Ushuaia

[ oo-swahy-uh ]

noun

1. a city in S Argentina, on the S coast of Tierra del Fuego: the southernmost city in the world.

Example Sentences

Ushuaia’s frigid climate and remote location meant that if inmates managed to escape the prison grounds, they rarely got far.

From Los Angeles Times

Nestled along the Beagle Channel with snow-capped mountains behind it, Ushuaia grew into a significant port city of 80,000 and a hub for ecotourism.

From Los Angeles Times

The prison has been turned into a museum and “dark tourism” attraction — like Chernobyl — that serves as a reminder that Ushuaia owes its existence largely to the labor of the inmates.

From Los Angeles Times

The case of Simón Radowitzky, an anarchist who was transferred to Ushuaia in 1911 after assassinating the Buenos Aires police chief in the aftermath of violent clashes between police and labor movement protesters, put a media spotlight on the prison and fostered demands for its closure.

From Los Angeles Times

One reporter from a Buenos Aires newspaper who secretly interviewed prisoners as they worked outside wrote that “Ushuaia, the cursed land, is a disgusting stain on the Republic.”

From Los Angeles Times