SUMMARY: An intro to salsa with videos by Angel Canales, Ismael Rivera, Henry Fiol, Hector Lavoe, Ismael Miranda, Joe Arroyo, Grupo Niche, and Luis Enrique.
Category: latin america
RIP Budweiser Backpack
SUMMARY: My Budweiser backpack is on its last legs. We had good times together, including a brief stint selling weed, an episode with a French customs agent, and undiscriminating access to competitor offices in Colombia.
Guatemala and United Fruit: US Policy Blunder
SUMMARY: Overview taken from Michael Reid’s Forgotten Continent on the US toppling of Guatemala’s elected government in 1954.
Contributed Story: Instability in Tijuana
SUMMARY: Luis Blasini from Borrowed Flesh describes a typical day in Tijuana, one of the most violent cities in Mexico.
Buenos Aires, Argentina = Italy Meets South America
SUMMARY: Description and pictures from my trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina, including European City, Argentine Women, BA’s Nocturnal Culture, Food: BA for Carnivores, Language: Argentine Spanish, Tango!, and Conclusion: Buenos Aires Doesn’t Suck.
Buenos Aires in Pictures
Pictures of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Expat Chronicles 