Central America

When I was 15

When I was 15 and then 16 years old, I spent two summers in Nicaragua for a service project. I took Spanish classes the first week and got acclimated to Central America. I loved it. Eden Sher

The coverage of Central America in recent months points up one of the ugly truths about the American press: the better the news, the less of it you get. As the war began to turn against the Communist guerillas in El Salvador, there was a palpable dip in the attention paid to it. Fred Barnes

I loved every place

I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there. Frances Mayes

I used to watch

I used to watch a lot of documentaries about Satanic possession – and I don’t know if this is racist or not – but in the documentaries, it never happened to Americans! It was always happening in Central America or South America; that’s where the priest was always going down to exorcise possessed people. So … Read more

Like my father I,

Like my father I, too, was born in Central America – Nebraska. Carlos Mencia

Going back to the

Going back to the discussion we were having about immigration reform, some of the most challenging discussions I’ve had are with activists who essentially would argue that any immigrant from Central America, let’s say, who gets here to this country should be allowed to stay because their country is dangerous, their country is poor, and … Read more

I think if you’re

I think if you’re going to do a movie about Reagan, you do it about the fact that he created the huge deficit, that he armed the Mujahideen, that he armed Saddam, that he armed Iran, that he armed two-thirds of the Axis of Evil, and that he funded terrorists in Central America. He was, … Read more

Adventure-travel is any activity

Adventure-travel is any activity used as a conduit to observe, share, enjoy, suffer, encounter, or experience that which is outside the boundaries of one’s own day-to-day life. You don’t have to go to Thailand or Central America to be an adventurer-traveler, but you can. And it’s probably better not to have a specific goal, but … Read more

One of the funny

One of the funny things about the racism of the system, when I started 30 years ago, I’m in an area called Koreatown and most of the kids were Asian. And when the kids did well, people said, ‘Well, of course, they did well. They’re Asians.’ But when we had this huge influx of Latino … Read more

The people of Central

The people of Central America – and, in a broader sense, the entire developing world – need to know first-hand that freedom and opportunity are not just for the elite, but the birthright of every citizen; that property is not just something enjoyed by a few, but can be owned by any individual who works hard and makes correct decisions.
Ronald Reagan