Yale University returns ancient Inca artifacts to Peru
President Alan Garcia welcomes the first shipment of Inca artifacts to Peru. via BBC News – Peru welcomes back Inca artefacts from Yale University Peru …
The Backstage: on Women’s Police Stations in Latin America
While writing my last post for Tiger Beatdown I came across one of my usual roadblocks: translation. Later on my roadblock was solved when I …
Post about executed South American gay teens
I see the post about two executed supposedly gay South American teens reblogged and passed around without much critical thought except outrage. (Trigger warning, for …
Bleh: a mini rant about language barriers
In the list of “stuff that annoys me”: finding articles, books or references to authors that are practically non existent in the English language. It …
Trufax: I don’t know anything about salsa or tango
bluebears post about salsa made me chuckle because it reminded me of a certain ethnic stereotype I often find myself trapped into. As a South …
International Day of the Disappeared/ Dia de los desaparecidos
Today is International Day of the Disappeared/ Dia de los desaparecidos, an annual commemoration day created to draw attention to the fate of individuals imprisoned …