The Bi-Oceanic Corridor to revolutionize South America
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Recently, new infrastructures have been constructed to develop the #South #American interior. The #Bi-Oceanic Road #Corridor sits at the forefront.
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This project can only become useful for large-scale trade if a railway network is being built. Transport on roads is just too expensive, and their capacity too low. They may help locally in remote regions, for example, but cannot really improve the national economy significantly.
A parallel railway is being built. He said so in the section on environmental damage.
@@ableseaman7987 We'll have to see if and when those will actually be finished, and to what extent.
@@derhuhu3375 Well yeah, that holds true for literally every single infrastructure project ever. This is still a good start and bringing wealth into the region through a connected road will make any subsequent projects easier to afford.
Brazil has no railway infrastructure. We use roads for anything. Plus, infrastructure on productive regions is very poor, as they are scattered through the country it would cost hundreds of billions of dollars. And rhe current government is not looking to invest billions on long-term projects, its giving funds to local political clans to win support.
Maybe the boring company will actually do a thing in south america
South American CaspianReport is the content we need. So undercovered!!
It's just some guy making videos. He has no secret insight to anything. Just his opinion
South American politics and geopolitics are generally ignored, which is a shame.
@@jackmiller1561
@@FTL1511
South America is suffering from the New Zealand effect.
South America is so isolated and so internationally so stable that it doesn't really matter in the larger scale and always ignored by everyone
@@RUTHLESSambition5 His "opinion" is based on tremendous knowledge. For this, the knowledge does not have to be secret. Opinion does not describe it. It is an informed perspective. It doesn't mean that everything he says has to be right.
My experience in South America is that they can get infrastructure built, but the funds to maintain such things seems to disappear due to corruption.
These countries used to have great rail networks.
Their political systems allow for a lot of corruption and a lot of influence by a small wealthy upper class and mega corporations.
These countries have a pot of potential but corruption, lack of rule of law, and political instability is preventing their development.
That's it.
South Americans comment that they're choosing who is going to steal from the country.
I am from South America and I live in South America, that being said, I completely agree with you.
Just like the USA it’s the whole continent that is corrupt go ahead find an American country that ISNT CORRUPT
They seem to encounter great difficulty working together and remain friendly with each other due to the corruption.
For other countries that might be the case. Not for Chile though.
As a Brazilian and proud south American, I that you for reporting on our beloved region, my dude
Another alternative for the Panama Canal is already being built in Mexico, It's called "Corredor Interoceanico Itzmo de Tehuantepec" It'll be completed next year, it will transport shipping containers from the port of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca (Pacific Ocean) to the port of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz (Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean). It'll take 10hrs to transport the shipping containers from one ocean to the other compared to 2-3 days that usually takes through the Panama Canal...
Lo mismo le iba a escribir!
en promedio, un barco tarda entre 8 y 10 horas en cruzar el Canal de Panama. Teniendo en cuenta la comparación de anchura geográfica entre México y Panamá, dudo mucho que el de México tarde lo mismo.
Así es, ni una palabra sobre el Istmo. Si acaso este proyecto de sudamérica se lleva a cabo, el Istmo es muy superior, incluso al canal dr Panamá pues si se perfecciona la logística de carga-transporación-descarga puede tener unos tiempazos para comunicar Asia y Europa o las 2 costas de EU.
Thanks to the perseverance of the greatest president of Mexico, ANDRES MANUEL LOPEZ OBRADOR.
@@RigbyAdrian incluso si no, el del istmo ofrece parques industriales que el canal no ofrece.
2 corrections: the corridor won't pass nowhere near the Amazon as stated in the video, the two biomes crossed by it in Brazil are the Atlantic Forest and the Cerrado (Brazilian Savannah). Also, Brazil doesn't have provinces, so it's Mato Grosso do Sul STATE.
I don't think Shirvan stated the Amazon Rainforest as a biome affected by the megaproject.
@@kingace6186 not "being affected" , but he said it would be connected on 6:02
@@FranciscoJG I see.
Forgivable mistake since the political territory of the amazon (not the actual rainforest) starts close to the roadline. Also it's common to refer to states as provinces in english outside of an american context.
@@RedactedBrainwaves actually no. The state of Amazonas is neither in the border, nor even close to it.
A comparison to the Panama Canal is not apt since the Corridor isn't intended to be used in the same way. The Panama Canal is a transit point for global shipping that vastly reduces shipping times. The Bi-Oceanic Corridor is a way for the interior of South America to get its products to the global market, Asia in particular. It wouldn't make sense to use the Corridor in the same way as the Panama Canal, as docking the ship at a port in Chile, offloading the cargo onto trains and trucks to send 2250km to a Brazilian port, just to load it back on a ship and continue its journey would be costly and more time consuming than just going through the Canal or around the Horn. It's an apples and oranges comparison to compare a canal to a transnational highway/rail/seaport network. Other than that, I agree with the analysis, though I'd appreciate greater effort in getting the names right on maps. I can understand non-native pronunciation won't be perfect, and that's fine, but there's little excuse to have so many mistakes on the map.
Right. I was about to say this.
It should greatly stimulate the central economies. Even moreso if you can get water in the mix. The cheapest and most efficient ways to move goods, in order:
Ocean cargo ship, river/canal cargo barge, train, semi truck, smaller truck.
This is an example of how overpowered the US is given its inland waterways, and tacit control of the Panama Canal.
Hey Temujin
@@davidduchesne8421: ^^^I 👀 what you did there 👏^^^
Is cheaper though.
