i don't know if this suit. is to get. discovered a way to. subscribe to documentary on you tube. the city of a key toss on the amazon river is home to some half a 1000000 people. surrounded by water and rain forest it's the biggest city in the world but can't be accessed by rote. people who can't afford and travel or have too much luggage can only reach the city by boat if i told. that

india once we were stuck for 3 days away we had to wait on the ship until the water rose high enough like. in any of. the peruvian government has plans to change that situation the intro via projects involves dredging the amazones tributaries to create a multi national network of deep water highways that can be navigated by big ships all year round but it will improve the transportation of goods but local people will also benefit. but many of the people who live here are skeptical. all too often in the past they've seen promises of development only bring them hardships tsu does the river belong to our journey is full of encounters with magical river spirits but primarily with people for whom life. the river means everything.

is a porter he's glad to have the work but it's a back breaking job. wearing a sack of rice on your back weighs 50 kilos so that's $100.00 kilos for 2 sacks every day we unload a truck full which adds up to several tons there's a. lot we can't his colleagues spend about 3 hours loading and unloading then they have to take a break it takes quite a while to load up a boat this size. where in the port city of your remark wes

this is where the road ends and everything that needs transporting to a key toss or even further to brazil has to be packed on to back. the eduardo 3 is an aging cargo ship that also transports passengers. this is the only large boat that will be setting off from your remark was over the next few days. while the workers load the last sacks and boxes of cargo on board the harbor master talks optimistically about the future. we'll see progress here soon. peruvian and personal and all other boats passing through here will be able to travel in all seasons and with. the harbor master dreams of one day seeing a fully fledged container terminal here that's what the peruvian government is planning although so far there's only

a promotional video. that's only got that you drove here is a sprawling infrastructure project involving the dredging of 3 major tributaries of the amazon the aim is to create shipping channels that are at least 56 meters wide and deep enough for larger ships. that a chinese company is set to begin work soon initial investments amount to just under $100000000.00 the additional costs for expanding and maintaining harbor facilities along nearly 3000 kilometers of river are nearly impossible to estimate . building an expensive system of shipping waterways that will open up new opportunities right now when the water level is low ships can only operate during the day not at night this project will significantly improve transportation thanks . but that's all in the future for the time being traders and passengers. independent on boats like the atwater 3. it will take 3 days and 3 nights to make

it to a key toss assuming nothing goes wrong. the. same pattern says the ship's captain he's been saying the amazon for 25 years for him it's not just a job but a calling. holds up i mean i love it navigating your way along these rivers is a real art. i inherited the talent from my father. i'm his only son to have carried on the tradition and i hope the generation after me will continue to make it and i still believe in a better value of the. day if it means a lot to me. you are good but i don't really think of which of.

these days captain panners doesn't spend much time at the helm he now has other people to do that job for him. like walter salazar who's also been on the job for decades sailing on such shallow waters takes a great deal of experience. was it worth it you have to be familiar with the river and keep a lookout for shifting sand banks they're really dangerous. if you run into one anything could happen to the ship can capsize. well yeah but it was worth the. small about sa at an advantage in the shallow waters montem mainly used for shorter distances they're essentially river passes the tickets are expensive and there's a limit on how much nugget you can take on board the ferry. make frequent stops along the shore seemingly in the middle of nowhere to pick up or drop off

passengers. to. israel galliano lives in the peruvian capital lima with his children and his wife at the piano the family's going to visit israel's parents who live in the town of laguna us deep in the amazon israel hasn't been home in 15 years. let it go. i'm going to introduce my family to my parents. i want my wife and children to see where i grew up. i want to show them our customs. and what life is like in the amazon. that way of looking at it it's lovely here so much nature and no air pollution. it's so loud in the city.

here you feel much more free i love that. country on a dancer she feels a bit uneasy she's nervous about her 1st meeting with her parents and all but also about the water. play this is the 1st time i've been on a bell so i have a bit afraid but i'm sure that will arrive safely. they'll be spending a few weeks in la grone as compared to the city it's a different worlds that welcomed with fresh fruit israel and the tree on his young son seems to be taking it all in his stride it's been a long journey once the bags and loaded the family heads off. meanwhile at

a small harbor in la going to us locals await the arrival of the headwaters 3. a snack stand serves up quantised rice with meat and fish wrapped in banana leaves it's a popular snack at all times of day. in front of her though if you prepare it today it's still good and tasty for another one or 2 days you eat it cold. once everyone's eaten it's time for a game of football by the river the players are amateurs but the commentator has the trappings of a pro. in the moment i am but every. other modern other type of other than the other goes out of all of the. back home for the eduardo 3 passengers swap stories of the amazon. francisca

