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Michael Palin in Venezuela - Season 1 Episode 2
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00:00Đó là thời gian để quay trở về venezuelan Amazón
00:06và hướng đến quay trở về venezuelan Amazón
00:15Tôi đang phát triển 500 đường náy-náy-náy-náy-náy-náy-náy-náy
00:22Thế to an tice-tice-tice-tice archipèlago of coral islands known as Los Róques
00:35So
00:38Thế lovely
00:40Oh. Well, I suppose we'll have to stop here for a bit
00:44Blooming sunshine, blue sea
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04:37Những bộ phát triển của chúng tôi không thể tìm ra những bộ phát triển của chúng tôi.
05:06Để tìm hiểu như thế nào, hả năng lượng của thế giới.
05:11Phía lắm, sáu như thế nào, và đông là và có thể trả lời mà.
05:16Và thì bờ đây là những gì đó thông tin có ngay.
05:20Thế giống như thế này.
05:22Và nó rất linh và đẹp.
05:28Và, of course, những vùng đường này không có tế.
05:31Tạm biệt.
05:34Cảm ơn.
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11:40But the owner of this local rum distillery is trying to break the pattern
11:50This coach has come to the grounds of the distillery from a local prison
11:57On board are around 30 prisoners who've been given day release to take part in a rugby match
12:08Guys from the local penitentiary, pretty tough place, they've come here with their guards
12:17In order to change and play rugby, so heavily guarded because they are still prisoners
12:23I think they look happier than the guards, I must say
12:28This match is part of Project Alcatraz
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12:37Which was started by the owner of Santa Teresa rum, Alberto Vollmer
12:41After a local gang attacked his distillery
12:45So back in 2003, a gang broke into the hacienda, to this property
12:52And what we did was we basically had to hunt them down because the police wouldn't do it
12:58So then we gave them two options, to either work, to make up for what they had done
13:03Or to be handed over to the authorities
13:05We've been recruiting gangs ever since for the last 22 years
13:13And then that took us to jails, so now we're in 33 jails
13:17We visit them weekly and we teach
13:19Actually what we teach are the values of rugby
13:22We focus on five values that are important for the pitch
13:26But also in life, that are respect, teamwork, humility, discipline and sportsmanship
13:37How long are the sentences of some of the people here?
13:40We have everything from short sentences to long sentences
13:44Most of the guys who play rugby are homicide cases
13:47I actually prefer the more difficult ones
13:51Because they're actually the ones that have to make a bigger effort to make up with life
13:57And one of the things we tell them is this depends on you
14:02We only open the door, you decide if you walk in
14:05And that walking in, that decision means you have to basically make peace with your past
14:15Venezuelan gang members are often depicted as being pure evil
14:21But seeing these young men playing rugby, supported by their families
14:25It casts them in a very different light
14:27And when one of the prisoners gets to meet his child for the first time
14:37All I can see is humanity
14:41I'm here with the custodian so that they attend the families in the school
14:45No, not here, not here
14:46No, not here
14:47Come here
14:48Come here
14:49Come here
14:50Come here
14:51Come here
14:52Come here
14:53Come here
14:54Come here
14:55Come here
15:00What was life like for you when you were young and you first got involved in crime?
15:06My mother, although I didn't give me bad values
15:08I didn't have a father
15:10Okay?
15:11So I was always with her
15:13For her and for her
15:14Okay?
15:15This led me to see the needs
15:18That both of us together
15:20And I wanted to help
15:22And I made a lot of mistakes in that process
15:25I entered into a delictive world
15:27At least I involved with people
15:28From the corner of my neighborhood
15:30I committed a serious crime
15:32And I was in prison
15:33Aged just 19
15:38Jose Gregorio was sentenced to 10 years in jail
15:42For murder
15:44In the prison I lived a lot of things
15:47Sometimes I had to fight to sleep on the floor
15:51To eat
15:52And I had to understand that the sun was like a photo in the sky
15:58Through the small window of my cell
16:0018 months into his sentence
16:02Project Alcatraz arrived at his prison
16:06But I also saw a man in that prison and with a rugby ball
16:07Okay?
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18:33Nhân sự nghi rắc động benz
18:36Phát than proof
18:40Và rất là counselor
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21:42This looks lively here, but we're a bit careful as we drive around, in case we're being watched.
