President Barack Obama on Wednesday, Veterans Day, honored former members of the U.S. Armed Forces and asked Congress to approve measures to improve their health care, education and job situation to facilitate their reincorporation into civilian life.
By Bob Schulman
Exciting-but-safe places like Iceland, the Galápagos Islands and Costa Rica are becoming increasingly more attractive for family vacations.
Story and photos by Bob Schulman
What in the world could Thomas Baker have been thinking when he started fiddling with a hair comb worn by a Fijian chief in 1867? After eight years on the island, the English missionary should have known that touching the head of a chief – especially a cannibal chief – is a huge no-no in Fijian culture. So it’s no wonder he wound up as lunch that day.
By Bob Schulman
Not too many of his subjects were saddened by the death of King Herod the Great in 4 B.C. Herod, the Romans’ front man for their Judean province, was known for his mass slaughters of enemies, suspected enemies and real and imagined conspirators. Untrustworthy family members bit the dust, too, among them one of his wives, three sons, a mother in law and two brothers in law.
Por Ernesto I. Garibay Mora
El día 20 de noviembre en México, aniversario de la Revolución, adquirió otro sentido en el país; cientos de miles de personas se manifestaron en todo el territorio y más allá de sus fronteras exigiendo la presentación de los 43 estudiantes normalistas de Ayotzinapa, y la inmediata renuncia del Presidente Enrique Peña Nieto.
San Jose, CA – After carefully researching and analyzing business trends in the print industry, publishers at La Oferta Newspaper have decided to stop printing its edition in a hard copy format and instead go totally “Green” by expanding its online presence at https://laofertanew.laoferta.com with a digital edition, Facebook and Twitter.
Por Ernesto Garibay Mora
Seguimos de luto e indignados por el caso Ayotzinapa que desde sus inicios trascendió al contexto internacional.
Por Ernesto Garibay Mora
Se aproximan las elecciones federales en Estados Unidos, poco menos de 40 días, para que sean electos los nuevos miembros de la Cámara de Representantes.
Mary J. Andrade, Co-Publisher and Travel Editor of La Oferta, a bilingual newspaper published in San Jose, California, will be presented with four awards for her bilingual e-Books on the celebration of Day of the Dead in Mexico.
Por Ernesto Garibay Mora
Si bien es cierto que la recaptura del “Chapo” Guzmán, uno de los narcotraficantes más buscados en el mundo, fue un éxito del gobierno mexicano en colaboración con el estadounidense, eso no significa que la delincuencia organizada, en este caso el narcotráfico, se vea disminuido.