There are two Chiles, one celebrated by neoliberal technocrats and the real one lived by the majority.

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You can’t see but the lights of Valparaiso are flickering like flames. Soy del puerto, soy del mar, soy del Pacifico,  soy de aqui.

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In Chile, the persistent theme of conversation for me has been diversity and the need to decolonialize the education system that is disciplining Haitian and African children/youth into becoming “Chilean”. This is in a context where indigenous peoples of these lands have been erased, Chilean cultures homogenized and where an antiquated immigration law persists. I […]

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Being in Chile and meeting amazing organizers of the Left, I was reminded to not solely be part of resistance, in the position of defensiveness against state and capital but also to actively build the world we want right now. Let’s create those alternatives to capitalism that are possible and so urgently needed, right now, […]

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Angie Las lágrimas no me paran después de leer las cartas que le escribía a Angie desde Canadá cuando niña. Ella las guardo y hoy me las trajo en una hermosa caja que hizo con sus propias manos tambien con fotos de nosotras desde el kínder. Éramos como hermanas, inseparables. Nos queríamos del alma. Cuando […]

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Compiling a list of all that I have learned on my trip to Chile. (in progress) No 1. Don’t be overcome by fear and all that the media portrays from x or y country. Take precautions but don’t let fear paralyze. Just go and experience the country, the world, especially your own roots yourself!! I […]

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Among lands and peoples, we find and construct home, beyond the violence of nations. The radical Chilean left does not wave the flag because the country is a colonial project imposed by the violence of the elites. I stretch my mind and heart into the ocean before me and contemplate a world without borders. Here […]

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Algunos detestan las grandes ciudades. Mis estudiantes en St. Catherines admitieron odiar a Toronto. Algunas personas no van a la capital y se quedan en el pueblo por miedo y muchas veces por la pobreza. La cuidad es un monstro para mucho, como el Defectuoso (DF) y según aquí le dicen Santiasco. Las ciudades son […]

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In the altitudes of Bella Vista I was contemplating how Valparaiso was built. The architecture defies gravity. The hills are incredibly steep. There are old palaces of houses all over that particular historic area. Then I looked into the ocean and contemplated the global, all those routes connecting Chile to the world before the Panama […]

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Ya no me dicen niña, ya no me dicen señorita. Ahora soy la señora que camina por los cerros con mucho más conocimiento de varios pueblos, fronteras y experiencias recorridas. Las palabras y nombres de calles y referencias no siempre las recuerdo. Vivi aquí hasta los 5 años de edad. No recuerdo bien los nombres […]

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