La Habana por su música
My mother left Cuba just before the Bay of Pigs in 1961. She was six years old then, and she has never been back. When I arrived in Havana in June, I became the first person from my…
Read MoreDec 11, 2016 | Classical and Beyond, Music
My mother left Cuba just before the Bay of Pigs in 1961. She was six years old then, and she has never been back. When I arrived in Havana in June, I became the first person from my…
Read MoreFeb 11, 2016 | El Salvador, Remembering Romero
English + Español
As the meeting was ending, Romero—who hadn’t yet been installed — was asked if he’d like to say a few words. For all Schindler knew, they…
Nov 25, 2015 | Energy: Oil, Gas and Beyond, The Economics of Energy
English + Español
The petroleum sector I know best is Peru’s, where I recently served as Minister of Energy and Mines. Because of the recent drop in prices, oil-producing…
Mar 12, 2014 | Peru, Transformations, Peru
In 2001, the small town of Tambogrande erupted into violent protests over concessions to a large mining company. In Cajamarca, communities affected by mineral extraction have protested repeatedly against the increasing environmental degradation in the region.
Read MoreMar 11, 2014 | Fiestas, Resistance, Community and Politics
For more than 150 years, gold mining has been the life-blood of Segovia, a town in central Colombia that sits atop a labyrinth of underground tunnels where…
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