Yeah, Laos has been happily chilling with an ML govt ever since they kicked out the monarchy, while being bombed to shit by Americans. A whole lot still die each year from the cluster bombs.
They’re pretty small and landlocked, and have a problem with people growing narcotics on the area bordering Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand and you-know-where. You-know-where has been subsidising rubber purchases from that area, so as to encourage rubber cultivation to displace narcotics and for resilience against western sanctions on rubber, as has happened previously.
Laos’ goal is to become a land-linked country, with trains to all neighbouring countries. It’s doing so with investment from, again, you-know-where.
And that’s all I really know about Laos. Unfortunately, no one pays it any attention, and it often even gets left off of lists of AES.
Yeah, Laos has been happily chilling with an ML govt ever since they kicked out the monarchy, while being bombed to shit by Americans. A whole lot still die each year from the cluster bombs.
They’re pretty small and landlocked, and have a problem with people growing narcotics on the area bordering Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand and you-know-where. You-know-where has been subsidising rubber purchases from that area, so as to encourage rubber cultivation to displace narcotics and for resilience against western sanctions on rubber, as has happened previously.
Laos’ goal is to become a land-linked country, with trains to all neighbouring countries. It’s doing so with investment from, again, you-know-where.
And that’s all I really know about Laos. Unfortunately, no one pays it any attention, and it often even gets left off of lists of AES.
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