Tsunami anniversaries

Here’s a good read:  In the Buenos Aires Herald, Chilean political scientist Patricio Navia has an interesting column on the one-year anniversary of Japan’s tsunami after a recent visit to that country.  He reports that reconstruction is moving much faster than in Chile, which suffered an earthquake and tsunami two years ago, and observes that the Japanese have more trust in their institutions.

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/feb/15/contraception-con-men/