KenjiOgiwara Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 I know very little about this part of the world I'm embarrassed to say. But as someone that's educated in natural sciences, I've always wanted to go on a motorcycle/car trip through the continent and especially visit the amazon river and the rain forests. But I really don't feel comfortable travelling through countries like Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Venezuela, Brazil etc. when I don't speak Spanish or Portuguese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 President of Haiti shot dead in his house. The situation is likely to spin out of control...It's easy to feel rather hopeless these days. But imagine being a Haitian. Complete and utter suffering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 On 14/06/2021 at 01:36, KenjiOgiwara said: I know very little about this part of the world I'm embarrassed to say. But as someone that's educated in natural sciences, I've always wanted to go on a motorcycle/car trip through the continent and especially visit the amazon river and the rain forests. But I really don't feel comfortable travelling through countries like Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Venezuela, Brazil etc. when I don't speak Spanish or Portuguese. Take a crash course in basic Spanish. It's a pretty easy language to learn the basics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 On 14/06/2021 at 07:36, KenjiOgiwara said: I've always wanted to go on a motorcycle/car trip through the continent and especially visit the amazon river and the rain forests. Be aware you’ll probably be radicalised and become a controversial freedom fighter/left wing icon/terrorist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Talk of a Bolsonaro auto coup happening today. Massive pro and anti rallies around the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Yeah, the situation looks very tense and combustible. Will be worth following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 This looks like an account worth following on this: (he doesn't just post pictures!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Trump flunky Jason Miller detained in Brasilia...there is definitely unofficial coordination between these fascist movements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 Yikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 Bolsonaro beating expectations and forcing a October 30 run-off vs Lula in Brazil. Bolsonaro sowing doubt about the electronic ballot system in Trumpian fashion. Country on a knife's edge.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 On 02/09/2022 at 15:17, maqroll said: Yikes Yeah, such a scary situation, I was in Argentina the day this happened and was shocked when I heard the news the next day. Then I was in a taxi and mentioned it to the driver... he told me that he didn't believe the gun jammed, as the media were reporting. His theory was that it wasn't the assailant's intention to kill her and that he deliberately had no bullet in the gun, that it was just a blank, in order to scare her into facing trial for corruption charges (as lots of the Argentinian public are calling for). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Think me might have a new contender for hell on earth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 1 hour ago, sne said: Think me might have a new contender for hell on earth Well i doubt many would re offend after seeing the conditions of this place again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 6 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Well i doubt many would re offend after seeing the conditions of this place again It’s a brand new place, built to house up to 40,000 of El Salvador’s suspected gang members. I think the conditions are likely to be an improvement on what they experienced previously. Saying that, the new place has 8 buildings, with 32 cells in each, and each cell will hold ‘more than 100 prisoners’… the cells are about 100 square metres with just two toilets and sinks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, Tayls said: It’s a brand new place, built to house up to 40,000 of El Salvador’s suspected gang members. I think the conditions are likely to be an improvement on what they experienced previously. Saying that, the new place has 8 buildings, with 32 cells in each, and each cell will hold ‘more than 100 prisoners’… the cells are about 100 square metres with just two toilets and sinks. 100 people in a cell alone is hell on earth. Thats **** horrendous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 No mattresses for the beds and not enough beds for the inmates. No gym or cafeteria for the inmates, only for the guards. Guess the plan is for the inmates to start killing each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Argentina in a dire financial state (even more than usual) Quote Argentina near bankruptcy status Argentina is approaching bankruptcy status in terms of its ability to repay its foreign currency debts, according to credit rating agency Fitch. Fitch lowers Argentina's so-called IDR rating two notches from CCC- to C, which is the step above bankruptcy status. For debt in domestic currency, the IDR rating remains at CCC Last year, the general price level rose by 94.8 percent, according to the country's statistics authority, and the rate of inflation has continued to increase after the turn of the year. In parallel, the peso has continued to weaken. A US dollar now costs just over 205 pesos, almost doubling in a year. On the black market, the rate is over 380 pesos. Last week, new statistics came out which showed that the inflation rate on an annual basis exceeds 100 percent for the first time. In February, it was 102.5 percent. The central bank responded by raising its main key interest rate from 75 to 78 percent. https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/argentina-nara-konkursstatus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, sne said: Argentina in a dire financial state (even more than usual) https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/argentina-nara-konkursstatus Awful. : < I'll be back there from May to June, perhaps with even higher prices. I heard that their inflation last year was 75% but this article says that it ended up as 94.8 ! I was there last August and again last month and the prices of food and hotels were very high. In February I was only able to stay thanks to transfers from my bank account (UK) to myself through Western Union as somehow they give a better exchange rate than the official one... Theirs is quite similar to the black market rate: the unofficial 'blue dollar' one that you can get from people standing in the streets offering to buy dollars from you (which I don't take part in as it seems a bit dodgy and I don't want to risk being scammed or robbed). Edited March 25, 2023 by robby b 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Demitri_C Posted March 25, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) Can i just say im in barbados and thia place is **** amazing 1st place in Caribbean ive been too and wow Edited March 25, 2023 by Demitri_C 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 35 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Can i just say im in barbados and thia place is **** amazing 1st place in Caribbean ive been too and wow Barbados! Great! I've never been there, bet I'd love it. Good for you Dem, hope you have a lovely time out there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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