Tag: third-world

  • Third World Perspective

    Reprinted with permission from Amor y Sabor

    Featured Image: The Colonial Zone in Santo Domingo during a blackout (apagone).

    It is rather ironic for me to being here in the Dominican Republic, a country which has its share of hurricanes each year and see news of Hurricane Sandy devastating the Northeastern United States, the part of the world I grew up in. Hurricane Sandy passed by here upon my arrival but she was a mere tropical storm back then, a wolf in sheep’s clothing. (more…)