Sometimes, international diplomacy just gets weirdly funny. Today’s news from Cuba falls under that heading. President Obama will be attending a Western Hemisphere summit in Cartagena, Colombia, April 14 and…
In Argentina, abortion is only permitted in cases where the mother’s life or health are at risk or the woman is considered “of feeble mind.” That puts Argentina two steps…
When the Soviet Union’s communist government collapsed, chaos ensued. The government owned everything. They wrote all the paychecks, everyone from farm workers to party leaders. Without the government, no one…
It was two years ago today that the Caribbean Sea reminded us that it is seismically active and has produced earthquakes that have leveled cities and changed the direction of…
The current joint holders of the title “world’s most verbose, bombastic, voluble, loquacious, argumentative leader” are meeting in Caracas, Venezuela, this week, raising the question, how does either of them…
Once upon a time, Panama’s Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno was an ally of America. He was opposed to communism, so it didn’t matter what kind of leader he was, how…
For a preview of the effects of a personhood amendment, we can look south to Mexico. As in the United States, abortion laws are done state-by-state in Mexico. Sixteen of…