At last, some bank advertising that tells it like it is! No vanilla platitudes here! In ads from Y&R Lima, Banco Financiero faces the truth about the world today: that we are (or might as well be) under assault from rampant meteor strikes and roaming dinosaurs, terrible storms and rising sea lev...

Filed under: Music All hell broke loose at a "Toni Braxton" concert in the Repubic of Suriname over the weekend, when the loyal TB fans realized the person on stage -- was a Toni Braxton imposter!The faux-Toni, Trina Johnson, claims her contract specifically stated she... Permalink...

  Since our coverage of Brazil's carnival celebrations began on Monday, curious readers have been musing on the lucky bastards who get to paint fake pasties, images of Obama, and "pieces of tape" on the queens of the parade. Luckily, MSNBC took a break from goofing on Bobby "...

La Vitrola - This was probably the best overall meal I had in Cartagena. The beef carpaccio was so smooth it felt like you were eating spoons of butter. I also tried some of of the fried calamari, which was excellent. Calamari can be tough but this was so tender. Michele had the ropa vieja and I had...

  We spent most of the weekend complaining about how peeved we were to be missing the New Orleans Mardi Gras, mainly venting to people standing next to us at New York's many Mardi Gras parties. It would've helped ease our guilty conscience over not supporting the Katrina-ravaged economy...

The Washington Post reports that a number of South American countries are becoming inhospitable to their Jewish residents. Anger at Israel’s recent military strikes in the Gaza Strip against the Islamist group Hamas have sparked demonstrations here and in two countries closely allied with Vene...

What most of you do not know is that I have a new roommate. Her name is Alinita and she is from Cuba and has lived there for 42 years of her life. She is Michele’s cousin. Michele worked hard to give her the opportunity to immigrate out of Cuba. She has moved to Ecuador for the long hall. She ...

The fossilized remains of a monster snake that used to eat the hell out of giant crocodiles and other delicious beasts have been found in Columbia. Also, a mountain of coke. The newly discovered type of snake, named Titanoboa in honour of its immense size, was for 10 million years the largest land p...

Scientists have recovered fossils from a 60-million-year-old South American snake whose length and weight might make today's anacondas and reticulated pythons seem a bit cuter and more cuddly. read more...

'The disco is now open!" These were not words I expected to hear on an estancia in the Argentine countryside, two hours from the nearest city, but Raul was insistent. "Come, come, it is time to dance," he said, pointing the way to the living room. The two blokes in our group developed a sudden inter...