The Exploitation and Contradiction of South America: La Corrida - Episode 1: When Culture Attacks

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Travel story: The Exploitation and Contradiction of South America: La Corrida - Episode 1: When Culture Attacks

It must first be said that powerful forces from deep within the earth have worked for millions of years to create the steep narrow valley in the middle of the Andes the Incans called El Valle Sagrado (The Sacred Valley). Midway up El Valle Sagrado, which runs from the capital of the department, Cusco, Peru to Machu Picchu, the former ancient Incan capital, lies Urubamba, the peaceful, completely untouristed, self-sufficient, seemingly carefree town of 18,000. Towering glacial peaks cascade... More