Why do countries exist

Why do countries exist

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Why do countries exist episodes

  • Episode 26: History of Brazil

    red like an ember

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    Intro 0:00

    Country profile 1:16

    Pre-colonial Brazil 5:15

    Colonial Brazil 6:25

    Brazilian empire 12:39

    Old Republic 18:05

    Vergas' several republics 20:28

    Military dictatorship 24:24

    6th republic and current politics 26:12

    Conclusion, outro, and sources 30:38

    33 min
  • Spanish Political Parties

    A look at Spanish Political parties

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    Intro 0:00

    Background and Political Structure 1:08

    Spanish Socialist workers party (PSOE) 4:19

    Unidas Podemos (UP) 6:42

    Brief word on confidence and supply 9:00

    Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 9:56

    Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) 11:51

    EH Bildu 13:33

    Mas Pais 15:32

    Teruel Exists (TE) 17:02

    Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) 18:04

    People's Party (PP) 19:03

    VOX 22:12

    Citizens (Cs) 25:13

    Together of Catalonia (Junts) 27:32

    Navarrese People's Union (UPN) 28:36

    Canarian Coalition (CCa) 29:38

    Outro 30:51

    33 min
  • Romanian Political Parties

    A look at the political parties in Romania

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    Recorder documentary: https://youtu.be/dV7csY0mRgM

    Intro 0:00

    Background and political structure 0:57

    Social Democratic Party (PSD) 3:05

    National Liberal Party (PNL) 5:19

    Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) 7:16

    Save Romania Union (USR) 9:11

    Alliance for the Union of Romania (AUR) 11:17

    Small minorities parties 14:04

    People's Movement Party (PMP) 15:16

    Pro Romania Party 16:34

    Outro 17:17

    19 min
  • Episode 25: History of Botswana

    Land of the tswana

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    intro 0:00

    country profile 0:57

    pre-colonial history 3:07

    colonial Botswana 6:44

    post-colonial Botswana 12:47

    outro, conclusion and sources 19:22

    22 min
  • The politics of France's overseas departments

    A Look at politics in Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Mayotte and Reunion.

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    Intro 0:00

    What are the French overseas departments and regions? 0:29

    A quick reminder on French parties 4:48

    Guadeloupe politics 5:45

    Martinique politics 7:54

    French Guiana politics 9:47

    Mayotte Politics 11:45

    Reunion politics 14:00

    Outro/conclusion 16:16

    18 min
  • French Political Parties

    A look at French Political parties

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    Intro 0:00

    Background and political structure 1:18

    En Marche! (LREM) 4:42

    Democratic Movement (MoDem) 7:37

    Agir 9:27

    Radical party (PR) 10:51

    The Republican (LR) 12:27

    Socialist Party (PS) 15:09

    La France Insoumise (FI) 17:26

    Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) 20:21

    French Communist Party (PCF) 22:04

    National Rally (RN) 24:49

    Europe Ecology-The Greens (EELV) 27:51

    A quick look at parliamentary groups 30:06

    Outro 31:07

    32 min
  • Episode 24: History of Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Running water and duke's land

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    Intro 0:00

    Country profile 0:48

    Early history 4:38

    Late Medieval Bosnia 6:39

    Ottoman and Austrian Bosnia 8:29

    Yugoslav Bosnia 13:10

    Bosnia war 19:50

    Modern day and current politics 23:52

    Outro 27:52

    31 min
  • Portuguese Political Parties

    A look at Portuguese Political parties

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    Intro 0:00

    Background and Political structure 0:52

    Socialist Party (PS) 2:53

    Social Democratic Party (PSD) 5:07

    Left Bloc (BE) 7:13

    Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) 9:23

    Ecologist Party (PEV) 11:23

    CDS-People's Party 12:09

    People-Animals-Nature (PAN) 14:11

    Chega 16:16

    Liberal Initiative (IL) 18:54

    Outro 20:49

    22 min
  • Russian Political Parties

    A look at Russian Political parties and the Russian Duma election coming up. Also let me know how my audio quality is for this episode! I changed some stuff and want to see if people like it or not

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    Intro 0:00

    Background and Political Structure 0:49

    United Russia 4:47

    Rodina 7:57

    A Just Russia (SRZP) 9:29

    Civic Platform 11:32

    Liberal Democratic party of Russia (LDPR) 13:09

    Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 15:58

    Other parties running for the Duma 19:01

    Outro 20:23

    22 min
  • Episode 23: The History of Bolivia

    Named from Simon Bolivar

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    Also forgot to mention 1 source! The revolution podcast season 5 has several episodes where they talk about Bolivian independence

    Mocochinchi recipe: https://hispanicfoodnetwork.com/mocochinchi-peach-cider/

    34 min

About Why do countries exist

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A dive into every country's history and why they exist. I also do episodes on political parties throughout the world or just talking about stuff that interests me!

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