"It's difficult to argue against a highway once it has already been built"
Urbanist youtubers: hold my beer
as long as they don't just keep adding one more lane, bro, we should be fine
That should be: hold my bike.
@@tomassakalauskas2856 right? the interstate highway is a good thing but it stopped being it once it went into the cities.
@@tomassakalauskas2856 but how do poison the poor folk if you don't stick giant roads through their city?
American urbanists : just add more lanes, bro.
From 1910 to 1984, the trans-Andean train ran across the Andes mountains and moved passengers and cargo between the Pacific coast from Valparaiso, Chile to the Atlantic coast in Buenos Aires, Argentina and vice versa.
Why did they nullify the route?
@@thetruthis24 Probably casue shipping is cheaper.
@@Distress. also that route is too far south to meaningfully compete with the panama canal.
@@thetruthis24 the most high part of the route has been a narrow gauge railway. So you had to unload freight at 2 places in Chile and Argentina and load it on another rail car.
I am from Brazil (southern region of Brazil) ...in 1864 happened War of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay joined forces against to prevent Paraguay from to get way the sea through the River de la Plata) Paraguay was devastated and still is today depends on the ports of other countries to dispose of its products (not to mention that 90% of the male population was annihilated)...with Bolivia something similar happened in the so-called "War of the Pacific" in 1879 where Chile stole the sea outlet from the Bolivia and to this day Bolivia claims in international courts its lost territory of Antofagasta and its exit to the sea...the sea has always been a strategic issue!!
Shirvan, your efforts to pronounce our geographical names are delightful and engaging. Kudos!
The content is very welcome and, as always, thoroughly researched. I congratulate you with Brazilian warmth and hope for more videos on the region.
He butchered the names . Specially Chaco.
CHA KO
Bom ver o Brasil finalmente aparecer nesse canal né?! Hahaha
10:40 🐖🐷🐖🐷🐖🐷
& Virus 🦠🦠🦠
He did pronounce correctly Jujuy though
@@matthewnienkirchen8083 hahahahah wtf dude. Who do you think you are to give a moral lesson to an entire nation?
There are so many things wrong w your statement that I don’t even want to spend my time arguing against it.
Just remember, morality is a social construct. There is no right or wrong and it’s mostly individual.
Also, Brazil is awesome the way it is. Don’t try to spread the boringness of Puritanism to other lands.
Finally some Latin America content! We were eager to hear ourselves from your perspective, Shirvan
Unlikely it will become more than a dream. Even is a global power lend the money, local politicians will spend it elsewhere.
Key error: the Amazon rainforest is about 1000km away from this route. The route would not go through an inch of Amazon rainforest. In Brazil it would go through Cerrado and Pantanal biomes.
Most of us have been propagandized to worry about the Amazon rain forest, so any mention of development anywhere in South America leads to nail biting about it.
@@johncasey1020 people should also be worried about the cerrado and Pantanal (dry plains and huge wetlands), they have been in the front of devastation for the last 40 years and they suffer more that the Amazon
@@johncasey1020 you must've been spit out by the american education system, probably somewhere down south
@@CrackFoxtrot24 How have you come to this conclusion ?😆
The fear is that Brazil will develop further into the rain forest to produce more crops, even if they have to ship them South to this road/rail.
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Bro noone clicks it... youtube commercials is a stupid tax at this point, let him get his bag.
Man I hitchhiked that route twice it’s awesome I recommend others to visit
The economics of transporting goods is simple. From lowest cost to highest cost you have ship/water --> rail --> truck --> airplane. This proposal is good if there is enough local east-west trade within South America. It would be better (cheaper) if this proposal was railroad. This proposal can't compete with the Panama Canal ship/water transport.
There is no bi-oceanic corridor, nor can there ever be one, for simple reason of cost of different transportation means. 90-95% of world trade is by sea, and there is very good reason for this. Trucks cost about 10 cents/km, train 5, barge 2 and ship 0,5. All in American currency. So there is no possibility whatsoever of using this thing to shift cargo from one ocean to the other. A simple example: if you want to move cargo from Sao Paulo to Lima by sea you roughly have 10,000 km via Cape Horn. That will cost you 50 $/ton. Should you wish to rail it via Asuncion, Salta to Antofagasta by rail (the less expensive option) that will be 2,500km or 125 $/ton, and from said Pacific port you are still 1,500 km away from Lima. Then there is possibility to shift cargo originating along this route to one ocean or the other. Numbers are not quite so drastic, but the conclusion is always the same. These are: 1) soya, cotton, rice and corn from Paraguay. It will never ever go via the Pacific. A small portion end up being loaded at Paranagua, but the bulk goes by barges via the Parana river. 2) Mato Grosso. mainly soya, corn, sugar, iron ore. Same case with bordering state of Rondonia. Goes by barge via the Madeira river, an affluent of the mighty Amazon. 3) Eastern Bolivia. soya, mineral ore. By barge via the Paraguay river, an affluent of the Parana. The bi-oceanic corridor as presented is just a piper's dream presented by sleazy politicians with vested interests and/or people utterly ignorant of transportation costs. This does not mean that it is completely devoid of any merits. With any luck it will serve as a limited means of connection between adjacent regions, and no more than that. There are half a dozen alternate schemes, some including Bolivia and/or Peru, 3 others via central Argentina. All ignore a basic fact of physics. Crossing the huge Andes mountain range does not come cheap: it inevitably involves getting to impossible heights (4,000 meters in this example, 3,000 meters in Argentina). Raising a zillion tons that high is mightily expensive, wasteful and unnecessary in terms of energy, and diesel trucks, just like people at high altitudes become less efficient for relative lack of oxygen. Boring tunnels for trains is of little remedy: a 50 km tunnel will cost some 20 billion at the very least. This is being done in the Alps, but there are a few minor differences: the Alps pale in comparison to the Andes, they are mostly a third the height. Secondly they have big populations nearby, mostly lacking in this example, the result being that volumes of cargo and/or passengers that could justify the investment are in this case absent. Thirdly, all these are poor countries, with limited capital resources. Furthermore they pay substantially higher interest rates for loans for such a project. This is sadly an exercise in futility.
