While traveling, you are subject to the local laws even if you are a U.S. Citizen. Foreign laws and legal systems can be vastly different from our own and it is very important to know what’s legal and what’s not. If you break local laws while abroad, your U.S. passport won’t help you avoid arrest or prosecution, and the U.S. Embassy cannot get you out of jail.
December 8, 2014
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Sally’s Spill in Spain
"We couldn´t speak the language at all, it was a Castilian Spanish, and we just couldn´t get any of it," said Bill Moninger. What they did understand was that the doctor was recommending surgery within 3 days. "We didn´t know the competency level, it could have been great, but we didn´t speak the language. It just didn´t look like a good situation." Read More
Sally Moninger Loveland, Colorado
