Cuando el Sol se Hizo a un Lado
El sol y la luna se encuentran sobre el Atlántico, en Portugal. Hay momentos en los que la naturaleza nos recuerda, de manera bastante abrupta, que nosotros no somos quienes llevamos las riendas. Estaba en lo alto de un acantilado en Sagres, Por...
When the Sun Stepped Aside
The Sun and Moon meet above the Atlantic in Portugal. There are moments when nature reminds us, rather abruptly, that we are not running the show. I stood on the top of a cliff at Sagres, facing the immense Atlantic, waiting for the moon to move...
Steve Hilton presenta una visión conservadora para California en foro de medios étnicos
Steve Hilton. Foto: Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)   El candidato republicano a la gubernatura de California, Steve Hilton, presentó una visión conservadora para el estado durante un foro virtual organizado por American Community Media, argumentand...
Dar atención médica a inmigrantes le está costando a California más de lo previsto. ¿Está en riesgo la cobertura?
California está gastando más de lo esperado en Medi-Cal y los legisladores republicanos están señalando expansiones de cobertura que beneficiaron a los hogares inmigrantes.   El programa de atención médica de California, que cubre a casi 15 millo...
Perspectivas y Experiencias de los Latinos sobre el Idioma Español
Si bien la mayoría de los latinos en EE.UU. hablan español, no todos lo hacen. El 24 por ciento de todos los adultos latinos dicen que solo pueden mantener un poco o nada una conversación en español.   Más de la mitad de los latinos en EE.UU. que...

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Five-star service at a three-star rate? An express stay with Holiday Inn

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20 April 2011 Darren Ballegeer Print Email
Bentley sedan parked in front of the Holiday Inn Express hotel in Portugal.
 
There is a black Bentley sedan parked in front of the Holiday Inn Express hotel. The $200,000 luxury car seems out of place at a Holiday Inn property but it’s a reminder of the purpose of my stay here:  to see how far up market the American hotel chain has moved since I last stayed with them many years ago. The Bentley and I are at the Holiday Inn Express in Lisbon, Portugal, a city that is one of my favorite value destinations in Europe.  My stay at this hotel is less about this particular location and more about assessing the chain’s level of service and comfort regardless of country or location. Could Holiday Inn Express become one of my favorite value hotels?

Finding comfort food in Salvador, Brazil

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19 March 2011 Ferron Salniker Print Email


My trip has been like a crazy Saturday night: nonstop, intoxicating, and at times dangerous. I’ve been on a three month journey through South America, I danced through Rio like a Carioca, ate and drank myself to delirium in Buenos Aires, and felt the spray of nearly escaped disaster on the back of my neck as Chile’s beaches were crushed by an 8.8 earthquake. Salvador, Brazil is my Sunday morning and I’m worn out, still slightly high from the night before, and hungry. This is the last stop of my trip and I’m looking for food that

Another Rio – Walking through Rocinha

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05 February 2011 Ferron Salniker Print Email


Rocinha, literally meaning "little ranch", has grown from a community of small farms to the largest favela in Brazil, housing over 250,000 people. Wet clothes, vines, and shirtless men hang out of windows. Beer costs a buck. Pharmacies, grocery stores, and butchers are open 24 hours. Labyrinth stairways and cobwebs of TV cables twist around the lampposts and the apartment walls that are lodged into this steep hillside. I’m trying not to miss a beat in the rhythm of motorcycle traffic, blaring music, and squaking chickens. After spending days

Tequila expectations

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05 November 2010 Elena Miramar Print Email
Celia Villanueva de Maestri working on the production line alongside her employees.
 
Visiting Tequila town ---
 
As a lover of quality tequila, I have wanted to visit Mexico’s tequila producing region for many years. I had read and heard things about the town of Tequila and the fields of agave. And I was familiar with many of the large and small distilleries and their history, but I still didn’t know what to expect from this famous destination. Would it be like California’s wine regions with hundreds of producers eagerly inviting crowds of tourists to their tasting