Good Video, but I doubt that Spain will have enough people to achieve it's potential goals in Africa mostly because of it's horrible demographic situation since it has a fertility rate of 1.1 to 1.3 as of the year 2020.
@@johnl.7754 It is a joke, man. The treaty of Tordesillas stated that Spain's belongings must be about 400 leagues to the West of Cape Verde islands while Portugal would keep the rest to the East.
Our country is ideologically destroyed, socialdemocracy mixed with socioliberalism mixed with cancerous USA ideologys like intersectionality are in power, the hegemonic leftist party have a soviet contamination view of our country during 30s as a "country of countries" in a planet of planets i guess, any positionnement in defense of nation, their unity, their culture, their history, their geopolitical interest, their frontiers, the language, even if you are leftist, even if you are communist, implies receiving a fascist accusation, I'm not joking, the left is brainwashed in self hate, the right is the Ideological nothingness and stupid asf***. Is a political nightmare.
@@christiano9693 Intersectionality is not an American ideology. It comes from critical theory, invented Frankfurt by the world famous Germans of the 1930s, it just didn't catch on much until grifters in the US figured out they could use it to illegitimately gain more power.
@@dirtypure2023 That's what I just said. But perhaps we should recognized that these people adhere to an ideology that recognizes no sovereignty, and should therefore be treated as a nationless cancer.
@@oneof29 Spain allowed the leader of the polisario, a faction that's fighting for a independent Western Sahara, to come to Spain for medical treatment. Morocco sees the polisario as rebels/terrorist. In retaliation Morocco lowered border security allowing waves of migrants to flood Spanish enclaves.
@@nomanor7987 congratulations, you are describing International policy, or do you think when it is about business some people care about the people and not the money?
As an Spanish all I can say is that if we are as good establishing relationships as we are in having a good economy or creating jobs, we are going to be at war with all Africa in a few months.
@Krishnkant Singh spain is so bad at politics. And will never get to africa not a single country here speak spanish and they intensify the bad relationships with Morocco so a conflict is a near by future and historically spain failed to conquer Morocco alone and needed help from german nazi and french colonial powers
@Krishnkant Singh Plus big dick China are going to Invade africa with investment and Usa will move to stop it influence we talking Trillions of dollars gonna be pumped no way spain gonna catch them two giants
@@miguelmontenegro3520 for real man!, wtf is happening.. Oh well Europe died in 1945 in my opinion; North America is a fkn trainwreck too, it's about to become like South Africa - land seizures from whites lol, near future. All of my cards are on the Russian Federation now ― the last unapologetically white nation, also with East Asians too, and that's cool because I admire East Asia like I do Europe
Makes sense. Africa has had half a century now to catch up. Instead they squandered their time and money at tribalism and corruption. So eventually they'll get carved up by stronger players.
@@ClassicCase This argument is disingenuous. Europe & America have been meddling in African economics & politics for longer than 50 years. Let’s not forget that BOTH Europe & Japan would have remained wastelands & destitute had America not sponsored them financially after WW2. With this line of reasoning, singling out Africans as the reason for their own plight is blaming the victim for being victimized
Well, there is also some business going on with Morroco and Western Sahara, but yeah, Spain is quite chilly when it comes to geopolitical comittment abroad.
@@iamnormal8648 Just yesterday I was arguing with idiots accusing my people of genocide. They had no proof. One cited "scholarly sources" AKA Black Legend propaganda that can't refute the fact that most Hispanics are brown, not Spanish at all. The "most are mixed" claim is a lie since most men in Latin American can't even grow a beard due to having no Spanish blood at all. Most Spaniards, not all, can grow beards. If Spain committed a genocide, Latin America would look like the US: few Natives anywhere. Yet look at Honduras where I'm from. Most are Lencas, Miskitos and Mayans. There is a puny Spanish minority in a few towns. One time in Miami I asked landscapers about a job, and they asked me where I was from. They were Native American Hispanics. When I said "Honduras" with my big black beard, one of them was offended, saying: "You can't be Honduran! You look like you're from Iraq!" And then there are the idiot gringos who believe Mexico is in South America.
Spain's major role in world affairs took place much prior in history (beginning in the 15th/16th centuries), so by recent years and decades, the country's time as a global player had effectively passed. Spain's true and definitive demise came in the year 1898, when it fought a major war against the United States over Cuba. As you can imagine, the US was victorious in that conflict; and the War of Cuba, as it is known here, left a deep scar in Spain's politics and culture. It was the clearest sign that Spain's major role in world affairs was no more, as it was a harsh defeat, so it began a period of introspection mainly dictated by changes in its society that would culminate in the 1936 - 1939 Civil War. Not to say that Spain didn't have anymore role from 1898 onwards, as it had a brief colonial period in northern Africa; but it was surely greatly diminished from what it used to be. In fact, one of the reasons the Spanish didn't consider intervening in the First World War was that the War of Cuba had left the Spanish Navy extremely damaged, so it had no many means to even thinking of joining. And we could say we are fortunate, because considering that both the Spanish political elite and society were mainly consevative, there is a great chance we would have joined the Central Powers, the losing side, so we avoided that. In the case of the Second World War, the story is pretty much the same, as the country couldn't think of joining the conflict because of the recent Civil War it had been fighting, which ended on the very year the World War began. In fact, although the Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco, partially owed its position to Hitler and Mussolini, he nevertheless made as much as possible to hinder German efforts of making Madrid to join the war after that, as the country was devastated. Finally, in regards to the Cold War, Spain was lucky in the sense that, because of its geography, it was relatively isolated from central Europe, where the Iron Curtain was located, so the tensions of that era were not felt that much. The country did however aligned with the US, and granted them access to set military outpost in different parts of the country (which still stand today), in exchange of international recognition of the dictatorship and monetary support. Interestingly, it happened that, very close in time, the Portuguese, Spanish, and Greek dictatorships fell and the three countries transitioned to democracy and entered the EU and NATO at almost the same time.
Spain was at Civil War just before WWII but they did have some Spanish fight in WWII. Franco dictator of Spain was anti-Communist as he defeated Communist during the Civil War.
The last reserve of cheap labour force. We are gettin to a point where imperalist actors are more than underdevelopment countrys, this cannot stand for si long. Socialism or chaos.
Africa never stopped being strategic. It was plundered in 1700-1800s, was a crucial geopolitical region during the 19th Century, and had a role in contributing to the underlying tensions that contributed to both world wars. Today its just a different set of powers competing for access to its resources and people.
Ghana: "You let them bring WARSHIPS AND SPECIAL FORCES?!?!" Nigeria: "Well I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition" Morocco: "NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION"
A skydiving soldier with a parachute at the spanish military parade cot up woth a streetlight at DAYTIME. A plane just fall into the Mediterranean sea while its was patrolling the costline. And commanders done undestrand English se we stuggle to do military operations with other countries. Ghana is safe.... no inquisition in the near future 😂😂😂😂😂
You forgot about Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 a Spanish speaking country in Sub Saharan Africa. It's small but it provides a soft power foothold in to the region. I don't think Portugal is an actual threat to the Spanish plans despite the sizes of Angola and Mozambique
It's not only the policy of Spain,Portugal is in on it, it's true Spain is not has aligned with European geopolitics because geography means the Iberian Peninsula is very well defended. The toughest recently has been the trade deal with Mercosur, those are countries of big significance for both Iberian nation, and despite the differences between the two nations the economies are similar, the interest in Africa are aswell, Spanish companies have acquired interest in Portugal, portuguese companies already have footholds in Africa, it's been a main policy goal of Portugal since the eighties with the Portuguese speaking nations.
An African man told me this one time: "If you want to help Africa out of poverty, don't give African governments more money. They will just horde it and it will not trickle down to where it's needed. You have to invest in Africa's people, in other worlds buy African goods, perches from African industries and markets." What Spain is doing here, investing in trade with Africa; if executed properly, could lift billions of Africans out of poverty and make Spain very wealthy again at the same time. This time the right way. Not with swords, cannons and ships, but with paper, pens and dollars.
I do have high optimism for this as these policies will suit both Spanish and African peoples. However, like the narrator says, the competition is fierce and as far as i see, Spain is now gaining a stronger presence in mali and have plans for Libya.
@Hernando Malinche if you watch the video, Spain is offering to send businesses and let Africans enter Spain to study. How is that anything like China sending loans to African countries? Spain isn’t stupid because they know that these countries won’t pay back loans and the country suffers from the migrant crisis. I guess you just want to be a typical Spanish who has no hope in his country and try to be negative
@Hernando Malinche True I don't know China's policies though I know in Pakistan the locals weren't getting any benefits from the Chinese business there until the Pakistani government spoke up to them then they got a little. China wants to move Han Chinese to Pakistan in Cities where they are all Chinese and they live in luxury isolated from everyone else and reap the benefits of gentrification. I don't know if it's the same for Africa.
