What Dimbleby did not tell us about Chile
It is certainly rare to see Latin America take centre stage on primetime TV in the UK. September’s documentary series A South American Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby was, then, a golden opportunity...
View ArticleBolivia shock Argentina in Qualifier
Most had Argentina’s tie with Bolivia last Friday nailed on as a home win. However it took a goal from substitute Ezequiel Lavezzi of Napoli to earn the albiceleste a hard fought draw at home to a...
View ArticleHacking Away: the windy path to becoming a foreign correspondent
As the sports fans among you may know, Guadalajara played host to the 16th Pan American Games last month, a showcase for some of the Western hemisphere’s best athletes and in many cases a qualifying...
View Article‘Protest against human rights violations violently repressed by the police’ –...
On Monday, Santiago de Chile’s leafy borough of Providencia was unexpectedly disturbed by loud protests, tear gas and violent clashes with members of the police. As a prosperous and largely residential...
View ArticleArgentinian football rears its ugly head once more
Another abandoned match, yet another death. Football in Argentina continues to bring about all forms of criminal activity amongst those who follow it, including murder. These days it appears that a...
View ArticleDisaster in Torres del Paine the result of human negligence.
Eight hundred hectares of Chile’s most beautiful national park have been consumed by flames over the last four days. Torres del Paine, located in the Magallanes region of Chilean Patagonia and...
View ArticlePolitics and the Environment in Nicaragua and Panamá
With Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s recent launch of Ecological Battalions, the green that has come to typify military wear now stretches beyond the realm of the army’s attire and into that of...
View ArticleWill Argentine rugby be willing to reap the benefits of 2012?
Argentina vs New Zealand at the 2011 Rugby World Cup On 18 August 2012 the Argentine national rugby team, los Pumas, will play South Africa in Cape Town, an event that will mark their long-awaited...
View ArticleLife in Plastic, It’s Fantastic!
Miss Bala is a Mexician film about a Tijuana beauty queen who gets dragged into the world of narcotrafficking. Sitting by a pool in Cali, my eyes were suddenly fixated on a woman walking by. Something...
View ArticleMiss Universe: Venezuela’s unsocialist fascination
The logo of the Miss Universe Organization Across the world, Venezuela is known for its twenty-first century socialism and its obsession with beauty. On consecutive days, these two pillars of...
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