Yeah I found that aspect to be structurally deficient, by that logic, why not just build two massive airports- one in the Pacific and one on the Atlantic, and just fly the cargo over the continent to bypass the infrastructure needed with this hodgepodge transportation network Cobbled together by CCP 🤣 I really don't understand the fascination and allure countries have when they get into debt with the Chinese, it's almost as if leadership has no qualms about trading future economic security and autonomy for instant cash infusion. Spot on though with your argument
This comment deserves some kind of award or something.
Great breakdown, thanks!
Interesting wall of text.
Too long and no breas, though, so I only read your first two lines. That is what a wall of text deserves.
Now, regarding your comment it makes no sense, that is what I thought when I cliked the video.
The video presebtation makes it clear this is an internal project for southamerican countries to be able to project outward.
It won't replace the Panama canal for americans and europeans.
It is meant for Brazil to make it easier to drade inward and direct to the Pacific, instead of going all the way around the subcontinent.
Looks to be a very expensive road for the Chinese pig farm.
@@johncasey1020 Much too funny, though you were probably not being comical. I am not sure whether to agree or just giggle again.
At Panama there are also Port Terminals. Ships can offload, and the containers go to the other side via rail, and again onloaded to another ship.
The Panama Canal was handed over to Panama in 1977. Once you fail to mention that, I'm reluctant to watch the rest.
Same goes for the Via Carpathia transcontinental freeway in Europe, linking Baltic Countries' ports with Greece (and everyone else along the way). It's almost finished.
Good info right there! But does anyone know if the Via Carpathia will become a toll-road hell hole?
Somehow that American stupidity is gaining more and more ground in Europe. And it's a cancer to society, commerce and everything we stand for.
It certainly won't be finished until 2030. Moreover The Netherlands will never allow Romania and Bulgaria into the Schengen zone.
@@ackchyually9461 I'm Dutch. And I'd like to know "Why not?"
Because The Netherlands stopped it in the past, and verbally opposed it
TENGA EN CUENTA que los líderes de la alianza HELLS ANGELS y BLOODS están teniendo conversaciones en este momento sobre su expansión en Europa del Este. Quieren erradicar a los aliados de la mafia rusa concentrados en Europa, América del Norte y América del Sur. El objetivo no es convertirse en el principal aliado de la mafia rusa como quieren que les crean, sino superarla. De acuerdo con sus planes, estaría listo para 2025. Esto es de lo que hablan los miembros que tienen vínculos estrechos con los líderes de los capítulos de Hells Angels. Los miembros ya habían comenzado a mudarse a los continentes objetivo. Si lee esto, debe compartir esta información para que las personas objetivo lo sepan. Si estás directamente involucrado, cuéntales a tus camaradas lo que está sucediendo antes de que sea demasiado tarde. Juntos podemos prevenirlo.
Great video. Just a small correction: the bio-oceanic corridor does not go thru the Amazon rainforest, since in Brazil the corridor only goes thru the Cerrado (steppes) and Mata Atlântica (tropical forest) regions. Amazon rainforest is way north of the corridor. And Mato Grosso do Sul is actually is a State, not a province, since only Argentina have provinces. Hope it helps
Quick other note: cerrado is probably best translated or characterized as a savannah, rather than steppes.
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Very interesting video. Please cover more South American geopolitics!
One of the new growth projects in South America, and Latin America, is Bi-Oceanic Corridor that will link Brazil with Chile, passing through Argentina and Paraguay.
With the existing routes from Chile to its ports on the west coast and from Brazil on the east coast of the continent, it will allow countries to have greater trade relations with other powers at a lower cost. 9:36
Source: The Atlas Reports Geopolitical Analysis
Great video!
As expected, the corridor is primed to be one of the largest infrastructure projects of the century, and as such, contract offers have already started pouring in. After all, the corridor bears similarity to the Interoceanic Highway, which has recently made headlines for the deforestation of 680,000 acres of Amazonian rainforest in its path.
glad to see a creator who takes time to learn the correct pronunciation of names in other langugages! :)
As a Brazilian I congratulate you on the clear effort to pronounce the words correctly in Portuguese. That shows not only attention to detail but also respect for the region you’re covering. Great content!
Puerto Santos
@@splashnskillz37 "puerto"
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As an English speaker I find all the South American places names difficult to pronounce. I never quite know where Spanish stops and Portuguese starts! I struggle with "J" pronounced as "hh" (Spanish) or as "zh" (Portuguese) and the South American Spanish pronounciation of "LL" and "QU" as well as the Brazilian pronounciation of "LH" and "NH"!
@@michaelhalsall5684 Spanish stops and Portuguese starts in the frontier between Brazil and their neighboring countries (it's not difficult to notice it at all), and its impossible to an English speaker say that is hard to pronounce the Portuguese "j", it's literally the same sound of the "s" in "meaSure" and "pleaSure".
