The Challenges of South American Logistics

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In this episode, we focus on South American logistics, sharing crazy stories from the "Road of Death" where truck drivers dodge landslides, cross rivers on rickety pontoon boats, and take showers in mountain waterfalls just to deliver their cargo.
Blythe and Grace Sharkey unpack China's ambitious power play in South America, revealing how their new mega-port in Peru and planned infrastructure projects could reshape global trade routes and potentially sideline the Panama Canal.
They also bring attention to the fascinating twist that many of these modern shipping nightmares stem from trying to adapt 15th-century Incan roads - some of history's most impressive engineering feats - into today's crucial trade routes.
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1. The Challenges of South American Logistics (00:00:00)

2. China's Peru Mega-Port (00:05:25)

3. Argentina's Lost Railways (00:10:13)

4. Road of Death Reality (00:14:30)

5. Driver Life & Culture (00:24:18)

6. Ancient Inca Roads (00:34:09)

7. Indigenous Communities & Trade (00:51:57)