Australian freelance writer currently based in Chile's Central Valley. Spanish to English translator and volunteer translator for Global Voices. Makes gourmet jam when not writing.
Latest posts by Erin Walton from November, 2013
10 Years After Fatal Police Operation, Ecuadorian Court Reopens the ‘Fybeca Case’
Assailants and a special police group at the fringes of the law clashed in a pharmacy in November 2003, leaving 8 dead, 3 missing and, even today, dozens of questions.
No One Found Guilty of ‘Prestige’ Oil Disaster in Spain
After 10 years of investigation and a nine-month trial, Galicia's High Court of Justice has acquitted the three defendants of all crimes against the environment.
#ReformáÉsta: Daniel Ortega Looks to Reform Nicaragua's Constitution
Mildred Largaespada [es] from the blog 1001 Trópicos [es] writes that Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega “wants to reform the country's political constitution in order to be forever re-elected, among other issues in which he also wants absolute power.” In a post [es] dedicated to President Ortega, Mildred concludes: We don't...
200,000 Dominicans of Haitian Descent are Stripped of Citizenship
A myriad of NGOs and social activists have demonstrated against a sentence which has denationalized almost 250 000 Dominicans of Haitian descent.
Ecuador: #Ruraleando, a Blog That Humanizes Medicine
#Ruraleando is Denisse Calle's blog, an Ecuadorian doctor who, thanks to the experiences of her year's rural placement, proposes solutions to the country's health system.