21:54We arrive at the town square to film a statue of Chávez, but the crew are told to stop recording.
22:02After we ask a local National Guard for permission to film the statue, a group of four heavily-armed officers arrive at the square.
22:17They tell us to drive to a nearby car park.
22:21They are from the notorious and feared Government Intelligence Service, SEBI.
22:32They want to search all our equipment and personal luggage.
22:38They take our passports.
22:40We each have our photo taken, and it's made very clear we are no longer free to leave.
22:48Several hours pass.
22:52Eventually, word comes through that we are to be released, without charge.
22:58Our fixer, Freddie, tells me a government minister became involved, and has passed on his apologies.
23:06Good. Have a good day.
23:08We're all good?
23:14We're all good now.
23:16Do you think we're okay, Freddie? We good?
23:18Yeah, we...
23:19Kind of.
23:20That's good.
23:21One man starts it.
23:22Then two people come.
23:23Then three.
23:24Then four.
23:25And then five with...
23:26With the police.
23:27With rifles, guns.
23:28Were you scared?
23:29I was a little scared.
23:30They were threatening.
23:31They were threatening.
23:32I thought we might, you know.
23:33No, but the real problem was they were so nervous about the last things happening around
23:38here.
23:39Some people tried to attack the last statue of Chavez.
23:42Yeah.
23:43We now fucked people.
23:45Are we going to be more washed?
23:46Yeah, we're going to be tracking, of course.
23:48They got my phone number.
23:49You got my phone number.
23:50And actually, I tell them today.
23:52I will share our position every morning.
23:54They check all our equipment.
23:55They check everything.
23:56So then the second one we have.
23:57Yes, they do actually.
23:58This is life in Venezuela, isn't it?
24:00Yeah.
24:01Everything is calm, but it's tense.
24:03And you have to delete stuff from your phone.
24:06You have to make sure you don't say too much.
24:09The way that we are expressing ourselves.
24:11The way that we're walking.
24:12How the equipment is left out.
24:14What we're filming.
24:15I mean, this is not just like, you know, any other country.
24:20Yeah.
24:21Okay.
24:22Right.
24:23Well done, everyone.
24:25Still unable to film the statue of Chavez, we leave Sabonetta as quickly as we can.
24:31And the reality of what has happened starts to sink in.
24:36It all escalated rather quickly over a period of about an hour, an hour and a half.
24:41And suddenly there were men from the intelligence services with guns.
24:46It feels like this has been a turning point in my journey.
24:51It's not a joke.
24:52It's not a slight thing.
24:53These were people who were really intimidating.
24:56And the problem is that having done that, the way these things happen here apparently is that the minister,
25:03people at the highest level now know exactly where we are, what we're going to do, where we're going to film next.
25:08And they're going to keep an eye on this.
25:10So in a way we are, from today, marked men and women.
25:16It may mean nothing, but there's an undercurrent of threat, which is quite sinister.
25:31The next morning, I wake up with a brighter outlook in Los Llanos, the agricultural heartland of Venezuela.
25:41Covering almost 100,000 square miles, many say this area is the soul of the country.
25:51Los Llanos is also renowned for its wildlife, including the world's largest snake.
25:58The anaconda, yeah, legendary.
26:01Anaconda, do they poison you or do they squeeze you?
26:05They squeeze you, do they?
26:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:08Park ranger Armando Mercado found an anaconda on their road and wants to release it back into the wild.
26:17I've never seen one.
26:18And I think I've got a feeling I'm going to see one.
26:21That's good you haven't seen one.
26:22Yeah, yeah.
26:23You keep looking down.
26:25Because this one right there, he just saved one from the...
26:28In his backpack.
26:29In the backpack.
26:30Mammoth an anaconda in his backpack.
26:31Save one crossing the road.
26:32That's a first.
26:33Should I be a bit careful here?
26:36I mean, this is going to be...
26:37Yeah, we have to be careful because he catch it when he's crossing the road.
26:40Yeah.
26:41She's been in the rucksack for a few times.
26:42Yeah.
26:43So it might be a little bit aggressive, but they're not dangerous.
26:45I mean, it's not their poison or anything.
26:46Armando assures me the anaconda is safe in his bag.
26:50Yeah.
