and stayed in power for a total of 10 years, as opposed to the legal 8.
Part of the reason it’s been so hard to turn things around is because since he’s left, the parliament still belongs to his party, which backs Correa and his policies, so any attempt to go back to something like the old system is shut down.
JajJa clown 🤡 correa left power 7 years ago
exacto, le faltó mencionar esto. lo de desmantelar la base gringa en Manta , todavía no entiendo cómo es que no nos dimos cuenta ya en ese momento que el man era vendido a los narcos...
You are a looser., man . Don't lie.
The Liberalismo destroyed Ecuador; from Moreno , Lasso and Noboa.
I hope Luisa wins and calm return to this beautiful country.
Say NO to drugs, man. It damages your brains 🧠 .
Brain Blaze Simon: "Cocaine! 🤭"
Warographics Simon: "Cocaine. 😕"
GOAT comment so far 😂
Real “Yeet …. No yeet” energy
Just introduced me to another channel of his!! What is this? 8th? 😂
@@CoochieGremlin. More like 80th 💀😂🤣😅
I was in Ecuador in…. 2005? 4 or 5. Can’t remember. Flew into Quito and it was my favorite city I visited in a 6 month tour of south America. Fantastic place, clean (clean for anywhere, absolutely stunning for South America) great cafes, lots to see…. It was wonderful.
Then I took a bus to Esmeraldas. I got off the bus, looked around and beat feet. The place looked like beruit, bullet marks in most walls and sketchy looking people everywhere. The rest of the country that I saw was great, but the north coast even then was probably the least safe place I visited in the half year I spent in SA on that trip. And I spent a couple months in Colombia.
Esmeraldas was one of the first free black settlements in the entire Americas but has been neglected by leadership in every era. As a result, they’re the most impoverished province in Ecuador as well as the poorest educated and most crime-filled. No excuses, Ecuador needs to clean shop there and start over.
Thank you for bringing more information about this to the world, as an Ecuadorian I really want people to know more about what is going on here, you need to be on the lookout and learn from our mistakes to avoid these kinds of events from happening wherever you live.
I learn more from Simon's videos than the news or mainstream media
Yeah. In the US the news media is more fixated on if Taylor Swift is going to the Super Bowl than anything else.
It's all been in the Guardian on line, for free.
Because mainstream media wants to keep you entertained, not informed. That's where the money is.
I don't care about the presidential election as much as I do this, but the election can also help shape the future outcome of these events. But until one of them can tell me a plan of action for the shit going on outside, idc.
The only foreign countries the American media cares about are Israel and the Ukraine. Now, why might that be? 🤔
This has gone from a nice channel to Simon’s best. Keep it up yall.
It’s tied for my favourite now as well.
Yeah it's my favourite now, alongside Megaprojects
I think I like Casual Criminalist a tiny bit more (usually, the case has been solved so you can leave with a feeling of "justice served", lol). But this too is becoming a favorite for me.
I appreciate your coverage of Latin America, which most American news giants ignore.
The AMERICAN media tends to post stories about AMERICAN issues? Crazy
Hmm I’ve heard about this on U.S. media.
@brotherjey That's how you get blindsided by entirely predictable crises and how American foreign policy winds up fucking over its southern neighbours a lot of the time. The USA does not exist in a vacuum entirely unaffected by what goes on in the rest of the world, and it's also not the centre of the universe. Important shit does happen elsewhere in the world.
@@Jey0Why Bet a lot of americans only learned the names "iraq" and "afghanistan" only after your soldiers started dropping dead over there. seeing a pattern here...
@@NoNeedNoGreedget droned terrorists.
1:20 - Chapter 1 - World on fire
5:40 - Chapter 2 - Paradise, lost
10:20 - Chapter 3 - White gold
13:55 - Chapter 4 - Gang warfare
16:45 - Chapter 5 - Theory of victory
I'm an Ecuadorian, who happens to be living abroad. I've followed and enjoyed this and other of Simon's channels for some time.
