Category: Colombia
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Giving Thanks, Making Peace
MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Thanksgiving day – I awoke this morning far from home and family but filled with a profound sense of gratitude. Grateful for the sun that was just beginning to brighten the sky outside my window; grateful for the dear friends who have given me a home in this city of cities.…
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El Hatico cattle ranch: The problem is the solution
VALLE DE CAUCA, Colombia – When Alicia Calle, an environmental scientist with Yale’s Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative, first told me of El Hatico Nature Reserve, her face lit up for the first time since I’d met her an hour ago. We’d been talking about the state of the environment in Colombia, a subject with…
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Catching my breath in Cali
CALI, Colombia – Cali took my breath away from the moment of my arrival, and I still haven’t quite gotten it back. From the San Francisco-like inclines of its streets, to the beauty and intensity of its landscapes and its cialis 10mg people, to the pace of the dancers that whirl around a thousand discos…