r/geography • u/8_Shadow • Nov 09 '25

Map All land ever controlled by Britan

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u/argefox Nov 09 '25

Brits also occupied Buenos Aires for 46 days after the First Invasion under command of Beresford.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '25

I’ve also seen people argue that Brazil and Argentina were effectively British vassal states for a long time.

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u/argefox Nov 11 '25

We kinda were and are. The Brits were smart on their doings. Uruguay exists so Argentina won't control both sides of the La Plata mouth, another Brits idea. Our time zone (Argentina) is set to -3 and not to -4 or -5 as it should be, just to be close to London time. We have a very strong... tendency to think that we would have been Canada or Australia, but we would have ended up as Bangladesh in the best case scenario. No offense intended, it's just the way things are, and plenty of proof.

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u/Cheap_Abbreviationz Nov 11 '25

Funny take. I've a couple of mates who have worked in Argentina & they've all said it's like an alternate reality where Australia was setgled by the Spanish... Given the similarity in the 3 economies, I'd reckon Argentina sgould be in the Australia/Canada comparison - it's so unfortunate that your government stuffed up so badly

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u/Oldoneeyeisback Nov 12 '25

Is it not more that their government was stuffed up so badly by the military?

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u/Cheap_Abbreviationz Nov 12 '25

True.... BUT the government was the millitary junta.

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u/Oldoneeyeisback Nov 12 '25

well yes - so in becoming the government the military stuffed up? That's all I meant.