I must say this is by far the best explanation video in English that I've found about what's happening back in Ecuador. Definitely sharing to my English speaking friends.
I highly appreciate the effort put in making this video alongside the thoughts and prayers!
The only thing to improve (as always) is Simon butchering the pronunciation of non english names and places haha
Cant blame him. I think hes english english... like.... engla terra english.
Watching this after Ecuador invaded the Mexican embassy. Would love to see a full-length video with an update on the situation from this incredible channel! Love the videos.
Great video! ❤
Quito-Ecuador 🇪🇨
Thanks!
Video gave me chills. I’ve lived in Colombia and seen the knock off effects of drug trafficking. It’s horrible to hear what’s happening to the Ecuadorian people 😢
Excellent video as an Ecuadorian . I’ve been doing my own research and you hit a lot of the points accurately
Gang boss: I'll turn myself in if you can promise not to hurt me
Government: nah, we'll take our chances to find you. No guarantee you won't get hurt.
They're aware that people are looking to torture these people into a nervous breakdown, it's gotten so bad that people are taking their anger on the parents of the delinquents, it's very brutal
@@heybeter9505 That's good maybe they'll turn them in, put pressure on them. By any means necessary, you cannot use half measures. There are no innocents. if they hide/protect them they are accomplices and guilty.
El Salvador did a great job of dealing with crime.
@@AlexBrown230 different situations. They don't have the fire power like they do. Did you finish watching the whole video?
@@Timpon_DorzGive them time. I bet the DEA would love to fund a crackdown on drug gangs.
I'm glad I went to Ecuador when I did. It's a beautiful place filled with great people. It's sad to see what it's become.
As someone who lived in Ecuador during the past year I really want nothing else but peace for the people living there. It’s been a great time and I’m planning on returning soon, but seeing what’s going on is a shame.
Man, this is my daily go-to channel! I love the coverage, which prompts me to dive further into the subject. Keep up the good work!! 21 minutes of valuable information
thanks for keeping us updated
prayers from tunisia, hope your country gets safe again soon,
Respect & Cheers from North Carolina
Protect the migrants in yr country first before praying for others.
You hating little hoe. Miserable asshole@@lemonade_ib
I don’t know what’s more insane, doing something sadistic just because your are a sadist or doing something sadistic because you know it will bring you power by striking fear into others
Ecuador looks to El Salvador, 'you know, maybe they have the right idea'
The consistency on the uploads have been 🤞🏿❗️
I just flew there stayed there for a few days last week. Felt safe. Military was everywhere.
Just some corrections: gangs in El Salvador DID profit from drug trafficking, in fact, they monopolized it, meaning they would kill anybody who sold drugs not on their behalf. Also they were more numerous than Ecuadors gangs, around 85 000 strong, specially when you consider the per capita ratio of gang members to citizens
Thank you for focusing on my country. Long time fan of your channel. Thank you for shedding light on this situation. Just so you know, just now the increase of taxes on the people just lost in the asamblea (our countries congress) and taxes have been increased on the rich and the banks.
I was there last in 2022 for a month and had such a wonderful time. I truly love this country. It's so sad and unbelievable to see what's happening. At the same time, given everything I was hearing at the time about the growit influence not cartels in the country, it is perhat not entirely surprising.
Simon doesnt normally show show much emotion during these documentaries. So when he goes off script at the end like this, it shows he cares.. Let us all have hope for Ecuador
Hi, I've recently moved to Colombia, and the place is crazy. However on this topic, my girlfriend is making a documentary on some of the things you are talking about. She recently returned from the Amazonas (state in Colombia near Ecuador) and the stories are unimaginable. She interviewed a "disgraced" family, in where they were caught growing vegetables, so the father was repeatedly raped by gang member in front of his family.
A different point, the cartels aren't shifting coke, they're being paid to protect the oil companies in the area as coke has become too dangerous to move.
Simon could you link all of your channels on your youtube profile page? You seem to drop a new one every month and it's easy to get confused, at this point there has to be ten of them!
