Men with Guns

This will burn fast.

Use it only to start the flame.

Then this will last the morning.

Tell me more about the man.

He has trouble breathing.

Sometimes he fights to swallow air.

He can put his hand on you

and tell what your sickness is.

By magic?

By science.

He's a doctor who lives in the city.

Can he cure you of worms?

City people don't get sick

the way we do.

They speak a different language,

they wear different clothes.

They don't look like us.

The people...

The common people love drama.

That's true.

They watch soap operas.

That's why you can't believe

any of these rumors.

How is it?

It doesn't seem to have changed.

- It isn't bigger?

- It isn't smaller, either.

We'll have to watch it.

What a thought, watching my ass.

The Reds make up these stories

and the people believe them.

It makes our job even harder.

You can get dressed.

Thanks.

I was sorry to hear about your wife.

Thank you.

There was nothing we could do.

Think you'll retire soon?

I don't know.

My vacation starts tomorrow.

- I'll have time to think.

- Going to the beach?

I want to try somewhere new.

Without Isabel...

- Maybe the mountains.

- The mountains?

My Tigers spend half their time...

...chasing guerrillas

in those f***ing mountains.

I thought you'd wiped them out,

that the guerrillas were only a rumor.

It only takes a few of those bastards

to make trouble.

What can you do in the mountains?

So tell me, my condition...?

It's confidential. As always.

- It could be used against me.

- Who'd want to give you trouble?

You're like a child, Humberto.

The world is a savage place.

Very nice of you.

- Here you go.

- Thank you.

That's why people like the beach.

They forget their problems.

And you, alone, without Mommy...

I've been thinking about my students

in the program.

Daddy trained doctors

for the government.

- Ambassadors of health.

- I remember that.

The foreigners who made war

on tapeworms.

The Alliance for Progress.

Why don't they cure

their own Indians?

- Raul.

- What?

The government had to accept

their aid to shut the gringos up.

That might be true, but the program

was a good idea.

You should be very proud, Daddy.

I want to visit my students.

- In the countryside?

- Lf they're still there.

- Why wouldn't they be?

- It's been what, two years?

- Three.

- Three years with the Indians!

My idea of hell.

It isn't a punishment.

Doctor, how many of your patients

are Indians?

My family has been living with them

at our ranch for centuries.

The more you do for them

or give them, the lazier they get.

Giving them a taste of modern things.

Ideas, medicine, television...

...you just destroy their souls.

The program was a good idea!

A good idea!

It's my legacy.

Have your students written to you?

No, they haven't, but...

Maybe the beach,

but in a smaller hotel.

My kidneys are bothering me too.

Whenever I drink red wine,

I get a pain right here.

The more expensive the wine,

the sharper the pain.

How awful!

- Good afternoon, doctor!

- Good afternoon.

The doctor doesn't look so good.

Out With the Government!!

In a struggle against death...

...any advantage in technology,

no matter how small...

...can win the battle.

Corts won an empire

with a few men...

...but he had horses and guns,

and his adversaries didn't.

Where you're going...

...your main enemies

will be bacteria and ignorance.

Bacteria can be fought with drugs.

But their ally, ignorance,

nobody is immune to this disease.

To be more specific...

...we expect you not only to apply

your medical knowledge...

It was an excellent idea.

Bravo! Hey!

Wait!

Bravo!

Wait!

Don't you recognize me?

What do you want with me?

- Why aren't you in the village?

- The program is finished.

- That's not true.

- It's finished for me.

You were trained.

You accepted the responsibility.

Dozens of students who applied

weren't as lucky as you.

Yes, I was lucky.

Luckier than Cienfuegos.

- What happened to Cienfuegos?

- What do you think?

I have no idea.

- He didn't get a warning.

- Warning of what?

You don't know a thing about it,

do you?

What are you doing in Los Perdidos?

This is a pharmacy.

We sell drugs at popular prices.

So your classes

weren't a complete waste.

I sent you with medicine, training,

the support of the government.

Dr. Fuentes, you're the most

learned man I ever met.

But also the most ignorant.

Go find Cienfuegos.

He's got the whole story.

You'd better go home, doctor.

Los Perdidos is no place to be

at night.

Angela called me last night.

Did you change your plans?

It was a shock.

Bravo was one of my best students.

He got some Indian girl pregnant

and had to run to save his ass.

Can I use the Mercedes

until you're back?

Hello.

What town are you from?

From here.

This place must have a name.

What's it called?

We're salt people.

This is where we live.

- But there's nothing here.

- You can't see anything from a car.

It was like a hub here.

Like Chicago or Atlanta.

- They cut paths through the jungle?

- There's no jungle to cut through.

It was all farmland back then.

Overpopulated and overfarmed.

See if this guy knows.

Excuse me, sir.

Please, could you tell us...

...do you know how far it is

to the ruins in Jobal?

I'm not sure.

I've never traveled here before.

Thank you.

I think he said he

doesn't know this area.

Well, at least he speaks Spanish.

When we speak to the Indians...

...they don't understand Spanish.

I don't think the Indians

in the United States speak English.

He says, "Do all our Indians

speak English?"

I think all of them do.

I think there's a law.

Isn't there a law?

Ask him if he's

heard of any atrocities.

No, I'm not gonna ask him that.

You ask him that.

- Lf we're going up there, ask him.

- Ask him. Go ahead.

Are there...?

That's right, isn't it? Thank you.

Are there...?

That's right, isn't it?

Are there "atrocidados" here?

- "Atrocidados."

- My husband wants to know...

...whether you've read about...

...any problems in this area?

Political problems.

Tell him about the book we have with

the people with their hands cut off.

- Hands kite.

- Cut.

- Yes?

- Cut.

Cut.

No, no. That happens in

other countries. Not here.

Not here?

Everything isn't perfect here...

...but you shouldn't believe

all the stories.

There are stories in New York...

...about murders...

...in the newspapers.

Newspapers are businesses.

And you know the common people

love drama.

That's true.

He says the common people

love drama.

Ask him why they

don't have fajitas here.

Why...

...no...?

What's the word for "fajitas"?

Seor, is the town of Rio Seco

near here?

How do you get there?

Seora, excuse me...

...do you know where

Dr. Cienfuegos lives?

The doctor here.

He's called Cienfuegos.

Isn't this Rio Seco?

Seora!

Hey, listen to me, please...

Seora, excuse me.

Seores, do you know

Dr. Cienfuegos?

Hey, there.

This is Rio Seco, right?

Where does Dr. Cienfuegos live?

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