Category Archives: History

Random Thoughts (6)

Posted on 2016-12-24 by Andreas Moser

If you read the comments below this article, you get a taste of what’s wrong with Peru. I have never encountered a country that is so bad at dealing with criticism. After my article on Bolivia and the sea, many people … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Cinema, Cold War, Cuba, Food, History, Law, Peru, Politics, Religion, USA | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

Bolivia misses the Sea

Posted on 2016-12-15 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. In every country in South America, there is one specific topic with which you can interrupt the logorrhea of even the most verbose person. In Brazil, mentioning the numbers 7-1 is enough to make people … Continue reading →

Posted in Bolivia, Chile, History, Military, Peru, Politics, Travel | Tagged , , , | 24 Comments

How Social Media made the World better

Posted on 2016-12-14 by Andreas Moser

Two cities walk into a bar. Says Srebrenica: “I was so unlucky that my massacre already took place in 1995. A few years later, and the internet would have saved us. My people could have alerted the world about the … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Human Rights, Military, Politics, Serbia, Syria, Technology, Travel | Tagged , , , , , | 13 Comments

Random Thoughts (5)

Posted on 2016-12-13 by Andreas Moser

When Donald Trump praises his pick for Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis, as “the closest thing to General George Patton we have”, does he refer to the mistreatment of soldiers or to Patton’s antisemitism? After my story about the Peruvian girl, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bolivia, Brazil, History, Music, Peru, Russia, Syria, Travel, USA, World War II | Tagged , , , , , | 8 Comments

How to measure Progress

Posted on 2016-12-09 by Andreas Moser

Apart from the general criticism of the GDP expressed so eloquently here by Robert F Kennedy, I always wonder about the usefulness of international comparisons. I doubt that the GDP numbers for Nigeria are collected/calculated the same way as those for … Continue reading →

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President Busch is dead

Posted on 2016-12-07 by Andreas Moser

Yes, Bolivia had a President Busch, too. In a strange coincidence, Germán Busch was the 41st and 43rd President of Bolivia, just like George Bush Sr. and Jr. were the 41st and 43rd Presidents of the United States of America. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bolivia, Germany, History, Military, Photography, Politics, USA | Tagged , , , , | 12 Comments

The worst year for human health

Posted on 2016-10-21 by Andreas Moser

1492 must have been the worst year for human health. Latin Americans got deadly diseases, alcohol and bacon. Europeans got diarrhea, chocolate and tobacco.

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When politics was still civil

Posted on 2016-10-19 by Andreas Moser

The letter left by George Bush Sr. for his successor Bill Clinton:

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Kon-Tiki

Posted on 2016-09-26 by Andreas Moser

Preparing my trip to Easter Island, memories of Kon-Tiki leaped into my mind, one of the first travel/adventure books I read. Thor Heyerdahl and his crew did not sail to Easter Island in 1947, but further north, yet the underlying question if the islands … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Chile, Easter Island, History, Norway, Peru, Travel | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

Timișoara: European Capital of Culture 2021

Posted on 2016-09-24 by Andreas Moser

And now you have the 278th reason to visit Romania: Timișoara will be one of the European Capitals of Culture in 2021. Although I lived in Romania for a year, I just noticed that I have no photos of Timișoara. I have only been to the city … Continue reading →

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