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Something big happened in this little country called Switzerland. About a month ago, Swiss citizens voted to impose probably the world’s toughest restrictions on corporate executive compensation. The vote gave shareholders of companies listed in Switzerland a binding say on the overall pay packages for executives and directors. USA and Germany haveRead More →

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After almost 8 months, over 5,000 views, more than 70 posts, and 200+ comments in this blog, I realized that I had overlooked something essentially Swiss. A feel better story. The mood changer par excellence. With Easter coming up soon, they are getting ready to consume tons of it. The famous SprüngliRead More →

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Some men in canton Appenzell celebrate New Year’s Eve by singing carols to their neighbors while dressed with pine tree branches, acorns, wearing female-looking masks and very elaborate large headdresses. They are called the Silvesterkläuse, or the masked men of the New Year.  They spend all year preparing their costumes for this event,Read More →

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During this past week we took a break from our jobs and visited canton Wallis. We rented a 3-bedroom chalet in the small village of Ulrichen (Population 219 as of 2007). Hannah, Lutz and Annie stayed with us. Mia also came along. My basic German knowledge was put to workRead More →

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We are taking advantage of the Swiss winter break to get some R&R. I am taking a break from finishing the movie and Petra from her praxis. The view with icicles is from our chalet in the village of Ulrichen in canton Wallis, in the south of Switzerland. It isRead More →

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Hello: I want to thank Brad Stocker, José Hernández Castrodad from Miantojo.com, Matthew Gonsalves, Lissette Arenas-Tingay, Luis Méndez Jr, Marina Arnhold, Ana Pérez de la Mora, Tamara Benavente, Barry Gordon, Liz de Luna, Karen La Spina and 2 anonymous contributors, for their donations to my documentary La Casa Ausente. The fundraising campaign is still very much active. I encourage you toRead More →

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I just launched a fundraising campaign with Indiegogo for the completion of the editing of the documentary La Casa Ausente. Please visit it, read it, watch it, make a donation, and spread the word. Thanks. Click on the picture below to go to it.Read More →

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Thanks to my grandfather Toribio, who migrated from Zamora, Spain to Puerto Rico in the early 1900’s and married my grandmother Pilar whose 7th son Fernando, along with my mother Minerva, brought me to the world, I am able to become a Spanish national. After a process that took 2Read More →

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Yesterday, Petra, Mia and I went walking in the vineyard route near the city of Biel/Bienne. It’s a bilingual city that lays in the border between the German and French-speaking sections of Switzerland. We were looking for the sun but never got it because the fog extended 300 meters above us. InsteadRead More →