Buenos Aires     We met with two interesting people over the last several days who gave us invaluable insights into developments in Buenos Aires over the last several decades.  Both were members of the Habitat International Coalition and of course referred by Ana Sugranyes, the HIC General Secretary, based in Santiago.  Hilda Herzer was a delightful, …

Buenos Aires     In Chile one of the questions we discussed at length was the problem of voter registration in the barrios created by la toma.  In the post-dictatorship era voluntary registration has been complicated and led, not surprisingly to those of us from the United States, to declining percentages of registration and participation.   This problem …