some other agriculture. and, uh, after that, the drug trade began and everything with the, with the coca plantation. anthony: this climate s good for it? pablo: yeah. it s very good. since 1999, there was no police or army force here. so, it was just occupied by the farc. and then, by the paramilitaries who tried to anthony: yeah. pablo: so that s when the real violence began. anthony: so really, the problems in this country pre-existed the drug trade? pablo: what we say here is that the drug trade just made everything war. there s no judge here. there s, uh, few institutions here. anthony: right. pablo: basically, you know that the state is here just because the army is here. so, i think here we re going to meet the mayor. anthony: oh, yeah. pablo: anthony, this is the mayor. anthony: julio cesar gonzález is the current mayor of miraflores, which has seen much better and much worse days. so, how many people live, uh, in this town? pablo: around 1,500, 2,000
our captain is joaquin sanclemente, something of a legend in these parts. and his copilot, captain constanza. pablo: it s mystical. you know, and they they develop this sensibility with the plane. there s no intel inside here. there s no software. they have gps, but that s about it. it s beautiful. you know, they have to sense everything. they know when the sound of the plane is not right. it s just man and machine. anthony: the weather is the big unknown around here. it s changeable enough to ground planes in remote places if they hang around for too long.
populationhrank by 85%, and what remains struggles to survive. so the people here, you re telling me either were born here, or ? pablo: most of the people came from elsewhere. at the beginning, in the 1950s and 60s, they were they were escaping from the violence. from the political violence between the two parties in colombia. anthony: so if you were having problems in the city or in wherever you were from pablo: yeah, yeah. anthony: you came out here? pablo: yeah. anthony: so, what do you do for a living out here? pablo: cattle and, uh, doing some other culture. and, uh, after that, the drug trade began and everything with the, with the coca plantation. anthony: this climate s good for it? pablo: yeah. it s very good. since 1999, there was no police or army force here. so, it was just occupied by the
i ve flown worse. i ve been brought here by pablo mora, a teacher at medellin university and a particular enthusiast for this classic of golden age aviation. you ve taken this flight before? pablo: yes. every time i have a chance, i come here and fly one. it s a romantic thing. anthony: he sees the work that these hulking great airships and their pilots do as daredevil humanitarian missions for the more remote colombians. do they have an in-flight movie? pablo: no, no, no. nor first class either. anthony: what? pablo: no, no. anthony: the planes travel with their own mechanic to cobble together anything that might go wrong. and stuff can go wrong. the risk is that we ll be able to land but not take off again, so this guy is our return ticket out of the jungle.
that is true. anthony: the food s delicious. the problem is, the united states will never legalize drugs. it will never happen. complicated issues. pablo: yeah, yeah. anthony: so, uh, the good people of this town could thank us for bringing in their, uh pablo: yeah. anthony: fresh supply of pablo: yeah, yeah, yeah. anthony: cerveza. think nothing of it, gentlemen. it was it was really our pleasure. say carl, we have a question about your brokerage fees. fees? what did you have in mind? i don t know. $4.95 per trade? uhhh. and i was wondering if your brokerage offers some sort of guarantee? guarantee? where we can get our fees and commissions back if we re not happy. so can you offer me what schwab is offering? what s with all the questions? ask your broker if they re offering $4.95 online equity trades and a satisfaction guarantee. if you don t like their answer, ask again at schwab.