I really admire the way that you speak Brazilian Portuguese, specially "Brasil" with our accent, it shows your effort. Thanks for the video!
6:02 the amazon is not even close from this route. Mato grosso do sul comprises of flat flood plain in the west, where ir borders Paraguay and turns into Cerrado (Brazilian savana) as it goes north. As it approaches the east coast, it goes up to the Brazilian highlands and meets the Atlantic forest. Brazil is not only the Amazon...
You did not mention in this little documentary the problem of the wholesale corruption in the government of this region
Interesting, great information. About the ports, this is an important fact: the Santos is not the only port in the Atlantic, there are several others that are very important in the region, such as Paranagua, Itajai, Rio Grande, all in Brazil. You also can consider the ports of Montevideo (Uruguay) and Buenos Aires (Argentina) - there are others, modern ports in construction too, mostly in Brazil's Southern region.
I wasn’t expecting “берегись контактного провода” sign in Paraguay queries, lol. That’s beware of contact wire in Russian. Stock videos deliver some spice to the narration. And thank you Shirvan for choosing South America for the video.
When?
@@zhiro_3 10:25
Cool story bro
@@techtutorvideos sure it’s just some random stock video to illustrate tunnel digging.
I have to say I think this is a rather secondary project. I think in the medium and long run what matters a lot more is the "calha norte" project, through which Brazil is attempting and managing to develop logisticsl links connecting the center of the country to the north and northeast instead of only the south and southeast. That provides cheaper transportstion alternatives to many food growing regions, including rail and river transportations through the amazon river system. It also makes new agricultural regions in Tocantins, Acre, north Mato Grosso and the Matopiba region viable.
5:44 the best choice for south America, since in Bolivia the inhabitants have the bad habit to block the roads for everything almost every month, sometimes they block the roads for weeks
Mexico is also building a massive canal which would affect the Panama Canal monumentally
As a Brazilian, it seems that the Pan-American Highway from Buenos Aires to Valparaíso would already fulfill this need quite well, except maybe for diversification and resilience, which is also important. But why not, South America still needs a ton of basic infrastructure. It would be better if it were a rail corridor though.
It would indeed be best as rail, rail has served Canada and the States very well with long distance freight transport. Even in the US where the auto industry and the interstate highway program just about killed off passenger rail it could never kill off freight rail since it is so efficient. Trucks move 72% freight by volume but rail moves about 40% of tons of freight per kilometer. Average trucking cost in the USA is 10.6 US cents in metric tons - kilometers (15.6 US cents in US tons - mile) vs. freight rail which is 3.5 US cents in metric tons - kilometers (5.1 US cents in US tons - mile). A standard gauge South American freight rail network would benefit the economy greatly as well as overseas shipping ports.
There is already a corridor, going through Perú and Brazil called the "interoceanica". It hasn't helped the local economies nor changed international trade routes. Shipping is much more efficient, specially in soutj American countries where not all thr road network is connected because of decades of centralization.
I don't think the average person understands how big south America is. I don't think they understand how giant the Andes are. I don't think they understand the people nor the abilities or lack of abilities of these countries.
No way would it be cheaper to drive that much freight overland for that long. Loading and unloading places would be needed on a mass scale. Not going to happen.
It will become more relevant as the agricultural frontier moves north. A south transatlantic conection would be far more relevant though as it provides alternatives to ports in east south america to the grains grown in the center of the continent
@@FOLIPE what? 1st. The Andes are a food farm already. 2nd $$. A big ship is the cheapest way to move anything. It will always be cheaper to just go around then to unload at a port and have to drive trucks up and over the Andes. To give you an idea, a flight from Lima Peru to cusco is maybe 2 hours. Driving it is over 22. Peru is 13 times the size of Florida alone. I would say the best place would be Ecuador. If they could get over the mountains, they could link it to a big river that flows into the Amazon River and then float it to the Atlantic. Again that is a lot of transport hubs that would add a ton of costs. Cheaper to go around.
@@theodoresmith5272 This can work imo but they need to have realistic expectations. Panama canal seems way faster for ships traveling from the north hemisphere so this would mostly serve regional commerce and maybe shipping coming from south africa heading to the east coast of south america or Asia. That said it can be a huge boost for south american economies for sure.
@@maximipe until you have been to the Andes, it may sound good. You can't build big roads. Its to steep. The fuel needed to go up and over then back again make it very costly. The south pacific is not a big shipping area nor is Africa south America in the Atlantic.
The parallel railway makes a lot more sense
*"In every chaos, there is an opportunity."*
*USA🇺🇸 got this, during the two World Wars.*
One mans misery, is another man’s opportunity.
Chaos is a ladder
This Bi-Oceanic corridor will only revolutionize the distribution of goods in the region. Even a railroad is not sufficient. The cost of loading and unloading ships of their cargo and then transporting it overland is prohibitive not to mention the additional cost of time and fuel for ships in the northern hemisphere going further south to Sao Paulo rather than Panama. The Chinese are funding this as a geopolitical move to counter U.S. influence rather than out of any altruistic reasons. The bottom line is, this corridor will certainly help the distribution of goods regionally and facilitate the export of goods produced in the region to overseas markets but will have little if any impact on the value of the Panama Canal to international shipping.
As a US citizen I’m am so happy for South American development. I pray for the day that all American Countries are considered first world.
While some names where wrong, both on the map, the spelling, and in the pronunciation, this was a really cool video! Like the new style, the music, editing, ... It's always exciting and challenging to explore new regions, I hope you'll come back to South America again!
