Cuba is a metaphor, not a country
Cafe La Habana, where according to legend, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and a group of Cuban exiles planned the Cuban Revolution to take down the Batista Dictatorship. It was also a favorite hangout of exiled Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño. Over an Ethiopian dinner with...Michel Foucalt on #cablegate
It seems to me that the real political task in a society such as ours is to criticize the workings of institutions that appear to be both neutral and independent, to criticize and attack them in such a manner that the political violence, which is always exercised...
What I Like. What You Like?
Like Lena, I’ve been completely consumed by work these past few months. Shifting to a consultant’s role for two very different programs within one massive institution has been no easy thing. I love my work, but god damn is it a lot of work. Revaz...[Must See] The Invisibles
I am in El Salvador today. I live in Mexico City. I still consider San Diego to be home. It’s that connection, I think, that caused these videos to have such a huge impact on me. I don’t think I could ever watch them without my eyes watering, my throat...
Non-Profit Journalism in Central America
I’m in Central America for the next two weeks to try to better understand a new phenomenon — the rise of small, online, non-profit, investigative journalism projects. They tend to be led by the giants of Latin American journalism who over the decades have...Latest Photos
