First and final word from yours truly
(not a translation)

Translations will be now be posted on the Scared Monkeys message board at www.scaredmonkeys.net, as time permits. The articles of note are usually covered by the bloggers on the main blog page at www.scaredmonkeys.com.

This experience has been surreal. Many of those who deride the US media and point to their lack of journalistic standards, revel in what most Aruban papers pass off as journalism. The hypocrisy of it all makes my head spin.

For whatever it's worth, DIARIO is the most independent of all the papers, and although Jossy Mansur is managing editor, he does not write all the articles. I respect the fact that the paper's coverage is relatively balanced, as opposed to other papers which are either government mouthpieces or quite cozy with them.

I have learned to cut through the inanity and inflammatory remarks to look for the real motivations. I wish more people did.

For those of you who understood why I was doing these translations, thank you for visiting this blog.

Prayers for Natalee.