The rise of populism has begun to strain liberal democracy across Western Europe and the United States. Brazil, South America’s largest democratic country, appears, also, to be falling for a populist’s allure. Jair Bolsonaro, a […]
A Journey Through Columbia
Already thinking forward to next summer and proposing travelling to Latin America? Then make sure to visit Colombia; it’s the perfect place to start exploring the continent and a place to begin practicing your Spanish. […]
“Guayaquil de mis amores” – Ecuador’s Hidden Beauty
If you are willing to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, to the far side of South America you will find a little corner of the world that is home to 16 million people. Despite it […]
Travel | Chile and Pablo Neruda – A poet in a world of his own
As South America’s spindliest country, Chile is side-saddled between a gloriously blue Pacific Ocean, and the neighboring Latino countries of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. However, aside from being the thinnest and longest country near the […]
Photojournal: Winter Days in Buenos Aires
It’s 6am and LAN Airlines Flight #461 from Santiago de Chile to Buenos Aires is turbulently scaling the Andes Mountains. As the sun rises and illuminates their peaks, long shadows are cast through the snow. […]
Dakar Rally 2013: “Beyond injury – achieving the extraordinary”
25.01.13 Sam Heath On Saturday afternoon when many were nursing a Fruity induced hangover, the race2recovery team were crossing the finishing line of the toughest endurance motor race, the Dakar Rally in South America. After […]