SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the…
My Life With María Gabriela – Living with Cystic Fibrosis
Note: This is part of an ongoing series by Eric “Leo” Eastman about his experiences in Chile with living with a daughter diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. Since I have not written a blog for quite some time I want to re-cap, as well as update, the experience with this challenge my partner and I are sharing with [...]
Disability is a social relationship
The following is my translation of an interview by Luis Vera, of the Colectivo Palos de Ciego (White Cane Collaborative), La discapacidad es una relación social published in Chile’s online El Ciudadano. To view the original in Spanish go to http://tinyurl.com/7sjdxlo. Once again a weekend of solidarity television mediated by large companies has just concluded. Beyond [...]
Classism in Chile: Money talks
Some time ago, talking with a friend -Chilean like me- about a gringo we met, he told me, “he appears to be lower class.” Well, I guess that “high class” in America is a status reserved to celebrities, oil moguls and people like that. All others are working class and if you’re a plumber, electrician [...]
A holiday hunting guide for expats in Chile
This post is featured in part of an ongoing blog. For the last entry from this blogger, see Fur flies at Kennel Club dog expo in Maipú. The food hunter’s guide to finding fixin’s for a USA Thanksgiving dinner in Santiago, Chile We are lucky as expats to have our entire family here in Chile [...]
Fur flies at Chile Kennel Club dog expo in Maipú
This post is featured in part of an ongoing blog. For the last entry from this blogger, see “Holiday and everyday hints for tipping in Chile.” We spent the entire afternoon (arriving home at 9 p.m.) at the Kennel Club de Chiledog show held at the Gymnasium Santiago Bueras in Maipú on Nov. 13. We [...]
Turning victims into heroes: Fighting Cystic Fibrosis in Chile
This post is featured as part of an ongoing blog. For the latest entry see, “Smiling through the challenges of Cystic Fibrosis.” Watching our baby suffer through painful medical procedures, knowing she spends long, lonely hours crying in the hospital when we’re not there, wondering when we can finally bring our precious child home, it’s [...]
Are we immoral? Religion in North and South America
This post is featured in part of an ongoing blog. For the last entry from this blogger, see “September 11 and ‘No al lucro.’” A good American fellow, who lives in my town, told me that we Chileans are immoral people. Although we claim to be Catholic, he said, we seldom go to church. We [...]
Smiling through the challenges of Cystic Fibrosis
This post is featured as part of an ongoing blog. For the latest entries see “My Life with Maria Gabriela” and “Our daughter has Cystic Fibrosis.” by Eric Eastman We’ve been going through some extremes the last few weeks. In the private clinic, María Gabriela was moved out of the newborn section and into pediatrics. In [...]
Not just lunch: Eating over in Chile
This post is featured in part of an ongoing blog. For the last entry from this blogger, see “Shopping made easier in Chile.“ by Sally Rose When is lunch not just lunch? When you live in Chile, of course! The custom here is to eat an enormous lunch. And it’s never just lunch. There is always “sobremesa” or after-meal [...]
Holiday and everyday hints for tipping in Chile
This post is featured in part of an ongoing blog. For the last entry from this blogger, see “Chile springs forward into daylight saving time.” by Donna Martinez As spring greets Chile in September with the fresh bloom of cherry trees and flowers, it also brings with it Fiestas Patrias, literally “patriotic parties.” Fiestas Patrias are [...]