Category Archives: Latin America

Things I’ve written lately, mostly elsewhere.

Posted on 17 December, 2019 by Mark Burton

I’m rather aware that I’ve been neglecting this blog lately.  It’s not because I’ve been inactive, the opposite, in fact.  So here is a list of the most important things I’ve written over the last year and a bit. “Properly” … Continue reading →

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What’s gone wrong in Venezuela?

Posted on 11 January, 2019 by eljubilado

What’s gone wrong in Venezuela? Mark H Burton1 pdf version [Update, 3 Feb, 2019: Some additional recent English language sources appear at the end – not in the pdf version yet.] This piece is intended as a guide to what’s … Continue reading →

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Brazil 2014, and it’s not about football!

Posted on 15 September, 2014 by eljubilado

Fortaleza, August / September 2014 We have come to Fortaleza, Ceará, North East Brazil for a conference, holiday and study tour. I was here just over two years ago on my post-retirement tour of Latin America, and found the type … Continue reading →

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A little education is a dangerous thing

Posted on 23 March, 2014 by eljubilado

In this month, so called ‘peaceful’ right wing Venezuelan students have burned down a public University.  And the UK government has introduced rules preventing the sending of books to prisoners.  Says a lot.

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The news media and risings against elected governments.

Posted on 22 February, 2014 by eljubilado

updated 23/02/14 with more links to detailed coverage;  and 24/02/14 extra links at the end. The dominant news media in the UK are very selective in what they report. Latin American visitors often remark that their region hardly seems to … Continue reading →

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#Chile40yearson

Posted on 11 September, 2013 by eljubilado

The flowers outside the Chilean embassy in London today.  Each one represents one of those murdered by the fascist junta installed 40 years ago today. Very moving was the reading of the names of every one of the disappeared and … Continue reading →

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Festival review: El Sueño Existe

Posted on 10 September, 2013 by eljubilado

http://thejazzbreakfast.com/2013/09/02/festival-review-el-sueno-existe/ Well this review has saved me the job of writing a post on El Sueño Existe (The Dream Lives On). It captures very well the unique feel of the festival which, at 40 years after the imperio-fascist coup in … Continue reading →

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Uncommon fruits

Posted on 8 September, 2013 by eljubilado

I’ve written before about achocha (scroll down to the bit about the beard and the achocha), a ‘lost crop of the Incas’, also called caigua.  I think ‘achocha’ maybe comes from the Aymara and ‘caigua’ from the Quechua.  At least … Continue reading →

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Some music

Posted on 28 June, 2013 by eljubilado

I haven’t written about music here much yet.  I’ve broad tastes but generally I like things that make a demand on the listener – almost to not wanting to know what’s coming – so most pop and rock bores me … Continue reading →

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Venezuela: promise and challenge

Posted on 3 April, 2013 by eljubilado

One of the best articles I’ve seen on the state of the Venezuelan “Bolivarian Revolution”:  it sets out its promise and the challenges and contradictions it faces.  Notable among them is this: “…the priority to preserve the planet and save … Continue reading →

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