it algo is on her way to see her family any key toss she's looking forward to the new river highway on pass journeys the boat was often left stranded the woman in the hammock next to her is on a special mission and hope she won't fall behind. it the one thing though they were here on behalf of the education ministry to bring mattresses and beds to remote amazon villages and intimate but. once the ship is docked the porters bring the supplies to knighted by the government on to shore even if no one really seems to have been waiting for them relations between local people and the central government are strained many local people are part of the indigenous community or have indigenous roots they have suffered a long history of persecution and injustice and are still discriminated against. who. is

a member of the ku comma people she's one of the last to still speak the language. you know like i do my nephew. market the market clean now. if they think that being as how are you and where you from the admin means that. there need to has a visitor today to sell the pinch a is an activist who is committed to preserving to calm a culture she fears that the government's new infrastructure projects will do lasting damage. i think. the new technology and the machines they'll bring in will have a devastating impact that. it will destroy a lot of things. like the river means life for they believe that for us and for the animals the water is everything here. is that with you with them instead of the

animals but it's as important as having air to breathe them. for the coup common people the rivers and lakes of the amazon are central to their culture in the ku kama religion there is another world under water where the ancestors gather people animal spirits all live together on the water for the karma any harm the comes to the rivers and lakes destroys everything. in the room. because children runs a painting school pictures she and her students paint depict the underwater world of the ku karma a world full of myths spirits and colorful creatures. in

the end this is about a legend of the parabola. home to all living beings and the depths of the river. without it there would be no grab for no fish. the profile is a house. but it's a house that looks like a snake. like a boa. for the ku comet these creatures of the river are best left undisturbed a massive project would invade their spiritual realm. but the protests against the new water highway also happen very practical dimension just look at the course of the river says cassandra pinching and you'll see the dredging and channeling are a bad idea. to. see the river

here is constantly changing the old people say that as well a small stream will grow larger and split up again it's best not to interfere with you. to be the. many leading scientists also have reservations about the project environmental engineer. has spent years researching the amazon. he says the network of waterways here has shifted constantly for millions of years. we've got plenty of. people in favor of that. want the transport more say without more than. one. more there we never got down to. the kind of thing. we don't know enough to evaluate samples on satellite images and takes

measurements of the waterways but it's a time consuming process and he says the government doesn't want to wait for the results of his research but the government's own studies are inadequate our commercial interests are simply too powerful basically i mean what i believe that the black. safety but. i think. that maybe they maybe that. you know i think you know. dredging the river at the wrong place could have disastrous consequences he says upset in the ecological balance and in danger in biodiversity. jorge says the either of you could have benefits in theory by focusing on expanding the use of existing waterways rather than building new roads he could help prevent deforestation but badly implemented the eater of your

project could be a nightmare. well this isn't relevant to the operators of the eduardo 3 right now they just want to transport their cargo as quickly as possible get it unloaded and continue on their way this time the porters were surprisingly quick she was handing out the mattresses so santa you missed the ship's departure but a boat brings her back home port. for some of the most important section of the ship is the kitchen where martin and i use a beer. our in charge the 20 euro ticket includes 3 meals a day. passengers have to bring their own plates and bowls.

today the stew is on the menu. well enough. for us the job means getting to know the entire amazon region of all the different villages and above all making a lot of new friends. that the mood in the cruise of the cargo ships take pride in their knowledge of the rivers and also of the people who live there. they arrival of the eduardo 3 is always a major event it's not just goods that arrive the ship also brings the latest news gossip and rumors is very limited cellular coverage here so these conversations are also a lifeline for the community. they. put out the poor but we're always on the move we now know practically everyone living

by the shore or. we've known them forever and we get on really well with everyone. kept insane paris has mixed feelings about the plans for the river highway. he understands the reservations of the people who are critical of the project but welcomes the idea of progress for him personally the project means he might one day be able to captain bigger and more modern ships up and down the river. they were very popular and i'd like that if. i want to move on and further my career that those who put up the wrong i'm not happy making do with what i can already do that it has the. power to develop it. it's the 2nd night on a chair. it's crowded below dank the

mattresses brought along by susannah as donations come in handy. but while the passengers get some rest down below the crew up on the bridge have to be on high alert. the. job is pretty that it's not easy but it's extremely dark with a lot of rain and fog. i plan to be fast in this but now we're behind. but i guess we'll be arriving out at 10 in the nooning. as dawn breaks and the passengers wake up the jungle is now visible again by the shore. and a couple of hours later now outer also comes into view this is where the matter nuon and gandhi. and from the river there from this point is officially called the amazon.

