Escape America Now – Today, November 17, 2013, is Election Day 2013 in Chile. People are voting for President, Senators, Representatives (diputados) and consejos regionales (COREs), which are elected to force the regional governors (intendentes) to allocate federal money within each province. Note that Chile does not have regionalism or federalism but instead ... Read More
Radio Show Topic Elections in Chile and Evelyn Matthei platform, Update on sustainable communities, topics on Chile Viña del Mar’s best sectors, libertarian Evangelicals in 19th Century Chile, Slang, Visit with Dr Rima and Gen. Stubblebine Radio Show Description Segment 1: Consulting and inquiries, letter from Don on culture in other languages, churches ... Read More
Radio Show Topic Elections in Chile and Evelyn Matthei platform, Update on sustainable communities, topics on Chile Viña del Mar’s best sectors, libertarian Evangelicals in 19th Century Chile, Slang, Visit with Dr Rima and Gen. Stubblebine Radio Show Description Segment 1: Consulting and inquiries, letter from Don on culture in other languages, churches ... Read More
This week, I shopped at Wal-Mart, ate dinner at Chili’s, and now I’m staying at a touristy hotel. Apparently, I’m on vacation. Actually, I will say this: If you are looking for a good place to visit, you should definitely check out Puerto Vallarta, especially if you currently live in North America. It’s absolutely gorgeous ... Read More
Time: November 23, 2013 all day Location: Parque Naturalia Street: Quilpue City/Town: Quilpue Website or Map: http://www.naturaliachile.cl Event Type: bbq Organized By: Sammi Shore 3rd Annual Expat bbq in Quilpué…Fifth Region the expat BBQ that I have organized in QUilpué for Nov 23rd is on….I need to confirm with the park so that they keep it just for us!!! So please confirm assistence ... Read More
Escape America Now – Like most Western countries, Chile was far different in terms of religious culture and tolerance during the 19th Century. As an officially Roman Catholic country (as derived from the Chilean Constitution of 1833), and especially before 1865, “heresy” was officially prohibited: either in terms of holding Protestant and Evangelical services or ... Read More
Escape America Now – Without a doubt, Viña del Mar (about 1:45 by car via superhighway WNW of northeastern Santiago) is the second most livable city in Chile. Note that when I make that claim I am not considering the many beautiful smaller Chilean towns with First World amenities reasonably close: Pucón, Zapallar, ... Read More
By Robert Ross, Hard Assets Alliance Senior Analyst Grant Williams, chief investment strategist for Mauldin Economics’ Bull’s Eye Investor, recently published a piece in his weekly newsletter Things That Make You Go Hmmm… that I thought loyal Hard Assets Alliance readers would find very interesting. At its core, the article gives a different take on ... Read More
Radio Show Topic Political season in Chile, 8th wonder of the world award, La Serena v. Viña del Mar, letters Radio Show Description Segment 1: Chile a great place to go, brief overview, Torres del Paine National park wins 8th wonder of the world award. Segment 2: Consulting and residency services, slang words ... Read More
And so I come to the end of an experiment to see how long I can completely neglect my self-care before I have a complete mental breakdown. As it happens, my limit is 3 months. Good to know. Oh, alright; that’s totally an ex post facto justification. I didn’t deliberately set out to test my ... Read More
