The Microchip

As a PCV, we receive a lot of question about the United States.  Some are simple (“Is it pretty there?”), some are hard (“How do your elections work?”) and some are downright strange.  The best example is the numerous inquires I’ve received about the microchip.  What microchip is this you ask?  Frankly I have no clue either.  I read the top 10 stories in The New York Times every other day so I consider myself fairly in tune with the goings on in the USA.  Anyway this story has surfaced all across Latin and South American – that Barack Obama passed a law mandating that every US citizen will be imbedded with a microchip in April 2013.  Now correct me if I’m wrong, but there does not seem to be even a shred of factual information to this rumor.  From the stories I’ve read and seen, the “reporters” mention the “law” but provide zero sources or links to credible information.  Does this lack of hard evidence stop the Hispanic media from spreading the rumor?  Not even a little.  Some of the reports I’ve seen make Donald Trump look like a boy scout.  People have quoted the book of Revelations claiming that it’s the mark of the beast, President Obama literally is the devil and the end times are upon us.  Seems a little farfetched?  Of the 10 pages rendered from a Google Nicaragua search of el microchip, nine of them have to do with this false story.  In addition, I’ve had several teachers in my school asking me if I’m going to get the microchip.

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