Friday, June 10, 2005
In Argentina
I flew from Santiago to Cordoba, Argentina this morning, and have spent the day working with our distributor here. All is great, but for the lack of internet access from my room, rendering the room essentially worthless for anything other than sleeping. That leaves me in the lobby of the hotel, pecking away at the free computer sitting out in the middle of the reception area. If the average Argentinian has never seen a blogger in flagrante delicto before, now´s his big chance.
Although it is after midnight here, I nevertheless have to rise early to fly to Buenos Aires where I will spend the day touring hospitals. Friday evening I board a plane to the United States, landing in Newark in late morning. It will be nice to get home. The big post with many exotic photos from South America will have to wait, therefore, until the weekend. I do have one small point to make, though.
In each of the three countries that I have visited on this trip -- Brazil, Chile and Argentina -- the locals have on their own initiative carefully distinguished themselves from other Latin American countries in one or another crucial respect. The Chileans almost constantly remind you of their work ethic, for example, perhaps assuming that the visiting yankee has a dim view of Latin habits. Brazilians will tell you how stuck up Argentinians are (´except for Cordobases´), and so forth. But among the professional types with whom an American businessman might deal there is a consensus: Venezuala´s President Hugo Chavez has something to do with the present turmoil in Bolivia, no matter that the media has not found a link.
Although it is after midnight here, I nevertheless have to rise early to fly to Buenos Aires where I will spend the day touring hospitals. Friday evening I board a plane to the United States, landing in Newark in late morning. It will be nice to get home. The big post with many exotic photos from South America will have to wait, therefore, until the weekend. I do have one small point to make, though.
In each of the three countries that I have visited on this trip -- Brazil, Chile and Argentina -- the locals have on their own initiative carefully distinguished themselves from other Latin American countries in one or another crucial respect. The Chileans almost constantly remind you of their work ethic, for example, perhaps assuming that the visiting yankee has a dim view of Latin habits. Brazilians will tell you how stuck up Argentinians are (´except for Cordobases´), and so forth. But among the professional types with whom an American businessman might deal there is a consensus: Venezuala´s President Hugo Chavez has something to do with the present turmoil in Bolivia, no matter that the media has not found a link.
2 Comments:
By 
Charlottesvillain, at
Fri Jun 10, 09:13:00 AM:
Dude, don't forget the Argentine Julep!
By Charlottesvillain, at
Fri Jun 10, 01:33:00 PM:
Let's name it now:
I propose "El Tigre"
