Author Archives: Andreas Moser

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About Andreas Moser

I am a lawyer in Germany, with a focus on international family law, migration and citizenship law, as well as constitutional law. My other interests include long walks, train rides, hitchhiking, history, and writing stories.

Delinquent Debtors

Posted on 2017-02-01 by Andreas Moser

This wouldn’t fly in Germany because someone would scream “violation of privacy” and lawsuits would ensue, but in Bolivia and in Romania, there are lists in the entrance hall of apartment complexes showing the tenants’ names and what they respectively owe … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts (7)

Posted on 2017-01-31 by Andreas Moser

Don’t blame me for looking at your ( . )( . ) when you wear sunglasses and I can’t look at your eyes. In Venezuela, the richest country in South America between the 1950s and the 1980s, and still the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Cinema, Economics, Germany, Politics, Religion, Technology, Terrorism, Travel, USA, Venezuela | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Copyright law in Bolivia

Posted on 2017-01-31 by Andreas Moser

Bolivia must have negotiated the best intellectual property treaties of any country in the world (only Iran comes close, but that country is not a party to the Berne Convention). Respect to the hot-shot lawyers who did that! In Bolivia, you … Continue reading →

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Old couples can be romantic too.

Posted on 2017-01-31 by Andreas Moser

Photographed in Copacabana on the shore of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia.

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First they came …

Posted on 2017-01-28 by Andreas Moser

First they came for the scientists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a scientist. Then they came for the journalists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a journalist. Then they came for … Continue reading →

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Don’t accept anything from strangers!

Posted on 2017-01-23 by Andreas Moser

Is it coincidence that the evil man in this mural in La Paz, Bolivia is hiding behind a Donald Trump mask? In any case, I find these warnings misguided because most strangers are good people.

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Bury my heart – wherever

Posted on 2017-01-17 by Andreas Moser

People ask me why I don’t go to a hospital when I am sick, when I get bitten by a bear/anaconda/piranha, when I have strange viruses, when I am bleeding from all orifices or when I have kidney stones (OK, … Continue reading →

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The difference between Peru and Bolivia, illustrated in random messages

Posted on 2017-01-13 by Andreas Moser

Whenever I move to a new country, I receive e-mails from people whom I don’t know, welcoming me to their country, offering help and giving advice. That’s nice. As I am about to move back from Peru to Bolivia, I realized … Continue reading →

Posted in Bolivia, Law, Peru, Philosophy, Travel | Tagged , | 7 Comments

Better than a Spy Novel: the Trump-Kremlin Files

Posted on 2017-01-10 by Andreas Moser

I was sitting in the park outside of the courthouse in Puno today, reading Nuestro hombre en La Habana and, fittingly, smoking a habano, when a gentleman in a suit – but without a hat – walked up to me and … Continue reading →

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Video: Take a break!

Posted on 2017-01-07 by Andreas Moser

After hiking up and down Cerro San Luis (4,267 m) in Cajas National Park in Ecuador, I had to cross this river. Because they had run out of printed maps, the ranger had told me that if I kept walking … Continue reading →

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