It’s always curious to hear about border disputes in South America where I tend to assume they’ve lived next to each other long enough to have nothing to fight over when it comes to borders. I had already heard about Peru and Chilé having issues. But today I’ve been...
It has been quite some time since I last wrote about the cross-atlantic star of my family; the champion of potty training; the sultan of using sticks to drum on things; my toddler nephew who will one day read this weblog and laugh: A-Ren. Mom told me to go...
It’s interesting, comparing the present to the past. And I’d add, it is not done often enough. Let us start in the present, shall we; as the AP reports on the Saddam Hussein trial: a defiant Saddam admitted in court that he had ordered the trial of the Shiites...
While much of Latin America has clearly turned to the political left in the last few years, Costa Rica continues to be a nation that does things their own way. With all the hype surrounding hi-tech industry and eco-tourism, what’s in store for Costa Rica following these elections? Taylor...
