Friday afternoon, I was visited by Dr. Pedro “Pete” Tontogrande Chupacerdo y Boludo del Alcantarilla, former Juan Perón Professor of International Peace, Tolerance and Diplomacy at the University of Buenos Aries and current Primary Counselor for Political and Economic Policy at the Embassy of Argentina here in Washington, DC. As regular readers of this Web… Continue reading Argentina’s Falkland Tempest in a Tin Pot
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Don’t Cry for Oil, Argentina
I didn’t go in to the office this morning, and eagerly anticipated a quiet Saturday at home in Great Falls, Virginia with my girlfriend Cerise and my cat Twinkle. We had, however, just finished a tasty late winter Tidewater lunch of shad roe with chard and roasted red fingerling potatoes when my POTS land line… Continue reading Don’t Cry for Oil, Argentina
Arab League Bravery in Syria to be Eclipsed by Equally Impressive Diplomacy
Very early this morning, I had to go in to the office for an urgent emergency visit with Dr. Bedi Fawitiri bin Tizik, Special Envoy of the Arab League. He was in a state of high agitation and consternation as he threw himself onto the couch by the picture window, tossing his attaché case down… Continue reading Arab League Bravery in Syria to be Eclipsed by Equally Impressive Diplomacy