Why does Uruguay exist?

Sandwiched in between Brazil and Argentina, the two largest countries in South America by area, is the relatively small Uruguay. Despite having such large and powerful neighbors, Uruguay has been independent since 1828. The fact that this small nation has survived for nearly 200 years without being absorbed into either Argentina or Brazil sparks the question: Why does Uruguay exist?

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[Dylank]

Good presentation! Quite professional for someone with only 77 subscribers, keep it up and you’ll get way more

[elianes]

Very nice and informative video! I'm glad to see that my country was the topic of one of the first videos in this channel :) The history of Uruguay is largely unknown even to Uruguayans themselves, so we greatly appreciate it!
I also watched your video about African flags and I think this channel has a great future ahead! So keep it up!
Also, you definitely have a new sub :D

[milkshake]

Damn only 200 subs you deserve more for this high quality content

[seosamhodubhghaill]

Once again, following your Channel, I had no idea! More!

[ano]

You know what, I’ve asked myself the same thing. Thank you for explaining ‼️

[brian]

Nice video! The only thing lacking is the pronunciation of some names

[Inuzumi]

Pretty well done and researched. Thanks for the video.

[lauruguayitausa]

Artigas wasn't a gaucho!!! I will edit to explain. Gauchos are the employees who work in the countryside with cows, sheep and horses, as a job, like the cowboys in USA. But Artigas came from a very wealthy Spaniard family that had "estancias" ranches for Americans, and he did probably wore clothes like a gaucho, but he was more like the owner, what you might call, a rancher, un estanciero, for us, or hacendado for other countries where they call ranches... "haciendas". Anyhow, in any monument of him you will NOT see him dressed like a gaucho, he was more like a military, and that is the kind of uniform he is depicted in the monuments. You can call him "criollo, " because he was born in Uruguay to Spaniard parents.

[IagoDiniz-wklp]

Só existe por puro capricho do Imperador, no segundo reinado havia poder para quebrar o tratado e anexa-la novamente

[UmQasaann]

Both Paraguay and Uruguay are buffer states for Brazil and Argentina.

[parkeddoor]

I was never curious about it at first, as it usually flew into the back of my mind when I thought.

But I only realised now after watching that Uruguay wasn't just a corrupt nation after independance as my first thought like most of South America. Thanks for giving me a new view and something new to research! Great video!

[vrkll]

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