Paraguay and Uruguay Compared

this video is sponsored in part by news voice paraguay and uruguay or officially the republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay no way yes way the two South American countries that outsiders often get mixed up that are both between Brazil and Argentina the way I've always remembered where each is located is PU and the P is always over to you yeah I'm a weird guy what can I say but while folks confuse the two they are actually both quite different for starters Paraguay is about twice as big as Uruguay it also has about twice the population of Uruguay 90% of Paraguay lives east of the Paraguay River Paraguay is also growing at a faster rate Paraguay is landlocked Uruguay borders the Atlantic Ocean for crying out loud but hold up despite being landlocked the country has coasts and ports on the Paraguay and Parana rivers and the Parana Paraguay waterway does exit to the Atlantic Ocean see those beaches they are in Paraguay yo oh and Paraguay has the largest Navy of any landlocked country in the world Paraguay and Uruguay don't even border each other Paraguay borders another landlocked country actually Bolivia being further south and by the ocean Uruguay has a more temperate climate it never gets too hot or cold there but in Paraguay it's much more varied this map sums it up South East Paraguay has a climates more similar to Uruguay but the more north and west you go the more tropical it gets Paraguay actually has two distinct geographic regions divided by the Paraguay River the eastern region which is mostly grassy plains and wooded hills and the western region also known as the Chaco which is mostly marshy Plains and random big Hills in certain spots Paraguay also has a wet and dry season Uruguay for the most part does not the median age is younger in Paraguay the life expectancy is higher in Uruguay and the infant mortality rates is also much lower there whay has a higher literacy rate in the highest in Latin America Uruguay has only two public universities but they're free so there's that it has more residents with college degrees Uruguay has a much lower poverty rate supposedly it has one of the lowest poverty rates in the world one source I found put it at just 2.9 percent but it's likely closer to 8 or 9 percent still Paraguay's poverty rates is that closer to 19 or 20 percent and Uruguay is known for striving to be a more egalitarian society and having less income inequality than most other countries in Paraguay five percent of land owners owned 90 percent of the land from what I could gather Paraguay does have lower taxes and the cost of living is significantly lower there two less residents and Paraguay have internet access ah but Paraguay spends a higher percentage of its GDP on education Uruguay is much more urban Paraguay is one of the most rural countries in the Americas Paraguay is more conservative when it comes to social issues for example Uruguay legalized same-sex marriage way back in 2013 and it is still illegal in Paraguay Uruguay was also the first country to fully legalize marijuana also way back in 2013 Uruguay has a higher GDP per capita ah but Paraguay has a lower unemployment rate and its economy is growing at a faster rate lately plus Uruguay's inflation rates is more than triple that of Paraguay major industries in Paraguay include agriculture food processing textiles and timber due to its vast forests major industries in Uruguay also include agriculture and textiles but also fishing and tourism Uruguay is one of the few countries in all of Latin America where the entire population has access to clean water you can do Street View on Google Maps and Uruguay not Paraguay what the heck Paraguay is often called the quote heart of South America due to its central location Oh and why is Uruguay actually the Oriental Republic of Uruguay simply because it's east of the Uruguay River well what do the two countries have in common well I'm glad you asked first of all both are in the rio de la plata basin a huge region of rivers that all empty into the widest river in the world so rio de la plata which of course empties into the Atlantic Ocean wide at one point the Rio de la Plata is a hundred and forty miles or 220 kilometers wide to hold up folks call that a river oh okay I guess geographers do argue about this some call it an estuary Gulf or even marginal sea anyway this is why most of Paraguay and Uruguay are relatively flat without major mountains both have climates influenced by the wind and the weather can change quite abruptly it never gets that cold in both but it can get pretty hot in the Chaco of Paraguay both are named after water Uruguay is named after the Uruguay River and Paraguay well no one knows for sure but it probably means quotes water of the pie aqua the pie aqua are an extinct tribe native to the area who lived there for thousands of years before European arrival but they were just one of the many tribes of indigenous people in the area known as the Huaorani in Chaco there were different nomadic tribes of note that y kuru people's meanwhile Uruguay also had the charr another nomadic tribe in the 1500s the first Europeans to colonize what later became Paraguay were the Spanish while the first Europeans to colonize what later became Uruguay were the Portuguese but the Spanish came to Uruguay soon after and both Spain and Portugal fought for the area the Spanish explorer Juan de Salazar de Espinosa founded a soon Sein on August 15 15:37 Jesuit missionaries also tried to turn much of Paraguay and part of Uruguay into their own self-governing Christian American Indian nation this was an alternative many indigenous peoples preferred over the Spanish and calm Enda system through the 1600s the Spanish were able to gain control of both by bringing more settlers and more cows by the way today Uruguay has the most cattle per capita in the world so while the Spanish made a presence in 1671 the Portuguese did establish a fort at colonia del sacramento in southwest uruguay to counter this the spanish founded montevideo in 1726 as its own forts Montevideo proved to have a darn good harbour and it grew into a big commercial port city that rivaled nearby Buenos Aires both paraguay and uruguay were part of the Viceroyalty of the rio de la plata established by spain in 1776 during the Napoleonic Wars the British Army tried to take over Montevideo because of course they did ultimately the Spanish had a hard time holding on to control of Paraguay in Uruguay like they had a hard time holding