Ekeko: The Demanding God One of Bolivia’s most unusual fiestas is the Feria de Alasitas, held in La Paz in the last week of January, when large areas of the […]

Part Of The Fabric Of Latin American Life Everywhere I go in Latin America I see social protest. Manifestaciones… huelgas… And I know that makes a lot of North Americans […]

Getting super drunk is just so NOT the thing to do in South America. Sure, people party til 6am midweek, but they do it nursing one Fernet & Coke, Mojito, […]

Five Interesting Carnaval Stories from Five Countries Getting Ready to Give It Up Did you know? The word “carnival” derives (most likely) from the latin words for “farewell to meat” […]

When I think Flamingo…I think Don Johnson and the Miami Vice opening sequence. I certainly do NOT think of an icy cold desert tundra landscape with eardrum-shattering whistling winds — […]

South American music encompasses the styles and rhythms that are at the heart of the continent’s culture. Originating primarily in the region in and around the Andes Mountains, the music […]

It’s no secret…I love to eat. Any meal of the day. Any time of the day. Or night. My all time favorite meal is a long, leisurely late lunch accompanied […]