VALPARAISO DE CHILE DAILY PHOTO
Tuesday 9 November 2010
Saturday 9 October 2010
entrepreneurialism
George Bush Junior allegedly said that ' the problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur' . Well, I can report with confidence that entrepreneurialism (in this case in the tricycle hiring sense) is well and truly alive in the streets and squares of Valparaiso.
Friday 8 October 2010
Mapuche hunger strike (huelga de hambre)
Wednesday 6 October 2010
Tuesday 5 October 2010
Monday 4 October 2010
would have been seven short of a century today
Today is the 93rd anniversary of the birth of iconic Chilean folk singer-songwriter Violeta Parra. In celebration and commemoration of her life, musicians played this evening in Valparaiso's Plaza Anibal Pinto. In this photograph Natalia Contesse and her band are in the swing of things.
Here is a link to a clip of one of Violeta Parra's most renowned songs 'gracias a la vida' (thanks to life)
Sunday 3 October 2010
taking on the giant
Meet Maik Pap, one of the extraterrestrial ambassadors of Chilean soft drink company Bilz y Pap.
Thanks to the hard work of Maik and his otherworldly colleagues, Bilz y Pap has made significant inroads into this wedge of the lucrative telluric market.
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