» by Bill March 22nd, 2011 at 12:02 pm » Comments (6)

Love and Politics. A court official says Guatemala's first lady is ending her eight-year marriage so she can seek to succeed her husband as president. Guatemala's constitution prohibits members of a ...more »

» by Bill March 19th, 2011 at 6:19 pm » Comments (3)

This is a real head scratcher. A French judge has filed preliminary manslaughter charges against Air France over a crash in 2009. All the 228 people on board were killed when the ...more »

» by Bill August 28th, 2010 at 6:06 am » Comments (2)

A different way to sway prospective voters. CARACAS, Venezuela – A Venezuelan politician is holding an unusual raffle to raise campaign cash. The grand prize: breast implants. For a ...more »

» by Bill August 28th, 2009 at 8:08 am » Comments (2)

A different type of foreign aid. From the New York Times- They have heard of people tunneling under it, scaling it and, on the Mexican side, defacing it. But it is ...more »

» by Bill June 1st, 2009 at 6:06 am » Comments (0)

The A330-200 was on its way to Paris from Rio de Janiero. From CNN- A French passenger aircraft carrying 228 people has disappeared off the coast of Brazil, airline officials say. ...more »

» by GI Korea March 16th, 2009 at 9:49 am » Comments (2)

Via a reader's tip comes news that even South Korean weapons are making their way over to Mexico to arm the country's various drug armies: It was a brazen assault, not ...more »

» by GI Korea December 13th, 2008 at 2:19 pm » Comments (3)

I thought this article about Ecuador defaulting on its international debt was interesting: Ecuador is to default officially on billions of dollars of foreign debt it considers "illegitimate", says President Rafael ...more »

» by GI Korea August 22nd, 2008 at 4:48 pm » Comments (2)

Here is a great article that really hits on an issue of great importance to the United States that is largely going unnoticed: Mexico is under siege, and the barbarians are ...more »

» by GI Korea July 24th, 2008 at 6:38 am » Comments (9)

Once again there has been more dioxin found in beef imported from Chile: South Korea's national quarantine service said Wednesday that it has ordered a recall of Chilean pork after finding ...more »

» by GI Korea July 23rd, 2008 at 9:33 am » Comments (19)

Folks this is just another reason why I will never go to a Mexican border town ever again: Five Koreans ? four men and one woman ? had been abducted ...more »