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1. Mr WordPress

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2. Patricia Martínez

   Posted October 29, 2009 at 2:57 PM

   Felicidades Tracy,

   Qué gusto ver el inicio de este proyecto. Estamos en contacto.
   Patricia.
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4. Tracy Barnett

   Posted November 12, 2009 at 10:44 PM

   Thank you so much! We can’t promise a story every day, but will be posting as often as possible. Please do come back!
5. Edwas

   Posted November 17, 2009 at 2:43 PM

   Greatings, Everything dynamic and very positively!
   Edwas
6. Tracy Barnett

   Posted November 17, 2009 at 2:50 PM

   Gracias por sus comentarios! Los agradecemos muchisimo.

   Ahora hay una version mucho mejor y en español escrito por la periodista tapatia Patricia Martinez. Puedes verlo aquí:
   http://theesperanzaproject.org/es/
7. Ivan

   Posted November 19, 2009 at 12:43 PM

   Interesting, I`ll quote it on my site later.
   Ivan
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9. Mona Metzger

   Posted November 20, 2009 at 11:19 PM

   Tracy, thanks for a fabulous site! I’m looking forward to following the progress.
10. Noe

    Posted November 30, 2009 at 10:01 AM

    Que lastima!!! I am so sorry that you had soooooo much trouble with your Visa. like you said an expensive and time consuming lesson learned. Turn this opportunity around someway and make something good out of the lesson learned. I firmly believe that things happen for a reason. maybe it was not your time to be in Cuba!

    Noe
11. Tracy Barnett

    Posted November 30, 2009 at 5:46 PM

    So true! The universe has been trying to teach me this lesson for a long time: Slow down! Pay attention! Maybe this time I’ll actually get it.
12. Jessica

    Posted December 1, 2009 at 11:19 AM

    Wow! Taking notes… I’m so sorry for the snafu, and glad you came out of it with your head still screwed on. Learning from mistakes makes us feel sheepish but results in plenty wisdom; I’m sorry it didn’t work out as planned, and impressed that you are taking it in stride.

    Thanks for writing about it, too: I have definitely learned a FEW things from this post.
13. Barbara

    Posted December 1, 2009 at 11:30 AM

    What a bummer. Sounds like something that might happen to me.
    You’re right a good lesson for us all. Pay attention to the little things and don’t expect anyone else to do it for you.

    Hope the rest of your travels will be a little less challenging.
14. Hank Estrada

    Posted December 1, 2009 at 2:41 PM

    So you went and came. But knowing you, you’ll come out of this experience with more knowledge that others can’t fanthom! You are a very resourceful individual Tracy. I’ve always admired you for your constance and never ending quest for what should be the right course of action. You go Girl!!!
15. Javier

    Posted December 1, 2009 at 5:36 PM

    Oh so sad to hear, but not that I’m surprised, Cubans are pretty strict with their visa procedures towards “gringos” I think. It’s funny, most of the college students here in Spain end their school year with a vacation in Cuba and the thing is papperless, most of my friends have been there just by paying 25$ for a tourist visa, that simple. Couldn`t you just fake you were a student, 24, willing to get suntunned in La Habana beaches and get drunk on Mojito all your vacation through??? LOL

    I’ll be the rest of the week in Barcelona mostly offline but I’ll be waiting to hear any news on your situation. Take care.
16. sandra tapia

    Posted December 1, 2009 at 7:54 PM

    It happens! Jeff Franks and Elena Vega will be here (Houston) next weekend, you might want to visit with them on that subject, they are experts and will love to save you some trouble.
17. Mona Metzger

    Posted December 8, 2009 at 8:51 PM

    Tracy, another great article! I so enjoyed meeting and listening to him last night. You really captured the spirit of his lecture and discussion. I digg it…dug it? –submitted it to digg.

    I enjoyed the intellectual discussion after the event as well.
18. michelle newman

    Posted December 9, 2009 at 10:20 AM

    OY VAY! POOR CHICA, THIS HAS BEEN A DREAM OF YOURS FOR SO LONG. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE PLAYED OUT THIS WAY? SO IS LIFE, YOU NEVER GET WHAT YOU EXPECT, DO YOU?

