Archive for 'Argentina'
Natural Gas Vehicles: South America moves ahead of the USA
(The video above is provided by CNGnow.) There is a natural question to ask which is if the USA has so much natural gas–its reserves are second only to Russia while its output is greater according [...]
What is Argentina Doing Now?
Argentina has long been a puzzle to people who are not from there and on occasions infuriating those who are. For the moment the foreigner might wonder why the government is seemingly doing all it can [...]
If kids are the future, what is Argentina doing for them?
by Julia Hones Editors note: The author was born and raised in Argentina and returns each year to visit. After getting on the train in Constitucion, Buenos Aires, I make myself comfortable to watch a [...]
Sugary Soliloquy, Inspired by My Cookie
by Seraphina Malinche I returned to my city and was reunited with my beloved. We went to the zoo. We drank stolen Manhattans. And then, when the night was almost over, I bought an Alfajoreo from [...]
Margaret Thatcher on the Malvinas-Falklands War
View Larger Map To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Malvinas-Falkland Islands War, Harper Collins has re-released a chapter of Margaret Thatcher’s biography “The Downing Street Years” entitled “Margaret Thatcher’s War. The Iron Lady on the [...]
Happy Aniversary Buenos Aires
by Vivi Rathbon Two years went by in an instant. An airplane landed in Buenos Aires. I closed my eyes and inhaled. I opened my eyes and exhaled, and it is two years later. Moving [...]
Fernet
by Vivi Rathbon Argentina has many beverages to boast, from its fine wines to its bitter mate. Sometimes left out from the tourist reviews is the ubiquitous Argentine beverage of choice: Fernet. What, you may be wondering, is [...]
YaYa Bean: Behind the Sauce
by Vivi Rathbon They wouldn’t tell me what Ya Ya Bean means. But they did tell me a little more than the straight-forward story that you’ve read on the back of La Boca Roja hot [...]
The Gringo and the Harvest
Fernando Botero’s paintings of torture at Abu Ghraib prison
Thought-provoking...
Give me a Grandparent
I am blessed with 7 grandchildren. I am making copies of this poem t
Give me a Grandparent
As I spend more and more time with more and more wonderfully different
George Orwell’s other Novels
In Latin America, kids don't read Orwell. I wish they did.
George Orwell’s other Novels
Animal Farm and 1984 are about any kind of dictatorship, not just comm