He also called Brazilian States provinces, but yeah, everything else besides pronunciation was spot on.
It's actually very refreshing that someone from Azerbaijan tries very hard to be as accurate as he can be. I don't know, but I guess the exposure to spanish over there is minimal. To me, that effor it's remarkable and well appreciated... On the other hand, we have the upper neighbors which have a large spanish-speaking community and don't even try or seem to care.
Shrivan, I must say you are one of the few youtubers that get South American dynamics right. Kudos!!
Wow, as a Canadian watching this, I am shocked that it didn't happen earlier! The birth of our country was cenetered around an east west rail line. Same with USA, Costa Rica, Panama has the canal and I am sure Mexico, Nicuragua and possibly Colombia. It seems like a good project to me. Roads are good regionally but to really export and import economically, rail is necessary. But hey why not manufacture batteries and battery powered things there if all the minerals are there, you will certainly make more profit for your people if you sell finished goods rather than raw materials. We need to do that more here in Canada too. Make more finished products
it did happen like 150 years ago, but you know how world work, when Panama canal was finished all other projects where forgotten
@@nelsonbastias9993 I suspect political fragmentation was also a major factor. Several South American countries had navies rivalling the US Navy until the early 20th century.
Well, back then Canada had to connect east and west and settle the thin middle to stay Canada. Many South American countries just had to get their goods to the nearest port and export them. And since it all goes to the ocean anyways why connect one ocean to the other? That was going the long (expensive) way around to Europe. What trade benefit is there for, for example, driving trucks from the Brazilian coast to Peru and trading there, when most money was made trading primary goods overseas.
Also “you will probably make more money for your people”. Not for the business people who have political power you won’t. There was little support from rich people to even industrialize in most places. Even most of Europe didn’t get there before the world wars. The countries that industrialized early where exceptions, thanks to their governments and economic situation. No one was willing to invest on those kinds of “making batteries” businesses in most places (exceptions of course, but still the trend was resources extraction).
History of economies is very interesting because even the same countries are different over time, and since most people had so many less rights back then you can sometimes blame (explain) things on specific choices by a few powerful people.
But this road is very commie, commie road.
The Andes makes traversal a pain in the ass
Thank you for your knowledgeable representation of the topic and genuine cadidness concerning the political ramifications associated with the necessary diplomacy involved. God bless to you and yours and always Peace be with you.
I am glad they are doing this and I hope that helps those economies. The problem with South America is not lack of natural resources or Human Resources. They have abundant natural resources and a workforce young, with a very good work ethic, very well educated and on top of of that very nice and easy to work with. The biggest problem they have is corruption. Their governments are some of the most corrupts in the world. I think that except for Chile, and Uruguay corruption is absolutely rampant. Venezuela likely being the worst.
"it is only when one strays too far from the pole that they feel the tug of the leash"
A chilling saying that applies to so many things in life its scary...
@Steven 698 this quote sounds like it came from the depths of hell
Interesting coverage of a generally overlooked region of the world! The music's also unusually good this video.
6:00 That is nowhere near the Amazon, most of that route's biome is a savannah.
There is a narrow strip of the Amazon that runs parallel to the Andes and occupies a little portion of northern Argentina, but as the video makes clear that the subject was Brazil it is indeed wrong.
@@Gallaniel Northern Argentina is Chaco biome , not amazon. And the forest they have close to the andes is not Amazon either! Amazon is way up north around the river Amazon! Thousand of km north! Just because it is hot and humid in the Chaco and there is a forest close to the andes there, it does not mean it is Amazon!
We should build a canal In the US between the US and Mexico. For one thing the revenue a canal would make would be a way to recoup the cost of construction over time, like most US tollways. Also the jobs in construction and truck drivers to move the dirt of a long term construction project would be beneficial. The Canal would have to be deep enough and wide enough to alone the flow of traffic in both directions and allow ships to pass each other if a disabled ship was in the way. This would likely pose a large obstacle to illegal traffic over the border. It would also provide water to New Mexico and Arizona to be desalinated and use for human consumption as well as agriculture. A road to use during constuction could be made a permanent public road and we could build many Coast Guard stations and Border Patrol stations. Mexico would be able to build their own destalinization plants to get water to arid areas at the border as well.
"It is only when one strays too far from the pole, that one feels the tug of the leash".
This is a very good phrase, and it depicts well the current geopolitical situation in South America, with their desire to join the BRICS while being very dependent on western economies.
These countries are in a unique position where they can benefit from both sides if they play their hand well.
When I lived in Brazil for three years I was shocked to find out that they had so little railway lines !
Argentinean here and same here. Even if most people live in or near Buenos Aires there are many other large cities along the Parana river that could really use more connectivity, not to mention the interior of the country.
yes, it's super sad, however it's slowing getting better, with new laws to support rail private(and with public partnership) development
The problem with Brazil is that the time when we were industrializing was also the time when cars were considered to be the future and railways a thing of the past. A truck in the 1950s seemed much more versatile and cost effective than a train. Because of that, the government invested a lot of money in roads and neglected the construction and maintenance of railways and waterways. We even used most of our rivers to make dams for energy. We are just now trying to change that and trying to invest in railways, but things are going far too slow.
Take a look at topography of Brazil, it’s basically cliff along most of the coast line. Trains are not possible along the coast.
