(Title taken from a headline in the left-wing satirical newspaper, The Clinic.) Right now there are more or less four protests happening in Chile. In my town right now, Rancagua, the contractors to Chile’s biggest and wealthiest company, have just finished protesting about the size of bonus theyâ€[...]
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July 18th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Chile, Uncategorized
Machismo Madness: Piropotos
For the month of July, La Vida Idealist has asked bloggers to write about their experiences with machismo. This is the fifth post in that series. While busy running errands one day, and briskly walking along a footpath towards some government office or other, someone walked up next to me and asked, [...]
Still Working for Codelco
A month ago, I was looking for work in Rancagua, Chile, for romantic reasons, when I found a plain looking advertisement in a job website. It was a job teaching English for nine months, at a good salary, with free board, and a bonus if I complete the time. A good deal, even though it [...][...]
