I spent the weekend in Mérida, a beautiful city in the Andean region of the Venezuela, with a population about 200,000. On weekends, cyclists in full spandex zip up and down the mountain roads, people enjoy a cafecito in the beautiful Plaza Bolivar, and a university crowd fills up the lively disc[...]
Posts Tagged ‘farming’
Rural Poverty in Costa Rica: A Local Farmer’s Perspective
As the world spins into the year 2011, groups are battling for control. Countries, companies, NGOs and their various public relations departments are focusing their energies on how to look good in an increasingly ugly global economy. Everywhere you look, every product you pick up, whether it be an a[...]