@Hernando Malinche Their economy is nonexistent. They have very little money. I honestly don't know how tf they have nukes. Edit: China gave them nukes in the 70s
I would really love to see Caspian Report do a deep-dive on the recent history of Rwanda. From violence and genocide in 1994, to safety and economic growth today. It blows my mind that Rwanda has a similar crime-rate to South Korea and Japan, two countries considered the safest in the world. On top of that Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, is considered one of the cleanest cities in the entire world. Plus the country has pivoted from foreign-aid dependent to self-sufficient within 30 years. I’d love to see this channel talk about the details and geopolitical aspect of Rwanda’s success. Countries like Rwanda and Botswana fascinate me so much, unique shining examples of what African countries can achieve with good leadership and a rock-solid goals.
@@Templeanyasi why would a guy on the internet lie? China makes poor quality stuff. iPhones are made in China you say? Well I could add nuance or I could double down. Seeing as this is the internet, I choose to double down.
@@JoeWilliams-bp5nm If you mean China's encroachment in both Far East Asia and Africa, yes. But also the 1800s until WW1 where we have seen this all before, albeit by far more violent means.
To this day I’m in shock how everyone is saying AfRIca like it’s one country with one culture this is maddens bro here in Somalia tribes can’t get along lol
@@moonknightish Yes. But Africa as a continent is the most ethnically, genetically and linguistically diverse continent on earth. In other continents, there is less diversity and nations formed mostly out of native ethnic groups. In Africa, countries were just dreamed up with no regard to ancient boundaries. It will take time for national identities (and broader panafricanism) to solidify.
This, just like 90% of these big projects that this channel talks about, will never happen on a scale as large as suggested and will not be successful either
I would rather put it as how the countries talks about, rather than how the channel projects since this channel's more like a delivery platfrom of whatever country's own narrative/propoganda
You're probably right, policy is the opposite of "do or no not, there is no try". But does that really matter? I might apply to 5 different schools, yet if I only get accepted by 1 I still achieved my goal, see? Likewise, if Spain attempts to get closer relations with a dozen states...
Good video, just one comment. You seem to make Spain sound like an unwilling or unenthusiastic member of the EU, when in fact Spain is one of the most pro-European countries in the EU. And when you speak about the EU restricting Spain’s spending capabilities and access to funding, I’m not really sure what you mean there, before Spain entered the eurozone the government could mostly only finance itself though printing money because the Peseta was very volatile, and the market had little to no confidence in Spanish public finances. So basically, Spain's economic problems are self made and if Spain hadn't entered the EU and Eurozone the country would be much worse off. P.S. Our dear leader Pedro Sánchez loves to do these grand futuristic plans, puts up a huge show and gets huge PR for a few days, but nothing ever comes of it. In Spain we call it Postureo.
The scramble for africa happened after the economy of African nations collapsed when the transatlantic slave trade was abolished. This time Africa is much wealthier and more advanced so I don't think these deals would lead to the exploitation of the continent.
While Spain will not have Spanish flags over Abuja depending on how these deals transpire African nations may become de facto colonies with their economies and trade controlled by Spain. (The former French African colonies are an example of this)
You know that mozambique crap recently? that cluster fuck can be avoided this way. It's understandable but keeping an eye open while you sleep would still be a good idea here
@@delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951 you want to send the military to a place you want to trade, and where in history you enslaved millions from those same ppl, and you expect you'll have a good outcome? This isn't going to last for spain. Bad planning by EU, already sounds like piracy to me
I don't understand why people keep talking about "imperialism" or "scramble for Africa". This is all about making good diplomatic relations in order to ensure profitable trade deals, keeping stability and reducing violence to avoid migratory crisis
I wish it worked that way. But no it's just soft imperialism. Corporations, global finance and the intelligence agencies have taken over the role of standing armies. For me to believe they actually just want to embrace trade with no funny business both parties have to be on equal footing but of course they're not. One party has the significant advantage and they will most likely take advantage of it. I really want there to be a solution for the migration problem because Africa is bleeding young and talented people.
@@Viper4ever05 I support that - Africa seen only just as a basket of goods.They will just exploit the people and destroy their enviroment. Not the first time, not the last time.
@@Viper4ever05 And there's nothing wrong with that It's part of the human nature, ever since things like "civilizations, Nations, States" became a thing
I've been watching your videos for a couple of years, they're always interesting and well informed. I'd love to see one on Australia's role in SE Asia in the face of changing balances of power
@William Okpara I mean, there's a lot of different investments in Africa... all looking different. whether it's China's infrastructure investment, Boko Haram's religious investment, or Belgium's mineral investment. What I want, is for Africa to actually be able to negotiate and profit from their own land, work, and resources, and not have to conform and rely on foreign influences.. even the ones that have settled in Africa for generations at this point. Africa has some SERIOUS potential, and people are starting to see... I just hope the people (native to Africa)... which... If you look in Northern Africa and Southern Africa, you see settlers from different eras. so it's like. fck man. I don't know what's going to happen... anyway? iunno whatchu mean by 'in body bags real quick' lol
I think that is very true. I'd also say that Spaniards know their place and are aware that they are a middle power at best. That said, there's a lot of room for cooperation overseas.
I wouldn't say that's a good comparison. Mongolia today has much more in common with the African states Spain seeks influence in, than Spain itself. Mongolia has a tiny population of a few million, and it's only relevance is to be a buffer between Russia and China, meanwhile Spanish is widely spoken worldwide by many millions. Spain has economical problems, but other than that it's a country which has potential for sure.
"Portugal doesn't have a shit" So, is this the kind of argument people give to each other, these days? Just saying "Your country bad" and "your nation sucks"? Listen, just because people have the freedom to say what they want on the Internet doesn't mean you can just have a xenophobic mental breakdown and type it on your keyboard
I love when countries want to invest in Africa, its a win win situation, Africans get rich and their lifes getter better, for us Europeans they don't come here and we also profit from the cooperation, I just hope it ownt turn into French or Chinese neo colonialism.
@@_--Reaper--_ obviously, it's easier to project soft power in countries that already speak your language. South America is also rich in resources. But that get's in the way with US interests there.
Brazil and México are already larger economies than Spain, add the US and you have that Spain can pour money and lobby in the region but being unable to defend it. The best example of this is the list of countries who have expropiated at least 1 spanish company since 1995: Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Argentina and Ecuador. If we add the fact most kidnaped spanish turists in México never comeback (unlike US turists kidnaped) you see that Spain has the same leverage in the region that South Korea has XD
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Wait, wait. As a Spaniard, I wonder, do we have plans??? EDIT: Oh, that document. Classic from the government do not caring for Equatorial Guinea, a former colony and the only Spanish-speaking African country.
This video is interesting. I am glad about Spains success in solar and wind construction on the continent. Although it is interesting to hear about Spains plans for Africa, I would much prefer to hear about this group of 54 out of 55 African countries and what they want to do with their own countries! Nanna Afuko Addo is very well spoken, I would love to hear you cover him and Ghana from their perspective
I'm a Spaniard and the article is fantasy because "long term planning" is not something we do. If you tell me we are thinking about strengthen our bonds with Algeria to annoy Morocco, that would be believable, because annoying others just because is the only reason for planning I could think of.
What actually became of your king or whoever that was, who then went abroad? I think it was about a massive Kurooption, there was nothing more in the news for a while.
I'd say Spaniards are unaware of long term plans as we tend to keep arguing about bullshit. We live in a somehow accidental, permanent smoke curtain. That doesn't mean there's no planning at all.
@@Janoip Our former king thought he had a free pass for enriching himself after navigating Spain from a dictatorship to a western democracy. But it got to a point where they couldn't cover him up no more and he had to run away, leaving the crown to his son. The stablishment here is still covering up his ass to save the institution of monarchy and, with it, a network of interests that transitioned smoothly from the dictatorship era until now. Even the current king has spaced away from his father to avoid being stained. That summarizes it, I guess.
IMO the new "scramble for Africa" will be a competition between China one the one side, and France(supported by the EU) on the other. With Russia and the USA playing a separate role in the background.
Lol France competing with China? What’s more likely is another rendition of the Marshall plan with the Americans moving in to curb Chinese influences either way Africa is going to benefit quite a lot
@@jihadityrone2197 I doubt the US will boggle itself down in Africa where they have very little influence. You can even hear Kissinger warning against US engaging in competition against China in Africa. It's already engaged in competition with RF in Eastern Europe, and with China in East Asia and the Pacific. Not to mention it's losing ground even in it's backdoor in Latin America, and it's almost been pushed out of the Middle East. Engaging China in Africa would really be a mistake for the US, especially after it's failure in Somalia(for example).
