[ambient nature noises] [wind] faustino barrientos:[speaking spanish] adri murguia: after settling inon faustino's land, we went back to meet with him. our first impressions so farwere positive, despite what we had heard from his relatives. we wanted to understand how hehad managed to survive out here on his own forover four decades.
[speaking spanish] adri murguia: augusto pinochetruled chile with an iron fist from 1973 to 1990. during this time, hundreds ofthousands of people were forced to leave the countryin the wake of an economic crisis. faustino was part ofthis migration. adri murguia: when faustinoreturned to chile, he used the skills he picked up in argentinato build his first
home on the other end of thisproperty, by an area known as the green lake. this same skills would continueto help them survive even in the smallest of ways. adri murguia: since his returnfrom argentina, faustino has not travelled beyondvilla o'higgins. but he manages to stay in touchwith the rest of the world through radio broadcastsand by reading newspapers that he gets once or twice a year.
he's watched tv maybeonce in his life. but he knows more about politicsthan the average person in the area. adri murguia: [speaking spanish] adri murguia: he's kept up witheverything, from 9/11 to space exploration research. but he has a first-row seat tothe unfolding tragedy of global warming, despite notknowing exactly what it means. adri murguia: he's goingto put us in the books.