Category Archives: Latin America
The End of the World
By Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins CÓRDOBA, Argentina — Running and walking are terrific ways to get to know a place. The ground-level approach allows for the assimilation of sights and sounds into one’s impression of a city or region. I’ve had a … Continue reading
Filed under culture, environment, geography, Latin America, Overseas Bureau
I (Try To) Measure Mountains
By Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins This is the “who am I, what am I doing, and where am I doing it” post. I’ll attack it sequentially. Firstly, I’m a rising junior in Branford who enjoys studying public policy. But that doesn’t mean … Continue reading
Filed under environment, geography, Latin America, Overseas Bureau
Culture and the Cup, Dispatch 5: Buenos Aires
By Ramon Gonzalez BUENOS AIRES — After going back to the tape, a few reactions to a day so troubled by the lack of instant replay. Undoubtedly the demand for limited video replay (on goals, major penalties, etc.) grew even … Continue reading
Filed under Culture and the Cup, Latin America, rivalry
Culture and the Cup, Dispatch 3: The Andes
By Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins FIMBALÁ, Argentina — Hard as it may be to believe, when I found myself watching Argentina’s World Cup squad battle Nigeria’s on a flickery TV screen 200 km away from the closest permanent human settlement, 4,000 meters/13,000 … Continue reading
Filed under Culture and the Cup, Latin America
Culture and the Cup, Dispatch 2: Buenos Aires
By Ramon Gonzalez BUENOS AIRES — It began as a World Cup, has become South America’s, and the hope here is that it will end as Argentina’s. With confident play so far and brief glimpses of brilliance, the national squad … Continue reading
Filed under Culture and the Cup, economy, geography, Latin America, partisan politics
Media and Aid
by Diana Saverin When the urge to donate money to charity strikes, images of global poverty, famine, and health issues often arise. This is a justified phenomenon; these issues are as tangible as the computer screen you are looking at, … Continue reading
Filed under activism, disaster relief, foreign aid, Latin America, media
Tea with the Ambassador to Chile
This past Monday, the US Ambassador to Chile, Mr. Paul Simons, chatted with a group of Yale undergraduates at a Master’s Tea hosted by Jonathan Edwards College. A JE alum, Mr. Simons studied philosophy at Yale and even took English … Continue reading
Filed under diplomacy, Latin America