@@nocomment5705 Economic involvement is not the same as military involvement the US failure in Somalia was not due to economic involvement but rather an arrogant belief that they could capture their target Aideed immediately with zero casualties. The US has the largest clout within Africa I’m not sure what you mean by little influence, although China greatly spends much more on development schemes within the continent recent studies have shown that in 18 African nations most respondents placed the two nations on similar positions (afrobarometer.org/sites/default/files/africa-china_relations-3sept20.pdf), asked about their perceptions of the economic and political influence of various countries, 59 percent of African respondents viewed China somewhat, or very, positively and 15 percent viewed China somewhat or very negatively. The comparable numbers for the United States were similar: 58 percent and 13 percent. The same study reported that, when respondents in 18 African countries were asked to name the best national model for development, 32 percent cited the United States and 23 percent named China. With moderate American spending within the region the US influence can be greatly enhanced not to mention influence goes beyond just cash schemes, the affluent African middle class have been known to send their children to schools within both nations for education and with American universities ranking the highest within the world I’d argue this would be a clear success for America.
@plentyness by blood, they can prove that the grand grand parents are from Spain....I heard that already more people have a Spanish passport in Latin America then in Spain....
@@Simi822 It's because Spanish have a shitty economy and take advantage of the pay in latin america. It's not because Spain is so amazing. It's because they immigrated to LA for jobs.
Spain is yellow... and white, once the strongest The british, red and blue... And they started off as pirates that overpowered them Wait wait a second, was the era of colonization just a megamind movie?
What annoys me is that any small European country can come up with a grand strategy while even the largest countries in Latin America seem to be living as if the world restarted during the night everyday and nothing long-term mattered
Well Latino American countries are generally much poorer and have a lot more of serious domestic issues to deal with before they can pretend to instigate greater international plans (generally when they do stuff like that it's more on a regional level). And even when it comes to Spain, I have a hard time seeing how they could possibly compete with France and China in Africa considering the former is already established there, controls vast amount of Africa's money and speaks the same language as a lot of Africans and the later has 10 times it's GDP (and that's not mentioning all of Spain domestic issues).
@Cancer McAids that is false. Argentina became the world richest country by 1900's and sadly is the only country in history that went from developed to developing. Most countries fail in latin america because they lean towards socialism and their politics always focus on state intervention rather than economic freedoms.
@@1lyxbollyvykn714 Argentina is just one country lol. Bolivia and Brazil were doing fine under "socialism" or just left leaning. Blaming socialism is short sighted.
I usually take these videos at face value, but I can hardly agree that Spanish somehow feel uncomfortable in EU or feel "aside" from Europe. My personal experience is that you'd hardly find people more enthuasiastic about Europe, spanish people are everywhere, taking every advantage they can get from free business and travel.
@@CloakedPerv So what? My work is not "as good" for me as it is for my boss, but you don't see me living under the bridge pennyless instead. It's fine to be part of a good project that gives you shitloads of money, even if someone else earns two shitloads.
As a South African I have to say that this seems like a mistake.. In my 25 years of life I have never once felt our country making any progress in any sector..
Spain is poor and has no influence over Latin America anymore. Maybe South America but Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil have more influence than Spain does. Spain is in no position to try to reconquista Africa.
2:48 Imagine being a citizen of a major western nation and *not* being subjected to perpetual fear mongering about Russia and China. I'm jealous of the Spanish citizens for that.
I thought Spain was among the "PIIGS" quintet which were wrestling desperately against bankruptcy after the great 2008 real state crash. There was even a time, it was Angola, its ex colony , that used to bail it out, and now, according to that propaganda article praising europe once more, Spain is about to invest billions in a continent where some countries are economically and financially much more well off than even France and Germany. Africa doesn't need Europe and even less Spain, but the other way around is more than true. That's why all the old colonist masters are rushing to that continent, thinking they can enslave and plunder it, once more, under the nose of its rightful and genuine inhabitants ...
@@carlpilkington you know what? You’re right - I didn’t need to come across as rude; please accept my apologies, your comment made me reflect on how to express an opinion with respect 👍
You make it look as if joining the EU was a bad decision for Spain. But Spain is a net receiver of EU funding. They receive more funding, than they pay. Apart from that, Spain's economy is dominated by tourism, which benefits greatly from the euro. Furthermore, unemployment in Spain is high, but as EU members, Spaniards are free to seek employment in other EU countries.
Not shit, since some years ago even before the Brexit, Spain pay more than receive, it is not something that bother us due to we first received money to modernize some project, but it was the EU that commanded and request to Spain to scramble some parts of her national heavy industry.
Maybe Spain could start small and help out their small (former) African colony - La República de Guinea Ecuatorial (Equatorial Guinea) - where Spanish is already broadly spoken still. That small country is building a new capital city in the mainland part of the country. It's sandwiched between Gabon and Cameroon.
@@sergior. Perhaps now, with Spain's experience with a dictatorship in the 20th century, and pulling itself out of it, maybe Spain could help Equatorial Guinea pull out of the dictatorship there - in some sneaky diplomatic way.. It's funny that they're building such a nice looking new capital city "Ciudad de la Paz" with a university... Oh well. There's still Western Sahara and Morocco...
@@Anas-cv3ks How come you can be separatis from a country that you never belong to begeing with? that aside idgf about western sahara the issue is morocco always fucking arround in ceuta and melilla and even in the canarias... and all that because spain is to cuked to do anything
As a Canadian railway worker, and recently reading of French, Turkish, Chinese and Spanish infrastructure bids into the African Continent. It is apparent there will be great economic growth in the Continent (in my belief) and I have seriously discussed the possibility with my wife of living in Spain and working as Conductor/Engineer on railway lines destined to run from Morocco (Gibraltar) all the way to the Ivory Coast. Thoughts anyone?
@ꅏꍟꍏꌗꍟ꒒ you say it, without parliamentary representation, those "minor forces" didn't even enter in the Andalusian parliament. The mere existence of those organisations/parties don't put at risk the future of Spain. Only Catalan and Basque movements are the important ones. Galician, maybe in Galicia, but in Spain in general I would say not that much.
@ꅏꍟꍏꌚꍟ꒒ ok. Well that could happen but it is just speculation. I see my region 'independent' before Andalucía. Sorry, but I can't imagine, Andalusia's independence ahahah. (For now, lol)
I'm Spanish and all of this sounds amazing, but Spain has no ambition for gaining global or regional power, France does. I hope our politicians hear you 🤞🏻
Spain has been living in it´s own dream for quite a long time. I agree with Caspian report in that it has a tendency to stay isolated... Spaniards are peaceful people. Spanish society is too rich, too naive, too wishful thinking, and is also dominated by a kind of political correctness that tends to weaken it. Separatism is also an intenal force that is always draining some strenght from the country. Nevertheless behind all of these aspects, below the surface, the spaniards can still be strong, resilient and unforgiving. The concept of guerrilla was born in Spain when they faced and defeated for the first time the french troops of Napoleon in the 19th century. This is not by coincidence. The sense nation and proudness of spaniards is growing. In a sense, its like a sleeping lion. Madrid is showing quite a lot of determination and willingness to grow and progress economically and technologically, and political correctness is being directly challenged in the capital. Lets hope that all that inner strength is put to work in an intelligent, respectful and productive manner in the future.
@@hendrikdependrik1891 go to Madrid and you will see a lively, vibrant and friendly city, were people from all parts of the world go to progress and make a living.
@@piotrd.4850 They're actually not doing that. In fact, in recent years Spaniards are going back to their country. Even more Spain is the country in Europe with the least amount of people living outside its borders.
Don't worry if your plan fails and you need money, just ask our politicians in Germany, you only have to vote for our cause in the Eu Parliament etc., it worked well the last years. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You should make a report about Ghana and its president Nana Akufo Addo. It seems to be a very dynamic country that makes a lot to make an impact on the rest of Africa and the world.
10:53 it would have been better if you cited the Ease of doing business index in order to justify your claims about the challenges of doing business in Africa though.
we thought 8 centuries would have taught them not to mess with us, but apparently they want revenge after seeing our civilizations collapse and get conquered
@@djangounchained9387 you misunderstood my comment. I meant that it took them 800 years to get freedom, and after African civilizations fell (esp in the late 1500s) Spain wants revenge. (I thought my name would give it away lol)
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Blah blah blah, too long and repetitive. Nothing interesting.
How have you not talked about Myanmar yet?
Senegal 🇸🇳 is turkey 🇹🇷 friend Spain has no chance there
Glad to see you talking about my country!
Good Video, but I doubt that Spain will have enough people to achieve it's potential goals in Africa mostly because of it's horrible demographic situation since it has a fertility rate of 1.1 to 1.3 as of the year 2020.
"Spain and Portugal will be competing for much of the same space"
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Underrated.
