The 2015 Global Emotions survey from Gallup finds that, “Iraqis Are Among the Saddest and One of the Angriest Populations in the World.” They explain: “Iraq’s high…
Latin America
When Tony Abbott became Australia's prime minister in September 2013, the chain of events that would prematurely end his tenure may already have been in…
Announcing Johnny’s January 2016 LATIN AMERICAN “Boots on the ground” SEMINAR: -More on the sensitive and controversial subject of bringing your young kids down to…
-Living in the land of ultra-premium coffee can offer many unique opportunities for gringo business ventures. Note there are many gigantic coffee plantations and mega…
-Did you know that there are so-called 100% bilingual Latins and there are 100% bilingual Latins? There are big differences! That said, don't think just…
Recently I worked in another Maine city and was astonished at the number of patients I encountered who were using heroin. I had never seen anything…
Introduction Rightwing politics now dominate the globe. Broadly speaking, the Right can be divided into a US-centered rightwing bloc and a variety of anti-US rightwing…
-A update on the Latin American real estate bubble -Can you guess the three biggest complaints gringos and expats have once they’ve moved into a…
-In Latin America, more and more nearly forgotten first-world has-been personalities, lecturers (and faded dinosaurs of rock) are showing up here and there. They're doing…
-In Latin America its getting more and more difficult to change US dollar funny money into local Latin funny money… all because of the phony…
-In Latin America, when socialist paradise policies go awry and the natives get restless, massive crowds often take to the streets. Then, the first thing…
The explosion in worldwide coffee consumption in the past two decades has generally not benefitted farmers of coffee beans in poorer nations along the equator.…