Ecuador: From Oasis of Calm to One of the World's Most Dangerous Countries

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  • Опубліковано 5 лют 2024
  • Uncover the shocking truth behind Ecuador's rapid descent from safety to chaos in just 5 years! Explore local corruption, cartel influence, and a desperate battle for peace. Must-watch!
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  • @charlescumella4813
    @charlescumella4813 6 місяців тому +546

    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!”

    • @georgiam7160
      @georgiam7160 6 місяців тому +7

      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)

    • @Fr4ncM
      @Fr4ncM 6 місяців тому +34

      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.

    • @charlescumella4813
      @charlescumella4813 6 місяців тому +13

      @@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!

    • @charlescumella4813
      @charlescumella4813 6 місяців тому +10

      @@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!

    • @TheCdr19
      @TheCdr19 6 місяців тому +24

      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.

  • @alexurfantasy
    @alexurfantasy 5 місяців тому +56

    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 🇪🇨🇸🇻

    • @Lost1nTranslation
      @Lost1nTranslation 4 місяці тому +3

      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 🇺🇸

    • @xavierlascano601
      @xavierlascano601 3 місяці тому

      Im Ecuadorian, can you tell me what strategies are you talking about ? Because the country is getting worst everyday, stop watching fake news please

    • @pepino7042
      @pepino7042 2 місяці тому

      no diga mentíras

    • @TangRemix
      @TangRemix 2 місяці тому

      ​​​@@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

  • @richardflechs1139
    @richardflechs1139 6 місяців тому +150

    Hoping for the best for Ecuador, the world must take a collective hardline stance against cartels and cartel violence.

  • @Coastfog
    @Coastfog 6 місяців тому +355

    Brain Blaze Simon: "Cocaine! 🤭"
    Warographics Simon: "Cocaine. 😕"

    • @AndrewMitchell123
      @AndrewMitchell123 5 місяців тому +8

      GOAT comment so far 😂

    • @KillLoganPaul4
      @KillLoganPaul4 5 місяців тому +7

      Real “Yeet …. No yeet” energy

    • @CoochieGremlin.
      @CoochieGremlin. 5 місяців тому +2

      Just introduced me to another channel of his!! What is this? 8th? 😂

    • @AndrewMitchell123
      @AndrewMitchell123 5 місяців тому +3

      @@CoochieGremlin. More like 80th 💀😂🤣😅

  • @multiyapples
    @multiyapples 6 місяців тому +221

    I just hope Ecuador becomes safe again.

    • @MrKramer13
      @MrKramer13 5 місяців тому +5

      The World.

    • @rightsdontcomewithpermits7073
      @rightsdontcomewithpermits7073 5 місяців тому +2

      Hope people will overcome the government.

    • @AlexBrown230
      @AlexBrown230 5 місяців тому +7

      Look at El Salvador, that is what you need to do.

    • @horseman217
      @horseman217 5 місяців тому +2

      That will surely help

    • @AngelicoCiudad
      @AngelicoCiudad 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@@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.

  • @Duvstep910
    @Duvstep910 6 місяців тому +238

    I learn more from Simon's videos than the news or mainstream media

    • @jeffmiesen
      @jeffmiesen 6 місяців тому +27

      Yeah. In the US the news media is more fixated on if Taylor Swift is going to the Super Bowl than anything else.

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 6 місяців тому +8

      It's all been in the Guardian on line, for free.

    • @cjaquino28
      @cjaquino28 6 місяців тому +11

      Because mainstream media wants to keep you entertained, not informed. That's where the money is.

    • @carsontodd2443
      @carsontodd2443 6 місяців тому +1

      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.

    • @TiberianFiend
      @TiberianFiend 6 місяців тому

      The only foreign countries the American media cares about are Israel and the Ukraine. Now, why might that be? 🤔

  • @kurtisb100
    @kurtisb100 6 місяців тому +39

    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.

    • @TheCdr19
      @TheCdr19 5 місяців тому +7

      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.

  • @Chrisxerri
    @Chrisxerri 6 місяців тому +37

    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

  • @umadbra
    @umadbra 6 місяців тому +167

    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.

    • @heybeter9505
      @heybeter9505 5 місяців тому +13

      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

    • @AlexBrown230
      @AlexBrown230 5 місяців тому +25

      @@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.

    • @AlexBrown230
      @AlexBrown230 5 місяців тому +15

      El Salvador did a great job of dealing with crime.

