John McCain’s legendary temper came under fresh scrutiny after his outburst at a New York Times reporter. Just how bad is McCain’s temperament? We’ve collected a sampling of videos displaying just how grumpy this old man is.
News from around Latin America. Yellow fever spreads; Colombian rebels free four hostages; Ecuadorian government promises further protection to it’s Indigenous peoples; Air and boat disasters leave 72 dead in Brazil, Venezuela, Chile; Guatemalan hostages released.
In a surprise strategic move for someone seeking the Democratic nomination, Sen. Hillary Clinton has taken to comparing herself favorably to Republican nominee.
“I think that since we now know Sen. (John) McCain will be the nominee for the Republican Party, national security will be front and center in this election. We all know that. And [...]
Eight years is a long time. One wouldn’t think it was so long that you’d forget someone trying to smear you by claiming you had a illegitimate child.
That’s what George Bush did to John McCain a few weeks before the South Carolina primary in 2000.
He worked up that big Number 9 from the G.O.P [...]
By Tom Croasdell
Between 1997 and 2005, gun-related crimes killed 20,752 people in Argentina
6th July 2006 was a normal winter day in Buenos Aires. At around 5pm, 27-year-old Martín Rios hopped off the number 80 bus in the capital’s northern neighbourhood of Belgrano, and suddenly opened fire on random passersby. He injured six people and killed [...]
Sen. Hillary Clinton scored an impressive round of primary wins in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island last night. After losing 12 contests in a row by focusing on their policy differences, Clinton tried something different. All out negative attacks.
In the wee hours of 4th August 2007, customs officials at Aeroparque Jorge Newberry in Buenos Aires searched the suitcase of a US-Venezuelan businessman named Antonini Wilson. The US$800,000 that they found set off a series of events that has led to a US investigation, Argentine calls for Wilson’s extradition, and angry denials of wrongdoing by Argentine president Cristina Kirchner. The suitcase scandal has once again reminded Argentina of a shadow that has darkened its political landscape for much of its history: corruption.
Faced with massive homelessness in the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina, FEMA arranged for an estimated 38,000 trailers to be made available. For over 2 years over 100,000 people have been housed by the government supplied trailers. For nearly as long there have been complaints by the residents of a litany of health problems.
What FEMA is doing with the trailers now is truly shocking.
"I sort of liken it to a grieving process. You come to acceptance," said U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, ticking off the conventionally accepted stages of mourning.
From an interview with the Dallas Morning News , explaining how Republicans are reluctantly supporting Sen. John McCain.
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