The thing about an oasis... It can often be mistaken for a mirage.
The way things are going in the world today. It won't be safe to visit any country before to long.
It is written.
Sure England to wales will be fine
Me and you dont share the similar opinions or perspectives but i always appreciate your informative news stories.
An Ecuadorian punk band came to my town last weak and we talked about this.
New subscriber. Very high quality videos
I lived in Ecuador for 6 months. I wasn’t let back in, in December because I didn’t get a visa. A few weeks later the state of emergency hit. Everything happens for a reason
As an ecuadorian born in Guayaquil, now Canadian I can only reminisce about the good old days, wishing for a speedy recovery for Ecuador, if I was the president I would go full Nayib on the narcos in Ecuador
Nice video explained chaotic and violent phenomenal in Ecuador 🇪🇨. Drug transportation cartels and gang competitions ...changed oasis Ecuador to a dangerous country...on the corruption , unemployment ,economic crisis platform...
The thing is that Ecuador does not produce the drugs. They may have locations in which they refine the raw materials on the borders, but that is inefficient. They are the transport hub. But their flagged vessels or vessels traveling through their ports are less likely to be searched over more notorious countries (Colombia and Mexico). So the battle is about port control, which is why the coast is riddled with the gangs. Yes, there is a presence throughout the country, but that is the focus.
This violence is why people love the idea of The Punisher or Judge Dredd.
Bro, no penalty for 50gs of coke is wild… even 1g is intense
Fr tho, that's about 2 ounces(1/8 lb.)!!
For context:
1 oz is equal to 28.35 grams.
1 gram is equal to 0.035274 oz.
50 grams is equal to 1.7637 oz.
Ecuador needs their own Bukele
"The people of Ecuador don't deserve this. They deserve peace."
Don't we all?
Not sure any more,every body wants wars in this world
We all deserve peace
@@BigTrees4ever there too many hatred in this world so you can keep dreaming all your wants & you can't avoided social conflicts in this world
@@user-FUCKYOU18 Deserving something and being able to have it are two very different things.
Bro Make Ecuador Great Again
MEGA 🇪🇨
The only acrynom that begins with an m and ends with an a i support
I mean, given how everything has gone lately, I just assumed that another disaster of some kind was bound to happen. The entire world is becoming chaotic, and it is just causing more and more ripples every time something happens.
The only question is, how long can wealthy countries insulate themselves? Costs are going to keep going up, but hopefully, we can keep out of it. Somewhat.
@@joeyaldente8858 Inflation is dropping over here.
@joeyaldente8858 look, I don't know about you, but the cost of milk going up a dollar doesn't make any difference in my life. A few percentage points of inflation *is* comparatively insulated.
So sad to see whats going on in Ecuador, I visited there 20 years ago, Galapagos, the Amazon and the Coast. I hope all the best for the people of Ecuador and that they can deal with the gangs.
Is it possible that the same happens to Sweden? They have a drug/gangs problem also brewing. Maybe in 2044, we read the same about our neighboring country, and things are about 10 years behind in Finland compared to them on these matters.
Simon please have your audio editor up the threshold on their de-esser. Your S's have a bit of bite to them on mobile.
Don’t listen to this audiophile, it’s fine as it is Simon
@@dogthefrog definitely not an audiophile but a guy who knows his way around some audio editing and mixing a bit. His editor likely mixes on headphones and forgot to compensate. Cell phone speakers love to amplify highs. I know because I have done it multiple times myself. This was intended to be a constructive criticism not an attack.
I agree. S's was very sharp? Idk if that's the right word.
"Oliver Siniesterra"
A villain's name couldn't get any more sinister sounding than that. This shit practically writes itself.
I hope they're on the same path of recovery as El Salvador.
Praying for Ecuador. 🙏🙏🙏
Could you put a google doc with links to all the articles you mention? It would be nice to read the sources too 😀 love the vid as always
Love your content!😊😊❤❤
You pronounce Ioan Grillo name as “Yone” as per him on his Joe Rogan episode. Brilliant Journalist
OMG A sadly cameo of my country in one of Simon's video's.