    • @umadbra
      @umadbra 5 місяців тому +1

      @@AlexBrown230 different situations. They don't have the fire power like they do. Did you finish watching the whole video?

    • @PhuckYT12
      @PhuckYT12 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@@umadbraGive them time. I bet the DEA would love to fund a crackdown on drug gangs.

  • @drbuckley1
    @drbuckley1 6 місяців тому +142

    I appreciate your coverage of Latin America, which most American news giants ignore.

    • @Jey0Why
      @Jey0Why 6 місяців тому +13

      The AMERICAN media tends to post stories about AMERICAN issues? Crazy

    • @Jameson1776
      @Jameson1776 6 місяців тому +1

      Hmm I’ve heard about this on U.S. media.

    • @Talisguy
      @Talisguy 6 місяців тому +18

      @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.

    • @NoNeedNoGreed
      @NoNeedNoGreed 6 місяців тому +5

      @@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...

    • @spacemanx9595
      @spacemanx9595 5 місяців тому

      ​@@NoNeedNoGreedget droned terrorists.

  • @davidhughes9086
    @davidhughes9086 6 місяців тому +101

    This has gone from a nice channel to Simon’s best. Keep it up yall.

    • @--enyo--
      @--enyo-- 5 місяців тому

      It’s tied for my favourite now as well.

    • @georgehh2574
      @georgehh2574 5 місяців тому

      Yeah it's my favourite now, alongside Megaprojects

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 5 місяців тому +1

      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.

  • @josuealcivar9807
    @josuealcivar9807 5 місяців тому +21

    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.

  • @danielandraderodriguez9452
    @danielandraderodriguez9452 6 місяців тому +65

    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

  • @jameshightower8875
    @jameshightower8875 5 місяців тому +13

    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 😢

  • @garyfrombrooklyn
    @garyfrombrooklyn 6 місяців тому +6

    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

  • @saadindassum
    @saadindassum 4 місяці тому +4

    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.

    • @xavierlascano601
      @xavierlascano601 3 місяці тому

      JajJa clown 🤡 correa left power 7 years ago

  • @danielonyango9677
    @danielonyango9677 6 місяців тому +23

    thanks for keeping us updated

  • @Relic554
    @Relic554 6 місяців тому +9

    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.

  • @cadmeangel
    @cadmeangel 5 місяців тому +7

    Excellent video as an Ecuadorian . I’ve been doing my own research and you hit a lot of the points accurately

  • @Johnnyboy000
    @Johnnyboy000 5 місяців тому +7

    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.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 6 місяців тому +40

    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

  • @Boss-xu8wp
    @Boss-xu8wp 5 місяців тому +2

    New subscriber. Very high quality videos

  • @killer13387
    @killer13387 5 місяців тому +4

    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.

  • @EdgarQS
    @EdgarQS 3 місяці тому +2

    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.

  • @sergeantrickroll9281
    @sergeantrickroll9281 5 місяців тому

    Me and you dont share the similar opinions or perspectives but i always appreciate your informative news stories.

  • @luigigotbig6217
    @luigigotbig6217 5 місяців тому +5

    Ecuador looks to El Salvador, 'you know, maybe they have the right idea'

  • @ElGuerreroMaya
    @ElGuerreroMaya 5 місяців тому +5

    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

  • @WhatifiForgotMyName
    @WhatifiForgotMyName 6 місяців тому +11

    Bro, no penalty for 50gs of coke is wild… even 1g is intense

    • @firstnamelastname6216
      @firstnamelastname6216 5 місяців тому

      Fr tho, that's about 2 ounces(1/8 lb.)!!

    • @the_Kutonarch
      @the_Kutonarch 5 місяців тому +1

      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.

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 6 місяців тому +8

    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...

  • @user-kc6qf3mf6u
    @user-kc6qf3mf6u 5 місяців тому +6

    prayers from tunisia, hope your country gets safe again soon,

    • @archlich4489
      @archlich4489 5 місяців тому +1

      Respect & Cheers from North Carolina

    • @lemonade_ib
      @lemonade_ib 5 місяців тому +1

      Protect the migrants in yr country first before praying for others.

    • @kaka3661able
      @kaka3661able 4 місяці тому

      You hating little hoe. Miserable asshole​@@lemonade_ib

  • @TimeWarpTech
    @TimeWarpTech 6 місяців тому +16

    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!

  • @justdeaf-ry6bn
    @justdeaf-ry6bn 6 місяців тому +24

    The way things are going in the world today. It won't be safe to visit any country before to long.

