Author: Alfredo Fernandez

There have been very few times that a “you have to meet a friend of mine” has worked out so great in my life.

I found the above image on a local bus seat in Quito; its xenophobic eloquence, plus the wave of protests that has taken over the region…

Alfredo Fernandez sees Juan Guaido as a lost cause for a Venezuela under the guidance of Havana.

The violence that took center stage in Ecuadoreans lives since the beginning of the month up until Sunday October 13th, when president Lenin Moreno revoked Decree-Law 883 (which did away with diesel and regular fuel subsidies), after twelve days of protests in Quito and Guayaquil.

The great Pessoa wrote this quote at the beginning of the 1920s, right when decent people all over the planet had nothing but praise for the newly-born Russian Revolution (1921). Reflecting upon past revolutions, the great Portuguese writer intuitively knew how futile they were…

While building personal integrity always used to entail patience, this quality has now become obsolete. Westerners who promote quality of life, prioritize qualities such as attitude, proactivity and resilience above standing still and being patient.

One of the most important aspects of wisdom, in my opinion, is being able to recognize what I don’t know. Let me explain the immense traffic of knowledge today turns us into people who are threatened by misinformation all the time. 

A few days ago, I read online that the World Health Organization (WHO) was on the verge of adding religious fanaticism to its list of mental illnesses. I stand by this decision 100%…

Last year was especially hard for me… I lost three people I hold extremely dear and it drove home just how finite our lives are, and that every moment is special.