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Many are speculating that Alaska governor Sarah Palin might be John McCain’s running mate - not those Male McMen Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty or Joe Lieberman like many initially expected. And we’re personally a little mixed on the subject....

Cuba is all flustered over their suspicions that the United States is using undergoing an “escalation of provocative actions.” Like building an army of anti-Communist robots. With laser beams: Among the activities denounced by the foreign ministry are: Holding...

The U.S. government is not exactly toasting Cuba Libres over news that the European Union has decided to lift diplomatic sanctions: “We’re disappointed,” said Gordon Johndroe, spokesman for the National Security Council. “We think the Castros need to take...

Following protests staged by the wives of jailed dissidents, a group of women who call themselves the “Ladies in White” because “Super Friends” was already taken, Cuba has accused the U.S. of using the women to “subvert the Cuban...

TV star and humorist Carlos Otero defected to the U.S. with his family after he had traveled to Canada to produce a show: Otero, 49, asked for political asylum on Monday at the U.S. border with Canada, where he...

So it seems a recent and bloody crackdown on drug cartels in Mexico by the government over there has negatively affected the cocaine supply in 26 different U.S. cities, driving its way prices up and purity way down. (We...

If you got deported after trying to enter America at the U.S.-Mexico border without papers, step forward. Not so fast, Cubans! Over 9,000 of you were welcomed at said border this fiscal year alone. There’s nothing new about the...

Hot off the wire, reports are coming in that Mexican authorities have deported 350 of 7,000 illegals after the U.S.-bound train they were on ran out of track in Chiapas. (Not quite the friendliest-sounding state in Mexico.) The American...

File this away under reasons Congress is dumb for authorizing construction a fence that’ll span 700 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border: government- employed fence menders in El Paso bitch about their job daily, and they only deal with one...

In the hopes of lampooning tired media practices as lovingly as Stephen Colbert does, we present you with a brief (and superficially researched) comparison of two stories covering that thing you dream about as you look out your office...

When professional sports meet geopolitics, the only real losers are those of us who watch. To prove this point Major League Soccer has begun a tournament called ‘SuperLiga,’ where four MLS teams based in the States square off against...

We were pointed to an interesting article on the issue of border security between Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vt. The usual border town situation applies: sleepy communities, interdependent economies and social structures. (On one street, residents on one...

Our continuing coverage of Fidel Castro’s health is one more way Guanabee is committed to the issues that matter to you. In the latest installment of his diary, Communist dictator Fidel Castro claims Western powers like the U.S. and...

We’ve documented how he’s made friends with Danny Glover and smelled sulfur where there wasn’t any, then four-wheeled throughout his country while singing the praises of Clint Eastwood movies. Now, witness the height of craziness reached by the world’s...

The Center for Disease Control has released findings that, percentage-wise, there are more virgins among Mexican-Americans adults than among any other people. That’s 12% of Chicanos between the ages of 20 and 59 who’ve never played hide the burrito,...

Too bad geopolitics doesn’t take after tasty tropical dishes. Token Black Cabinet Member/U.S. Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice exchanged blows with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas “Plátano” Maduro this week, according to the Jamaica Gleaner … wait a minute, is...

Beauty pageant, shmeauty pageant. In Guanabee’s opinion, there’s no better way of repping your home country than having a bunch of egghead economists examine its societal woes and measure them against the shittiness factor in other countries. Lucky for...