  • @MagaldiMateus
    @MagaldiMateus 6 місяців тому +8

    An Ecuadorian punk band came to my town last weak and we talked about this.

  • @jamelchris9724
    @jamelchris9724 6 місяців тому +28

    The consistency on the uploads have been 🤞🏿❗️

  • @goldeagleproductions
    @goldeagleproductions 5 місяців тому +1

    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

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 6 місяців тому +6

    Love your content!😊😊❤❤

  • @MrLewis555
    @MrLewis555 5 місяців тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @cuttinaboot
    @cuttinaboot 5 місяців тому +3

    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

  • @giorgiopoli7408
    @giorgiopoli7408 6 місяців тому +8

    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.

  • @WaddedBliss
    @WaddedBliss 6 місяців тому +19

    This violence is why people love the idea of The Punisher or Judge Dredd.

  • @shubecklinechemanjiayunwi961
    @shubecklinechemanjiayunwi961 5 місяців тому

    Bro been waiting for this video where' ve u been

  • @tronytroo
    @tronytroo 5 місяців тому +2

    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

  • @Adams420
    @Adams420 5 місяців тому +1

    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.

  • @Misionero4Christ
    @Misionero4Christ 5 місяців тому +2

    I just flew there stayed there for a few days last week. Felt safe. Military was everywhere.

  • @garwynrosser8907
    @garwynrosser8907 6 місяців тому +5

    The thing about an oasis... It can often be mistaken for a mirage.

  • @XM177ColtCommando
    @XM177ColtCommando 5 місяців тому +3

    "Oliver Siniesterra"
    A villain's name couldn't get any more sinister sounding than that. This shit practically writes itself.

  • @noahgray543
    @noahgray543 6 місяців тому +12

    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.

    • @0816M3RC
      @0816M3RC 6 місяців тому

      ​@@joeyaldente8858 Inflation is dropping over here.

    • @noahgray543
      @noahgray543 5 місяців тому

      @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.

  • @misledpoet
    @misledpoet 5 місяців тому +5

    Ecuador needs their own Bukele

  • @JDWanko
    @JDWanko 6 місяців тому +19

    "The people of Ecuador don't deserve this. They deserve peace."
    Don't we all?

    • @user-FUCKYOU18
      @user-FUCKYOU18 6 місяців тому +2

      Not sure any more,every body wants wars in this world

    • @BigTrees4ever
      @BigTrees4ever 6 місяців тому +5

      We all deserve peace

    • @user-FUCKYOU18
      @user-FUCKYOU18 6 місяців тому +1

      @@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

    • @CodeLife_12
      @CodeLife_12 5 місяців тому

      @@user-FUCKYOU18 Deserving something and being able to have it are two very different things.

  • @just4stringsandsteve
    @just4stringsandsteve 6 місяців тому +11

    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.

    • @dogthefrog
      @dogthefrog 5 місяців тому

      Don’t listen to this audiophile, it’s fine as it is Simon

    • @just4stringsandsteve
      @just4stringsandsteve 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@@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.

    • @Spartan-sz7km
      @Spartan-sz7km 2 місяці тому

      I agree. S's was very sharp? Idk if that's the right word.

  • @PetieLee
    @PetieLee 6 місяців тому +15

    Praying for Ecuador. 🙏🙏🙏

  • @TheMRsmallville1000
    @TheMRsmallville1000 6 місяців тому +7

    OMG A sadly cameo of my country in one of Simon's video's.

  • @VisibilityFoggy
    @VisibilityFoggy 5 місяців тому

    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.

  • @andrewsmith9174
    @andrewsmith9174 5 місяців тому +2

    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.

  • @Jch434
    @Jch434 6 місяців тому +3

    You pronounce Ioan Grillo name as “Yone” as per him on his Joe Rogan episode. Brilliant Journalist

  • @tristenlarsen1
    @tristenlarsen1 5 місяців тому +1

    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

  • @umadbra
    @umadbra 6 місяців тому +5

    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.

  • @K-qNS
    @K-qNS 6 місяців тому +1

    off topic but, what's that armored vehicle in thumbnail??

  • @barney10240
    @barney10240 5 місяців тому +4

    I hope they're on the same path of recovery as El Salvador.

  • @kaorufusumada20
    @kaorufusumada20 5 місяців тому +2

    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

  • @ramennight
    @ramennight 5 місяців тому

    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.

