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Chile

Sunset over the Last Hope Sounds, Puerto Natales, Chile
ChilePhotographyPic du Jour

Last Hope Sound II (Pic du Jour)

Sticking with the theme of colorful sunset skies in Chilean coastal areas that I began with Friday’s shot, this is... Read More
ChilePhotography

Chaiten Sunset – Pic du Jour

This was taken last March in Chaiten, Chile, a small town about 1,200 kilometers south of the capital Santiago, which... Read More
ChileMusic & Sound

40 Years on, Justice for Victor Jara one Step Closer

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Victor Jara, the noted Chilean folk singer and activist, who was... Read More
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‘Around the World’, at 120 Days

Today, 21 May 2013, marks 120 days since I began this Around The World Trip, exactly four months to the... Read More
Balmaceda Glacier, Southern Patagonian Ice Field, Chile, 08-Feb-2013
ChilePic du Jour

The Balmaceda Glacier – Pic du Jour

For the Earth Day edition of the ‘So Very Glad I Saw it Before it Disappears’ File, here are a... Read More
AmericasArgentinaBoliviaChilePhotographyPic du Jour

This Month in Photos – The Dandy Dozen for March 2013

Sucre, Bolivia – Back in the early days of Piran Café, some five-plus years ago, I published a monthly review... Read More
Chile

Via the U.N. Mine Action Service Facebook page, noting today’s United Nations’ International Day for Mine Awareness:

Via the U.N. Mine Action Service Facebook page, noting today’s United Nations’ International Day for Mine Awareness: Take a look... Read More
ArgentinaBloggingBoliviaChilePhotography

Dirty Wars, a Trans-Andean Bus Ride and a Left Jab on the Street – Piran Café’s Top-5 Posts for March 2013

Sucre, Bolivia – Before plunging headlong into April (and my second day of Spanish language classes!) and in case you... Read More
ChileGalleries

Neruda to be Exhumed – Isla Negra, Revisited

And there are corpses, feet made of cold and sticky clay, death is inside the bones, like a barking where... Read More
ChilePhotographyPic du Jour

Valley of the Moon (Pic du Jour)

This is the Valley of the Moon, or, Valle de la Luna, a valley about 15 kilometers west of San... Read More
ChileYugonostalgia

Tito and Pinochet: A Wholly Unscientific 12-Second Comparison of the Pop Culture Legacies of Two Dictators from the 1970s

The full title of this aside: TITO AND PINOCHET: A WHOLLY UNSCIENTIFIC 12-SECOND COMPARISON OF THE POP CULTURE LEGACIES OF... Read More
ArtChileMuseums

Exhibit: Prints, Independence and Revolution – MAC Santiago

Here are about a dozen shots I snapped from the exhibit Estampas, Independencia y Revolucion last week, currently having a... Read More
ChilePhotography

Storm Cloud Sunset Over the Andes

I watched this incredible storm cloud formation over the Andes, just to the east of San Pedro de Atacama, disappear... Read More
ChilePhotographyPic du Jour

20 Minutes in Santiago’s Mercado Central

the WordPress Photo Challenge for the week is ‘Future Tense’, asking us to catch a glimpse of the proverbial shape... Read More
Chile

View from Pablo Neruda’s Bar at Isla Negra

Your 73-second mental health break for the day: the view towards the Pacific from the bar of Pablo Neruda’s home... Read More
ChileField GuidesPatagoniaPic du Jour

Desfontainia spinosa, in the Wild

I came across this beauty a few weeks ago on a hike through the Sendero Bosque Encantado, or Enchanted Forest... Read More
ArgentinaChilePic du JourTravel

Los Libertadores Pass – Mendoza to Santiago by Bus

If any bus ride can be forgiven for being stretched from seven hours to nearly eleven, it's this one, linking Mendoza, Argentina and Santiago, the Chilean capital. Read More
ChilePhotographyPic du Jour

Lunchtime (Pic du Jour)

Didn’t this dude’s momma teach him not to chew with an open mouth? Lunchtime is the theme for this week’s... Read More
ChileCitizen/blogger Activism & DiplomacyPhotographyPic du Jour

Dam Project Threat Still Looms Large in Chilean Patagonia

I reached the northern terminus of southern Chile’s Carretera Austral last week, just after Tuesday slid into Wednesday. All things... Read More
ArgentinaChile

Landmark Operation Condor Trial Underway in Buenos Aires

Late is always better than never. A landmark trial charging 25 former high-ranking military and political figures with gross human... Read More
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