Before peace is chaos. I hope people are willing to sacrifice for the future.
Man, how does one clean out such deep set corruption? Its one of those things that seems so much easier to prevent reaching problematic levels than it does to cure.
Bro been waiting for this video where' ve u been
Not sure they are ever safe. I have friends who are Ecuadorians and ever since the 90s I've heard them going back home and getting robbed outside of the airport. They even took his shoes! Friend's uncle got robbed and they took his passport and he had apply for another one before he could come back. He says he'll never go back to Ecuador anymore lol.
Excellent description. It would have been nice to have seen some of the views of the nice cities and towns in different parts of the country, though. South and Central America will always have its stereotypes, and it's sometimes important to specifically point out that this is a shock to this country in particular because of its growing middle class and westernization.
As a citizen of Ecuador’s antipode, Singapore, I pray that your country will succeed in this fight against the cartels. People in the west always criticise us for being inhumane for our mandatory death penalty for drug traffickers. But they always fail to see how drugs can push an entire nation into a rapid downward spiral into civil war
Grew up in Ecuador, like a 4th of the way through the video & the mispronunciation of Guayas & Guayaquil is killing me.
I have to give alot of support to Ecuador and its government. its one of the few nations cracking down on gangs and drug crime the most. many countries make pitiful and ultimate insubstantial efforts against crime.
Ecuador however has taken its internal security seriously and waged war with the gangs well beyond everything. even to the extend of refusing to guarantee security for a high ranking gang leader in exchange for turning themselves in. Thats a rather strong statement, that the governments has no intension in allowing these gang members to go unharmed, and are confident enough that they will get them to not care about him turning himself in.
I mean, things got waaay too much out of hands so the new gov eventualy had to do something against these terrorists. Our braindead politicians got us to this mess in the first place.
off topic but, what's that armored vehicle in thumbnail??
I read somewhere that Ecuador has a major river that was drying from climate change, could this have an effect on the economy and society pressures?
The US Supreme Court voted against Ecuador with their fight with chevron …now there oil every where in the rainforests with no accountability to Chevron
Escaped gang lord: look, I'll turn myself in, end this, just promise I'll be safe.
Government: pass fam. We'd rather find you ourselves.
El Salvador doctrine time!
Kinda yeah? So long as they keep people from starving in prison before seeing the inside of a court room. I'm all for sweeping with a broad net but due process and evidence still need to happen not just feuding neighbors setting each other up on suspicion.
thats why the shit is hitting the fan down there. He starting to do that and the cartel leadership is going pablo escobar on him to keep him from completing construction of that building. they know they're fucked if its finished. a building just like it took out MS13.
@DrMindbender-wi1gq What El Salvador did was trample their democracy and just mass arrest people.
@0816M3RC it really irritates me when people try to excuse criminal activity under the false pretense of democracy
Yes, delete your comment out of embarrassment. Good job, brother
If you think Mexico is trying to end the cartels...you are wrong, the government is best friends with them. As an Ecuadorian who lives in Mexico i can tell you that, i hope the corruption ends one day for mexico, and for Ecuador....show them no mercy, end the gangs once and for all we support you president Noboa!
Bukele is a hero of the people
Oasis? Crime has been a major issue for decades and corruption ripples through all levels.
What was the video about South Korea's arms industry?
I was in Equador some 40 years ago, and all was not well. I had to travel from Guayaquil to Quito by bus with a bunch of shipmates. During this time, every plantation border we crossed we were stopped by armed militia. They robbed us blind, being left with empty suitcases and the clothes we stood in. Not only that but they took our passports until we cleared the plantations. A right laugh. Yup!
Sometimes you have to step over the line to remember where it lays. Good luck, Ecuador, a lot of bad men are about to die.
Oasis my 4ss! I got assaulted in my home and tied up with my mom on 2009. Police has ALWAYS been corrupt and completely in existence. The difference is that nowadays cartels have learned about Ecuador’s vulnerability and just now they took advantage of it.