  • @kittensteaparty
    @kittensteaparty 6 місяців тому +9

    Grew up in Ecuador, like a 4th of the way through the video & the mispronunciation of Guayas & Guayaquil is killing me.

  • @zogar8526
    @zogar8526 6 місяців тому +5

    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.

  • @DarkWarchieff
    @DarkWarchieff 6 місяців тому +26

    El Salvador doctrine time!

    • @TealWolf26
      @TealWolf26 6 місяців тому +3

      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.

    • @marianyhc
      @marianyhc 6 місяців тому

      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.

    • @0816M3RC
      @0816M3RC 6 місяців тому

      ​@DrMindbender-wi1gq What El Salvador did was trample their democracy and just mass arrest people.

    • @kevinweltje4604
      @kevinweltje4604 6 місяців тому +3

      ​@0816M3RC it really irritates me when people try to excuse criminal activity under the false pretense of democracy

    • @kevinweltje4604
      @kevinweltje4604 6 місяців тому +2

      Yes, delete your comment out of embarrassment. Good job, brother

  • @mikariekki5708
    @mikariekki5708 4 місяці тому +1

    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.

  • @kwdblade4683
    @kwdblade4683 5 місяців тому

    Simon could make the assembly of a cheese sandwich sound interesting.

  • @xyrisejoss7144
    @xyrisejoss7144 5 місяців тому +2

    Before peace is chaos. I hope people are willing to sacrifice for the future.

  • @AiydnnCantu
    @AiydnnCantu 5 місяців тому +1

    Bro Make Ecuador Great Again
    MEGA 🇪🇨

    • @NapoleanBlown-aparte
      @NapoleanBlown-aparte 3 місяці тому

      The only acrynom that begins with an m and ends with an a i support

  • @042509am
    @042509am 6 місяців тому

    I wish every one of Simon’s channels used the Brain Blaze format 😅😅 still like them all. But. IYKYK

    • @Oxinder
      @Oxinder 5 місяців тому

      I like how each has its own personality.

  • @user-qm9vk8nl8g
    @user-qm9vk8nl8g 5 місяців тому

    What was the video about South Korea's arms industry?

  • @fearrogue
    @fearrogue 5 місяців тому +2

    Makes sense hope freedom wins 😊

  • @stevekirkby6570
    @stevekirkby6570 5 місяців тому +2

    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!

  • @VilcabambaTheUnderbelly
    @VilcabambaTheUnderbelly 4 місяці тому

    Oasis? Crime has been a major issue for decades and corruption ripples through all levels.

  • @terranhealer
    @terranhealer 5 місяців тому +1

    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 😅

  • @johnransom1146
    @johnransom1146 5 місяців тому +4

    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.

    • @Gos1234567
      @Gos1234567 5 місяців тому

      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

  • @bernooski5128
    @bernooski5128 6 місяців тому +3

    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.

  • @theconqueringram5295
    @theconqueringram5295 5 місяців тому

    Here's to Ecuador!

  • @khanofkhans6946
    @khanofkhans6946 5 місяців тому +3

    Also a huge boom to the drug economy is the cartels targeting Australia, where a kg can go for 200k. Of course Ecuador is perfectly situated geographically to make the long journey across the pacific, with small stops in places like Tahiti and Figi etc for gas. The aussies love to get loooooose. Also, with the worlds biggest drug route now apparently being Guayaquil to holland/belgiums ports, that's a shit ton of blow to be transiting the Panama Canal, do they just not search the cargo that transits through there? I suppose it would create a massive bottle neck if they started searching vessels with the size of the canal and the amount of vessels transiting it.

    • @Grimsace
      @Grimsace 5 місяців тому

      I don't think that'd be logistically feasible and I don't think the Panamanian government has the administrative capacity or fiscal space to do so.

    • @khanofkhans6946
      @khanofkhans6946 5 місяців тому

      @@Grimsace no doubt there clearly not cracking down whatsoever if the worlds #1 drug route traverses through there

  • @spjolo
    @spjolo 5 місяців тому +1

    very sad

  • @christopherescovedo5471
    @christopherescovedo5471 5 місяців тому

    You are killing Simon

  • @aaronhiggs
    @aaronhiggs 6 місяців тому +7

    Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

  • @jasonlib1996
    @jasonlib1996 5 місяців тому +1

    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.

    • @juanmam.2113
      @juanmam.2113 5 місяців тому

      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.

