Britt L asked:

For ten years my family and I have lived on the island of Chiloe, in Southern Chile. Truly a magical place and one of the most lovely (temperate- not tropical) places I’ve ever been. Problem is, few locals appreciate what they have here. Anyone interested? We live on the beach, have chickens, cows, greenhouse, garden, water from a spring and run our own small business. Aiming for the healthiest food and quality time with our kids. My wife is from Peru and I”m from the US and we have twin 7 year old girls and a 1.5 yr old girl. Land and building is cheap (1.25 acres with ocean US$20k and build a green wooden home for US$35). Life is not easy but it is FULL of goodness, good things and awareness.

John G asked:

I live in America and when I told everyone I was coming to Colombia they all freaked out, said I was going to be robbed, kidknapped, beaten up, bla bla….¨don´t eat the meat, it might be dog, or rat¨¨…
I didn´t believe everything everyone said because I had been to Peru the previous summer but I was a little worried about the violence here. Now, I do understand that there is a lot of violence in the jungles with the guerrilla and everything but…when I finally arrived to Bogota I thought….wow…people in America are pretty ignorant…there is a lot poverty here in some parts but….I can´t count the number of rich people I´ve seen in the city…and no offense…but most people I have run into are a lot more educated than most people back home….unfortunately it´s true.lol.well, I guess people should get to new a country before they talk bad about it…because COLOMBIA is completely different from what people say about it in the Usa.I´d say MANY parts are just as good as nyc

admiralxgmx asked:

Here is a list of countries (excluding the Palestinian Territories, since they are gay, unrecognized, and they never declared their independence).

United States
Aerican Empire
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas, The
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China, Republic of
China, People’s Republic of
Colombia
Comoros
Commupan
Congo, Republic of the
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Costa Rica
Cote d’Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus, Republic of
Northern Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
EricIsland
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia, The
Gaza Strip
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Hesse-Kassel
Holy Roman Empire
Home Reef
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Hunnic Empire
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ingria
Iran
Iraq
Ireland, Republic of
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jonathanland
Jordan
Karelia
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)
Newfoundland
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Novgorod
Norway
Oman
Ottoman Empire
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Ragusa, Republic of
Romania
Rome
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Sealand
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sunda
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuva
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
I myself live in the United States.

p.s.
I listed them all, it’s important I did too. There is a chance that someone here lives in a unrecognized state, and they didn’t even know it.
Newfoundland is currently unrecognized (since the Canadians “took them over”)

Eldude asked:

For the blame America first group….here is the list:

Linfen, China, where residents say they literally choke on coal dust in the evenings, exemplifies many Chinese cities;

Haina, Dominican Republic, has severe lead contamination because of lead battery recycling, a problem common throughout poorer countries [image];

Ranipet, India, where leather tanning wastes contaminate groundwater with hexavalent chromium, made famous by Erin Brockovich, resulting in water that apparently stings like an insect bite [image];

Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, home to nearly 2 million cubic meters of radioactive mining waste that threatens the entire Ferghana valley, one of the most fertile and densely populated areas in Central Asia that also experiences high rates of seismic activity;

La Oroya, Peru, where the metal processing plant, owned by the Missouri-based Doe Run Corporation, leads to toxic emissions of lead;

Dzerzinsk, Russia, one of the country’s principal chemical weapons manufacturing sites until the end of the Cold War [image];

Norilsk, Russia, which houses the world’s largest heavy metals smelting complex;

Rudnaya Pristan, Russia, where lead contamination resulted in child blood lead levels eight to 20 times maximum allowable U.S. levels;

Chernobyl, Ukraine, infamous site of a nuclear meltdown 20 years ago; and

Kabwe, Zambia, where child blood levels of lead are five to 10 times the allowable EPA maximum

http://www.livescience.com/environment/061018_polluted_places.html

Note how many are in the former Soviet Block and Socialist nations.

mayasmom1204 asked:

My neighbor just came to the United States from Peru a couple of months ago. She gave birth yesturday and I would like to give her a nice gift.

Does anyone know if there areany traditional gifts that I may be able to give? I know she misses home and it would be nice to be able to get her something to remind her of home.

Gina C asked:

The local church extends ministry to kids in Peru. I think it would be a better use fo the funds, if we mean to improve their lives and their community, to bring kids *here* and get them a decent education. After all, what is one more to most families?

I have no idea, and I mean *no* idea how to get the paperwork to allow this to happen… If you have good references or personal experinece of this sort of thing, I would appreciate your help. Thanks in advance!
The reason we have to go to these places year after year, generation after generation, to provide medical care and expertise in everything from sanitary wells to sanitary sewer is that the people there do not have enough education to do it for themselves. It seems good to me to give people better options than depending on charity forever.