Meeting up with… José Manuel (El Salvador)

José Manuel Ortiz Benitez / DR

Second part of our meeting with Salvadoran bloggers. In this second interview, I gave speech to José Manuel. He also works on the blog of Salvadoreños en el Mundo, just like Francisco. But he lives abroad, in Washington DC. Let’s go to… Washington and San Salvador… and San Miguel.

Meeting up with… Francisco (El Salvador)

Francisco Rivera / DR

Third part of our meeting with Latin American bloggers. Today we give speech to Francisco Rivera, president of the association Salvadoreños en el Mundo (Salvadorans in the World). Many thanks to him, for his sensitiveness and for the time he dedicated to answer me, and many thanks to the team of Salvadoreños en el Mundo. This is the first part of the Salvadoran interview, as I also interviewed another member of this blog, José Manuel, living in the US. I will publish it tomorrow… Let’s go to San Salvador…

Meeting up with… Estela, Uruguay

Estela Piriz

Second part of our meeting with Latin American bloggers: after Vania Balderrama from Bolivia, here is the interview of Estela Piriz, from Uruguay. Estela writes an interesting and exotic blog (well, I see it exotic from here but it is a relative concept !) about her city. Let’s go to Minas, Uruguay…

Meeting up with Vania, Bolivia

Launching a new project on this blog. The idea is to give speech to one blogger of each country of Latin America. I will publish the interviews regularly asking them to talk about their country. I think it can be good testimonies…
And I’m glad to begin the series with the interview of Vania Balderrama. Vania writes a very interesting blog about everyday life in Bolivia. Always with sensitivity and a very good sense of analysis. Let’s go to La Paz…

Swine flu threatens Amazonian tribes

The Yanomani / Survival

Which population is the most exposed to swine flu? Pregnant women? Babies? Ill people? Medicals? No, it seems that the most exposed are also thought to be the most isolated. Seven Yanomani Indians died from an outbreak of swine flu. Another 1,000 Yanomami are reported to have caught the strain.

It’s not Halloween…

The Day of the Dead in Mixquic, Mexico / NR

I will not wish you “Happy Halloween” for this weekend, I have never understood why people had adopted this tradition, just under marketing laws from the 90s. Well, I know it is an old celebration coming from the Celts but I consider that the Day of the Dead, celebrated in Mexico and Central America