  • @loganbrown1185
    @loganbrown1185 5 місяців тому +1

    This gonna be the us come November

  • @texastuna2090
    @texastuna2090 6 місяців тому +3

    Bukele is a hero of the people

  • @Rpg844
    @Rpg844 6 місяців тому +8

    The world is just one big doomsday movie right now.

    • @josephgriffin2388
      @josephgriffin2388 6 місяців тому +3

      It always has been...we just get detailed info about it all now.
      It was always been there.

    • @Rpg844
      @Rpg844 5 місяців тому

      @josephgriffin2388 Regardless of whether the world has always been like this or if we're witnessing something else, when the media is biased, manipulative, and it's saying things like "this has a 1939 feel to it", or discussing topics like conscription/draft , it highlights the fact that, right now, it doesn't matter what is REALLY happening, but what people THINK is happening, and in a society more connected, more divided, more confused, and more emotionally driven, it has become extremely complex, unique, and is has definitely become incomparable to any other time in history. The very fact that we are seeing a collapse in both geopolitical and domestic politics and at a rapid rate globally should be more proof of this. There is a sort of "global awakening " and it can go either way. We shouldn't be concerned about what is really happening, we should be concerned about what they are telling us and how people will react. Interesting times nonetheless.

  • @jodiunger9425
    @jodiunger9425 5 місяців тому +4

    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.

    • @studiotwilldee
      @studiotwilldee 5 місяців тому +6

      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?

    • @sinders18
      @sinders18 3 місяці тому

      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

  • @RSKofficial-267A
    @RSKofficial-267A 5 місяців тому +2

    Warographics has gone from just being about war to covering all the sociopolitical turmoil of our time.

  • @HandyMan657
    @HandyMan657 6 місяців тому +2

    Such a shame, it's such a beautiful country, I always had a pleasant time when there.

  • @IraqWarVet03
    @IraqWarVet03 6 місяців тому +2

    It's sad

  • @kenhunt9863
    @kenhunt9863 5 місяців тому +1

    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?

    • @CarolCityCane305
      @CarolCityCane305 3 місяці тому

      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

  • @HyBr1dRaNg3r
    @HyBr1dRaNg3r 6 місяців тому +3

    Poor Ecuador…Was there in 2009 and it was awesome! A bit socialist, but peaceful😕I hope Ecuador can rid themselves of these “gangsters.”

    • @spacemanx9595
      @spacemanx9595 5 місяців тому +1

      "a bit socialist" yeah that's why it was awesome then.

  • @akend4426
    @akend4426 6 місяців тому +10

    It’s unsettling to see just how quickly gang violence flew off the handle in Ecuador.
    Here’s hoping that the armed forces can bring things back under control as quick as possible!

    • @juanmam.2113
      @juanmam.2113 5 місяців тому

      It wasn't quickly, it was slow but steady. Previous governments were just too distracted in their eternal dong measuring contest to prevent cartels from gaining more power. My country should be a warning signal to others.

  • @andljoy
    @andljoy 5 місяців тому +3

    Time to deploy el Salvador strategy

  • @UnicornzAndLolipopz
    @UnicornzAndLolipopz 6 місяців тому +2

    Corruption for some is business as usual for others

  • @charlesmoss8119
    @charlesmoss8119 6 місяців тому +24

    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!

    • @sadboi8458
      @sadboi8458 6 місяців тому

      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

    • @jakel8627
      @jakel8627 6 місяців тому

      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

    • @Xplicitthedon
      @Xplicitthedon 6 місяців тому +1

      Exactly.

  • @Erok9
    @Erok9 5 місяців тому +2

    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.

  • @larrybanta8858
    @larrybanta8858 5 місяців тому

    Wow

  • @theromanorder
    @theromanorder 6 місяців тому +6

    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

  • @vaenii5056
    @vaenii5056 6 місяців тому

    Ecuador! Plim plom pliplapluplamplim~~! 🔊🔊

  • @Retrofun69
    @Retrofun69 6 місяців тому +31

    They need a president like Bukele

    • @thematthew761
      @thematthew761 6 місяців тому +5

      Naboa is trying to be just that

    • @0816M3RC
      @0816M3RC 6 місяців тому +3

      The Central American fuhrer?

    • @resileaf9501
      @resileaf9501 6 місяців тому +6

      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.

    • @CursedLink666
      @CursedLink666 6 місяців тому +2

      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.

    • @yucol5661
      @yucol5661 6 місяців тому

      @@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