Sin Nombre, the indy-film shot by an American and performed in Spanish by Latin American actors, was a must see for me. After reading a couple of reviews and searching the movie’s title on Twitter, I knew it was going to be intense. Most of the tweets compared the movie to Slum Dog Millionaire, which [...]
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Expat Navigates Chile’s Formal, Informal Morality
By Eileen Smith, the woman behind the travel blog Bear Shaped Sphere. Eileen’s blog was nominated for a 2009 Lonely Planet travel blog award. I came home after a trip to the south of Chile to find my questionably-located Santiago apartment pretty much the same. Dusty, small, and now, with a neighbor’s door police-taped shut, [...]
Latin America Surging Ahead of U.S. on Gay Rights
A barometer of a nation’s social progressiveness is the rights it affords to gays and lesbians. Unfortunately, it is one that shows the U.S. lagging behind countries in South America. Same sex couples can find more basic legal guarantees in Colombia or Uruguay than in the U.S. This should be a rude awakening for a [...]
