Archive for 'Chile Economy'
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Singing the Praises of the Samsung Galaxy Smartphone
I have almost every electronic gadget you can buy for my expatriate life here in Chile. I have the Amazon Kindle. I have an iPad. I have a Samsung Galaxy Android cell phone, a Sony Vaio, [...]
eBooks in Latin America, Just Around the Corner?
Books in Latin America are too expensive. Could electronic books help drive down prices? When will electronic books come to Latin America? Background Anyone who lives in the United States knows that electronic [...]
Netflix Online Movie Streaming Service Expands to South America
Netflix, the on-line movie rental business, has launched their offering here in Chile at netflix.cl and across Latin America. For $3,790 chilean pesos per month their subscribers can view as many of the netflix movies and television [...]
How to Buy Real Estate in Chile
This article is an explanation of how to buy real estate in Chile. I am going to explain this by way of an example from my own personal experience, so you can consider this accurate because [...]
Quit using that Credit Card Abroad (explained)
Having navigated the banking system in Chile for sometime now I feel confident in explaining it to you. Here is what you need to know to open a banking account in Chile, get a credit card, [...]
How to Find work in Chile
Some people have asked me how to find a job here. So I will explain for you how I found my job. I work as a computer programmer in IT so this would be relevant for [...]
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