The point is that Argentina ended up with a much larger part of Patagonia, and more than 140 years later, it still has recurring electricity supply problems in several areas, especially in Tierra del Fuego and Ushuaia.
On the Chilean side, the energy infrastructure is more stable. Itโs not that the land has no value, but rather how each country has managed (or failed) to develop it and provide decent basic services.
Anyway, it was a good conversation. You have your point of view and I have mine. On that we can at least agree.
Yes, we ceded Eastern Patagonia in 1881โฆ in exchange for the Strait of Magellan and strategic control of the South Pacific.
Argentina ended up with a huge chunk of land, and look how itโs doing no electricity, no money, and still crying about the Malvinas 40 years later.
Chile kept what was strategic. You guys kept the rest and turned it into a disaster.
History lesson? Sure, Iโll give you one for free.
Britain was already claiming and occupying the Malvinas since 1765, almost 50 years before Argentina declared its independence in 1816.
In 1833 the British returned and removed the small Argentine garrison that had only just arrived in the 1820s.
Patagonia was defined in the 1881 treaty, and you guys got the part that suited you the least.
Keep crying over territories while you canโt even keep the lights on. History 101, champ. ๐๐จ๐ฑ
Amazing, another Argentine explaining sovereignty to me.
The same country thatโs been crying about the Malvinas for 40 years but canโt even control its inflation or its electricity.
Patagonia was settled over a century ago and you guys got the worst part.
Relax โloveโ, keep hugging the flag while your economy sinks. Patagonia looks beautifulโฆ on the right side of the Andes. ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฑ
Bro, your currency is worth less than toilet paper in any kiosk in Puerto Montt. With one Argentine peso you can't even cross the Andes by bus, and that's even though Chile is waiting for you with open arms... and with real dollars.
Keep celebrating your striped maps while your economy deflates faster than a balloon from the national team. Anything else or should we continue with the history lesson? ๐จ๐ฑ๐
I love how Argentines claim the Falklands as if they were going to invade tomorrow, but they can't even keep the lights on without half the country going down. We lost Patagonia 100+ years ago... and you lost your economy, your currency, and your stability in the last 40. Chile 2 - Argentina 0. Keep it going, this is getting good.
Crying about islands they couldn't recover in 40 years of democracy while their country drowns in default after default with 200% annual inflation. Keep dreaming about the Malvinas, we'll keep having an economy that doesn't collapse every 5 years ๐
Chile 1 - Argentina 0 and counting.
The map of an Argentine with imperial delusions who can't even manage his own inflation.
Bro, if you want Patagonia so badly... come and get it. And bring dollars, because with your pesos you won't even make it to Puerto Montt.
We settled the borders a long time ago and won them fair and square. Keep drawing maps in Photoshop ๐
@qsatoo__11@Demizero45_ Crybaby from a collapsing country telling a Chilean what to say? The Falklands are British. Cope harder, your economy already died.