It is a humid, overcast morning at Primary School No. 26 Bandera Argentina, in Retiro. The modest, one-storey schoolhouse, wedged between a large drab post office and the looming grey shell of a building that was never completed, pulses with activity despite the fact that it is early on a Saturday. Children run through the …
Continue reading Buenos Aires’ Youth Orchestras: Social Change Through Music
This past weekend Lis and I performed the tri-monthly expat ritual of crossing the Río de la Plata to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, to renew our tourist visas. I took the opportunity to write a Top 5 article for The Argentina Independent that will publish next week. When I told my editors I wanted to …
Each week at The Argentina Independent, we showcase one project from the Latin American crowd funding platform IdeaMe, in an effort to give a little free publicity to artists, activists, etc. It's hoped that readers, if they like the project, will contribute a little, a lot, or even just spread the word. For my first "Project …
Continue reading Poesías Para Ilustrar: Interactive Poetry Collection
On 2nd October, the Argentine naval training vessel ARA Frigate Libertad was seized by Ghanaian authorities when it docked in the port of Tema on the first stop of what was meant to be a diplomatic trip down the west coast of Africa. The order to detain the ship was issued by the Commercial Court …
Continue reading Frigate Libertad: Vulture Funds and Cabin Fever in West Africa
Two-and-a-half months here in South America have come and gone much faster than I would have liked and, although the trip's been well-documented at least in the privacy of my own journal, I've only just recently reconciled myself with the technology that allows me to share those experiences with others --- hence this blog. Here …
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