@@abdiganiaden I'm from Brazil and know here well, I know that our geography sucks to build nice infrastructure, but it's necessary, and lobby/politics is way better than geography in delaying progress
This seems like more of an export corridor rather than a transshipment route. The cost and time of moving containers across 2,250km of lands and high mountains by truck or rail cannot economically compete with leaving those containers on ships to sail around the continent. Political entities can entice with plans and tax dollars, but markets will do as markets choose and they choose efficient use of resources, especially the finite ones.
Yea you can't beat boats in optimal trade transportation.
That's precisely what it is. The point it so that exports from the South American interior can travel straight to the Pacific, bypassing the Canal and Cape Horn.
Especially when we're talking high volume, low value exports - soybeans, iron ore...
You miss one thing: To reach china (or Europe) all the cargo still has to cross the oceans, aka. the US Navy's playground.
At the moment, this project is no treat to the USA and if it is able to stabilize the economy in the region, it may actually be in Washington's interest.
You were so close... until you said _"if it is to stabilize the economy in the region, it may actually be in Washington's interest."_ Look up Operation Condor.
The stability of even the US economy isn't always in Washington's interests. "Washington" is a collection of oligarchs and hedge fund managers, or those who work for them. Washington specializes in destabilization, so they can come in and say "we are spreading democracy". That's why they put Pinochet in power.
When South American countries getting rich due to enormous trade with China, like Australia did in the last 20 years with China, then Langley will have a new task with Top Secret envelope sent by the West Wing to do the usual regime change kind stuff they are good at once again that is successfully done in the 60s up to 80s in that region.
Are US Navy Captains pirates? Does Washington plan on sinking cargo ships if countries don't follow them?
Naw. DC can't have a South American powerhouse.
when did America win a war?
Shame they didn't start with the rail line rather than the highway.
That would have encouraged a more sensible development pattern around the new infrastructure and reduced the environmental impact, and it'd be more efficient to boot. I'm sure the rail line is much more expensive to build since it can't snake through mountain passes, but if this project is expected to yield Brazil alone an additional 500 million bucks a year...
I am of the opinion that rail construction requires a service road.
So much needs to be done before the rails are dropped in and
the trains can run. I totally agree with you otherwise.
with to days tecnology and usa money it could be done easly but usa is dumb so they make highway instead of railroads
Also there's the problem with the width of the rails (la trocha) and which country would push their influence to the rest in transport or they could chose a middle point, but it depends on the existing infrastructure.
Also trucks drivers here in Chile are a fucking mafia so I wouldn't expect less on our latin Brothers and get pushed by them.
How do you build a train railway in the middle of the amazon lol
@@aersn4locs well I don't know, how did we did it through deserts, mountains etc or how we are planing to make a highway through it maybe an example
South America don't need nobody for survival!! 👻💯
I’m from Brazil and 92% of us have monkey pox.
Thanks goodness, you mentioned the Alienation of the US in emerging countries. When they lose interest in developing relationships with their own backyard, don't blame others like China to move in to fill the gap. This continent is filled with rich possibilities.
This is exactly what I keep trying to tell isolationists in the United States. Unfortunately, they keep not listening.
They never lost interest in Latin America. They kept and even grew their political influence during this last decade
I think they're just quieter about it this time. Plus, with the Chinese economy finally imploding they too might have to turn inwards, for the sake of survival in their case. The big trend I think we will see this century is smaller, less rich and developed nations taking a hold of their own destiny.
The detailed explanation of CaspianReport on geopolitics is just next-level
Im baby 👶
And the descriptive visuals are amazing and add to the explanation.
Yeah but pretty uninformed to be honest
after almost a decade watching caspian report I never imagined Shirvan mentioning my hometown once, Campo Grande send its regards to all
edit: he even talked about Mato Grosso do Sul (for my surprise) with an unmatched accuracy about our agricultural sector, my man just spitted facts abou the geo-economics of Mato Grosso do Sul
For this part of the world....this knowledge is greatly appreciated.
I worked on a project of the Bi-Oceanic corridor in a Peru to Brazil route. After doing research on the topic and watching previous experience, it was determined that the best way to build this corridor would be with a railway, a highway makes the Brazilian soy transportation through the Andes way too expensive and will have huge environmental side effects and it opens ways to anyone to carry on illegal mining, drug dealing, deforestation, etc. I totally support projects like this, but they need to be well designed and the presence of governments need to be strogner in order for this to bring actual ecenomic development to the people without extra problems associated with violence and environment destruction.
Thanks for the coverage and I'm looking to watch the next video!
A correction regarding the map that appears at 5:36, the final city of this railway line is just "Santos" and not "Puerto Santos", this error probably occurred due to the fact that the city of Santos has the largest seaport from Latin America, and in Spanish this would translate to "Puerto Santos", besides here in Brazil we speak Portuguese and not Spanish.
In fact I have lived in this city since I was born and it is where the famous player Neymar started his career.
"Pelados em Santos"
- Mamonas Assassinas
Nobody cares about Neymar Brazilian bro
@@leftifornian2066 Neymar has 50 million twitter followers WTF you talking about? You mean you don't care about neymar
@@leftifornian2066 your parents don't care about you
Been watching your channel for years, happy to finally see Chile featuring in it!
Thos wont replace the Panama canal but it would be nice to have more alternative anyway.
It costs a lot to move things from ship to rail or road and then again move the goods to ship
from south america's pov, the most value is for inland regions who move things by road quite long distances regardless to get to a port which is on the wrong ocean. Also from chinas pov, China is trying to get these resources and trade, having a plan B from the panama canal must be crucial for them as the US can control it in two seconds.
