How does the parole process work?
Parole grants conditional freedom to a prison inmate. A prisoner under parole, called a parolee, gets released before completing their term. But they have to obey a number of regulations. Failure to adhere to the rules may mean getting back into prison. This article presents an overview of how the parole process works in general. State laws may More...
Day of the Innocents – Joke’s on you!
December 28th commemorates the day Herod sent out his troops to slaughter all male children under two years old in hopes of catching and killing the newborn King the Magi told him had been born in Bethlehem. But More...
BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – “SAILERS” OF THE SKY: SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, Elanoides forficatus, Milano Tijereta (Spanish) Magnificent. Graceful. Beautiful. These words describe the sailing-through-the-sky flight of the Swallow-tailed Kite, with a four foot wingspan More...
The Mexican Trinity of Directors: All About Them
The Mexican Trinity of Directors: All About Them Which is your favorite movie? If you are listing down your top five or top ten movies, we are sure you would have one movie that’s made by the Mexican Trinity of More...
BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – JABBA THE WHAT? NO, JABIRU, A STORK
When I first saw this almost all white stork in 2013 with Bev Scott about 8 KM from San Felipe near Rancho Santo Domingo, it fed in a freshwater wetland out of camera range. That didn’t stop me from taking a photo More...
First meeting between Peña Nieto and Trump as presidents set for today July 7
A meeting between Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday July 7 at the G20 summit in Germany will last about 30 minutes and probably not lead to any major agreements, Mexico’s More...
5 tips to celebrate 4th of July “the expat way”
Victoria Borisch from the great state of Wisconsin, is a PR at Internations and a collaborator for the Huffington Post. She has spent the past five years exploring the untamed beauty of the Republic of Georgia, More...
OPINION: Can you live abroad and still be a ‘true American’?
In honor of American Independence Day last year, Chuck Bolotin of Best Places in the World to Retire wrote about a very divisive and painful subject for Americans living in Mexico and those considering living More...
Expats south of the border have a different view of Mexico
SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, Guanajuato (CNN) — While politicians in Washington debate building a wall between the United States and Mexico, Americans who’ve moved south of the border have a different perspective More...
Moving abroad: Costs and benefits of selling your home
This post was contributed by Real Estate Unlimited, an agency serving clients in the Los Angeles, California area. Planning to move abroad? Wondering whether to sell or rent your current home? In this post, we’ll More...