    YOUR FAITHFUL FAN,
    MICHELLE
19. Mona Metzger

    Posted January 8, 2010 at 8:48 AM

    Farewell Tracy…you are in my thoughts and prayers. While you are on the lookout for stories to share, I’ll be on the lookout for the stories you share.
20. Mark Haim

    Posted January 12, 2010 at 10:26 AM

    The discussion of carbon offsets is quite timely. I’ve read through and followed your logic, and it seems to me that you are making an appropriate choice.

    This said, I still question offsets, especially when they are used not simply for individuals to offset their impacts, but by large corporate polluters seeking to avoid having to reduce their emissions.

    The issue is complicated, to be sure, but it seems that many of the projects that are being included as eligible for offsets either aren’t really reducing emissions (and in some cases actually increase them), or would have been done anyway (or really need to be done anyway) and thus don’t take the place of real reductions in the CO2 output of industrialized economies.

    If we end up with a cap and trade system–an idea I’m not sold on–how we deal with offsets will be a key variable in determining whether or not the system actually meets its goals. From the various experts I’ve been following, I come away pretty well convinced that the more offsets you allow into the system, the less likely you’ll get the results you’re looking for. There’s a pretty good discussion on this, as well as cap and trade in general at:
    http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/15/cap_trade_a_critical_look_at

    One other concern is that when you calculate the value of an offset–not its monetary value, but rather its carbon-reducing value–you have to do some kind of life cycle analysis. If the project you are using to offset your travel, for instance, is planting trees, you have to look at how much CO2 the trees will sequester over their lifetimes, a matter of decades. The problem is that the CO2 emissions you are aiming to offset are taking place NOW, in January 2010. But the sequestration won’t even start in any serious fashion for a few years, until the trees get big enough to really start putting some carbon away, and the full impact won’t be felt for decades. And, as you note, there is always the question: wouldn’t these trees have been planted anyway, or something similar done on that land that would capture carbon, sometime over the coming years?

    So for me, while I support your decision, Tracy, I would hate for folks to extrapolate and come to the conclusion that carbon offsets make for good public policy.
21. Tara Barnett

    Posted January 23, 2010 at 11:45 AM

    This is great! I love this guy already-fascinating!
22. TaraStar Barnett

    Posted February 12, 2010 at 12:31 PM

    Wow-incredible! I really pray that this case is resolved in the Wixaritari communities favor! What a powerful step forward for indigenous people!
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    Posted February 18, 2010 at 8:57 PM

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24. tami brunk

    Posted February 21, 2010 at 11:27 PM

    Oh Tracy, this is such beautiful reporting… I so hope that the efforts of these brave allies and the Huichol people are succesful. What a tremendously powerful victory for both indigenous people and the still thriving land for which they are caretakers.
25. Yvonne Negrin

    Posted February 25, 2010 at 7:31 PM

    Hello -
    My name is Yvonne and as you may know my husband, Juan Negrin, and I have worked closely with the wixarika people for 40 years. You can find more information regarding the work we have done on our website: http://www.wixarika.org in the section “about us”.
    Juan is presently in Guadalajara and working closely with Carlos who is a colleague of ours since the 1980’s. I’m glad to see you posting this information since most of the news we have been posting on our website is in Spanish. I am creating a link to your blog so that our English readers can read about this unfortunate event in Wirikuta. I also wanted to take the opportunity to correct the spelling of our compadre Dionisio’s name in wixarika. It is spelled Uxayucauye.

    Once again thank you for posting accurate and important information about what is really going on in the sierras. We need all the help we can get!

    Yvonne
26. Nirtana

    Posted March 1, 2010 at 8:31 PM

    So happy for you and good to read your story!
27. Melissa Gaskill

    Posted March 2, 2010 at 9:00 AM

    Tracy, What a wonderful post! I had a mojito at the Hotel Nacional – didn’t get to stay there,though. Watched a couple of guys catch some beautiful fish on the Malecon, too.
    And I can’t tell you how many Cubans told me the same thing – “We don’t have a problem with the American people, we love you! It’s the government we have a problem with.” Of course, our government is supposed to be the people, but it doesn’t work that way when it comes to Cuban policy. A certain powerful group controls that…
    Looking forward to more posts!

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