26:51How big is it?
26:52I mean, for the size of that, it looks like three meters or something.
26:55Three on four meters.
26:57Yeah.
26:58Twice my height.
26:59Okay.
27:00Respect.
27:01Yeah.
27:02Be very careful.
27:03Okay.
27:04You've got your sandwiches in there as well.
27:06Yeah.
27:07Okay.
27:08Ready?
27:09The snake sits up front, while we're relegated to the back of the bus.
27:24Showing off.
27:25Yeah.
27:26Yeah.
27:27Yeah.
27:28He's a young man.
27:29Two old guys.
27:30Yeah.
27:31Yeah.
27:38This lacun is the place of the anacondas.
27:42The freedom of our anacondas.
27:45This is where they like, they like wet land, do they?
27:49Yeah.
27:50Yeah.
27:51Right.
27:52Okay.
27:53Swamp.
27:54Anacondas mostly live in water and marshes, where they can move much faster than on land.
28:04This is quite something.
28:07Yeah.
28:08Yeah.
28:09Yeah.
28:10There you go.
28:11Oh, beautiful.
28:12Yeah.
28:13All right.
28:14Hello.
28:15This is the green anaconda.
28:16Yeah.
28:17In the llenos name it, culebra de agua, snake of water.
28:24Green anacondas can grow up to nine meters in length and weigh up to a somewhat intimidating
28:31250 kilos.
28:35Okay.
28:36Here you go.
28:37Take the middle.
28:38Oh, there you are.
28:39Wow.
28:40All right, man.
28:41I can feel, I can feel the muscles.
28:42Yeah.
28:43Yeah.
28:44Very, very, very strong.
28:45Yeah.
28:46Very strong.
28:47Whoa.
28:48Really moving around.
28:49Yeah.
28:50Oops.
28:51Hey.
28:52Squeezy.
28:53I know you've been in a backpack for a while.
28:54No wonder you're a bit squeezy.
28:55Come on.
28:56Here we are.
28:57Here we are.
28:58Say a little prayer.
28:59Go to the freedom.
29:00Okay.
29:01You're free at last.
29:02Wow.
29:03Heading straight under the water.
29:04Goodbye.
29:05Goodbye.
29:06Goodbye.
29:07Wow.
29:08Beautiful.
29:09That must make you feel good.
29:10You've saved an anaconda.
29:11Yeah.
29:12It's my favorite part.
29:13Yeah.
29:14It's just that muscly body.
29:15Yeah.
29:16You can feel the strength.
29:17Yeah.
29:18Smart.
29:19If that got around you, I mean, that'd be it.
29:20You're a very good swimming device.
29:21Exactly.
29:22Do they have pythons here?
29:23Here, no.
29:24Where are the pythons?
29:25Probably like somewhere quiet with like a swimming pool.
29:26Yeah.
29:27Do you feel good?
29:28You feel good?
29:29You've saved an anaconda.
29:30Yeah.
29:31It's my favorite part.
29:32Yeah.
29:33It's just that muscly body.
29:34You can feel the strength.
29:35Yeah.
29:36Smart.
29:37If that got around you, I mean, that'd be it.
29:38Really.
29:39You're a very good swimming device.
29:41Exactly.
29:42Do they have pythons here?
29:45Here, no.
29:46Where are the pythons?
29:48Probably like somewhere quiet with like a swimming pool.
29:51Thank you.
29:52As in many countries, wildlife is under threat in Venezuela.
29:58None more so than the Cayman.
30:01Stop.
30:02Stop.
30:03This one is in captivity as part of a breeding program.
30:08Is he happy at the moment, being out of water?
30:11When feeding, he's very happy.
30:13Yeah.
30:14In Venezuela, name it Cayman or Inoco.
30:18Cayman, not Orinoco.
30:20Yeah.
30:21But it's really a crocodile.
30:23Crocodile.
30:24A crocodile.
30:25Yeah, it looks like a croc.
30:26Okay.
30:27And critically endangered of extinction.
30:31I've arrived in time for lunch.
30:34He looks millions of years old.
30:37You know that?
30:38I mean, I know I look old, but...
30:40Boy.
30:41That's lovely.
30:42After decades of being hunted for their skins, for clothing, there are only around 1,500 Cayman
30:57left in Venezuela.
