Tierra del Fuego: The new paradise for migrants in South America? | Crossing the Andes (ep 03)

Stef travels to Argentina’s southernmost tip, and discovers an impressive electronics industry among the penguins. Since it’s become known that there’s jobs to be had in Tierra del Fuego, the capital of Ushuaia numbers countless South American fortune seekers. What is this growth doing to the mountains surrounding the town?

Terra del Fuego is the new migrant’s paradise of South America. Since word’s gotten out that on the southern tip of the continent you can easily find work in an Argentinian electronics plant, the capital of Ushuaia has boomed. The Argentinian government has declared the area a tax free zone, meaning companies have thrown up smartphone and television plants.
Growth is so rapid here, that it feels like a threat to many people. Because what is the impact on the nature of the surrounding mountains? Shouldn’t Tierra del Fuego’s biodiversity be kept intact? In Tierra del Fuego, Charles Darwin studied man and animal, and discovered the principles of his theory of evolution. Can modern-day inhabitants adapt to these changes? Or are they stuck in the past? And how bad would that even be?
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Chapters
▷ 00:00 – Introduction
▷ 01:47 – Tierra del Fuego was declared a tax haven to attract major electronics companies and populate the region
▷ 05:00 – The southernmost factory in the world and the dreams of the migrants who work there
▷ 07:53 – The new land of opportunity? Ushuaia’s population doubled in 5 years
▷ 09:20 – “Patta”: A man who lives in the forest and hunts and eats beavers
▷ 14:47 – The new supermarket shows the continent’s dilemma: nostalgia vs. economic progress
▷ 16:33 – How people choose their lottery numbers
▷ 18:08 – Buying meat while chatting about gypsies, Argentinians, and Bolivians
▷ 20:52 – Visiting a traditional gaucho house

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Latin America is, as it ever was, the continent of extremes; encompassing ancient ruins to mega-cities, towering mountain ranges to vast jungles, and of course, great fortunes and abject poverty.

From Chile to Colombia, we will follow the spine of the Andes and along the way uncover small stories about big issues that say something about contemporary Latin America.

According to Stef Biemans, the Andes Mountains are a good place to ask that question: ‘The backbone of South America is 7000 kilometres long and passes through seven countries. You’ll find Chilean capitalism in the smog of Santiago, and will travel 30 years back in time through the clouds of remote Bolivian mountain villages. I know Latino’s as a politically engaged people. Always fighting, but with a smile. Strong, but not tough as nails. The history of this continent is one of ups and downs. Sometimes there’s a glimmer of hope, then everything seems to fall apart again. I’m wondering how South Americans are doing now. Are they crawling, walking or about to fall down again?

Original title: Crossing the Andes (Ep. 3. Technological Paradise)
A documentary by Stef Biemans
© 2018, Licenced by Sideways Films

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