John Haigh

The Tango, invented in Buenos Aires, is a taut, teasing, intricate dance for two. And foreign businesses looking for opportunities in Argentina can soon find themselves taking the first steps in their own version of Argentina’s national dance. Because in many sectors you can’t go it alone. You need a counterpart.

There are tough obstacles to imports, starting with product registration. Unless you have an office in the country you must appoint an Argentina business to submit your application. You need to find someone you can trust to work with – even then, it may take up to a year. This Buenos Aires conference was a speed-dating event for importers looking for a partner.
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For three years Brazil has been hit by power cuts, hurting business and creating headaches for the government. The reason – Brazil put all its energy eggs in the hydroelectric basket.
65% of its energy should come from hydroelectric power, but poor rains since 2013 have left the reservoirs half empty.

Now the government sees solar power as the quick, clean way to increase capacity. In less than a year, the solar-voltaic panel market has become worth billions of dollars.
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Crime levels in Lima will start to fall in six to eighteen months – whoever wins next the upcoming elections.

Between end June 2016 and end June 2017, the wave of shootings, street attacks, house robbery and murder will decline. Whether or not the new president sends armed soldiers to patrol the streets.

It will happen because 20 years ago, lead poisoning on the streets of Lima started to reduce. It will follow a pattern seen all over the world, but apparent a little later in Peru. So buy cheap property in Callao today.

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it Captain Huggin? The citizens of Lima, Peru have ten new heroes patrolling the city skies with super powers – 150 cm wingspan, ultrapowerful eyesight spotting waste from high in the sky, and corrosive stomach acids that can digest the most putrid meat.

These guardians of the city’s environmental health are black headed vultures, trained to carry GPS systems and cameras, and following their own instincts in unerringly targeting the mounds of rubbish that appear overnight around the city.

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As a freelance journalist in South America I travel to many amazing places, meet great people, see historic events – and this blog is where I can put words and pictures about some of my experiences – not finished pieces, just interesting snippets. I hope they give you a taste of this fascinating part of the world!

We had a great tour with students and teachers from a Somerset school in February 2013, and then I relocated to Lima, Peru. So right now I am not doing Ghana tours. I am leaving the web site up as it is full of useful information and great pics go to videos for example, and you will get links to all the other areas of the site.

Read, enjoy, and dream about your Ghana trip.