This post is meant to open a dialogue on security issues. I’ve lived overseas with my family (as a diplomat–a hot target) in 3 different countries. There was always a threat to our personal safety, but we didn’t let it crimp our lives. That’s the bottom line for me; if you live scared, you will live…
During a recent swing through the border states of the Southwest, President George W. Bush talked tough about border security and proposed a guest worker program. La Voz, a Spanish-language newspaper in Phoenix, quoted sources on November 30 as saying that nearly 11 million now-illegal immigrants could benefit from such a program. I say, why…
Use these fast growing business social media sites to promote your business, feature your products, spotlight your business leaders, create links, and drive traffic back to your company site, all for free! BIZZlogos – Add your logo – free link to your site BIZZphotos – Add photos of your products and people BIZZprofiles – Submit…
Who wasn’t moved to see the extraordinary efforts of Iraqis in the United States and elsewhere (out of Iraq) to vote for their new government? The article in the Detroit Free Press says that nearly 10,000 Iraqi expatriates voted in Michigan alone and that a total of about 28,500 voted in the five polling places set…
Use these fast growing business social media sites to promote your business, feature your products, spotlight your business leaders, create links, and drive traffic back to your company site, all for free! BIZZlogos – Add your logo – free link to your site BIZZphotos – Add photos of your products and people BIZZprofiles – Submit…
Expats in Latin America, keep a wary eye on your surroundings. I’m not sounding an alarm, but I don’t want anyone to be unaware that political sentiment, and consequently economic policy, are moving leftward in Latin America. US News & World Report (January 30/February 6) has an article on “The Hugo Factor”, examining why Venezuelan…
Over the weekend, powerful governments, including the US and Germany, said they won’t offer support to a Hamas-led government unless it shows a more peaceful face. Everybody’s watching. It’s as if the sweeping Hamas victory in the elections were a declaration of war. Israel sees no reason to give money to an opponent, so it…
or, Finding a Church Overseas If you’re a church-going practitioner of religion, you’ll want to locate a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, center, or whatever, at your new home overseas. Most metropolitan areas abroad have English-language religious services. You can contact other expats before you go, to see if they can offer information. Some churches, like…
Let this be the first entry in a growing review of Mexico from the expat perspective. I want your comments. I don’t want to hear from tourists about their week in Cancún. I want to hear from businesspeople, diplomats, evangelists, retirees, and others who know Mexico from the inside. I want to hear if the…
Ambrose Bierce, one of the most brilliant (and some say, twisted) satirists in American literature, is famed in fiction as “El Gringo”, an elderly curmudgeon who wandered into Pancho Villa’s territory in Northern Mexico and was never heard from again. Most sources place his death in Mexico in 1914, but the truth is that no…