Another blog on international auxiliary languages (among other things) to keep an eye on

I noticed this blog a few days ago called El Fomentador, which has a number of posts on the idea of an international auxiliary language and what he (or she) believes the ideal should be. This post for example gives the following criteria:

• Easy to learn
• Able to be translated
• Wide-ranging in function
• Standardized
• Neutral
• Rational and logical

The author of the blog sees a combination of Spanish and English to be the ideal, but since there is no IAL out there based on this principle he seems to be leaning towards Interlingua:

If I were to be asked, I would say that the last example, Interlingua, would seem to support the idea of a blending of English and Spanish (and Portuguese) that could be used effectively to communicate across the whole of the western-hemisphere in a common language.

But then again Interlingua would conflict with the first criterion:

The grammar should be regular and simple; the meanings of words and compound words must be based on well-defined principles; the spelling should be phonetic; and there should be no difficult sounds.

given that the spelling isn't always phonetic and there are some difficult sounds (scientia for example).

I note that there's no mention of Lingua Franca Nova; perhaps the author would find that language to be closest to the ideal. Or maybe even a creole like Papiamento, which contains a large number of Dutch words as well as Portuguese and Spanish. Perhaps someone should comment below that post asking him to take a look at those two as well.