30:59But breeding projects such as this should help increase numbers.
31:04Wow.
31:05That could have been me.
31:10You certainly can't accuse Venezuela of being boring.
31:17Arrested by the police one day and the next day holding an anaconda.
31:21Not normal London behaviour.
31:23Quite exhilarating now, isn't it?
31:30Life in Los Llanos feels laid back and serene.
31:34Good luck with all your work and your studies.
31:36But my journey continues at pace, so it's back on the road.
31:42We're driving 100 miles northwest from the lowlands of Los Llanos towards the highest
31:49part of Venezuela.
31:57Well, now quite suddenly we're off the plains of Los Llanos, making our way into a very,
32:02very different environment, up into the mountains of the Andes.
32:06This is the Trans-Andean Highway.
32:13Stretching for over 5,000 miles, from Venezuela to the southernmost tip of South America,
32:22the Andes is the longest mountain range in the world.
32:27Sensational scenery, just the size and scale of the slopes.
32:33Makes you feel very, very on the edge in this little road.
32:38This is adventure, I think, isn't it?
32:44Well, we're now around 3,500 to 4,000 metres.
32:48So very high, over 10,000 feet suddenly above the plains.
32:53and a marine thick cloud.
32:58We make it to a mountaintop hotel, just as night starts to fall.
33:09Next morning, as the Andes reveal themselves to me in their full glory,
33:13I get the distinct feeling that the hills are alive.
33:18Here we are, with this stunning views of the Andes.
33:22And this is kind of one of the great attractions of Venezuela.
33:26I have to say, if you like a bit of adventure and you like things to change as you go along,
33:30this is terrific.
33:31After breakfast, we head to the capital city of the Venezuelan Andes.
33:41These are the streets of Merida, going through at the moment.
33:45Venezuela is Andean mountain city.
33:49Sunday morning, it's a little bit quiet.
33:51Over 400 years old, Merida's origins stretch back to when Spain ruled Venezuela.
34:01Historically, it's also been a centre of anti-government protest.
34:06But in recent years, the authorities have introduced draconian measures to silence their critics.
34:11Nestling in the Andes, at over 5,000 feet above sea level, Merida has a very relaxed atmosphere.
34:29I'm meeting Diana Hernandez, who's in her final year of studying criminology at the local university.
34:37Tell me a little bit about it.
34:38It seems rather different from anywhere else we've seen in Venezuela.
34:43Well, I was just talking a few days ago that Merida is a city for studying and for retirement.
34:50I think those are the two stages of life perfect for this city.
34:55It's very calm in the city.
34:58It feels quite relaxed. It's not quite as brash as Caracas.
35:01Diana thinks of herself as an activist.
35:04But in modern Venezuela, that's both difficult and dangerous.
35:09Do people get detained, arrested? Is that anything that happens here?
35:15Or is it more gentile?
35:18No, it has happened. It's not gentile at all.
35:22It hasn't been gentile at all.
35:24What do you feel about that?
35:28That's really sad and unfair and, you know, there's a thing, I mean, I can talk about many things.
35:39Because we don't have that much freedom of speech.
35:42I sense from Diana's reticence that discussing politics on the streets makes her feel uncomfortable.
35:51She suggests we continue talking at her house, where we can speak more freely.
35:58Diana's also asked if she can be joined by some friends.
36:04They're keen to talk to me about the repressive culture that has become normal in modern Venezuela.
36:10If I am at a protest, I am very careful because sometimes I don't know if anything can happen to me if I share my photographs or my videos.
36:26So I feel very scared.
36:28What might happen to you? What are you scared of?
36:33Maybe I could go to jail.
36:36You can be accused of promoting hate for publishing anything that goes against the government interest.
36:46Someone told me that there was a new app used by the government.
36:52Yeah, yeah, I mean, there's something called BenApp.
36:54You can wear it to report like, there's a hole on my street.
37:00I need the authorities to come and fix it and stuff like that.
37:06It also has a special tool.
37:09You can report if someone is doing something like perturbing the public peace.
37:16It can be used to report if you have a neighbor or you see someone like protesting or something.
37:24Days after his controversial election, President Maduro encouraged people to use the VenApp to report anti-government behavior to the authorities.
