Archive for 'Chile'
Fernando Botero’s paintings of torture at Abu Ghraib prison
by George Allen Santiago’s Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos is a block long rectangular concrete and glass building outside of the sprawling Quinto Normal Park. The front entrance of the museum is [...]
Student movement isn’t going away soon
by George Allen On the same day students protested across the United States for “1 T Day“–the day US student debt will hit one trillion dollars–Chilean students officially inaugurated the new school year with mass [...]
Ricardo’s Lagos “Southern Tiger”
by Walker Rowe Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile, has written a book with the assistance of two writers from Foreign Affairs magazine and includes an introduction by Bill Clinton. While the title of the [...]
7.1 Earthquake Talca, Chile & 5.1 Earthquake Santiago, Chile
We had two separate earthquakes: today and yesterday–both you could say were strong. Below are some impressions from our publisher and some news taken from various sources. The Youtube video above is taken from an unknown [...]
Reading into the Abyss of Roberto Bolaño’s 2666
By George Allen “Anxiety may be compared with dizziness. He whose eye happens to look down into the yawning abyss becomes dizzy. But what is the reason for this? It is just as much in his [...]
Abortion in Chile
By George Allen Abortion in Chile Last week Republican Presidential candidates and their counterparts in Congress launched attacks on the Obama administration’s health care plan, arguing it would fund abortion. The plan requires all hospitals, [...]
Why nobody loves Sebastián Piñera
Reviewed by George Allen When Eugenio Tironi wrote the book “¿Por qué no me quieren?” or “Why don’t you love me?” about Chilean President Sebastián Piñera in July of 2011, President Piñera’s approval rating was hovering around [...]
Virgin Mobile Celular viene a Chile
¿Estas buscando Virgini Mobile? Aquí esta. Para muchos chilenos el servicio de teléfono celular es caro. Esencialmente hay dos tipos de proyectos: “pague cuando usted lo usa” llamado también de prepago y por contrato. Ambos [...]
¿Existe una capa de ozono disminuida sobre Chile?
(Foto por NASA de la fecha 10/10/2010.) A los chilenos les gusta decir que la capa de ozono se agota en su país. Así que es común decir que el sol es más peligroso aquí que [...]
Virgin Mobile cellular comes to Chile
Editors update 12 April 2012: Virgin Mobile opened up its web site in Chile this week. That same day I ordered a SIM card from the web site. It the came in the mail two days [...]
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