I've heard many times that Washington, D.C. is one of the most crime ridden cities in our nation. How is it possible that our nation's capital has such a bad rap sheet? I was just wondering to myself, what are the potential reasons for high levels of crime in a place where security should eliminate such problems. I don't know what the current data ( Read more... )

Now that I'm back in the swing of things at home, I've had some time to reflect on what this part of the world means to me. I've gone through my ups and downs with my feelings about home. During my first adventures overseas I felt ashamed and angry with our country for not helping out more abroad. I forgot about some of the strengths our nation has ( Read more... )

Yesterday was election day here in Mexico. Unsuprisingly, there still has not been an official count of the votes. Current statistics have PAN Candidate (Right Wing Havard Educated) Felipe Calderon with 36.38%, PRD Candidate, Mexico City Mayor (Left Wing, UNAM Educated) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador with 35.34%, and PRI Candidate, Roberto Madrazo ( Read more... )

Considering my interests these days...genocide has been a big concern of mine. I'd like to prevent further acts of genocide from happening although I plan on dedicating my life to investigating the postmortem aspects of such horrific acts. Please go to this webpage and educate yourself about one of the worst humanitarian crises that is ocurring in ( Read more... )

The strangest thing happened to me yesterday evening ( Read more... )

This following passage really sets me on fire. I just want to jump out there and make some change ( Read more... )

Lately I've been wanting to post some of the writing I've done about my undergraduate years at UF, graduation and my return to the Yucatan for Grad School, but I haven't had time to finish them due to my lack of free time. However, I wrote something to my mother this evening that I find import to share immediately ( Read more... )

Arriving back into my home state of Florida yesterday, after being out of the country for practically six months, I have recognized the transformations taking place within me. Nowadays, I see myself as a citizen of the world. While abroad, I am affected of the actions taking place within the culture and society I occupy. Languages, particularly ( Read more... )

Celebrating my first ´big´ holiday (not including my birthday) outside of the states was quite a weird feeling to have today. Honestly, because Thanksgiving is not celebrated here in Mexico, I almost forgot what day it was. It hit me while eating lunch with the usual dissatisfaction of picking meat out of my food. The past couple of days I just ( Read more... )

I finally read your email. Wow, you really were having a rough morning yesterday. I'm glad you are feeling better now. Yesterday was an interesting day for Alejandro's birthday. We ended up spending the evening in his home. It turns out his mom had planned a mass for her parents at the local church and invited all of her sisters and family. After, ( Read more... )