Plan B: America for Spain and Africa for Portugal.
also France and China
Also france एंड china are इन race
@@johnl.7754 It is a joke, man. The treaty of Tordesillas stated that Spain's belongings must be about 400 leagues to the West of Cape Verde islands while Portugal would keep the rest to the East.
Spain looking overseas while the rest of Europe is distracted?
"I've seen this one before, it's a classic!"
A lot of history has taken place in Spain. This is Spain's next chapter. 6721
Our country is ideologically destroyed, socialdemocracy mixed with socioliberalism mixed with cancerous USA ideologys like intersectionality are in power, the hegemonic leftist party have a soviet contamination view of our country during 30s as a "country of countries" in a planet of planets i guess, any positionnement in defense of nation, their unity, their culture, their history, their geopolitical interest, their frontiers, the language, even if you are leftist, even if you are communist, implies receiving a fascist accusation, I'm not joking, the left is brainwashed in self hate, the right is the Ideological nothingness and stupid asf***.
Is a political nightmare.
@@christiano9693 Intersectionality is not an American ideology. It comes from critical theory, invented Frankfurt by the world famous Germans of the 1930s, it just didn't catch on much until grifters in the US figured out they could use it to illegitimately gain more power.
@@leandersearle5094 The American left (authoritarian tyrants) modernized and weaponized critical theory.
@@dirtypure2023 That's what I just said. But perhaps we should recognized that these people adhere to an ideology that recognizes no sovereignty, and should therefore be treated as a nationless cancer.
"Should start with Morocco as they have a history of cooperation..." Someone is not up to speed with current events
Hahah exactly
I'm curious, what happened?
@@oneof29 Tiny island fight (2002).
@@oneof29 Spain allowed the leader of the polisario, a faction that's fighting for a independent Western Sahara, to come to Spain for medical treatment.
Morocco sees the polisario as rebels/terrorist. In retaliation Morocco lowered border security allowing waves of migrants to flood Spanish enclaves.
Yeah if anything Morocco has deeper ties with France (who cooperated in building morocco first HSL), it'd be hard to wedge themselves in.
As a Spaniard myself, I'm telling you somehow that as a matter of fact this is not going to end up going as planned lol
@Cruiser Morocco can go wrong
@Cruiser every single part of plan
Give back Ceuta and Melilla
@@millevenon5853 Nah
@@millevenon5853 Back? To whom? You might want to review the history of those cities.
Everybody has plans for Africa but nobody asks, does Africa has plans for itself 😔
it obviously has plenty, not that anyone cares lol
That's because Africa never does
We do, just no one cares lol.
Rwanda have
@@ninny65 racist
Suddenly every major power loves Africa, hopefully the Africans will not end up disappointed or betrayed.
Every power loves African resources, not so much African peoples.
@@nomanor7987 congratulations, you are describing International policy, or do you think when it is about business some people care about the people and not the money?
It's called "Fear of missing out"(FOMO).
'Suddenly' it's been like this for centuries
Hope isn't a strategy
As an Spanish all I can say is that if we are as good establishing relationships as we are in having a good economy or creating jobs, we are going to be at war with all Africa in a few months.
lmao
@Krishnkant Singh jokes about how they don't have good economies or good at opening job opportunities
(Morroco in the backround)
@Krishnkant Singh spain is so bad at politics. And will never get to africa not a single country here speak spanish and they intensify the bad relationships with Morocco so a conflict is a near by future and historically spain failed to conquer Morocco alone and needed help from german nazi and french colonial powers
@Krishnkant Singh Plus big dick China are going to Invade africa with investment and Usa will move to stop it influence we talking Trillions of dollars gonna be pumped no way spain gonna catch them two giants
CR: Spain makes grand plan for Africa
Also CR: Today's video is sponsored by war planet online
I'm beginning to see a pattern here
Underrated comment
ah shit, here we go again
Philippines, Latin America and other former colonies: (Looks at Africa with binoculars at a distance*) Ah shit, here we go again...
Don't worry. Soon África and Europe will become the same thing.
wont let that happen
@@miguelmontenegro3520 for real man!, wtf is happening.. Oh well Europe died in 1945 in my opinion; North America is a fkn trainwreck too, it's about to become like South Africa - land seizures from whites lol, near future. All of my cards are on the Russian Federation now ― the last unapologetically white nation, also with East Asians too, and that's cool because I admire East Asia like I do Europe
@@miguelmontenegro3520 what do you mean?
Funny how any time talk of Africa ensues, culinary words like "cut" and "pie" start flying around.
'the strong do as they will, and the weak suffer what they must'
@@drifty_grifty unfortunately
Makes sense. Africa has had half a century now to catch up. Instead they squandered their time and money at tribalism and corruption. So eventually they'll get carved up by stronger players.
@@ClassicCase This argument is disingenuous. Europe & America have been meddling in African economics & politics for longer than 50 years.
Let’s not forget that BOTH Europe & Japan would have remained wastelands & destitute had America not sponsored them financially after WW2. With this line of reasoning, singling out Africans as the reason for their own plight is blaming the victim for being victimized
@@Aden_III Preach.
Soon all of Africa will be typing in media chats: “JAJAJAJA XDXD!!!! :v”
dou hola hablas español?
Ay carumba!
Eww
XD
Bold of you to claim they can spell that well.
This is the first geopolitical video I watch about Spain without mentioning anything about Latin America.
Well, there is also some business going on with Morroco and Western Sahara, but yeah, Spain is quite chilly when it comes to geopolitical comittment abroad.
What about LATIN AFRICA
@@myles8434 Ecuatorial Guine speaks Spanish
They did at the beginning. It is a required intro.
@@iamnormal8648 Just yesterday I was arguing with idiots accusing my people of genocide. They had no proof. One cited "scholarly sources" AKA Black Legend propaganda that can't refute the fact that most Hispanics are brown, not Spanish at all. The "most are mixed" claim is a lie since most men in Latin American can't even grow a beard due to having no Spanish blood at all. Most Spaniards, not all, can grow beards. If Spain committed a genocide, Latin America would look like the US: few Natives anywhere. Yet look at Honduras where I'm from. Most are Lencas, Miskitos and Mayans. There is a puny Spanish minority in a few towns. One time in Miami I asked landscapers about a job, and they asked me where I was from. They were Native American Hispanics. When I said "Honduras" with my big black beard, one of them was offended, saying: "You can't be Honduran! You look like you're from Iraq!"
And then there are the idiot gringos who believe Mexico is in South America.
Spain is such a strange European country, was never involved in WW1,or WW2,was passive in the Cold War and was a dictatorship until the 80's
So it's basically Portugal.
Spain's major role in world affairs took place much prior in history (beginning in the 15th/16th centuries), so by recent years and decades, the country's time as a global player had effectively passed. Spain's true and definitive demise came in the year 1898, when it fought a major war against the United States over Cuba. As you can imagine, the US was victorious in that conflict; and the War of Cuba, as it is known here, left a deep scar in Spain's politics and culture. It was the clearest sign that Spain's major role in world affairs was no more, as it was a harsh defeat, so it began a period of introspection mainly dictated by changes in its society that would culminate in the 1936 - 1939 Civil War.
Not to say that Spain didn't have anymore role from 1898 onwards, as it had a brief colonial period in northern Africa; but it was surely greatly diminished from what it used to be. In fact, one of the reasons the Spanish didn't consider intervening in the First World War was that the War of Cuba had left the Spanish Navy extremely damaged, so it had no many means to even thinking of joining. And we could say we are fortunate, because considering that both the Spanish political elite and society were mainly consevative, there is a great chance we would have joined the Central Powers, the losing side, so we avoided that.
In the case of the Second World War, the story is pretty much the same, as the country couldn't think of joining the conflict because of the recent Civil War it had been fighting, which ended on the very year the World War began. In fact, although the Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco, partially owed its position to Hitler and Mussolini, he nevertheless made as much as possible to hinder German efforts of making Madrid to join the war after that, as the country was devastated.
Finally, in regards to the Cold War, Spain was lucky in the sense that, because of its geography, it was relatively isolated from central Europe, where the Iron Curtain was located, so the tensions of that era were not felt that much. The country did however aligned with the US, and granted them access to set military outpost in different parts of the country (which still stand today), in exchange of international recognition of the dictatorship and monetary support.
Interestingly, it happened that, very close in time, the Portuguese, Spanish, and Greek dictatorships fell and the three countries transitioned to democracy and entered the EU and NATO at almost the same time.
Spain was at Civil War just before WWII but they did have some Spanish fight in WWII. Franco dictator of Spain was anti-Communist as he defeated Communist during the Civil War.
@@IblewuponyourfaceIII The Spanish Republic was not communist. The communist only started becoming relevant precisely thanks to Franco's coup d'état.