the main road in outer is where the radio to come our offices are located the local broadcaster is also a popular meeting place and informal community center for indigenous people. the project is a major topic of conversation as is their own identity. when we make our personal stories public these aren't just personal stories. they're also part of the history shared by our community all the people in our lives it has a huge communicative power and gives us strength. sense that strength and courage 2 things that people here need. and. my father died 2 years ago at the age of 99. he was one of the last slaves to toil

away here during the rubber boom. we were unaware of this when we were kids. but when we started listening to the radio and hearing bad stories from other people we asked our parents about their stories and then we heard about things that were really traumatic. from gold to wooden crude oil the history of the exploitation of people and nature along the amazon goes back a long way in peru and the region as a whole then i do believe that the memories of this suffering are still affecting people today now outer has a high suicide rate is specially among young people. the pain felt by victims in the past is passed on from one generation to the next that's what we believe here the same applies to the inability to talk about bad experiences that

might be why so many people today take their own lives. the next morning and a few colleagues head out on to the river to reach the tributaries where the jungle comes right up to the water's edge. they conduct research and talk to other activists about their latest findings. among them is filmmaker. he's traveling through the amazon region to talk to local people and also using his camera to document environmental pollution. by extraction in the area is a major polluter many of the pipelines leak pedro will use his video footage to show that pipeline maintenance and cleanup operations are not working nearly as well as the government claims. here in the middle of

my country in peru where confronted with the reality there's nothing other than pollution. there's no drinking water and that makes me afraid. you can die from drinking water here. pedro accuses the government of putting profit before people in the region he doesn't believe things will be any different with the amazon infrastructure projects. so they tell us how things will improve the government says the big ships coming up here from other countries will buy our products but that's not how things will be nobody is going to stop here to buy our fish. it's all this information. but government rejects these accusations saying that the ether of year will also benefit local communities. but the

indigenous people will benefit enormously it will help them get around quicker when going to the dr for example. the new infrastructure will make a lot of things easier but we do have to remember that we'll have a lot of work explaining a project to people. leonarda and his team believe that government representatives have not been taking them seriously. they want to see respect for mother nature and for their culture and religious beliefs. if you disturb the river you destroy everything. the balance between the world underwater and the villages by the river bank is under threat that we live up here our end sisters down below like a family of 5 yo is very sad that. he and his fellow activists realize their protest is unlikely to win over the people in charge but they are determined to continue their resistance people missing. this rap song says the river is

our queen it's a declaration of love to their treasured river and of their hope that it will be preserved. meanwhile the eduardo 3 is on the final daytime stage of its trip. it started raining again that doesn't bother francisco all the other passengers who are staying dry. as long as it rains the river will not subside water levels will remain high enough to keep the ship afloat rather than foundering on a sandbank. after 3 days and 3 nights the eduardo 3 reaches etops and gets a grand welcome. it's

time for the porters to unload all the cargo. captain paris and his crew have once again mastered the tricky currents even managing to make up time for the brief hold up. it's been a fast his trip for quite a while. we've arrived safely the ship is securely mord and nothing bad happened. and that's the most important thing for me. just a few kilometers from the harbor but a world away is the promise of. the more expensive restaurants are popular with the tourists almost all of them come here by asking so they have little feel for the vast expanse of the amazon river and its tributaries. it's lunchtime at the fitzcarraldo a restaurant run by carlos manuel curler

a peruvian with german roots. we're now back in the. us and the name comes from the family fitzcarraldo. they were shot here nikita us in 1980 with. it's a film about an eccentric european businessman obsessed with bringing opera to the amazon played by maverick german actor klaus kinski. today a ketosis home to people who have built an entire city in the middle of the jungle . into nearly half a 1000000 people with no roads connecting it to the outside world. ito says residents are proud of the bustling market square on the show all of the largest river on the planet. is the government's controversial plans go ahead ito's

will continue to grow and become the main trading hub between brazil and peru either ovi a project is set to create a new commercial corridor or linking the atlantic with the pacific for china and other global players that's an appealing prospect the fight for the future of the amazon continues for now over captain perez knows for certain is that he will set off again in a few days time with a ship loaded with cargo passengers and stores without it and we're just regular people going about our work. as soon as our next job comes and we set sail and then we'll be back on the river buffalo most of what are the opposite of.

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