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I guess this is what "free trade" means...
The corporations are free of pesky union regulations, and can trade off basic human rights for profits… Less than 24 hours after President Bush met with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom at the … more »
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I guess this is what "free trade" means...
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richmx2 wrote 3 days ago: The corporations are free of pesky union regulations, and can trade off basic human rights for profi … more »
So, where will George W. go when he retires?
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richmx2 wrote 2 weeks ago: I expect we’ll be hearing some more about the Bush famil y’s 98,000 acre spread in Parag … more »
Strangers in the neighborhood
richmx2 wrote 3 weeks ago: Roman Cotera, the Amazing Mexican takes an amazing look at the U.S. presidential candidates: The thi … more »
For my Brazilian readers...
richmx2 wrote 4 weeks ago: It appears I have a second reason to move the Mexfiles to a different platform (though I’ll st … more »
Show us the (illegal immigrant) money
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richmx2 wrote 1 month ago: Today’s New York Times editorial must have been written by someone who reads The Mex Files: I … more »
MexFiles endorses the candidate for change...
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richmx2 wrote 1 month ago: The Presidential election has come down to a cranky old ex-military guy (with ties to the Bush inner … more »
A touch of green for St. Patrick's Day
richmx2 wrote 1 month ago: Panamanian police arrested an Indian, Nicaraguan and Panamanian yesterday. They were the alleged r … more »
Things not going better with coke... Colombia v. everybody
richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: Following on the heels of the FARC-fetched explanations of why the Colombians launched a missile int … more »
Field trip?
richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: While initial reports on the Colombian rocket attack on the FARC encampment in Ecuador mentioned a M … more »
Compare and contrast...
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richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: I’m surprised no one has commented on this, but do you notice something about OUR friend Alvar … more »
What you see is what you get?
richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: It is likely that the problem that Mexico’s criminal justice system is facing today is rooted … more »
What we have here is a failure to communicate...
richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: Although this is a Mexico-focused website, it’s hard to ignore what has happened in Ecuador. … more »
What the FARC? What I think I know so far....
richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: Fidel Castro (remember him?) says the “trumpets of war” have sounded in the Americas, as the re … more »
Shouldn't we be building that wall in Minnesota?
richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: Michael Chertoff’s deepest fears: Terrorists entering U.S. from Canada BY JAMES GORDON MEEK da … more »
Do we want to be a colony? AMLO
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richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: For a backgrounder on PEMEX, I was forwarded a rough machine translation of an interview with Raúl … more »
See no evil
richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: “Out of sight, out of mind” seems to be the modus operandi when it comes to locking peop … more »
Unthinkable in the Americas?
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richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: . Maria Esthella Martinez de Peron, Argentina (1974-79) Lidia Gueler Tejada, Bolivia (1979-1980) V … more »
Stupid parents = stupid kids
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richmx2 wrote 3 months ago: From “South Texas Chisme“: While the rest of her fifth-grade class was taking Spanish cl … more »
Don't know much about (Latin American) geography...
richmx2 wrote 3 months ago: Christy Thompson in NACLA: With an increasing number of presidential primaries occurring around the … more »