@@higochumbo8932 but a democracy, which is almost as bad as communism
Africa is becoming increasingly strategic.
Youngest workforce with positive fertility rates. Africa is the next China.
The last reserve of cheap labour force. We are gettin to a point where imperalist actors are more than underdevelopment countrys, this cannot stand for si long. Socialism or chaos.
@@taterkaze9428 Maybe if Africa was one country like China. Some African power will surely rise but it wont be a representation of all of Africa.
@@DeathsOnTheYAxis i dont think anyone would want to go broke fighting over any region tho
Africa never stopped being strategic. It was plundered in 1700-1800s, was a crucial geopolitical region during the 19th Century, and had a role in contributing to the underlying tensions that contributed to both world wars. Today its just a different set of powers competing for access to its resources and people.
Ghana: "You let them bring WARSHIPS AND SPECIAL FORCES?!?!"
Nigeria: "Well I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition"
Morocco: "NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION"
A skydiving soldier with a parachute at the spanish military parade cot up woth a streetlight at DAYTIME. A plane just fall into the Mediterranean sea while its was patrolling the costline. And commanders done undestrand English se we stuggle to do military operations with other countries. Ghana is safe.... no inquisition in the near future 😂😂😂😂😂
Spain didn't even expect it.
The inquisition institution of rome didn't even expect it.
Above all Monty Python didnt even expect it.
You forgot about Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 a Spanish speaking country in Sub Saharan Africa.
It's small but it provides a soft power foothold in to the region.
I don't think Portugal is an actual threat to the Spanish plans despite the sizes of Angola and Mozambique
It's a treat in Angola and Mozambique, because they already have influence in the region.
1521 Spain: Colonise America
2021 Spain: *Colonise Africa*
Western Sahara wants to join America.
El Dorado is in Africa
@@noobsaibot7006 Wasn't it just called Mali?
BIG BRAIN TIME!
@Moljo re-reconquista²
It's not only the policy of Spain,Portugal is in on it, it's true Spain is not has aligned with European geopolitics because geography means the Iberian Peninsula is very well defended. The toughest recently has been the trade deal with Mercosur, those are countries of big significance for both Iberian nation, and despite the differences between the two nations the economies are similar, the interest in Africa are aswell, Spanish companies have acquired interest in Portugal, portuguese companies already have footholds in Africa, it's been a main policy goal of Portugal since the eighties with the Portuguese speaking nations.
Spain should work closer to Portugal and share the Atlantic like the good ol' times.
Getting us closer and closer to the third world. Why? The people behind this really want to ruin our countries!
@@lauramartins5953 You have no idea. Spain has a crumbling demographic. If Spain doesn't do anything, it will become a third world country by default.
There is no Mercosul deal.
@@FOLIPE That's the point
An African man told me this one time: "If you want to help Africa out of poverty, don't give African governments more money. They will just horde it and it will not trickle down to where it's needed. You have to invest in Africa's people, in other worlds buy African goods, perches from African industries and markets."
What Spain is doing here, investing in trade with Africa; if executed properly, could lift billions of Africans out of poverty and make Spain very wealthy again at the same time. This time the right way. Not with swords, cannons and ships, but with paper, pens and dollars.
I do have high optimism for this as these policies will suit both Spanish and African peoples. However, like the narrator says, the competition is fierce and as far as i see, Spain is now gaining a stronger presence in mali and have plans for Libya.
@@darklord7069 that's cool
@Hernando Malinche if you watch the video, Spain is offering to send businesses and let Africans enter Spain to study. How is that anything like China sending loans to African countries? Spain isn’t stupid because they know that these countries won’t pay back loans and the country suffers from the migrant crisis. I guess you just want to be a typical Spanish who has no hope in his country and try to be negative
@Hernando Malinche True I don't know China's policies though I know in Pakistan the locals weren't getting any benefits from the Chinese business there until the Pakistani government spoke up to them then they got a little. China wants to move Han Chinese to Pakistan in Cities where they are all Chinese and they live in luxury isolated from everyone else and reap the benefits of gentrification. I don't know if it's the same for Africa.
@Hernando Malinche Their economy is nonexistent. They have very little money. I honestly don't know how tf they have nukes.
Edit: China gave them nukes in the 70s
I would really love to see Caspian Report do a deep-dive on the recent history of Rwanda. From violence and genocide in 1994, to safety and economic growth today. It blows my mind that Rwanda has a similar crime-rate to South Korea and Japan, two countries considered the safest in the world. On top of that Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, is considered one of the cleanest cities in the entire world. Plus the country has pivoted from foreign-aid dependent to self-sufficient within 30 years. I’d love to see this channel talk about the details and geopolitical aspect of Rwanda’s success.
Countries like Rwanda and Botswana fascinate me so much, unique shining examples of what African countries can achieve with good leadership and a rock-solid goals.
lets not confuse reported crime rates with actual crime rates. I guarantee you Japan is safer than Rwanda.
@@AnimatedStoriesWorldwide point still stands, really
@@AnimatedStoriesWorldwide fake it till you make it😂 Rwanda is still my favorite country
@@AnimatedStoriesWorldwide how do u know that? You can’t just make up post hoc rationalizations for your preconceived ideas
@@Templeanyasi why would a guy on the internet lie? China makes poor quality stuff. iPhones are made in China you say? Well I could add nuance or I could double down. Seeing as this is the internet, I choose to double down.
All African countries: Join the African free trade zone
Eritrea: nO
@@aboyaq7259 Its the same free trade almost every region has, whats so bullshit about it?
Eritrea, will eventually beg to join. Is only matter of when, not if.
@@kabzaify trust me they wont
@@tonywiggins7780 They will be forced to join one side or another, even if they don't want to. That's how international politics works.
People forget Eritrea is like Africa's North Korea
*The scramble for Africa part 2: 21st Century interests* Sounds like a predictable film.
I assume you mean same as what happened in Asia over the last few decades?
@@JoeWilliams-bp5nm If you mean China's encroachment in both Far East Asia and Africa, yes. But also the 1800s until WW1 where we have seen this all before, albeit by far more violent means.
yeah like we gonna sit there and let it happen lol
This time it will not be easy, we know our enemies
Europeans wanting to pillage and genocide Africans again now that China is building infrastructure there.
The Caspian Report is my go-to resource for geopolitics. Thanks again CR for all the hard work you do!
This looks like a pre-written text a bot would comment.
@@flodgey Now that I read it back it really does lol.
I mean as long as you inform yourself with at least one further source...
You should make sure it’s not your only source, sometimes he doesn’t get it exactly right, at least that was the case in the Mexico geopolitics video
Go watch "world affairs" channel.
To this day I’m in shock how everyone is saying
AfRIca like it’s one country with one culture this is maddens bro here in Somalia tribes can’t get along lol
Our people are divided. It requires generational shifts. Older generations that identity too strongly with their tribes need to die off
@@BoonTobias All countries have ethnic divisions.
@@moonknightish Yes. But Africa as a continent is the most ethnically, genetically and linguistically diverse continent on earth. In other continents, there is less diversity and nations formed mostly out of native ethnic groups. In Africa, countries were just dreamed up with no regard to ancient boundaries. It will take time for national identities (and broader panafricanism) to solidify.
*Clans not tribes. Somalia is ethnically homogenous.
@@BoonTobias If you want tribalism gone then nationalism should go too. Muslims should unite
Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition in 2021..
🤣😂🤣😂🗽
Except those who watch this channel.
Spain is too weak.
@@GM-xk1nw no
But now they are feminist instead.
Never underestimate the sheer incompetence of Spain.
They've improved.
@@EternalModerate from sheer incompetence, to moderately bad incompetence
Spain should fix it's own economy before expanding into Africa. They keep asking the northern EU countries for bailouts.
They are mexicans whats there to expect?
@@MrDuck-oi3qc Stupid
This, just like 90% of these big projects that this channel talks about, will never happen on a scale as large as suggested and will not be successful either
I would rather put it as how the countries talks about, rather than how the channel projects since this channel's more like a delivery platfrom of whatever country's own narrative/propoganda
That's why I stopped watching this channel
@@victorsalihov4995 yet here you are 🧐
@@victorsalihov4995 why are you here 🤔
You're probably right, policy is the opposite of "do or no not, there is no try". But does that really matter? I might apply to 5 different schools, yet if I only get accepted by 1 I still achieved my goal, see? Likewise, if Spain attempts to get closer relations with a dozen states...
Good video, just one comment. You seem to make Spain sound like an unwilling or unenthusiastic member of the EU, when in fact Spain is one of the most pro-European countries in the EU. And when you speak about the EU restricting Spain’s spending capabilities and access to funding, I’m not really sure what you mean there, before Spain entered the eurozone the government could mostly only finance itself though printing money because the Peseta was very volatile, and the market had little to no confidence in Spanish public finances.
