"To lose the earth you know, for greater knowing; to lose the life you have, for greater life; to leave the friends you loved, for greater loving; to find a land more kind than home, more large than earth"
Thomas Wolfe

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Hollywood Moore Visit's Uruguay



We had a nice visit from one of my oldest friends these past two weeks. Holly is a world traveler and has hit Mexico, Jamaica, San Fransisco and Montevideo all this year! A fine artist and union scenic in New York's film and tv industry, she handled time in the southern cone with ease.
We went to the beaches of Rocha; Valizas and Cabo Polonio. Had a gourmet meal in Punt del Este. We had lunch at the famed Mercado del Puerto in Montevideo's Old City and took a trip to our oldest settlement Colonia de Sacremento.
I have some nice shots from both of our cameras as well as some of her recent work. That's Burning Spear, mon.














































Monday, December 14, 2009

Pepe and Danillo are in!


Frente Amplio wins the Ballotage run-off and has another 5 year term. Historic for a party that has been conspired against by the entrenched powers. FA was outlawed following the end of the military dictatorship in 1984 for being the political wing of the Tupamaros, the guerilla group fighting for social justice and for it's socialist, communist and left wing members. It was the goverments battle against the Tupamaros that help convince the populace that military rule was necessary to defeat these "terrorists" who threatened law and order.
The party fought it's way back to the ballots and the people found a democratic way to fight elitist two party rule.
Our new president, humble and plain spoken is a hero to many. Perhaps not everyone's choice and not as eloquent as some heads of state, he has earned his new job the hard way.
Jose 'Pepe' Mujica spent some 15 years in prison, many in an abandoned well shaft, at the hands of the military "goverment".
We wish him luck, on unifying the different interests and leading this tiny country in peace and prosperity.