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conquest – La Güera Viajera
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Freedom means not always coming when you're called. Genocide and Slavery: Pitstops on the Road to El Dorado. August 3, 2014. August 4, 2014. To reach El Dorado]. Hey crossed swamps and lands that steamed in the sun. When they reached the banks of the river, not one of the thousands of naked Indians who were brought along to carry the guns and bread and salt remained alive. As there were no longer any slaves to hunt down and catch, they threw the dogs into vats of boiling water…. 8220;By what rights and b...
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A Map of Blood and Skin: A Curated Glimpse into the Heart – La Güera Viajera
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Freedom means not always coming when you're called. A Map of Blood and Skin: A Curated Glimpse into the Heart. April 19, 2015. August 31, 2015. San Blas, Cuenca, Ecuador. The Discreet Charm of Big Ugly Cities. How to Make a Güera: an Origin Story in Prose Poetry →. One thought on “ A Map of Blood and Skin: A Curated Glimpse into the Heart. Myles J. Lee. April 25, 2015 at 8:44 am. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Recent Posts: For...
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Bogotá – La Güera Viajera
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Freedom means not always coming when you're called. Genocide and Slavery: Pitstops on the Road to El Dorado. August 3, 2014. August 4, 2014. To reach El Dorado]. Hey crossed swamps and lands that steamed in the sun. When they reached the banks of the river, not one of the thousands of naked Indians who were brought along to carry the guns and bread and salt remained alive. As there were no longer any slaves to hunt down and catch, they threw the dogs into vats of boiling water…. 8220;By what rights and b...
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capilla del hombre – La Güera Viajera
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Freedom means not always coming when you're called. Guayasamín and Galeano Tell the Story of the Indígenas. October 5, 2014. September 1, 2015. In exchange for the skins, the Indians get weapons to kill each other, or die in the wars between Englishmen and Frenchmen who dispute their lands. The Indians also get firewater, which turns the toughest warrior into skin and bone, and diseases more devastating than the worst snowstorms. Eduardo Galeano: 1717: Dupas Island,. 8220;Tears of Blood”. 1780: Bologna ,.
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California – La Güera Viajera
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Freedom means not always coming when you're called. The Novelty Inherent in the Familiar. January 10, 2015. January 10, 2015. Discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes. –. Downtown San Juan Capistrano. It’s so organized and beautiful! Walked the same streets that house Starbucks and the Swallows Inn today, holds a charm for me now that was previously obscured by the mundane normality of seeing it all the time. The Jouissance of Worldly Love. November 24, 2014. At a person w...
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Christopher McCandless – La Güera Viajera
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Freedom means not always coming when you're called. Libresca (adj.): Bookish. November 18, 2014. November 18, 2014. No photos of me reading in South America, so here’s one of me reading “The Poisonwood Bible” while waiting for our flight to Kenya from Tanzania. Go, Dogs, Go! Whilst on safari in Kenya, which is where the book is set. On the same trip, I also read Barbara Kingsolver’s. Trilogy, a history of the Americas that arcs from the creation myths of the ancient civilizations to the conquest (in.
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colonialism – La Güera Viajera
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Freedom means not always coming when you're called. The Traveler’s Privilege. September 20, 2014. Canoeing down the Cuyabeno River in the Ecuadorean Amazon. I got my travel bug from my mom. Like me, you won’t hear her saying “maybe one day when I have money”. Instead, we find a way to make it happen as. As for why this is, I’m not going to go into it much here because I do think it is something which deserves a little research before I start blurting out reasons. My argument is simply this: we are. Here&...
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Grasping Bills in Sweaty Fists, We March Towards Isolation – La Güera Viajera
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Freedom means not always coming when you're called. Grasping Bills in Sweaty Fists, We March Towards Isolation. August 2, 2015. August 2, 2015. A mural depicting the disparities of wealth in Bogota, Colombia. What were these slack-faced people waiting for? The tellers, but instead of face to face contact, all communication was mediated through a video screen. What, exactly, is the point of it? Huayna-Capac, Cuenca, Ecuador. Solitude as Sustenance, or, Singing the Pain. August 3, 2015 at 4:03 pm. You are ...
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Booknerd – La Güera Viajera
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Freedom means not always coming when you're called. Libresca (adj.): Bookish. November 18, 2014. November 18, 2014. No photos of me reading in South America, so here’s one of me reading “The Poisonwood Bible” while waiting for our flight to Kenya from Tanzania. Go, Dogs, Go! Whilst on safari in Kenya, which is where the book is set. On the same trip, I also read Barbara Kingsolver’s. Trilogy, a history of the Americas that arcs from the creation myths of the ancient civilizations to the conquest (in.