Hugh Sinclair

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Hugh Sinclair has lived and worked in Latin America since the late 1990s. After graduating from Durham he worked as an investment banker in Canada, Holland and the UK. In 2001 he moved into the development sector, specializing in microfinance. His first book, Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic, was a ground-breaking exposé of the inner-workings of the sector, and his blog was one of the best-read in the sector. The book was subsequently turned into a documentary and more recently into a TEDx talk (in Spanish). He has lived in various countries across Asia, Africa and Europe, but ten years ago decided to settle down in Patagonia. He has explored extensively the region on both sides of the border. He lives near the northern Carretera Austral, and first stumbled across the road in 2011, and has visited it repeatedly since. When not travelling in Chile and Argentina Hugh works as an economist, and speaks fluent Spanish.

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The Legend of Father Ronchi

Three decades of total devotion by a single man forever changed the destiny of more than 50 towns in the regions of Aysén and Chiloé.

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The Dictator’s Highway

Justin Walker's The Dictator's Highway eloquently describes why to embark on a journey down the Carretera Austral.

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Curanto y Kuchen – Patagonian Pioneers

Luisa Ludwig’s book Curanto y Kuchen contains an insightful and charming personal account of the lives of the early settlers and this isolated region. 

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