I was never much for Disneyland, and my least favorite theme park in the all-American franchise was Fantasyland. But America’s next election is shaping up to be Fantasyland vs. Obamaville. In other words, do you prefer delusion or illusion? The last election offered the American people the choice between (what turned out to be) false [...]
Ortega seduces in Nicaragua with its capitalist socialism President has Socialist discourse and excellent relationship with the private sector Tacit agreement: entrepreneurs deal with business, Ortega governs Managua. An afternoon on the mountainous city of Matagalpa. In a dusty square of this city, located in a rich area of the country’s large coffee plantations and [...]
The question of enlightenment is so fraught with projection and tradition that it is almost impossible to use the word without getting caught in the web of interpretation. To some degree, the question boils down to the difference between goal and drive. Goals are everything to some people, little to most people, and necessary but [...]
The Partido Verde Ecologista (PVE), or Green Ecological Party, of Costa Rica is proud to announce that it will be officially integrated into The Federation of Green Parties of the Americas (FGPA) at a ceremony during the Federation’s annual meeting, which will be held December 8th to the 11th in Ciudad Natal, Brazil. FGPA is [...]
The rap on the Palestinians has been that “they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” But after badly playing America and Israel’s game for decades, they may finally be wising up by ‘going global’ and putting their case before the world at the United Nations. You know the tides have turned when America’s [...]
For anyone considering retirement in another country, the final months of preparation are often filled with unanswered questions about the future home. Issues of transportation, language, medical care, security and crime, cost of food and cultural norms beg for accurate information. In the year and a half my husband Layne and I have been in [...]
Obras del Espíritu Santo is Working to Prevent Children from Entering Life of Crime SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica – Raúl, 12, is homeless. He doesn’t know why his parents are incarcerated. His brother, Jeffrey, 15, is a drug dealer. But Raúl doesn’t want to follow his family’s path. Raúl is among more than 36,000 children [...]
The cabin is at a mile elevation (about 1600 meters) in a heavily logged and developed section of the central Sierra Nevada. John Muir called the Sierras “The Range of Light,” and despite the stumps and slash in the national forest behind the place, the truth of that phrase is apparent as the afternoon sun [...]
What is Forex Trading? The foreign exchange market or forex market as it is often called is the market in which currencies are traded. Currency Trading is the world’s largest market consisting a quadrillion in daily volume, and as investors learn more and become more interested, the market continues to rapidly grow. Not only is the forex [...]
As Costa Rica celebrates 190 years of independence on September 15th, it’s worth reflecting that in one of the most historically violent regions in the world, this country has had no army since 1948. If even a few other countries followed their lead, man’s ancient scourge of war would end. Central America was united in [...]
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