The headlines coming out of Chilé this week echo throughout the world, "government shift in policy regarding learning about Pinochet era in school," from now on to be described as a "regime", and not a "dictatorship". Which is immediately met with anger and disapproval, criticized as an attempt to...
My guest on this edition of Citizenreporter.org is Chilean-American, community organizer, world citizen Nick Farr who has been traveling around Chile observing many of the activities connected with the student protests demanding education reform in that country. For several months students throughout Chile have been holding mass rallies, protests as well...
What is the situaton in Chilé following the massive earthquake that struck late last month? How bad is the damage and how is the recovery effort going? My friend Nick Farr joins us via skype from somewhere in Chilé as he travels through the country observing what is going...
For those keeping score in the mass murdering dictators held accountable before human rights tribunals game, a big move came this weekend as ex Peruvian president Fujimori was extradited from Chilé. This could mean that finally some truth will come out about just what took place during his...
For the past week I've been researching the activities of gold mining companies around the world. I've narrowed my focus to two places, Chilé and Romania. In both places it is one mining company above all, that is focused on extracting gold despite whatever risks to the environment...
