Maria Usbeck was born in Ecuador but moved to New York when she turned 17, initially feeling more attracted to Anglo-Saxon culture. Amparo, her debut solo album, is a return ticket to her native land, a double introspection into... Read Article
As I write this I’m sitting in a Sao Paulo airport waiting for my flight connection heading home from my time in Santiago. I’ve slept two hours of the last 24. I smell strongly of perfume, after the... Read Article
Firstly my condolences go out to any one involved in last week’s earthquake in Japan, which at the time of writing potentially includes eleven Chilean families whose kin have so far remained out of contact. Memories of last... Read Article
In 1968 climber and surfer Yvon Chouinard, climber and skier Doug Tompkins and champion skier Dick Dorworth set off from California in an old van to surf, ski and climb their way down to Patagonia with the aim... Read Article
There are few monuments more recognisable than the ‘heads’ of Easter Island. The extraordinary statues have enchanted people in the West since the islands’ discovery on Easter Day 1722 by Dutchman Jacob Roggereen. For the Polynesian population of... Read Article
