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Originally Posted by
Nanita8140
I plan to retire overseas to my native country(Argentina),
Just to be a bit nickpicky...
But isn't Argentina south of here and 'connected' by land
That would then not be 'overseas'....
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Well, technically, because of the Darien Gap and the fact that there is no road that connects Central America with South America through it, and vehicles must be loaded on ships and shipped to Colombia.....Argentina is technically overseas.
Lots of reasons why no road exists through this area....definitely a difficult roadbuilding situation, but the REAL reason (not often spoken of) is that Panama used to be part of Colombia and when the U.S. was eyeing land for the Panama Canal, we assisted the rebels trying to secede from Colombia to create the separate country of Panama, with which we could better negotiate the canal.
To this day, Colombia considers Panama part of Colombia, and Panamanians fear, perhaps rightly, that were there a road handy for Colombia to invade Panama easily, they might be in trouble.
So........due to the Darien Gap, the OPs comment about Argentina being overseas is really, in a very real sense, correct.
Although I remember being really incensed reading a Barbara Kingsolver book, and the protagonist's sister being "overseas" in Nicaragua. Sometimes even famous authors have trouble with geography.
LooseChickens
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