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SAN FRANCISCO, California ( The Adobo Chronicles® ) - You've heard the phrase, "Don't mess with Texas," before. But Californians have just made one thing clear to The New York Times and to the world: "Don't mess with Guacamole!" California  avocado growers, taqueria owners, and guacamole fans criticized NYT for suggesting that people add English green peas…

SARANGANI, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) -  No rags to riches story could be more inspiring than that of Filipino champion boxer Manny Pacquiao. Growing up very poor in his home province of Sarangani where at a very young age he had to fend for himself and his family, Pacquiao rose to become one of the…

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (The Adobo Chronicles® ) - In 2010, conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh promised that if Obamacare became law in the U.S., he would leave the country and move to Costa Rica in 5 years. Well, it's been 5 years and Obamacare is the law of the land, upheld not once,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles®) - The fourth of July would have been a perfect day to welcome the 51st state of the United States, but it seems that may have to wait for yet another year. A U.S. territory, Puerto Rico, and a former U.S. colony, the Philippines, are the top contenders to become the latest…

GUAYAQUIL, Equador (The Adobo Chronicles®) - Pope Francis starts his 7-day trip to three countries in South America, with a clear message to Donald Trump. The Roman Catholic Pontiff urged the countries of Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay to boycott the Miss Universe pageant over owner Trump's disparaging remarks about Mexican immigrants to the U.S. The real…

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles® ) - “The media was consumed with stories about Americans have to be on the lookout for ISIS attacks and terror attack expected and, oooh, shark attacks, but I will bet you by the end of the weekend more Americans will have been killed by Mexicans than by ISIS or…

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (The Adobo Chronicles® ) -  He considers himself a tanned, white boy from Louisiana. Governor and GOP presidential candidate, Piyush “Bobby” Jindal, 44, has become famous for a self portrait that hangs in the Louisiana state capitol -  a visibly Caucasian chief executive. In a limited-edition campaign t-shirt for his 2016 presidential bid, he…

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (The Adobo Chronicles® ) - A spokesperson for the National Council of La Raza, the biggest Latino advocacy group in the United States, says that the organization invited every current Republican and Democratic presidential candidate to their annual convention taking place in Kansas City, Mo., but only the Democrats agreed to come. That means…

BLAGNAC, France (The Adobo Chronicles® ) -  The Airbus A380 , a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by Airbus, remains the world's largest passenger airliner todate, and the airports at which it operates have upgraded facilities to accommodate it. But even this massive aircraft is not big enough to fully accommodate the increasing volume…

Revealed at Comic Con in San Diego.

DAMASCUS, Syria (The Adobo Chronicles® ) - The U.S. appears to be losing some ground in the war on terror in Syria. CNN is reporting that ISIS is advancing on two fonts: Times New Roman and Arial Bold.  

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (The Adobo Chronicles® ) - If you've ever been stopped at a sobriety checkpoint, you know what the police officer will have you do to test if you've been driving under the influence. Step out of your car, point to your nose, walk a straight line, recite the alphabet backwards and so on.…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles® ) - Fake noodles. Fake eggs. Fake beef. Recent media reports show that some Chinese companies have been manufacturing fake food using both organic and inorganic ingredients. These fake food have yet to find their way to America (or have they, already?) Well, fake chicken from China may soon hit the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles® )  - It's summertime and that means millions of Americans will be heading down to the beach to beat the warm temperatures. But this is also causing great alarm among U.S. health officials because of the fact that skin cancer, mostly from sun exposure, is the most common of all cancers.…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles® ) - A day after its successful flyby, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft sent back the first close-up photos of Pluto. The piano-sized spacecraft traveled nine years and three billion miles to study the dwarf planet and its five moons. (On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU), an organization of professional…

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles®) - In the latest poll of the 2016 Republican candidates for president, Donald Trump has climbed up to the top spot, beating Jeb Bush by more than 2%. Trump and Bush are the only ones with double digit numbers in the crowded field of GOP presidential candidates. Little do voters know that…

MIAMI, Florida (The Adobo Chronicles® ) - Miss Universe is up for sale! No, not Paulina Vega, the reigning title holder from Colombia, but Miss Universe the pageant. Republican presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump told reporters he was putting his 49% stake in the pageant on the market. Trump has been the face…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles® ) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump now leads all other GOP contenders in recent polls on who Americans think should be the party's nominee for the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. The Adobo Chronicles®  interviewed thousands of likely voters and put together this top ten list of why Americans think…

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles® ) - In a crowded field of 37 declared, exploratory and potential Republican candidates for U.S. president, someone has to win the party nomination. And someone has to be declared the best clown . Or both. Donald Trump has graciously offered his colleagues an opportunity for a paid gig at…

MANILA, Philippines  (The Adobo Chronicles® ) - If it weren't for the statute of limitations and American comedian Bill Cosby would be charged for alleged multiple rapes he committed, his only way out would be in the Philippines. By marrying his accusers. Republic Act 8353 (The Anti-Rape Law of 1997), absolves the rapist from criminal…