In 2018-2019 we were praying for a chance to move to Ecuador from the US. I guess I now see why God never opened that door for us!
Why?
Warographics has gone from just being about war to covering all the sociopolitical turmoil of our time.
Poor Ecuador…Was there in 2009 and it was awesome! A bit socialist, but peaceful😕I hope Ecuador can rid themselves of these “gangsters.”
"a bit socialist" yeah that's why it was awesome then.
I met some of the police at an emergency response summit in late 2023. They looked like they had seen some action and were very serious 😅
The problem is that the USA is a huge market for cocaine. Maybe they should contribute to fighting those gangs. Or legalize it and offer free healthcare to fight it instead. Portugal has medicalized drug addiction rather than criminalize it. No I’m not Portuguese lol. I’m Canadian. As soon as we legalized weed here the gangs running grow ops packed up and left. If there’s no market, there’s no profit and the gangs will leave.
If western countries legalised all drugs that would finish the drug cartels. Conservatives would argue that they would just move to kidnappings and bank robbery’s.
Maybe a few would but it would not cause the devastation that they are causing now
Babe, wake up. New Warographics video dropped
Are you a teenage boy?
@@WaddedBliss Slow your roll boss. Ya don't wanna end up on any watchlists or registries 😂😂
@@donvillejames761 I don't understand what you're saying. Are you an adult man *pretending* to be a teenage boy for likes?
@@WaddedBliss Sorry homie, but I'm not sure where I pretended to be a teen lol... I'll just take this random snide remark as you being out of touch with late Millenial/Gen-Z internet culture 😂 God bless you, good sir
@@donvillejames761 "Babe, wake up. New Warographics video dropped"
It's something I've only seen teenage virgin boys say. Or men pretending to be teenage virgin boys. Unless you actually wake your 'babe' up to tell them a video has been published?
It seems unlikely.
Such a shame, it's such a beautiful country, I always had a pleasant time when there.
This is a little bit misleading... the murder rate in Ecuador was actually higher from 2000-2011 than it is now. Although it did drop from 2010-2017... the current rise may just be the country returning to the mean.
End the pointless and futile war on drugs and you will end the mindless violence. Why should I be judged for what I enjoy indulging in during my time off, in the privacy and comfort of my own home? I am only a criminal because I am labelled as such, If there was an avenue for me to procure my substance of choice through legal means I would take that road, however that is not the world we live in. I do not enjoy the fact that through me cartels and gangs are profiting, I do not like that fact at all, but there is no other option, I would rather the proceeds from my guilty pleasure go to the government or better yet, the tax payer, however that is not the world we live in. The world we live in is prohibition, and violence.
So just to be clear, you're saying that if the choice is between paying drug lords who will use their profits to commit unspeakable violence against innocents or just not doing blow, you choose the former?
I agree with legalisation and think the money should be taxed rather than going to the criminals. But the fact of the matter is that isn't how the world works right now. I used to sniff all sorts and not think anything of it, but now I live in Ecuador and see the brutality of it, makes me sad to think of my mates back home not having a thought of an entire population of innocent people suffering because they want to get on it at the weekend. You can enjoy yourself and relax without purchasing powders that cause suffering to millions
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord - Romans 6:23
Amen.. Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but through Him
I wish every one of Simon’s channels used the Brain Blaze format 😅😅 still like them all. But. IYKYK
I like how each has its own personality.
The war on drugs was lost decades ago - my suggestion would be governments should own the trade on certain ones, state manufacturers effectively and at least make revenue that can be put into treatment. This would also free up police to look at the worst types of drug - though all drugs from alcohol on cause huge issues - but people will be people so if cocaine is near ubiquitous - admit it and manage it!
You do know this would be abused to all hell right? corruption, substance abused on the government level, and if you believe that government officials won't abuse this then you're living in a pipe dream
Pretty hilarious that you think the solution to drug gangs is for the government to seize their entire business operations. That sounds totally peaceful, I'm sure the drug gangs won't mind
Exactly.
