Tag Archives: D.C.

La nube se tragó al sol

Las nubes se estaban tragando el sol. Me pregunté si esta ciudad me tragará a mí otra vez.   Ayer, a las 4 de la tarde no había nadie en la calle. Una hora después, todo el mundo salió del trabajo corriendo hacia el metro, el autobús, a casa. Las aceras llenas de gente caminando tan

De vuelta

Washington me dio la bienvenida con calor en un día de invierno. Primavera a mediados de Enero para que no eche de menos el sol en España. Aunque no duró demasiado. Los días grises que tanto me asustaban han regresado. Dicen que no sabes lo que de verdad tienes hasta que lo pierdes. Los días grises no son

End The War Now Sept. 15

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Marching

I had heard and read a lot about the desire to bring the troops home before I came to the United States. There is something that is not being told outside the U.S. and it’s that one of the reasons why some Democrats and part of the society want the troops back is because they

Going to Capitol Hill

Whenever I am watching the news with my family and suddenly the correspondent in Washington appears on the screen, they all stop talking. They know I want to listen. It doesn’t matter if the reporter is talking about a session in Congress or the last prosecution that took place on the streets of any town

GAO Report

By Cristina Fernández Pereda  The House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services met Wednesday to receive Government Accountability Office Comptroller David M. Walker’s testimony on the report released the day before about the political and military progress in Iraq. The report by the GAO says only three of 18 benchmarks, set by the Iraqi government,