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Zhenli Ye Gon -- not the first Chinese-Mexican Ex/Im specialist

richmx2 wrote 9 months ago: The New York Times finally notices that those cheap Chinese goods transshipped through Mexico have a … more »

Tags: drugs, Crime and Punishment, Pancho Villa, Economy & Business, Mexican History 1910-20 (Revolution), Mexican History 1921+, Chinese Mexicans, multinationals

Car bombings, oil men and Heaven's lottery3 comments

richmx2 wrote 10 months ago: Car bombings, religious extremists and possibly collusion by U.S. oil men… no, this isn … more »

Tags: Catholic Church, ciudad de mexico, Courts, Crack-pots, Crime and Punishment, Cristeros, Dwight Morrow, Gringolandia, Human Rights

The dirty (couple of) dozen

richmx2 wrote 11 months ago:   One thing I always liked about Mexico is that the country has very few military heroes who we … more »

Tags: Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana, Border Issues, Bureaucracy, Coahuila, Crime and Punishment, drugs, Economy & Business, Felipe Calderon, Gun runners

"As it is"... the un-holy matrimony of PAN and PRI

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: Even as an outsider, I’d noticed that the 2006 election bore more resemblance to the 1988 elec … more »

Tags: 1988 Presidential election, 2000 Mexican Presidential Election, 2006 Elections, Alternative Presidency, AMLO, Baja California, Banking, carlos salinas, Cuauhtémoc Cardenas

21 April 1914: Woodrow Wilson invades Veracruz in his pajamas1 comment

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago:  More from my book: Woodrow Wilson, who from the Mexican view, should have stayed out of his neigh … more »

Tags: Bill Clinton, Emiliano Zapata, Francisco I. Madero, Harry S Truman, Henry Lane Wilson, Mexican History 1910-20 (Revolution), Pancho Villa, Venustiano Carranza, Victoriano Huerta

Fashion Miss-take 3 comments

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: EEEEEWWWW! From the Miss Universe Pagent: Miss Mexico, Rosa Maria Ojeda, presented the dress March … more »

Tags: Catholic Church, Cristeros, Evil-doers, Humor, Mexican History 1910-20 (Revolution), Mexican History 1921+, Política mexicana, Religion, Right Wing Idiots

¡Feliz día de San Patricio!

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: Agrarian… ………..Catholic ………………….. … more »

Tags: Catholic Church, Emigrant labor/remittances, Humor, Ireland, John Wayne, Juan O'Donaju, Juan O'Gorman, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Mexican History 1810-1824 (Independence)

Principles? We're the PRI, we don't need no stinkin' principles!

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: Having gone from THE Party for so many years, to the third party has been kind of hard on the PRI. H … more »

Tags: 2006 Elections, ciudad de mexico, Política mexicana, pri, prd, pan, Mexican History 1921+, media, 1988 Presidential election

Educating Rita (and everyone else)

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: The The Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Federal District Government (GDF) y … more »

Tags: Burros and mules, ciudad de mexico, Education and educators, Jose Vasconcellos, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Maria Felix, Mexican History 1910-20 (Revolution), Mexican History 1921+, Movies and TV

Diplomatic end-runs... more from the book to be1 comment

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: I’m really not writing a diplomatic history of Mexico, but a generic one… but after post … more »

Tags: Clueless gringos in Mexico, Dwight Morrow, Economy & Business, Gringolandia, Henry Lane Wilson, Humor, James Rockwell Sheffield, Mexican History 1910-20 (Revolution), Mexican History 1921+

Where was the romanticism?2 comments

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: THIS POST WAS WRITTEN BY THE MYSTERIOUS “LYN_2″, BUT SHE’S NOT REGISTERED ON THIS … more »

Tags: Chihuahua, Ciudad Juarez, Emiliano Zapata, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Luz Corral, Mexican History 1910-20 (Revolution), Pancho Villa, Parral Chih., Real Mexico

Pancho and Woodrow... and Lyn and Luz and Ramon Novarro1 comment

richmx2 wrote 3 years ago: Pancho Villa is STILL causing problems for us foreigners. Nah… not the “Frente Pancho Vi … more »

Tags: Ambrose Bierce, Artists, Writers, Philosophers, etc., Border Issues, CIA, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juarez, communism, Crime and Punishment, Ejército Libertador del Sur

Name Droppers in the 'hood (the news from Lake Texcocobegone)1 comment

richmx2 wrote 3 years ago: A friend of mine was once showing a Finnish tourist around the Zocalo and ran into Finland’s most … more »

Tags: Artists, Writers, Philosophers, etc., Carlos Slim, ciudad de mexico, Cristeros, Elena Poniatowska, Francisco Franco, Jimmy Carter, Jose Clemene Orozco, Juan-Carlos of Spain

Fidel, we hardly knew ye...

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: Yeah… I know… this is a Mexican website, so I’ll quote Alvaro Obregon, speaking of … more »

Tags: cuba, Fidel Castro, Humor

"Hispanic"1 comment

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: According to the United States Census Bureau, Hispanics are “People who identify their origin … more »

Tags: Gringolandia, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Pancho Villa, Mexican History 1910-20 (Revolution), Mexican History 1824-1910, Chinese Mexicans


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