by David Sasaki | May 6, 2008 | English
Last week I read two contradictory texts that each struck me as equally true. The first, in the form of a six-word “tweet” came from Romina Oliverio, an Argentine-Canadian who I believe is currently in Peru. She said: My roots are people, not places. Of...
by David Sasaki | Apr 25, 2008 | English, Español
Avenida 9 de Julio, supposedly the widest avenue in the world.
by David Sasaki | Apr 7, 2008 | English
Originally published on Idea Lab. Buenos Aires Leads the Way Two months ago I was back in my old stomping grounds, Encinitas, California. It had been several years since I last coasted along Highway 101 as it sucks in its asphalt belly between San Elijo Lagoon and the...
by David Sasaki | Apr 1, 2008 | English, Español, Podcast (English), Podcast (Spanish), Video
English captions, Spanish sub-titles, and relevant links coming tomorrow.
by David Sasaki | Mar 31, 2008 | English
In the Czech Republic and Slovakia you spank and whip girls the monday after Easter: In Taiwan, you post pictures of yourself naked when your party wins: In Argentina you stab people when your soccer team loses. Am I in the wrong country?
by David Sasaki | Apr 25, 2007 | English
Cross-posted at Global Voices Some of the very best weblogs from around Latin America hardly ever receive mention on Global Voices. That’s because their authors are also contributors there and spend most of their time drawing your attention to others’...
by David Sasaki | Jul 16, 2005 | English, Muse
You may have noticed that my murderous threats towards oceanographic graduate students are really nothing more than filibuster as I stall on my post about Cuba and the realizations it delivered to me. The reason/excuse I haven’t yet posted about Cuba is that...