Friends, when I was forced to exchange one of my heart valves for one made from cow tissue, about a year ago now, I figured the recovery would be long and difficult;…
Category: Analysis and Opinion
From Rio Calle Calle to Lago Pirihueico
Now that a hard-surfaced byway has been opened from Valdivia directly east to Los Lagos, a superb road trip across the spectacular 14th Region of Chile, the Región de los Rios, is…
Vacation time in Chile
You can feel the air being sucked out of Santiago. January is running out of days, and by the first of February, this teeming capital city will feel empty, and it will…
It’s January….Back to Chile
Chileans are obsessed with the issue of “equality”. While the past two decades of sustained economic growth have brought the number of Chileans in extreme poverty and the number of unemployed down…
A great year for Dave’s Chile
Dave’s Chile blog had a big time in 2014; you could even say it was transformative. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Chilean President Michelle Bachelet At the end of 2013, and during the…
Desolation; Gabriela Mistral…In English
The newly released first bilingual edition of Gabriela Mistral’s foundational collection of poetry and prose, Desolation, is sure to be a landmark in bringing Chile’s Nobel prize-winning poet closer to English speakers…
It’s What Chile Wants
There is no more spectacular air flight than the one from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile, a two-hour journey that begins over the muddy Rio de la Plata, continues over the…
Bachelet; Two more weeks to the “Big Show”!
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Chilean President Michelle Bachelet So, the last time we talked about Chilean politics, Michelle Bachelet had just won handily the first election for president (November) and was campaigning…
Yes, She is Back
With a resounding throttling of her opponent in last Sunday’s runoff election in Chile, Michelle Bachelet confirmed what most observers pretty much knew; she will be President of Chile for the second…
Not The Tsunami She Wanted, But Almost
There was a chance that Michelle Bachelet would win Chile’s Presidential election outright in the November 17 round of voting. In fact there was mention of an election “tsunami” from within her…