The following posts have been retrieved for Month: March 2014
Ambassador Non Apropos

Ambassador Non Apropos

Mar 8, 2014

Fifteen former presidents of the American Foreign Service Association - not a bunch of wild-eyed radicals - have sent a letter to the US Senate opposing the appointment of Noah Mamet as Ambassador to Argentina, along with two other obviously political nominations....

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The Argentine National Character (my paraphrase)

The Argentine National Character (my paraphrase)

Mar 5, 2014

Roger Cohen recently wrote a column in the New York Times about Peronism. I do not agree with the statement politically, but if you add dancing and an obsession with food, it may serve as a description of the national character. "Then, to give expression to its...

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