This is a long article, but gives an interesting perspective on recent political and financial developments in Latin America. I found the article linked from by the same author at The Huffington Post about the possibility of Ecuador defaulting on its foreign debt, a la Argentina (which apparently hasn’t worked out too badly for them). [...]
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I watched the movie last night, the first movie by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson, who also co-wrote Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums (Anderson also co-wrote The Life Aquatic, with someone other than Wilson). I’ve always thought Anderson’s other works have paled in comparison to Rushmore, and Bottle Rocket was consistent with that. I find [...]
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Interesting that he’s going to try to change Presidential term limits before his next election (apparently in Venezuela, Presidential terms are for 6 years). I’ve been wondering about our own term limits in this country recently…there is so much inertia in our bureaucracy that 4 or 8 years seems hardly enough for real change to [...]
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For those of you reading who are perhaps as ignorant of world politics as we are, there have been a couple of big political events recently that may impact our travels: download film the princess and the frog —We have learned about this some from our roommates, who are part of a Oaxacan group in [...]
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I first heard about Bogota, Colombia’s revolutionary transportation system from . When faced with growing traffic congestion, the city switched entire roads to bike and pedestrian only, eliminated parking downtown and developed a Rapid Bus Transit system. Today on KUOW, I heard an interview with Dr. Enrique Penalosa, the former Mayor of Bogota, who is [...]
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