37:36I mean, that's quite different from holes in the street. You're informing on friends.
37:41Do you feel that things are going to drift more in that direction?
37:44Or do you think there'll be more of an opening up of the country now?
37:50I think it's not safe for anyone to come here with this political situation.
37:56I mean, Venezuela has a lot of beautiful places, but it's very dangerous also. There is a big chance that you get detained.
38:10Detained.
38:11I know that. We have experienced that.
38:16Oh, yeah.
38:18When we were in Chavez's birthplace, Sabaneta, and they took an exception to us.
38:24In the end they let us go, but it was men with guns.
38:27Yeah, publicly recording, it's an issue usually.
38:33Yes. I suppose you've talked about some of the things which you criticize about your country, but the good things, what would you say?
38:44Oh, I would say that Venezuela has a place for literally everyone.
38:51And I would also say that we are still a country full of wonderful people.
38:58We are a country of friends. We're a country of panas.
39:01Everyone is a what?
39:03A pana. A pana. Pana, it's like a common way of saying friend.
39:06Well, I mean, that's great. I know everything's not absolutely wonderful, but there's enough here. I would recommend many people to come and try and see the place, talk to people and let people know what Venezuela is.
39:23This is what I'm learning about Venezuela. For all its problems, there is so much that is good here.
39:30And Merida is a stunning city, set in a valley of the Andes, surrounded by cloud-capped mountains that stretch high into the sky.
39:43The highest is Pico Bolivar, which rises almost three miles above sea level.
39:53And that is where I'm going next.
39:55And what I'm told is the tallest cable car in the world.
40:00Buenos dias.
40:02Because I'm that very rare thing in Venezuela, an international traveller, my nationality must be noted.
40:10My ticket costs $40, twice what a local would pay.
40:14Well...
40:17First built in the 1950s, the cable car system is an impressive feat of engineering
40:23and will take me nearly 16,000 feet above sea level.
40:28It's so spectacular.
40:31Because we are going very, very high.
40:33And we're swinging out over gorges like, you know, 1,500 feet below us.
40:40800 meters of sheer drop.
40:44And then you go to the cloud, you think, you're a god.
40:48You're one of the gods, looking down on this world you've created.
40:52And wow, there's still more to go.
40:55As we near the summit, I'm very aware I'm now three miles high.
41:01I've been very, sort of, elevated.
41:04Which is a bad pun, but the whole experience.
41:09It's a wonderful, wonderful thing to do.
41:11Ah, look.
41:13We finally reach the top of the cable car run.
41:18And I step out...
41:20...on the roof of the Venezuelan Andes.
41:23Well, it's not often he gets a summit of a mountain like this.
41:29Even though I've done it the easy way, it's still incredibly impressive.
41:39And high too, 15,000 feet high.
41:44I haven't done that very often in my life.
41:45And there are people walking up as I perceive my place.
41:52Oh, no, they're walking down.
41:54Yes, well, that's sensibly run down all the way.
41:58Being up here is undeniably impressive.
42:02But my mind is still preoccupied with the contradictions of life in Venezuela.
42:09I've seen a dazzling amount of your country.
42:12It's truly magical a lot of it.
42:16And seen at the same time, you know, undercurrents of dissatisfaction.
42:22Yeah, I think everybody that lives here can say that they're always living between two worlds.
42:31The beautiful country that we see, but also this thing that we call the tense calmness.
42:37Where you're not really sure what could happen to you or your family on a certain day, on a certain week.
42:46So we try to live as best as possible, but traverse cautiously.
42:51So people are frightened, really, of saying what they feel sometimes.
42:59Yes, we used to be people that would express ourselves very freely, without fear.
43:05And that has slowly changed in the past, more so in the past six months.
43:14So this sums up Venezuela.
43:17On the one hand, they have what appears to be one of the most repressive regimes in the world today.
43:22But on the other, it's impossible to ignore how extraordinary this country and its people are.
43:31So what now for Venezuela?
43:34As I enter my final week, I hope to get a sense of what its future holds.
43:40Next time, a journey to Venezuela's disappearing floating villages.
43:49They put a line out with chicken heads.
43:52This is not a thriving village at all, is it?
43:55Discover what led to the country's downfall.
43:58The collapse of our country and because all of our energy was focused on oil.
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