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My family, friends, coworkers, wife, and those random people I sort of know on Facebook, asked the same exact question that you’re about to ask: “Why would anyone want to visit Nicaragua?” Here are the basic reasons to visit: It’s cheap. It has active volcanoes, and beaches. It isn’t too touristy. It has beautiful architecture. They Read More
The Bachelor is a terrible show. We’ve all caught at least some of this disaster at one point or another, but here it is anyway, in list form. (Advisory: This article includes many lists.) Clean-cut white guy arrives, needs a wife. Women from across the country want to be his wife. He takes them Read More
The Puerto Rican Day Parade is a time for moving and shaking. I had the privilege of seeing if first hand yesterday, June 10, as I joined the crew from Being Latino and Fox News Latino to celebrate nuestra isla y herencia. From the dance troupe representing Banco Popular to Geraldo Rivera, everyone on that Read More
Congratulations! It’s June and your child has been promoted. Now after a year of working hard, doing tons of homework assignments and sitting in an overcrowded classroom, your child gets to enjoy that little slice of heaven called summer vacation. Now that summer has arrived, your youngster will get to enjoy two straight homework-free months Read More
Congratulations! You’ve made it to adulthood in your working-class neighborhood. The hard work and education paid off, and you decided to rent an apartment in the old barrio. But as luck would have it, the neighborhood isn’t the same anymore. These people from somewhere else have moved in, and the place has begun to change. Read More
Christians sure like invoking Jesus a lot. Usually it’s for perfectly legitimate reasons — health problems, family issues, emergencies. But, sometimes it’s a bit unnecessary, like the time I prayed for a parking spot in Manhattan (and found one! Booyah, heathens!), or when politicians invoke Christianity to score political points. The most recent example is Republican Read More
Wedding planning is hectic. If it wasn’t, there wouldn’t be things like crappy comedies with Kristen Wiig, headache-saving eloping, or hipsters who say they don’t need a sheet a paper to tell a woman how much they don’t want to make a lifetime commitment to her. I’m a pretty traditional guy. I fell in love Read More
Quick, in the next ten seconds think of as many famous Nicaraguans as you can. Having trouble? The political junkies among you probably mentioned Augusto Sandino. Others probably thought of someone who isn’t actually Nicaraguan. A couple of years ago, I was vacationing in Nicaragua, and while I immediately noticed their socialist history, I also Read More
Finding a best friend isn’t easy. But best friends really do complete a person. Bert had Ernie. Big Pun had Fat Joe. Frida Kahlo had that freaky uni-brow. Our best friend can help us in ways that nobody else can. Last week, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visited the United States and had a formal meeting Read More
Meat is tasty. Let’s be honest. From a t-bone steak to a box of chicken nuggets, nothing quite satisfies the belly like a nice piece of meat. But meat consumptions has its drawbacks also. It rots in your body, it makes you fat, and it may cause cancer. But, this isn’t an article on why Read More