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Pablo describes himself as a rover, expat, convert writer, libertine and poet.
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Freelander
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The ravings of Pablo A. Calviño, expat, convert, writer, traveller, libertine and poet. Travels and opinions of a nowhere man. Most of the articles are either travel stories, or social opinions.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 210 )
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Exercises on Sociopolitics
Today I am going to propose the reader some exercises (which I hope to be amusing) on a sociopolitical situation. I will set forward a fictitious-yet... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Exercises on Sociopolitics
Today I am going to propose the reader some exercises (which I hope to be amusing) on a sociopolitical situation. I will set forward a fictitious-yet... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
The Green Agenda Hoax
Being a genuine environmentalist myself since my early teens-that is, four decades before I begun being interested in politics-I don't think any single human... Read more
Posted on 10 July 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Global Agenda and War in Donbass
Index The information channels I usually follow for knowing about the war in Donbass and its political implications agree on one idea, which I personally find... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Live with Us the European Dream
Once more, Mrs. Ursula Vonderleyen has managed to chill her audience with her eloquent words: "We all know that Ukrainians are ready to die for the European... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Let’s Castrate the Russians
A couple of months after the special military operation in Ukraine begun, one of my most trustworthy Russian contacts (who, by the way, generally dislikes... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Fridges, Economics and Artifice
I'm learning so much with the Donbass war! And I want to share with my readers three of the most groundbreaking pieces of knowledge I'm acquiring thanks to the... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Nazism is Unrepeatable
(Image from https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-mi5-medals-duped-british-nazis-bj6v3rzcm) As far as I understand, Nazism was the unique combination of a... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Whites Move And… Win?
On a recent talk show I heard, participants were talking about an issue I've been thinking myself of for a few weeks now: What's Putin's plan if and after Russi... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
The Legal Right to Murder
During a psychology course I attended some decades ago, the lecturer asked us to answer -anonymously- the following question: Would you be able to kill someone... Read more
Posted on 12 May 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
The Healthiest Country on Earth
When I heard that Netflix was going to stop broadcasting in Russia, my first thought was: "Oh!, but was Netflix allowed in Russia at all? How imprudent!" I mean... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
I Hope the Americans Love Their Children Too
In view of Russian military forces' huge superiority over Ukrainian ones, it comes quite clear that, no matter how many weapons and mercenaries the latter... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Cui Prodest Bellum
Whatever the end of the Russian "special military operation" in Krimea be, we can be sure of this: Europe countries' electorates will have been persuaded about... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Three Poplars at Plyuschikha
Another little gem of Soviet cinema is Tri Topolya na Plyuschikhe, from 1968, directed by Tatyana Lioznova and written by long-lived dramatist Alexander... Read more
Posted on 09 June 2020 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
The ‘diesel War’ Waggery
Under pretence of a concern-clearly unsincere-for the somewhat harmful NOx emissions (nitric oxides), we're now told in Spain that the European Union promotes... Read more
Posted on 17 July 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
The Diesel War Waggery
KindleUnder pretence of a concern–clearly unsincere–for the somewhat harmful NOx emissions (nitric oxides), we’re now told in Spain that the European Union... Read more
Posted on 17 July 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Paradox of Spanish Health Cards
KindleIt seems incredible that a Spanish citizen’s health card only takes full effects in his autonomous community, and that he can’t receive medical care in th... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Paradox of Spanish Health Cards
It seems incredible that a Spanish citizen's health card only takes full effects in his autonomous community, and that he can't receive medical care in the... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Im-migrants
If there's something characterising the contemporary social speech, leadered by journalists and politicians of every kind (imbued, in turn, by the global... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Im-migrants
KindleIf there’s something characterising the contemporary social speech -leadered by journalists and politicians of every kind, imbued in turn by the global... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL