48 - Buenos Aires - Oct 25 - Part 1

In this episode of 48, Amanda and the crew travel through the Argentinean capital, Buenos Aires, on a journey from the shanty towns to the most chic areas.

Our local guide Macarena explains how the financial crisis of 2001 affected ordinary Argentinians, and shows up how they adapted to changed economic climate. She takes us to a workers co-operative formed when they broke into Hotel Bauen after management closed the doors.

Macarena takes Amanda to meet Maira and Edith, working class turned members of the underclass, who are among Buenos Aires 'cartoneros,' people who sift through rubbish to find recyclable materials. After their 'shift' Maira takes the 48 crew to a nightclub playing 'Cumbia Villera', a controversial form of Colombian folk music born from the poverty of the slums, and scorned by the middle classes.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• 48
• Amanda
• Palmer
• financial
• crisis
• Buenos
• Aires
• Argentina
• Macarena
• Hotel
• Bauen
• Edith
• Maira
• Almeira
• Cumbia
• Villera
• La
• Base

[anitbooter]

beautiful country I love it!! Hope they do well in the world cup.

[santost87]

cual es el gran problema? que nos vean como quieran? ademas seamos onestos la pobresa existe.

[Gastonsweden]

A silly english girl wishes to show up the Argentinean's poorest side, I lived in England and there were many of those poor people too.

It sucks from faking english "thieves of the world"

[lareinadelosmeus]

@mecmannn

MUESTREN LO PEOR?? SI EN LA SEGUNDA PARTE VAN A PALERMO GIL!

LA CIUDAD ESTA ASI,ANDA A EL GRAN BUENOS AIRES, O CAPITAL, SOLDATI LUGANO, LA MAYORIA ESTA ASI. TE MOLESTA QUE MUESTREN LA REALIDAD?

[chumbawambaaa]

very dramatic video just like the life nothing is fair

[finajet]

why is a lesbian a guide ?

[theSTAR70]

13 children is WAY TOO MANY !!!

[reuven2007]

@blue2elmer :You have no idea on how worse Africa and India is! Their national per capita is so much lower then most latin America! Do you think Miami is all beautiful?

Of course not! But only beauty sells!

[harielpalmer]

Os políticos acabaram com a Argentina em parte.Mas a Argentina é maior que qualquer crise.Sou brasileño mas admiro a Argentina!!

[BsAs8Ros8Coa]

@luizianespanol jajajajajajaja ok 

[luizianespanol]

@BsAs8Ros8Coa Jajajaj, seis meses esperando pero me probaste: lo imbecil que eres (ojala no sean todos pues tengo esperanza)

Saludos y que dios te bendiga!

[BsAs8Ros8Coa]

che que buena cancion la del principio ¡¡ jajaa re movida