Gabriel Valdes died today.

Damn.

Have I mention that I fucking HATE september?

In nicer news, last sunday I watched with my family the first episode of Profugos, the new HBO series, the first one MADE IN CHILE!!!

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The basic plot is not exactly new and it's not exactly flattering. The subject of drugs and corruption pretty much shows up in every tv show that has been promoted from Latin America to the world the last few years ( Read more... )

Felipe Camiroaga is dead ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to talk about what's been happening in Chile the last few months (or years, actually. Decades, really) on the issue of Education. It's a complicated subject, but sadly, one that many out there can relate to because Education Reform (or lack thereof) is an issue in many other countries as well ( Read more... )

Yesterday my country went a bit crazy ( Read more... )

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This is freaking me the hell out.

Are we ready to watch this already?

How come I can watch a documentary with all the same horror stories and be OK with it (if horribly sad, of course), but I'm worried about watching a movie out of it?

Fuck.

I'll quote my mom on this:

I apologize for our hyperbolic president, who, in a series of awkward moments, tried to sell our pension system to A. Merkel and has been giving free (but probably unwanted) management lessons to every world leader he has encountered in his Europe trip. I want to to make this crystal clear: WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR ( Read more... )

It's been a while ( Read more... )

Well, I've never been happier to be wrong before. I was pretty sure the miners trapped in the collapsed mine that has been in the news here in Chile for the past two weeks were dead from day one, because the chances of all 33 of them having the time to go to the refuge, the chances of that refuge being sound enough to not collapse, the chances of ( Read more... )

And Chile finally lost ( Read more... )