Beagle Channel

The End of the World

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January 11th 2006
"I'm the last of the Wollastan race. There were five Yahgon tribes, each from a different place, but they owned the same word. Before I could walk, I had travelled with my mother all the way up to Cape Horn, tied to her back. She used to take me uphill to camp and eat some birds that fly over the sea and answer from their nests on land whenever someone whistles." (Rosa Yagan - ... read more

South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more