So basically, Spain's economic problems are self made and if Spain hadn't entered the EU and Eurozone the country would be much worse off.
P.S. Our dear leader Pedro Sánchez loves to do these grand futuristic plans, puts up a huge show and gets huge PR for a few days, but nothing ever comes of it. In Spain we call it Postureo.
To be fair this grand futuristic plans are a long term investment.
@@eukarya_ they are never going to happen
@@angelaguerrero3808 why not?
@@harshjain3122 the government must be a serious organ with good capabilities for trading and that's not ours
El postuuuu 😂😂
Everyone seems to be wanting a piece of Africa lately!
This feels like 'Scramble for Africa' all over again. This time around, we can only blame ourselves.
The scramble for africa happened after the economy of African nations collapsed when the transatlantic slave trade was abolished. This time Africa is much wealthier and more advanced so I don't think these deals would lead to the exploitation of the continent.
@@nowdefunctchannel6874 what are you talking about?
@@BrezelCeviche what do you mean? Did i get something wrong?
@Member of the universe i didn't?
@Yookatz i was talking about spain, not china
The title would have meant something very different a few centuries ago.
While Spain will not have Spanish flags over Abuja depending on how these deals transpire African nations may become de facto colonies with their economies and trade controlled by Spain. (The former French African colonies are an example of this)
Nobody expects the Spanish competition.
I love the drone shots of various cities. Could you label them so we know which cities are which? Cheers.
plz
Cádiz
Great idea
Yes please
2:38 Badajoz
Colonial Music Intensifies. 👀💀
Victoria 3 soundtrack intensified!!
*Spanish guitar music intensifies*
@@mariano98ify reddit
Conquistador: offer trade and get + 15% taxe or chase natives away and gain + 1 ferocity
Conquest of Paradise - Vangelis
Cool!? Now do a video of how Moldova will become a global power.
I love a good SF.
😂🤣
Don't underestimate a mountainous crime base. They have caves.
Damn😂😂
Honestly, this sounds like a win/win for Spain and the participating African nations.
Everything was sounding great and optimistic
10:57 "it helps to have warships outside"
HOLD UP!!!
KOLONISERAD
You know that mozambique crap recently? that cluster fuck can be avoided this way. It's understandable but keeping an eye open while you sleep would still be a good idea here
@@delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951 you want to send the military to a place you want to trade, and where in history you enslaved millions from those same ppl, and you expect you'll have a good outcome? This isn't going to last for spain. Bad planning by EU, already sounds like piracy to me
@@rellblackthrone6071 You seem a little bit exacerbated
@@thefool1086 a little bit
As a Spaniard I hope we do well in this endeavour.
I think Spanish from Spain is the most beautiful
@@seananthony7494 spainsh neo empire
We won't, our politicians are laughing stock.
@@pedroperez6676 Run for election.
I do too! Castellano is my favorite
I don't understand why people keep talking about "imperialism" or "scramble for Africa". This is all about making good diplomatic relations in order to ensure profitable trade deals, keeping stability and reducing violence to avoid migratory crisis
I wish it worked that way. But no it's just soft imperialism. Corporations, global finance and the intelligence agencies have taken over the role of standing armies. For me to believe they actually just want to embrace trade with no funny business both parties have to be on equal footing but of course they're not. One party has the significant advantage and they will most likely take advantage of it. I really want there to be a solution for the migration problem because Africa is bleeding young and talented people.
This is just like China but in another way
@@Viper4ever05 I support that - Africa seen only just as a basket of goods.They will just exploit the people and destroy their enviroment.
Not the first time, not the last time.
@@Viper4ever05 And there's nothing wrong with that
It's part of the human nature, ever since things like "civilizations, Nations, States" became a thing
1494 : *Treaty Of Tordesilla*
2021 : Treaty of Tordesilla, *only inverse and minus the pope, Asia and ships*
I've been watching your videos for a couple of years, they're always interesting and well informed. I'd love to see one on Australia's role in SE Asia in the face of changing balances of power
Great to see you talking about my country! ❤️
"Rumors of its death have been greatly exaggerated"
It reminds me of something...
Of what?
what?
Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself.
👏 NORMALIZE CONTEXT 👏
Command and Conquer reference. If you know, you know
my first reaction when seeing the title was: Ah shit here we go again
Anybody who has ever played Risk knows that Africa is one of the most strategic locations for expansion.
you mean australia
@William Okpara I mean, there's a lot of different investments in Africa... all looking different. whether it's China's infrastructure investment, Boko Haram's religious investment, or Belgium's mineral investment. What I want, is for Africa to actually be able to negotiate and profit from their own land, work, and resources, and not have to conform and rely on foreign influences.. even the ones that have settled in Africa for generations at this point. Africa has some SERIOUS potential, and people are starting to see... I just hope the people (native to Africa)... which... If you look in Northern Africa and Southern Africa, you see settlers from different eras. so it's like. fck man. I don't know what's going to happen... anyway? iunno whatchu mean by 'in body bags real quick' lol
I am Spanish and have never heard of this :O
Pedro Sánchez visited Libya this week.
Spain has a very powerful soft power tool. It's football teams!
Spain has enough handling itself right now, let alone "grand plans" for Africa.
Africa? Spain should be focused on increasing its importance in Europe. Help grow Europe not other continents.
Europe (market)already peaked while Africa and Asia both have potential big companies are opening new markets there by mass
They can’t even grow themselves, you are worried about them helping others.
@@hydrohasspoken6227 the EU is an economic, diplomatic and technological power house. And now the UK left, the opposition for an EU army is gone.
Stable and prosperous countries in Nort Africa would be good for all European mediterranean countries, just like it's been since ancient times
All that's ultimately going to happen is the creation of transport infrastructure to allow for mass migration.
Spain having a global stage comeback is a likely as the Mongolians having a 2nd empire.
I think that is very true. I'd also say that Spaniards know their place and are aware that they are a middle power at best. That said, there's a lot of room for cooperation overseas.
MONGORIAN SPACE EMPIRE
Let's goooooo
@@armiger168 I am from Spain myself. Can you point to where the bs is exactly? I can't smell it.
@@mirceazaharia2094 Look up the #WhiteScars or #Jagatai_Khan :3
I wouldn't say that's a good comparison. Mongolia today has much more in common with the African states Spain seeks influence in, than Spain itself. Mongolia has a tiny population of a few million, and it's only relevance is to be a buffer between Russia and China, meanwhile Spanish is widely spoken worldwide by many millions. Spain has economical problems, but other than that it's a country which has potential for sure.
We Africans don’t want Spanish influence. Those people need to rest. Nonsense!.
Nothing's better than opening youtube and finding a new Caspian Report video in recomended
That moment when u realise Portugal has a sphere of influence and your don't 😂😂😂
Portugal doesnt have a shit
^ Please ignore the guy above me.
He's just being toxic.
@@alexandrearaujo2877 he be right tho
"Portugal doesn't have a shit"
So, is this the kind of argument people give to each other, these days? Just saying "Your country bad" and "your nation sucks"?
Listen, just because people have the freedom to say what they want on the Internet doesn't mean you can just have a xenophobic mental breakdown and type it on your keyboard
@@alexandrearaujo2877 Yes they can. They have every right to be wrong
I love when countries want to invest in Africa, its a win win situation, Africans get rich and their lifes getter better, for us Europeans they don't come here and we also profit from the cooperation, I just hope it ownt turn into French or Chinese neo colonialism.
EU should stop cooperation with US
American companies are more interested in South asia instead of eastern or southern Europe
@@aniime6463 what that have to do with Africa?
China is not even close to reaching the French level of neo colonialism and I doubt it wont.
Spain should be strengthening its ties to the Spanish speaking countries in Latin America too.
Why?
@@_--Reaper--_ obviously, it's easier to project soft power in countries that already speak your language. South America is also rich in resources. But that get's in the way with US interests there.
Brazil and México are already larger economies than Spain, add the US and you have that Spain can pour money and lobby in the region but being unable to defend it. The best example of this is the list of countries who have expropiated at least 1 spanish company since 1995: Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Argentina and Ecuador. If we add the fact most kidnaped spanish turists in México never comeback (unlike US turists kidnaped) you see that Spain has the same leverage in the region that South Korea has XD
The latinos would probably cry and say we are doing neo-colonialism in order to expropriate the Spanish big companies that are in their countries
The majority of Africa would consider poor Central Americans as upper middle class, Latin America is significantly richer
Great video, love from 🇪🇦 !!! Hope we and africans countries benefits of it
Mainstream culture: Anti-imperialism and anti-colonialism
New counter-culture: Destino manifiesto and British empire 2: The Colonies [Featuring Dante From The Devil May Cry Series]
Too much HoI4 and EU4 is to blame
@@nowdefunctchannel6874 and call of duty is to blame for shootings too
@@DanJuega And Mario for rising hate crimes against turtles!
