South America Blog
About this blog
Wayne Bernhardson is the author of Moon Handbooks to Buenos Aires, Chile, Argentina, and Patagonia. Here he shares his vast knowledge of South America and its people.
Recent Posts
- The Papal Cumbia
- The Uruguayan Sacraments: Tango & Mate
- Taxing the Tourist: Argentina's AFIP Aims Low
- Fortress Falklands: A Book Review
- Pope Argentinus I, The Musical: Ragtime Meets Tango
- Credit Where Credit Is Undue?
- ¿Adios Hugo?
- When "No" Is A Positive
- Chile and Its "Crazies"
- The Oscars: A Post Mortem, So to Speak
- Sacrificing the Atacama? A Chilean View of Dakar
- Chilean Oscar Faceoff? "No" v. "Kon-Tiki"
- Friday Digest: Southern Cone Nuggets
- Dancing in the Mud? The Andean Aftermath
- Floods & Mud: Summer Storms Hit the Andes
After the Moai: Easter Island's Historical Archaeology
Researchers who visit Rapa Nui (Easter Island) are, understandably, focused on archaeology. The island's part in the peopling of the Pacific, and the tale behind its massive moai, are topics that stimulate academics and excite the popular imagination. They can still elicit controversy, as with a new theory of how the megaliths moved from their “nursery” at Rano Raraku to broad ahu (platforms) around the island. more >>
Now & Soon: A Southern Cone Update
Today’s entry focuses partially on my own current and recent activities, and a potentially encouraging development in Argentina.
Santiago Two Ways more >>
Ushuaia's Snow Job(s)
The world’s southernmost city, Ushuaia is under a white blanket after a series of snowstorms that closed the only road out of town (except for vehicles with chains) and will continue for several days. While snow isn’t unusual in the mountainous southern half of Tierra del Fuego – even in midsummer it never disappears from the surrounding peaks – it’s a little uncommon to have this sort of accumulation at sea level. It has paralyzed a city with steep streets and sidewalks and, while the airport is not closed, schools, banks and municipal offices are. On the bright side, it makes for a promising ski season at Cerro Castor and other nearby sites. more >>
Gardel Barks Better Every Day!
Nostalgic Argentines always claim that Carlos Gardel, who died in a Colombian plane crash in 1935, sings better every day. That’s a way of proclaiming their devotion to, and the timelessness of, the legendary tango singer’s body of work. But if there’s one thing that Argentines, and especially Porteños, adore as much or more than the man who sang Mi Buenos Aires Querido (“My Dear Buenos Aires”), it’s their dogs. more >>
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