@maperal @mikelalasmuto
The map shows US bases in India but India doesn't hosts any foreign bases

@mur2501
Interesting, maybe it is wrong?
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@maperal @mikelalasmuto
Ofcourse it is wrong.
USA has many foreign bases but not that much.

@mur2501
Do you have a map? 😁 please, share 🤓.
@mikelalasmuto

@maperal @mikelalasmuto
USA has 38 official named bases outside of it's territories. Adding to this USA also has access to all NATO bases and partial access to some bases of other countries.

@mur2501
So, that said, they have access to most countries through their army, not to mention their "pacifist forces" or usaid 😧. In that sense, only a few countries aren't invaded by the USA... China, Russia, North Korea, India, Vietnam?
@mikelalasmuto

@maperal
USA has the most powerful armed forces in the world. It's defence expenditure is more then the defence expenditure of next top 9 armed forces. USA has military presence on 800 bases outside USA in various forms. Also USA gives the financial bulk of the UN and other inter-nation organisation. While 'invaded' depends upon how you define them but each and every nation on earth is directly affected by USA in a big way.

@maperal
Historically since independence, India-US relations have been complicated. During the Pakistani invasion of Kashmir, USA supported pakistan and threatened to nuke India but USSR came in to support India hence that forged the deep relation between India-USSR (Or Russia today). There have been many more instances where USA bullied India and USSR defended so until atleast 2001 India-USA didn't share much deep relations.

@mur2501
I would be proud to be indian, looks like they have a dignified government ☺.

@mur2501
By the way, I do love the idea of having a national pharmaseutical industry and no foreign corporations can penetrate this market.

@maperal
In today's economy, foreign companies easily penetrate everything.

@mur2501
That is, if the government isn't powerful enough, like most of them 😔...

@maperal
We think government and financial powers are distinct but it isn't, just look around the world and you see businessman in politics for personal benefits.

@maperal
Currently India is not much good state though, we are under a right-wing hindu nationalist government

@mur2501
😱🤯 I didn't know that! Woah, you have to keep me posted on this issue 😔.

@maperal
But thankfully I am in a state which is under the opposition government
(Actually the elections were a scandal here the central government tried to impose forced presidential rule when the right-wing party that rules the country lost here)

@mur2501
😱😱😱 😫 that's awful 😢. When will you have presidential elections again?

@maperal
Umm we are a parliamentary democracy not presidential so we elect a Prime Minister (like the UK, ofcourse we were a former British colony).
We had out elections just last year(2019) so we have our next election in 2024

@mur2501
😱 oh, ok. Well, I it is obvious I know nothing about India's political life. I have so much to learn. Can you teach me? ☺

@maperal
Ofcourse that's what I mostly do here I post about my town and my country. If anyone has any questions about India I am happy to answer
Also I would like to know about Mexico and Mexican politics (you live in Mexico right?)

@mur2501
Yes. Any questions about my country, I'll be happy to answer 🤗.

For now, we have a central to left wing president, a mixed congress (left, center and right wing) and a totally corrupted right wing justice. In México we have a "government" that is made out of 3 pieces (we calle them "Poderes" or "powers"): "Poder Ejecutivo" or excecutive (the president and his cabinet), "Poder Legislativo" or legislative (the congresses: senators and " diputados") and "Poder Judicial" or judicial (magistrates, judges, etc).

@maperal
That's interesting. Here judiciary is constitutionally prohibited to have any political or other leanings. But ofcourse as the chief justice of the supreme court is appointed by the PM, he/she would be on the good side of PM.