This isn't a project to rival Panama canal, it is a project for east coast of South America to bypass the canal, lowering the cost to export to asia (china) and removing the danger of the USA who could cut the Panama in an escalation with China.
@@mauriciosl the road over numerous mountain passes and jungles will certainly not have cheaper costs than the Panama Canal
Excellent nation building economic value adding development from end to end. This will provide opportunities for many directly and indirectly to improve. If corruption is reduced as well fundamental substance will be improved on many levels. All this will take time.
Finally a good piece of modern infrastructure going all the way across South America. Been needed for a long time. 👍🏻
Wow, I never expected Chaco to be even mentioned in a geopolitics video. I live in Resistencia, and believe me when I tell you most people don't even know about the projects nor their impact, mostly because local media faces censorship in the form of institutionalized bribery: if media don't fall in line with the governor, then they don't recieve money from the Chaco government. Of course, national media doesn't care about this censorhip, and if they want to cover something about Chaco they do, so many times we won't know about something until it hits national TV. The same can't be said about Formosa, the province north of here, since its government is pretty much a dictatorship. They threaten journalists that go to the province and have them followed and watch their every move. I don't know how there hasn't been a federal intervention there yet.
About the pig farm, I'm kind of torn, because Chaco is the poorest province in Argentina and all development is welcome, but after covid, the idea of diseases getting out from here is scary. I'd say it's probably for the best, though.
Unfortunately big projects like this usually don't really benefit the people living there that much. Almost all profit goes to a select few people who are already wealthy. But maybe it's still better than nothing. Off course I don't know the exact situation in your are so it may be different.
@@KofteG61 quicker shipping to the place is still nice.
Regarding the Formosa dictatorship, that's because they're close friends with the Federal Government, so they got full support to do whatever they want.
In respect to the pig farms, I wouldn't worry too much about the diseases, if Argentina can export beef, it means the sanitary conditions are top of the line. Just like the video said, I wouldn't crystal-ball anything here, I'd play with the cards at hand. The natural high temperatures in the Chaco province aren't friendly to certain diseases either. Not sure what happened with the Chinese pig farms, but definitely see a good and solid future for that industry's development in the Chaco province. Have a good one!
@@hansvonmannschaft9062 That much I guessed.
Gracias por hablar de nuestra región!!! Saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱
I can see why South Americans would like this, and why some people might want to avoid the Panama Canal, but I can't see how this could be faster or cheaper than the Panama Canal, unless the Panama Canal is just so full that another path is needed to increase volume because no more volume will easily fit through it.
Different purpose. Panama canal is mostly valuable to USA -> trade between east/west coast. Contrary to the earlier diagrams, there's no reason for African/European trade to Asia/Australia to go through South America lol. This will benefit the South Americans themselves more. Brazil gets easier access to Asia, while Chile gets easier access to Europe.
Mainly would help export from within SA. Not go through.
@@pierrecurie Also, greater access between Chile and Brazil, and looks like Sao Paulo will be capital of Latinoamerica
Well, if you don’t look from South American perspective then of course you can see why it is shorter.
@@watchman835 The over-South-America route might be shorter for some trips, but it's also overland, which I've always thought of as slower and introducing difficulties. Maybe that's centuries out of date, though, if roads and/or trains are present (I think trucks do go faster than ships) and economies of scale and near-instantaneous communication mean that having to transfer cargo multiple times within a journey doesn't actually create much problems.
I'm a subscriber, and I have been for a couple of years. But then RUclips stopped showing me new videos somewhat sneakily I feel like, till I forgot about this channel. And then about a year ago I came across a channel called Good Times and Bad Times and liked it very much and subscribed right away, I had always wondered why it seemed to me like the voice and accent of the guy in the videos sounded familiar😂
The Bi Oceanic route that Mexico is building called El Itsmo de Tehuantepec is way shorter than this one. Only 200 kilometers. It was actually started in early 1900's. Now Mexican president AMLO has vowed to finish it. It will go directly into Gulf of Mexico to Mobile Alabamas ports, important oil ports to start.
Small detail. The corridor goes right through Argentina's vast lithium reserves. If the government plays their cards right, further development of the Jujuy and Salta provinces could mean a direct route to cheaply export the extracted resources straight from the tap, not to mention the significant economic benefits of potentially industralising the area.
Argentinian here. I'll just say that "right playing" and "development" are antonyms of "government" here
@@milocebatron5249 Todos tenemos derecho a soñar.
Dreams are beatiful...
Can you do the corridor of istmus of tehuatepec in Mexico since it’s gonna bring economic development to Southern Mexico
I’m sure this will be a big deal for the locals, I don’t think this highway will affect global trade much though.
@leo salgado Food will not be cheaper! Profits will be higher.
@@florida199 you spotted the pattern
@leo salgado I think a link between the 2 coasts should have been done a long time ago. I am not arguing the construction of the the road and it's potential. I am saying that rich people will not pass on to the consumer the lower cost of moving the goods ! They will just get more profits, it has been this way around the world for a very long time.
It's not a big deal, its a relevant secondary project
@leo salgado we are not irrelevant, we just so happens to have stable relations with everyone on average and no big conflict withing the continent, so we don't have as much coverage from international news. South America holds key strategic raw materials like lithium copper and the list go on, the biggest oil reserve in the world, it is more developed than all the other third countries, has a big consumer market and etc. If we were not relevant, we would not have so many coup d'état in the region.
In summary, we are relevant but boring for geopolitics.