@@DanJuega it was a joke you brainlet
@@nowdefunctchannel6874 EU4 lol
wait, they are totally ignoring ecuatorial guinea aren't they
It's a reckless dictatorship with no political or economical security
@@Tomas-tx9sv but a good starting point, as it is part of Spain's area of influence
@@MJ-ey4im can't influence crazy
@@Tomas-tx9sv isn't that like half of Africa, its bad for businesses but still doable
@@thadeusgaspar224 If you have a gun or bribe the right guy (with guns)
12:39 "Thus far, everything sounds good, at least on paper." lol!!!!
Wait, wait. As a Spaniard, I wonder, do we have plans???
EDIT: Oh, that document. Classic from the government do not caring for Equatorial Guinea, a former colony and the only Spanish-speaking African country.
Mountains = Less Conflicts Historically.
Agree
Laughing in Mongolian.
The bloody Caucasus.
What about Japan?
Laughing in Serbo-Croatian
This video is interesting. I am glad about Spains success in solar and wind construction on the continent. Although it is interesting to hear about Spains plans for Africa, I would much prefer to hear about this group of 54 out of 55 African countries and what they want to do with their own countries!
Nanna Afuko Addo is very well spoken, I would love to hear you cover him and Ghana from their perspective
I'm a Spaniard and the article is fantasy because "long term planning" is not something we do. If you tell me we are thinking about strengthen our bonds with Algeria to annoy Morocco, that would be believable, because annoying others just because is the only reason for planning I could think of.
What actually became of your king or whoever that was, who then went abroad?
I think it was about a massive Kurooption, there was nothing more in the news for a while.
I'd say Spaniards are unaware of long term plans as we tend to keep arguing about bullshit. We live in a somehow accidental, permanent smoke curtain. That doesn't mean there's no planning at all.
@@Janoip Our former king thought he had a free pass for enriching himself after navigating Spain from a dictatorship to a western democracy. But it got to a point where they couldn't cover him up no more and he had to run away, leaving the crown to his son. The stablishment here is still covering up his ass to save the institution of monarchy and, with it, a network of interests that transitioned smoothly from the dictatorship era until now. Even the current king has spaced away from his father to avoid being stained. That summarizes it, I guess.
So here we are 3 years later. Is everything going according to the plan?
IMO the new "scramble for Africa" will be a competition between China one the one side, and France(supported by the EU) on the other.
With Russia and the USA playing a separate role in the background.
Lol France competing with China? What’s more likely is another rendition of the Marshall plan with the Americans moving in to curb Chinese influences either way Africa is going to benefit quite a lot
@@jihadityrone2197 I doubt the US will boggle itself down in Africa where they have very little influence. You can even hear Kissinger warning against US engaging in competition against China in Africa.
It's already engaged in competition with RF in Eastern Europe, and with China in East Asia and the Pacific.
Not to mention it's losing ground even in it's backdoor in Latin America, and it's almost been pushed out of the Middle East. Engaging China in Africa would really be a mistake for the US, especially after it's failure in Somalia(for example).
@@vicentgalvan70 If you read my comment again, I wasn’t talking to you.
@@nocomment5705 Economic involvement is not the same as military involvement the US failure in Somalia was not due to economic involvement but rather an arrogant belief that they could capture their target Aideed immediately with zero casualties. The US has the largest clout within Africa I’m not sure what you mean by little influence, although China greatly spends much more on development schemes within the continent recent studies have shown that in 18 African nations most respondents placed the two nations on similar positions (afrobarometer.org/sites/default/files/africa-china_relations-3sept20.pdf), asked about their perceptions of the economic and political influence of various countries, 59 percent of African respondents viewed China somewhat, or very, positively and 15 percent viewed China somewhat or very negatively. The comparable numbers for the United States were similar: 58 percent and 13 percent. The same study reported that, when respondents in 18 African countries were asked to name the best national model for development, 32 percent cited the United States and 23 percent named China. With moderate American spending within the region the US influence can be greatly enhanced not to mention influence goes beyond just cash schemes, the affluent African middle class have been known to send their children to schools within both nations for education and with American universities ranking the highest within the world I’d argue this would be a clear success for America.
@@jihadityrone2197 America has cultural influence, sure, like it does everywhere else(we're speaking English after all) maybe even good PR
yo half of the people in Latin America will have a Spanish passport sooner or later...that's how they will win a big influence also
@plentyness by blood, they can prove that the grand grand parents are from Spain....I heard that already more people have a Spanish passport in Latin America then in Spain....
Fuck Spanish rule. Mexico will never allow that.
@@svenmc9748 Mexico maybe not. But there are other former Spanish colonies.
@@svenmc9748 well it is mostly in countries like Argentina, Uruguay or Chile...
@@Simi822 It's because Spanish have a shitty economy and take advantage of the pay in latin america. It's not because Spain is so amazing. It's because they immigrated to LA for jobs.
Loving that megamind reference at the end
So Spain is just like Metroman, they were tired of conquering the world and just wanted to become Siestaman
He said Spain's might has been exaggerated. Just like your comment.
Megamind reference? Is this like people calling hallelujah the Shrek song?
You can't expect people to know who Mark Twain is anymore
@@Thouhand. We misquote him in schools all the time in the US
Spain is yellow... and white, once the strongest
The british, red and blue... And they started off as pirates that overpowered them
Wait wait a second, was the era of colonization just a megamind movie?
As a Spaniard myself, I would prefer we stay out of Africa's business. Let them decide their own destiny.
What annoys me is that any small European country can come up with a grand strategy while even the largest countries in Latin America seem to be living as if the world restarted during the night everyday and nothing long-term mattered
Well Latino American countries are generally much poorer and have a lot more of serious domestic issues to deal with before they can pretend to instigate greater international plans (generally when they do stuff like that it's more on a regional level). And even when it comes to Spain, I have a hard time seeing how they could possibly compete with France and China in Africa considering the former is already established there, controls vast amount of Africa's money and speaks the same language as a lot of Africans and the later has 10 times it's GDP (and that's not mentioning all of Spain domestic issues).
@Cancer McAids True enough
@Cancer McAids that is false. Argentina became the world richest country by 1900's and sadly is the only country in history that went from developed to developing. Most countries fail in latin america because they lean towards socialism and their politics always focus on state intervention rather than economic freedoms.
@@1lyxbollyvykn714 Argentina is just one country lol. Bolivia and Brazil were doing fine under "socialism" or just left leaning. Blaming socialism is short sighted.
@@AsiaMinor12
Last time Brazil was a proper functioning country was when they were under an Emperor
Just woke up, see a Caspian report notification 🔔 😍
Yup just turned on my interest and I immediately went into TH-cam.
The biggest barrier to Spain's failure to achieve goals is Morocco. Morocco is the gateway to Africa. If you fail in Morocco, you will fail in Africa
Spain should just conquer Morocco
They can easily bypass them by going throught Algeria though.
@@MiddleKingdom305 The opposite will happen and history will repeat itself "Andalusia"
@@Bek_9 probably not. Spain will reconquer Morocco like it did in the past
Ok,In the dream
You might be overestimating Spain. A country of 47M people, very aged population, is like a dwarf beside the young African giant.
Más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo.
Small correction, Spain joined NATO in 1982.
Spain is being coerced by its former territory Netherlands to reform their economy. That shows you how little power Spain currently has.
But this is a good thing
Thanks God! (God=netherlands)
Without the EU Spain would be at least like Argentina or even Venezuela
@@PP-sj7pl spain was doing better without eu
@@sergiusmagnus5012 lol. No
@@PP-sj7pl yes look it up
I usually take these videos at face value, but I can hardly agree that Spanish somehow feel uncomfortable in EU or feel "aside" from Europe. My personal experience is that you'd hardly find people more enthuasiastic about Europe, spanish people are everywhere, taking every advantage they can get from free business and travel.
"they're everywhere" meaning they're not in Spain: aka EU is not that good for Spain as it is for France and Germany
@@CloakedPerv So what? My work is not "as good" for me as it is for my boss, but you don't see me living under the bridge pennyless instead. It's fine to be part of a good project that gives you shitloads of money, even if someone else earns two shitloads.
As a South African I have to say that this seems like a mistake.. In my 25 years of life I have never once felt our country making any progress in any sector..
In my 27, I've seen land standstill in my area of living and only grow in grass length.
Spain is poor and has no influence over Latin America anymore. Maybe South America but Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil have more influence than Spain does. Spain is in no position to try to reconquista Africa.
2:48
Imagine being a citizen of a major western nation and *not* being subjected to perpetual fear mongering about Russia and China.
I'm jealous of the Spanish citizens for that.
the ultimate goal of this project is to spread spanish memes
Are Spanish memes dank? If so then
let's go!
