Sigh of relief

Mexico's presidency went to Felipe Calderón by 0.5%, although his opponent has promised to take the dispute to court. In any case, under Mexican law, a president has to be named by Sept. 6. Mr. Calderón seems to have more backbone than current President Fox but not so much bravado that he shoots himself in the foot. However, I still think it worthwhile to share a saying that I found in the Spanish-language newspaper a few months back: "Politicians are like socks. The one on the right and the one on the left both smell like the same thing."

Also thought it worthwhile to share this article from "Qué Pasa", the Triangle area's Spanish newspaper from April 2006 that I've kept for some reason. To summarize the article, the majority of police in Honduras pay a war tax to local gang members as the only way they can assure their (the police's) family's safety, the two major gangs being the Mara Salvatrucha and the 18th Streeters. And 24 of the 298 towns in Honduras have never even had working police officers! Is it any wonder that people are coming to the US instead of putting up with that??