on to control over the rest of Latin America 1811 was a pretty big freaking year for both Paraguay and Uruguay and both settlers rose up against Spanish rule and declared independence Paraguay had an easier time becoming independent a dude named Jose Gaspard Rodriguez de Francia became its first dictator in 1814 and definitely ruled with an iron fist he was a bit different though compared to most dictators first of all he had integrity and was not greedy he tried to create a utopian society based on Russo's the social contract he also made laws that reduce the powers of the Catholic Church and even prevented people of European descent from marrying other people of European descent you heard that right and finally Rodriguez de Francia a completely isolated Paraguay from the rest of South America he ruled until his death in 1840 meanwhile Uruguay struggled more for independence from multiple imperial powers sure by 1813 Spain was off their backs and now the folks and when as air is controlled them as part of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata well the Uruguayan national hero josé Artigas got fed up with their crap so he broke with them as well however in 1816 the Portuguese invaded and took control four years later renaming Uruguay sis Platina after annexing it but in 1822 Brazil declared independence from Portugal in response to this a revolutionary group known as the thirty-three Orientals declared Uruguay once again independent on August 25th 1825 and this led to the cisplatin war fortunately for Uruguay the united provinces of the rio de la plata helped them out the war ultimately led to Uruguay becoming an independent state but within a few years it faced a civil war that lasted almost two decades the 1860s were a turbulent decade for both countries in Uruguay another civil war with Argentina helping on one side and Brazil on the other called the Uruguayan war and a far more devastating war in Paraguay the Paraguayan war fought between Paraguay and Argentina Brazil and yes Uruguay resulted in the deaths of as many as 90 percent of all military aged men some historians estimate the war caused the deaths of half the entire population of Paraguay Paraguay also lost much territory to both Brazil and Argentina and had to pay an enormous war debts afterward however it would have been worse if it weren't for Rutherford Hayes huh Rutherford Hayes yep Rutherford Hayes the obscure American president is a really big deal down there there are statues of them everywhere and even a city named after him why because of his efforts during the Paraguayan war because of him Paraguay got to keep 60% of its present territory and really survived as a country Emperor tiger star has more about this crazy connection in a new video he just released on his channel be sure to check it out when you're done watching this one anyway the Paraguayan war remains the bloodiest war in the history of the Americas so things did calm down in Paraguay for the rest of the 1800s and meanwhile Uruguay had mostly authoritarian rule for the rest of the century political instability returned to both countries in the first half of the 1900s from 1904 to 1954 Paraguay had 31 presidents most of whom were kicked out forcefully since the 1980s both countries have become more democratic and divided up power to increase government stability although there were certainly setbacks when the economies went sour throughout all of the 20th century both countries consistently remained places of refuge for immigrants today both are melting pots because of this if you look at the ethnic backgrounds of residents in both however most trace at least some of their ancestry to European countries a vast majority of Paraguay uns trace their ancestry to both Europeans and indigenous people geographers call this group mestizos and yes both have minorities of residents who trace their ancestry to other continents the majority of residents of both countries speak Spanish although most Paraguayans are bilingual with even more speaking Bahraini the indigenous language believe it or not Paraguay is the only country in the world where the majority of the population speaks an indigenous language in Uruguay along the northern border with Brazil lots of folks speak a mix of Spanish and Portuguese known as poor Daniel football aka soccer is the most popular sport in both countries ah but Uruguay hosted the first ever World Cup both have freedom of religion but the majority of residents and both identify as Christian of those most identify as Roman Catholic 88% as matter of fact and Paraguay compared to 37% in Uruguay over 41% of Uruguay uns are not religious the largest city in both countries is also the capital but asunción Paraguay is bigger about one in three Paraguayans live in Grande asunción the metropolitan area of asunción while more than half of Uruguay uns live in the Montevideo metropolitan area both are two of the safest countries in all of latinum although the murder rates is higher in Uruguay and has been on the rise in recent years both have universal health care both are Democratic Republic's but according to the Organization Freedom House Uruguay uns enjoy more political rights and civil liberties in fact Freedom House ranks Uruguay as the sixth most free country in the world well this doesn't sound free though Uruguay has mandatory voting until two years ago Paraguay did too both were founding members of Mercosur or the southern common market a South American trading bloc and yes both have a wonderful trading relationship lots of tourists from Uruguay visit Paraguay and vice versa both have a long tradition of pistol duels a lot of folks on the internet say that pistol duels are still legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors as it turns out this is not true after all dang folks on the Internet both are known for being leaders in the world for their use of renewable energies around 95% of Uruguay's electricity comes from renewable sources and check it Paraguay creates the highest percentage of renewable energy per capita in the world 100% of Paraguay's electricity comes from hydropower and it has the capacity to create five times its national electricity requirements look at that human achievement it's the e-type udam which borders Paraguay and Brazil and it's the largest hydroelectric energy producer in the world and finally residents of 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Length: 17min 51sec (1071 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 10 2020