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Video with history and current context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX4J4p4R1QU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX4J4p4R1QU tl;dw: the Darien Gap and U.S.
by gcanyon 3y ago
Video with history and current context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX4J4p4R1QU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX4J4p4R1QU
tl;dw: the Darien Gap and U.S. interest in the potential for the Panama Canal were critical to Panama's goal of independence from Colombia. Today, neither wants to make it easier for Colombia to gain access to its former territory. The gap serves as a critical barrier to: 1. The drug trade; 2. People migrating to the north in hope of a better life; 3. Any adventurism on Colombia's part.
- yurpd0011 3y ago> People migrating to the north in hope of a better life This phrasing seems off, and it seems like it's trying to invalidate the concept of a nation maintaining its borders. One could also justify murder as done "in hope of a better life", as if pursuing a better life justifies the means. If the US could secure its southern border people would likely be much more open to a road right to it.
- TulliusCicero 3y ago> If the US could secure its southern border people would likely be much more open to a road right to it. Do you...think there aren't roads next to the US-Mexican border?