Chapter 1830： Chile has demand

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Chile used to be a Spanish colony. The Spaniards were domineering in Chile. However, in order to avoid conflicts with other countries’ colonies, the country was like a "snake" entrenched on the coast of the East Pacific for a long time. The wide ratio is astonishingly 22:1, which is the same number as a joke. No one believes it.

As a star in the global economic field, what many people are most curious about is how the territories like "Hydraulics" were formed. It was a joke to avoid conflicts. The real reason was that during the colonial period, the Spanish colonization When South America was first established, it was centered on Buenos Aires in Argentina and bounded by the Andes Mountains. It was divided into two governor districts, namely the governorate of La Plata and the governorate of Peru headed by Lima.

At that time, what is now Peru was part of the Governor-General of Peru. However, due to the distance of Lima, the Spaniards were too far away from the local management. Naturally, with abundant resources, many local whites and mixed races started. With their own ideas, they want to establish their own kingdom and take the land under their feet as their own. They want to use their own hands to develop the rich products, instead of sending all these treasures to the distant Spanish royal family.

Therefore, in the war broke out 200 years ago, the locals finally defeated the Spaniards on the expedition, and established their own country-Chile. At that time, the territory of Chile was not as long as it is now, probably only Only half of what it is today.

After the country was established, the Chileans did not develop their own territory.

Compared with other races, the most distinguished feature of Chileans is their mixed race. They have both the combative character of Indians and the higher technological and cultural standards of Europeans.

Therefore, they began a new journey, seeking to expand their territory!

However, to the west of Chile is the endless Pacific Ocean, and to the east is the unattainable Andes Mountains. With the level of technology at that time, they could not fight naval or mountain warfare. After all, they can play on flat ground. Who wants to play in the mountains? What about free fall? You have to face the attack of poisonous insects and snakes in the dark.

Chileans are not stupid, all roads lead to Rome, why can't they open up a whole world?

Thus, the Chileans began to crusade in the north-south direction. In the north, the Atacama Desert occupied by the Bolivians. Although barren, it has extremely important strategic resources-saltpeter, a raw material for gunpowder, as well as Fertilizer guano for growing crops.

Because the first war accumulated huge war wealth, such as looted advanced weapons, with the advantage of scientific and technological power, the Chileans drove straight into the Peruvian capital Lima.

Peruvians are also very aware of current affairs. In order to preserve the country, Peru is reluctant to cede a province to Chile. This is the important thing that was later incorporated into history textbooks by many countries-the "Saltpeter War".

In the southward direction, due to geographical restrictions, the Chileans could only travel in the western foothills of the Andes, and finally occupied the homes of the Akans and even divided the volcanic island at the end of South America with Argentina.

The adrenaline soared in the war, and the adrenaline soared, and it went on all the way, but after the battle was successful, the Chileans found that their territory was too narrow and long, not only the time from the capital Santiago to the capital of Peru, the nearest country. It is equivalent to the time from London to Moscow.

Even if you want to make a national map, it becomes very difficult, but no one takes such trouble too seriously. Who would dislike the small size of his country, even if one more reef is good.

Facts have also proved that war is able to make money. The copper mines that Chileans depend on for their livelihoods were won by war. The Chuquicamata copper mine is located in the Atacama Desert in the north. This is what makes Peru Heartbroken wounds that could not be smoothed for generations.

Because of the war, Chile has become the country with the most abundant copper reserves, the largest output, and the largest export in the world. It is known as the "country of copper mines." The US dollar is related to copper mines;

And for every US$6 exported by Chile, half of it, or US$3, is copper products. Because the war brought copper mines, Chile's economic growth rate was the highest in South America, and its economic level once reached the richest in South America. However, copper mines have brought wealth to Chile while also increasing the vulnerability of its economy.

Because most of Chile’s copper mining areas have a harsh natural environment, especially in the north, which are dominated by mountainous plateaus, the terrain is undulating, the climate is arid, and the precipitation is scarce, resulting in sparse vegetation, widespread deserts, and lack of water resources for human needs. After the copper mine is dug, there is no way to reuse this area, neither can farm land nor develop scenic spots, real estate, desert or desert.

Moreover, copper ore is a non-renewable resource. With large-scale development, the amount of copper ore resources continues to decrease, the economy lacks diversity, and the domestic economy is often affected by the fluctuation of copper ore's international market price;

In addition, Chile is located in the Pacific Rim seismic zone, and the damage caused by a strong earthquake to a large copper mine may have a knock-on effect on the domestic economy.

In fact, Chileans also know the disadvantages of over-reliance on copper mines, and they have also made efforts, such as developing marine resources.

But the effect is not good. More importantly, ordinary people in Chile seem to be dependent on copper mines and are not interested in undertakings other than copper.

Once the copper mine can no longer support their lives It is not good to go back to the old way again, and it is not necessarily to rely on war to find a superior life for the next century.

This is why Chile also attaches great importance to military modernization while its economy is developing rapidly.

As early as the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Chile had a strong naval power. Not only did it rank among the best in South America, but it was also powerful in the world.

The Chilean Navy not only had the record of capturing enemy ships, but also humiliated the U.S. Navy. On the eve of World War I, it had ordered two super dreadnought battleships from the United Kingdom. Although only one was completed and it was temporarily requisitioned by the United Kingdom until the First World War. It was sold to the Chilean Navy at half price after the end, but at least the Chilean Navy once owned a 30,000-ton surface combat vessel, which is quite proud in South America.

All this depends on the economic development with ‘copper’ as the core at the beginning. Copper helped them accumulate a large amount of foreign exchange, and naturally they have enough money to purchase the most advanced weapons.

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