I thought Spain was among the "PIIGS" quintet which were wrestling desperately against bankruptcy after the great 2008 real state crash. There was even a time, it was Angola, its ex colony , that used to bail it out, and now, according to that propaganda article praising europe once more, Spain is about to invest billions in a continent where some countries are economically and financially much more well off than even France and Germany. Africa doesn't need Europe and even less Spain, but the other way around is more than true. That's why all the old colonist masters are rushing to that continent, thinking they can enslave and plunder it, once more, under the nose of its rightful and genuine inhabitants ...
Colonialisation 2.0 'it's an everlasting game, and it never cease to exist. Only the players change,' The Gza
Reads title
“Oh gods oh fuck, not again Spain”
I knew all the 🌎. The only one country that i didn't like was Spain. I found only one person interesting in Madrid. A worker of The Corte Inglez.
@@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 cry in Portuguese boy, it is evident your hate.
@@mariano98ify Fight fight fight fight! 👁👁
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@@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 That is true we should reintegrate Portugal to the spanish monarchy
1:32 “I appreciate the accurate map” **half of alaska and kamchatka is gone** lol
it's the ad, you have to be a real pain-in-the-ass person to come up with such useless observation.
@@gio.c4555 That was mean :(
@@carlpilkington you know what? You’re right - I didn’t need to come across as rude; please accept my apologies, your comment made me reflect on how to express an opinion with respect 👍
@@gio.c4555 It is okay buddy, I wasn’t even serious I was joking :D I’m sure you’re not mean and you’re the best. Stay cool 😎
This thread was wholesome
spanish language learning makes the most sense for african latian maerican relationships, but spain is the perfect mediator for this
You make it look as if joining the EU was a bad decision for Spain.
But Spain is a net receiver of EU funding.
They receive more funding, than they pay.
Apart from that, Spain's economy is dominated by tourism, which benefits greatly from the euro.
Furthermore, unemployment in Spain is high, but as EU members, Spaniards are free to seek employment in other EU countries.
Not shit, since some years ago even before the Brexit, Spain pay more than receive, it is not something that bother us due to we first received money to modernize some project, but it was the EU that commanded and request to Spain to scramble some parts of her national heavy industry.
Spains economy is not dominated by tourism so yeah you don’t have a clue about Spain wannabe economist
Plus Ultra! 🇪🇸
PLVS ULTRA? More like Busco trabajo.
@@AsiaMinor12 lol thats hilarious. Yeah, Spain is like the Greece of western Europe
Thank you very much! Very interesting!
Maybe Spain could start small and help out their small (former) African colony - La República de Guinea Ecuatorial (Equatorial Guinea) - where Spanish is already broadly spoken still. That small country is building a new capital city in the mainland part of the country. It's sandwiched between Gabon and Cameroon.
It's not easy to help a dictatorship like Equatorial Guinea. All the money will go to the ruling family and its minions
That is one of the stranger countries on earth, not least because it is a Spanish speaking country in Africa.
@@sergior. oh its easy to support a dictatorship, why else is South America full of dictatorships if not for the meddling of the US lol
@@sergior. Perhaps now, with Spain's experience with a dictatorship in the 20th century, and pulling itself out of it, maybe Spain could help Equatorial Guinea pull out of the dictatorship there - in some sneaky diplomatic way.. It's funny that they're building such a nice looking new capital city "Ciudad de la Paz" with a university... Oh well. There's still Western Sahara and Morocco...
unfortunately that little republic is with portugal and not spain by themselves
Dude.... Talking about Spanish- Africa relationship without saying anything about the permanent state of tension with morocco is just lame
Yes it is lame, and because of what? A terrorist separatist militia leader as if Spain doesn't have its own separation problems
@@Anas-cv3ks How come you can be separatis from a country that you never belong to begeing with? that aside idgf about western sahara the issue is morocco always fucking arround in ceuta and melilla and even in the canarias... and all that because spain is to cuked to do anything
"Tell me you're gonna colonize, without colonizing"
They lowkey wanna go for it. Not highkey like back in the old days in Latin America
No they aren't going to colonise. This is not 18th century ffs.
They can't even colonize there former territory they should just copy the US
They are just trade agreements and language exchange policies
Guess America colonized Europe them, and China is following suit.
As a Canadian railway worker, and recently reading of French, Turkish, Chinese and Spanish infrastructure bids into the African Continent. It is apparent there will be great economic growth in the Continent (in my belief) and I have seriously discussed the possibility with my wife of living in Spain and working as Conductor/Engineer on railway lines destined to run from Morocco (Gibraltar) all the way to the Ivory Coast.
Thoughts anyone?
Im a Spaniard and I think that It can be a good Idea.
I remember this track in the background, and am glad it's back!
Spain: Here Rio de Oro, have your independence
Morocco and Mauritania: MINE!
Spain: I can see here I have made a mistake
@ꅏꍟꍏꌗꍟ꒒ Andalusian 'movement for independence'. Where???
@ꅏꍟꍏꌗꍟ꒒ you say it, without parliamentary representation, those "minor forces" didn't even enter in the Andalusian parliament. The mere existence of those organisations/parties don't put at risk the future of Spain. Only Catalan and Basque movements are the important ones. Galician, maybe in Galicia, but in Spain in general I would say not that much.
@ꅏꍟꍏꌚꍟ꒒ ok. Well that could happen but it is just speculation. I see my region 'independent' before Andalucía. Sorry, but I can't imagine, Andalusia's independence ahahah. (For now, lol)
@ꅏꍟꍏꌚꍟ꒒ why? Are you Catalan?
I promise I ask it because I'm just curious, no bad intentions :))
@ꅏꍟꍏꌚꍟ꒒ so what are your reasons why Catalonia should get the independence?
I'm Spanish and all of this sounds amazing, but Spain has no ambition for gaining global or regional power, France does. I hope our politicians hear you 🤞🏻
I feel bad for the Spaniards. They just became depressed and gave up entirely.
In 10 years there will be no spain, when barcelona leaves, followed by payesbasco an canarias .. it is just a question of time.
@@alphacentauri7468 That wont happen
Spain has been living in it´s own dream for quite a long time. I agree with Caspian report in that it has a tendency to stay isolated... Spaniards are peaceful people. Spanish society is too rich, too naive, too wishful thinking, and is also dominated by a kind of political correctness that tends to weaken it. Separatism is also an intenal force that is always draining some strenght from the country. Nevertheless behind all of these aspects, below the surface, the spaniards can still be strong, resilient and unforgiving. The concept of guerrilla was born in Spain when they faced and defeated for the first time the french troops of Napoleon in the 19th century. This is not by coincidence. The sense nation and proudness of spaniards is growing. In a sense, its like a sleeping lion. Madrid is showing quite a lot of determination and willingness to grow and progress economically and technologically, and political correctness is being directly challenged in the capital. Lets hope that all that inner strength is put to work in an intelligent, respectful and productive manner in the future.
Till the civil war of course
"Too rich"? All these Spanish youth are moving abroad to avoid getting spoiled by excessive affluence? :D
Madrid also always have had the tendency to be an arrogant autocrat. They still aren't learning from their mistakes.
@@hendrikdependrik1891 go to Madrid and you will see a lively, vibrant and friendly city, were people from all parts of the world go to progress and make a living.
@@piotrd.4850 They're actually not doing that. In fact, in recent years Spaniards are going back to their country. Even more Spain is the country in Europe with the least amount of people living outside its borders.
If Spain can barely sustain itself, imagine other countries
I guess pillaging it is.
My thoughts exactly 😆
@@EastofVictoriaPark even by pillaging cannot sustain its army for a longer time
Don't worry if your plan fails and you need money, just ask our politicians in Germany, you only have to vote for our cause in the Eu Parliament etc., it worked well the last years. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ah yes, barely
You should make a report about Ghana and its president Nana Akufo Addo. It seems to be a very dynamic country that makes a lot to make an impact on the rest of Africa and the world.
10:53 it would have been better if you cited the Ease of doing business index in order to justify your claims about the challenges of doing business in Africa though.
And here I thought Africans were trying to colonize Spain. At least that's what the population flow tells me.
Lol
we thought 8 centuries would have taught them not to mess with us, but apparently they want revenge after seeing our civilizations collapse and get conquered
@@benjaminlamptey1867 Relax kid, we Africans dont want your Spain. Please keep it cause you're not that important as you think.
@@djangounchained9387 you misunderstood my comment. I meant that it took them 800 years to get freedom, and after African civilizations fell (esp in the late 1500s) Spain wants revenge.
(I thought my name would give it away lol)
@@benjaminlamptey1867 hur hur hur they cant even make a road alone yet if a european makes that road and gets paid is wrong cope seeth and dilate