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Humboldt travelling towards Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador (Image: BPK/SPSG, Berlin-Brandenburg/Hermann Buresch)

The discoverer of the New World

August 30, 2016

A review of ‘The Invention of Nature’ by Andrea Wulf On 16 July 1799 a revolutionary thinker arrived in Latin America. Unlike most Europeans who had preceded him to the continent, he didn’t believe in slavery and he promoted the rights of indigenous people. He saw mining for gold and silver for the exploitation it […]

Category: Latin America, Energy and the environment, Book reviews | Tags: Colombia, Latin America, Venezuela, Bolivar, volcanoes, environment

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Under the volcano

May 31, 2016

On my morning walk there is a point from which I can see the sulphurous fumes pouring from the Masaya volcano. On the lip of the crater, although not visible from my viewpoint seven kilometres away, is a large wooden cross. It occupies the pinnacle on which a similar cross was first placed in 1529 […]

Category: Latin America, Central America wildlife | Tags: Nicaragua, Masaya, Spanish conquest, volcanoes

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John Perry John Perry lives in Masaya, Nicaragua where he works on
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