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13 Oct 2023 10 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
I had a week to kill between the shows in São Paulo and Las Vegas, and I was out of money. It's unlikely I would have returned to Vegas early anyway, when I was already in an exotic, faraway, and foreign place, but even if I'd have rather been in V...
10 Oct 2023 9 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time."Eva Perón Nick Cave once said something to the effect that he chose his band members based on how well they got along. Playing ability is secondary. Being able to live on a...
6 Oct 2023 12 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Five years ago tonight was the night I arrived in Santiago, Chile. A long flight down from Mexico City, with a transfer in Bogotá. It was a long day. The flight left Mexico City at dawn, and the arrival in Santiago wasn't until 9 or 10pm. I forg...
17 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
On January 15th, 2023, Mexico enacted a total ban on smoking in public areas alongside a ban on tobacco advertising, amounting to one of the strictest anti-smoking laws in the world. The latest law also places a total ban on displaying cigarettes and...
11 Jan 2023 1 minute read 2 comments matilara14
Over the last month Argentina has raised atention in many countries once again after winning the Football Worldcup organized by FIFA. I've been trying to get my head around the idea of start writing a small blog of why and how Argentina it's in the...
16 Nov 2022 13 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"'La Bruja' (The Witch) is a popular traditional song from the state of Veracruz, Mexico. There's various tales and legends in Mexico and one of those is of La Bruja, which can perhaps be compared to the legend of the vampire 'Dracula' (made popular...
10 Oct 2022 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
At least 25 people have been confirmed dead while over 50 others are still missing following torrential downpours that triggered landslides in the town of Las Tejerías, Venezuela. Among the dead are 2 toddlers. Venezuelan media reports say that torre...
5 Feb 2021 1 minute read 4 comments Kazna
I'm from Argentina. A century back in time was a potential land to achieve anything an everything, but we've missed our path as a society. Some of this is happening with Latin America in general, being ruled by thieves, by people who, in open mics...
14 Aug 2020 6 minute read 0 comments Fireside DeFi
Who is MercadoLibre? Why are they special? Where do they operate their logistics & e-commerce network? MercadoLibre means "free market" in Spanish, and that is exactly what they are trying to accomplish south of the [US] border. Established in 1999...
2 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Several gunmen jumped out of a truck and rushed into an unofficial drug rehabilitation center in Irapuato in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, killing at least 24 people and injuring 7 others. According to police emergency response units, 3 of the 7 i...
