Argentina: $100 bills, empty ATMs and 9 defaults | Buenos Aires, Slums

Argentina is a country of extreme contrasts, having defaulted nine times despite sitting on some of the world's largest shale and lithium reserves. In Buenos Aires, the official exchange rate is a fiction, and locals navigate a massive black market while living in the shadow of grand brutalist architecture. I traveled from the widest avenue on earth to the narrow alleys of Villa 31, once too dangerous for any outsider with a camera. But what happens when the local police offer to guide you through the slums themselves? Hey, have you tried an eSIM? Get US$3 off your first eSIM data pack from Airalo. Use code ILYA6216 when you sign up or apply it at checkout. https://vrlmv.com/lytmvr If you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up, leave your comments and share this video on social networks! Hello! My name is Ilya, I am a Russian journalist and founder of various urban beautification projects in Moscow and around Russia. There is nothing in the world that I love more than traveling. On this channel, I will do my best to give you an objective overview of life in different parts of the globe. Subscribe to the channel so you don't miss my new videos! Support the channel on Patreon: https://vrlmv.com/GSE8ZF Support the channel with cryptocurrency: https://vrlmv.com/pv17HV Instagram: https://vrlmv.com/7Wj2vk Twitter: https://vrlmv.com/dMUXKA Facebook: https://vrlmv.com/IcK8GI TikTok: https://vrlmv.com/7zx551 Reddit: https://vrlmv.com/dlCbsm Сhapters: 00:00 Argentina: the beautiful chaos of 9 defaults 00:31 The bureaucratic nightmare of buying a SIM card 01:54 $5 stamps: the most expensive post in the world? 02:26 Walking through a rundown city center 02:52 The history of Argentina's massive economic defaults 03:31 Official vs Black Market: the "blue dollar" reality 03:52 Lithium, shale gas, and unused natural wealth 04:41 How the government adjusts wages for inflation 05:05 Palermo: beautiful trees and cobblestone streets 06:00 The shallow, union-controlled subway system 07:14 Casa Rosada: why the presidential palace is pink 08:21 Protesters and memorials outside the palace 09:00 The controversies of former President Fernandez 10:34 Falklands War: a national trauma of 74 days 12:03 Bizarre war monuments and the fallen junta 12:38 Harrods Buenos Aires: the abandoned luxury branch 13:07 The populist legacy of Juan and Evita Peron 13:58 Recoleta Cemetery: visiting Eva Peron's crypt 16:57 The $12 card-only cemetery entrance fee 17:47 Clarindo Testa's brutalist National Library 19:17 How a modern stage ruined a 1960s masterpiece 20:29 The London Bank: a concrete spaceship in the city 22:31 Escaping the bank security guards 23:39 Villa 31: inside the most famous slums of Buenos Aires 25:07 Meeting the quad bike police patrol 26:24 How the safety of Latin American slums is changing 27:11 Trying to get a comment from the slum police station 28:09 An unexpected police tour through the narrow alleys 29:35 The history of Villa 31 since the Great Depression 30:30 Social housing vs staying in the slums 31:14 Suburb poverty: 51% living below the line 32:07 The volunteers of San Martin keeping families fed 33:49 Inside a house of a mother of six 36:38 The local drug trade in the poor quarters 37:07 Concrete sofas and Calatrava's rotating bridge 38:53 Old Fords and the history of La Boca 40:20 Diego Maradona: the hand of God and national worship 42:25 What's next in Argentina #travel #argentina #buenosaires #economics