Diego Luces

De mis viajes, de los lugares donde vivo, de la música que me gusta, de política y asuntos sociales, de la universidad, en fin...

[dluces]

Hola oye antes tenias estrabismo verdad? Y ahora ya no?

Así es. Luego de algunas cirugías.

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"Han sido 33 años de mucho aprendizaje, de cambio de mentalidad, de aprender mucho de los jóvenes y futuros profesionales, y de obligarme a aprender más", dice Luces en uno de los últimos recorridos que hizo por el plantel donde graduó a 14 promociones.

¡Cómo no sentirse extremadamente afortunado de poder llamarlo padre!

[dluces]

Yo tb tq

Corto de Dani Montes sobre las repercusiones de las comunicaciones pobres.

[ualberta]

"This, I submit, is the freedom of real education, of learning how to be well-adjusted: you get to consciously decide what has meaning, and what doesn’t."  

From "This is Water," by David Foster Wallace, a commencement address given at Kenyon College in 2005.

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Panyee FC

"Koh Panyee is a floating village in the middle of the sea that has not an inch of soil. The kids here loved to watch football but had nowhere to play or practice. But they didn't let that stop them."

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Papá Changó - Somos uno

La canción que Papá Changó le dedicó a la selección.

¡Ya quiero que comience el mundial!

[dluces]

The Yasuní National Park is arguably the most biologically diverse spot on Earth. It is home to two uncontacted indigenous tribes, the Tagaeri and the Taromenane. But there's a problem: it is also home to 800 million barrels of crude oil, about 20% of Ecuador's oil reserves.

Back in 2007, President Rafael Correa launched the Yasuní-ITT initiative: the government would leave the Yasuní untouched if the international community compensated Ecuador with 50% of the profits that it would receive from utilizing the oil reserves, around $3.6 billion, over 12 years. In exchange, Ecuador would give up the other 50% of the profits, it would prevent 400 million metric tones of carbon dioxide from entering the air, and the national park along with the uncontacted peoples living there would remain undisturbed. The initiative came with a plan B, though: if the country did not receive the compensations, it would allow for drilling.

Fast forward to 2013, six years later, a commission evaluated the initiative's progress concluding that the economic results were not sufficient. Halfway through the 12-year period, only $336 million (9.3%) had been pledged and only $13.3 million (0.37%) had actually been delivered. Correa decided to green light the oil drilling in the national park, in accordance to the plan B.

A lot of people in Ecuador believe that the Yasuní should be left untouched regardless of the economic outcome of the initiative, and there's a way to do so. If YASunidos, a group of people that defends the Amazon, manages to get 600 thousand Ecuadorean voters to sign a petition for a plebiscite, and a national court deems the question in the plebiscite constitutional, then the Ecuadorean people would be asked if they want to allow oil drilling in the national park or not.

The President has opposed this arguing that Ecuador needs the oil revenues in order to push for progress and fight poverty. He has also argued that only one per thousand of the Yasuní National Park would be intervened by oil companies and that the drilling will be subject to the toughest environmental standards in the industry.

But Ecuador does not have experience enforcing environmental standards for the oil industry. Proof of that is the decades long case against Chevron for polluting the Amazon.

I definitely do not want to risk the Yasuní.

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Public demonstration for peace in Venezuela, during Family Day (February 17, 2014) at the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton.

Showing my support to the Venezuelan People and the Venezuelan community in Edmonton.

For more pictures of the event, see the album.

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Join us against ualberta tuition hikes!

Friday, December 13th, 2013 From 8:00am to 10:00am South Academic Building 231

Check out the Students' Union response to the proposed hikes.

No time for breakfast? No worries! Coffee and cookies will be offered!

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Calle 13 - Multi_Viral 

El que controla, el que domina Quiere enfermarte para venderte medicina. Nos endrogan, nos embrutecen. Cualquier pregunta que tengamos, la adormecen. Son las mentiras recalentadas. Nos alimentan con carne procesada. Y la gente sigue desinformada. Una noticia mal contada es un asalto a mano armada.

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EL SISTEMA DE ORQUESTAS Y COROS JUVENILES E INFANTILES DEL ZULIA (EL SISTEMA Zulia) interpretando Venezuela, original de Pablo Herrero y José Luis Armentero, en el centro de Maracaibo.

Venezuela, nos vemos este diciembre!

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Ah, Paris! (at Tour Eiffel)

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After @pepitalr graduation! (at Ghent)

[mrsmelchiorgabor]

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"Teen bulling and teen suicide based on someone's sexual preference is ridiculous - and this film turns the tables on modern society. What IF the shoe was on the other foot?. " --K.Rocco Shields (Creator/Director)

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Protest for #democracy in #Venezuela (at Alberta Legislature)

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¿Te atreves a soñar?

Incluso soñar no es tan difícil... El problema es atreverse a salir de nuestra zona de confort para poder trabajar en alcanzar esos sueños.

Do you dare to dream?

Watch video in English. Even dreaming is not that hard... The true challenge is daring to move outside of our comfort zone in order to work towards accomplishing our dreams.

[dluces]

I thought it might be good to start getting advice from people that travel a lot before I start my trip. I found this answer to a question in Quora pretty detailed and useful. Any other advice?