I am leaving today for a wedding in Antigua, Guatemala. I have some posts already in the queue but any interaction from me on the blog could be light until next Monday.
Guatemala
Once again, the legalization of drugs in the United States is going to have only a minimal impact on organized crime in Mexico. Millions of gallons of illegal petrol are.
Another classic, this time from Edge of the American West: Gives the Good Neighbor policy a new meaning.
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt found guilty of genocide. May the evil old monster die in prison. Of course, his supporters in the United States still hold major positions of importance within the Republican Party foreign party apparatus.
The NRA argues that if only the good guys all had guns, they would shoot the bad guys and magically we wouldn't have any gun violence. Or something strange like.
It's hard to imagine a more hackish book review than what Ira Stoll pulls off at Reason. Reviewing Rich Cohen's new book on the United Fruit Company (this is the.
Interesting news out of Guatemala today. Efraín Ríos Montt, the former genocidal president and darling of right-wing America, will be forced to appear before a Guatemalan court, a move that could lead to charges of genocide. It's difficult to overstate how deep the United States...