Posted on 02/21/2022 6:02:14 PM PST by DoodleBob
The only places in France where Americans are still respected are in all of the WWII burial grounds of our G.I.s and that is particularly true of Normandy. The school children in those areas are tasked with the upkeep of the graves. All of them which I have seen - one cannot even find one blade of grass out of place. The school children are taught that Americans saved their bottoms in WWII. ;-)
I was intrigued, so looked it up.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/president-rutherford-hayes-paraguay
Twenty miles north of Asunción, hugging the west bank of the Paraguay River, sits a bustling cattle-ranching hub called Villa Hayes. This dusty city serves as the capital of Paraguay’s Presidente Hayes Department, features a Hayes Primary School, and boasts a statue of its namesake: Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States.
Hayes may be obscure in his homeland, but citizens of this South American nation absolutely revere the long-dead president. “Rutherford B. Hayes is our national hero,” says Maria Teresa Garozzo de Caravaca, director of the municipal museum in Villa Hayes. Kids from across Paraguay take school trips to the museum to view Hayes-themed artifacts, including a life-sized effigy next to an American flag. “They really admire the man a lot,” Garozzo explains. “He didn’t fight any battles here, but he’s in the hearts of all Paraguayans.”
Hayes never visited Paraguay, but he involved himself in the defining moment in Paraguayan history. From 1864 to 1870, Paraguay fought and lost the Paraguayan War against the Triple Alliance of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. It remains the deadliest international conflict in Latin American history. By some estimates, Paraguay lost 70 percent of its pre-war population and 90 percent of adult males. It also hemorrhaged huge chunks of its previously claimed territory, and didn’t want more bloodshed to try and wrangle them back.
That’s when President Hayes, a Republican who once graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced law in Ohio, tiptoed into the picture. In 1878, when there was no United Nations or World Court, the governments of both Argentina and Paraguay tapped him to arbitrate a protracted dispute over a large swath of the Gran Chaco lowlands, between the Pilcomayo and Verde Rivers. At the time, these prickly shrublands were home mostly to indigenous communities such as the Guaycurú, Lengua, Wichí, Zamuco, and Tupí-Guaraní, which were losing their ancestral lands to colonizers and had little allegiance to either government. The Gran Chaco was so hot and arid that European settlers often referred to it as “the Green Hell.” Nevertheless, when Hayes, a neutral third party, ruled in favor of Paraguayans in 1878, he essentially bequeathed them about 60 percent of their current land, much of which now bears his name.
You win Post of the Thread.
...from an 83-year old German living not in any of these places...
The Villages Florida, There's nothing that compete.
Toured The Villages once. We like Sun City Hilton Head in Bluffton, South Carolina *much* better. :-)
Panama, only legal residents may own and/or carry guns, as opposed to visitors and tourists. Therefore a foreigner can apply for gun ownership once he or she has satisfied immigration requirements and obtained legal residence. Since Panama has neither an army nor the equivalent of the N.R.A., gun ownership rules differ sensibly from U.S. regulations. To begin with there are no gun fairs... you can only purchase a gun from a handful of authorized dealers, and the choices are very limited - not to mention prices are about double what you would expect to pay. Unless you prefer to place a special order, which is going to delay the process by a number of months, you can purchase a gun under five minutes, the time it takes to process your credit card. This is however where the similarity ends... The gun(s) shall remain in the store's custody until you secure a permit - which in practice can easily take six to nine months. And this is where the fun begins: you'll have to provide a urine sample on the spot (to check for drug use) and later blood samples (to keep your DNA on file) not to mention fingerprints. Also you'll need to visit a psychiatrist to undergo a psychological evaluation. In the meantime, the store will ship the gun to the police, which will perform ballistic tests and keep all records on file, together with your full ID and address. The permit is valid for 5 years and must be showed prior to purchasing ammunition.
This article lost all credibility with me when I saw the author misspelled Dordogne.
What you say about the French not respecting Americans is completely false. I live in France part of the time, and I can assure you that Americans are very highly respected in France.
Until the SHTF and suddenly you are the "Gringo" holding wads of "funny money" in his fists.
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BINGO!
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The locals (incl. police) are not very "gay-friendly."
They don't like aging "Gringos" coming on to their local boys.
No wonder your "friend" doesn't want to talk about his experiences there.
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“None of em have hockey. So, no”
We like the Tampa and spring training areas in Sarasota, just south.
and Mexico?...were bodies can be found hanging in the city square?....
the whole deal of moving to another country is this:...you are leaving your kids and grandkids, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, parents perhaps, friends , etc....
if one can live without having close contact with your kids or grandkids, then by all means ditch the US and head to Costa Rico.....
10. Uruguay
Where everyone works for the government
And nobody works very hard
And don't forget: Continuing to have to file your U.S. income tax returns even if you never again set foot on American soil.
(Even if you give up your U.S. citizenship, you have to continue filing for another ten years.)
And now you also have to file and pay local income taxes, etc.
Unless you become naturalized in the new country, you will forever be a foreigner, subject to special scrutiny and treatment by local authorities.
Language problems, anyone? Yeah, you can speak enough Spanish to order your meal in a restaurant - but can you plead your case in a Court of Law?
Regards,
The second step is the captured sunlight energy has to be deep-sixed in the ground, initiating the process of making coal, else the carbon will soon be returning to life.
Without humans. We’re made of carbon.
‘course, if you join the local street gang you are probably issued an AK, pistol, and a box of grenades on the spot.
Are you outside of Paris?
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