They need a president like Bukele
Naboa is trying to be just that
The Central American fuhrer?
Simon explains why it's not doable in this video. El Salvador was a much smaller country with much weaker gangs. The gangs in Ecuador are funded by external cartels, which gives them better weaponry and more resources.
They pretty much do have one, but he's being held back by the political parties fighting eachother.
Political parties are all the same when there's power to be gained. Rather than doing their jobs and fixing the nation's problems, they'd rather fight eachother and block essential laws/bills simply because the other side is trying to enact them.
@@CursedLink666that’s not their job tough. They job is to be like a fly to the light. Their work is to get power. It’s the job of everyone else to have a conscience and choose who to give power to
So, just to be clear, it all started when they elected a leftist-socialist leader, got worse when they had a guy named Lenin, who is even more leftist who wanted to implement “prison reform“ and suddenly they had a lot of criminals walking around the street? Where have I heard this story before?
Time to deploy el Salvador strategy
please do a video on these
(this is a copy and paste list for a few channels)
history of south Russia (just above caucuses)
how Mongolia helped Russia in ww2 and cold war,
greek life under rome,
Mongolia life under china, and later in ww2/cold war and mabey a little on modern
units and tactics/evaluation of loadouts of troops (from different jobs (and other branches)
like the 82 snd 101 airborne units
or infantry tank units, (or when tanks were assigned a infantry unit like i think earlier war Russia then all tanks were formed into there own units wich meant the infantry no longer knew the true strength of there own tanks but alowed tank units to fight more efficiently)
the evaluation of tank doctrine of countries
evaluation of tanks/armored vehicles of different countries
evaluation of aircraft types of different countries,
different between navil and army/air force fighters
logistics units of the axes and allied powers in ww2
ww1 estern front tactics
Russian Civil war tactics and strategies
navil ship cross sections (all the rooms and how it all works)
evaluation of types of ships
or evaluation of navil warfare (or just dedectsded videos on ww1 and ww2 navil doctrine as theres stuff out there on other times of history)
air craft carrier strike group formations exsamples (from different countries)
ancient persan ships,
ancient veneti ships (gauls that fought ceaser)
ships used by genoa and the vernesain republic
the vernesain republic government
all sailing ships, (i know theres many on yt but some contradict each other and i think theres more left out)
ancient macenean greek and trojan troops
2b9 vasilyok morter
tactics used so far in the Ukraine war,
better for squads to be 2 teams of 5 or 3 teams of 3,
and probably the easiest, better to keep troops well feed or starved like an animal
how dose age effect comsnders eg napoleon got older so took less risks,
ancient urban warfare
ww2 tactics in Asia, tactics in the Chinese age of warlords, (and Chinese civil war)
tactics in the ruso jap war
cold war navil tactics,
Korean war tactics,
strange tactics or unque battles from the American war of independence and America civil
how were 17th centry sailing ships build
comands given on sailing ships (like ease the sheets and get ready to chine, or slack n beases, basically things you hear movie capitns say)
why did the nazis never return (or a video on best occupations)
why did the Japanese empire fall, dont just say "America" like things like how there army and navy argued alot
alot more on the Polynesians and māori, but please learn pronounceations if you do this
lived there 2 years in mid 80´s No problem - but would not go there today, 2024.
This gonna be the us come November
Simon could make the assembly of a cheese sandwich sound interesting.
very sad
You are killing Simon
Killing me Simon
😂@@christopherescovedo5471
Its almost if drugs were regulated and and legalized like marijuana and alcohol have been the amount of problems it would solve in the world is unimaginable. It would destroy most criminal organizations, save insane amounts of money from not spending taxes investigating, prosecuting and housing inmates and also provide taxes that can be used for medical and therepy interventions in addiction and education on the risks of addiction. Save lives,save money, reduce crime and alow adults to make informed decisions on what drugs they want to use for medical or recreational reasons