Thank you for such a terrific analysis…(and such beautiful spoken English) :)
The Lordship package from Establishes Titles was the perfect last minute gift for my father birthday. Great recommendation, much appreciated !
sick opening music!
Yeah! If you wanna listen to it: ruclips.net/video/_54UKNSdK2g/видео.html
Shirvan has been raving and made a new intro to commemorate that rave.
Great video, Shirvan, but you have butchered so many words, haha! Awesome work anyways. Looking forward to translate it. By the way, there's an error on Paraguay's capital on 05:40 , it should be Asunción, with "i" not "l"
Hermano, estás pidiendo que te cancelen la colaboración jajaja
Saludos a Shirvan y a vos. Son de lo mejor en contenido geopolítico. Ojalá cuando termine mis estudios pueda hacer algo como ustedes.
Intro really hit this time! Not hearing about this anywhere else either so thank you! Hope you and your friends and family are safe btw!!
It sure looks good. Along with a high way a rail hub would multiply the transportation of goods
I believe the salt flats in South America may be uniquely suited for battery manufacturing due to proximity to the mines of important minerals and abundant solar energy availability.
How will you avoid polluting the ocean and killing marine life, in places like salt flats where most living things are in the water?
I think it could be done, but it would have to be planned in advance. Anticipated costs saves money, BTW, because it prevents at least some tech problems from getting out of control.
As a bi-corridor person myself I'm glad to see us finally launching a revolution
Let's Go, Bi-oceanic Transportation!
He said Mato Grosso do Sul's 10% GDP (8:13) equals to 500 million USD and that's *completely wrong*
Mato Grosso do Sul's GDP is around 20 Billion, which means around 2,5%, not 10%
Wow in 2005 I wrote a book called "Rain Forest Project" the main character wanted to build this very same project, but the Forest refused to be cut down and came alive to protect itself from the Investors..
It is not meant to substitute the panana canal, fellow gringo. It is meant to improve regional capabilities of those building it. In other words: it is designed to help brazilian exports, paraguayan exports, argentine exports and chilean exports. Not to make others use it instead of the panana canal. It surely makes no sense, they can still be loaded in their ships instead of unloading multiple times along the corridor.
great video, as always, even though we had to wait for a long while since the last one...
about the nomenclature I just want to make a small observation: in Brazil we have states (not provinces).
Geopolitical interest in South America is exciting, though I hope these countries seek long term trade opportunities with India and ASEAN as well as China. The costly Australia/China trade war is evidence enough that China strictly sees other nations as resources, with a propensity to react disproportionately when it does not get what it wants.
As a brazilian, i’ve dreamt about this for my entire life
Necesitamos un bloque económico y una moneda única para mandar embora a los yankees
URSAL
Enjoy autocracy
@@Dinofaustivoro moeda única não será benéfico para o Brasil.
God bless north and south America amen
I can see a good benefit to the areas each side of the railway. It will never replace the Panama Canal as long as the economic benefit of sea shipping remains.
Here in Brazil we are very proud of our agrobusiness. Afterall one can be without a new TV or a new car but can´t be without food.
Ironically, before the Panama Canal, the Isthmus of Panama had overland trade corridor access to facilitate transfer of freight and passengers from one side to the other.
This infrastructure project will be a great economic benefit to the countries involved if it allows for greater freight access to more countries throughout South America. That alone will can spur further economic growth throughout SA, thanks to the potential for lower logistical costs. However, as an alternative to the Panama Canal in facilitating global trade, it won't amount to much.
For intercontinental trade reasons, perhaps not.
But it'll help develop the inner provinces it passes through, just as the Erie Canal did to upstate NY.
If you are talking about that Panama Transcontinental Railroad, it still exists and is very much still active. You can check out a video of it right here on RUclips.
It appears both Chile and Brazil have a bright future ahead, with neighbours possible being able to be caught in the updraft. The world switching to electric cars requires Lithium batteries, a serious boon for Chile looking at the resource map. Brazil, the first letter in BRICS, have been working on increasing growth and quality of life standards including healthcare. My hope is that the U.S. would be a promoter of growth, not a leader/coercer, and that the debt traps China built for Sri Lanka and Pakistan do not occur.
I really liked the earlier theme music. Felt much more powerful. Thanks for the vid
The intro on this video was fire
Good lord the Santiago skyline would be one of the most beautiful in the world if it weren't for all that smog and air pollution 15:13
This was amazing, I love hearing about what happens in my old home country
Scotland?🤣
pathetic diasporak
What made you move?
@@johnseppethe2nd2 duh, Brazil is poor
@@arolemaprarath6615 no need to be rude. I just wanted to know.
Seems like another good example of securing agriculture and mineral resource access by China, with the added benefit of offshoring the disease risk. But without ongoing infrastructure support, this won't last even if completed.
The disease risk is high, as shown in China's own mega farms, with the additional risk of unknown local environmental impacts. And there is still a concern over China's own long term stability, growing out of the central government's recent troubles. Causing many analysts to wonder if China is entering a many kingdoms period.
americans and western europeans per capita use many times more resources than the chinese. This is causing many analysts to wonder if the worlds use of resources is sustainable as more and more developing countries population strive to live to the same level of excess as westerners.
Very interesting. Thank you. (from Canada)
Hope they finish the bi-oceanic corridor soon. It's easy worry about ecological issues from your house in a rich country, but the reality is all this region needs several infrastructure developments. Regional economy need to grow. And finally is not an issue of another country outside South America area.