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Swift justice? Sorta

Everyone seems a little confused by the changes to the constitution guaranteeing open trials. This does not change the legal system (a few states already have made these changes), but only means an ac… more »

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J. Enrique Olivera Arce: Salinas, juez y parte de lo que denuncia

immorfo wrote 1 month ago: Salinas, juez y parte de lo que denuncia J. Enrique Olivera Arce En algo estamos de acuerdo: el pa … more »

Tags: Columns, Résistance, Politics, Pemex, prd, J. Enrique Olivera Arce, Banco Mundial, Pulso Critico, FMI

Swift justice? Sorta — 1 comment

richmx2 wrote 1 month ago: Everyone seems a little confused by the changes to the constitution guaranteeing open trials. This d … more »

Tags: Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico), Courts, Crime and Punishment, Economy & Business, Human Rights, Legal System, Mexican History 1921+, money-laundering, Política mexicana

Would you buy a new book from this man?

richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: Burro Hall reviews “La decada perdita” and its’ author very nicely, I think. … more »

Tags: 1988 Presidential election, Evil-doers, Humor, Mexican History 1921+, Política mexicana

Zapatistas... what have they done lately? — 4 comments

richmx2 wrote 6 months ago: Immanuel Wallerstein, the anti-globalist academic historian and sociologist, presumably is pro-Zapat … more »

Tags: 2006 Elections, Agriculture, Alternative Presidency, AMLO, "Marcos" (Rafael Gullien), chiapas, Economy & Business, Education and educators, FAP (PRD-PT-Convergencia)

Bush league Ivy Leaguers and Plan Mérida — 6 comments

richmx2 wrote 8 months ago: A e-mail sent to the Oaxaca Study Action Group about the U.S. funded expansion of the “War on … more »

Tags: 2006 Elections, Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico), AMLO, CIA, Death Squads, drugs, Economy & Business, Evil-doers, Felipe Calderon

Free Checking... or else! — 1 comment

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: During my stint as an illegal alien in Mexico, about the only difficulty I ever encountered was open … more »

Tags: Banking, Brazil, Bureaucracy, Economy & Business, Informal economy, jose lopez portillo, Mexican History 1921+, Real Mexico, Walmart

"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: AMLO, 2006 Elections, Política mexicana, Economy & Business, Alvaro Obregon, Cuauhtémoc Cardenas, pri, prd, pan

Tortilla Wars -- Cargill and the (not so free) market — 4 comments

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: Until 1994 (NAFTA D-day), Consupra controlled corn prices.  Though widely viewed as corrupt, it bou … more »

Tags: Agriculture, Economy & Business, Ernesto Zedillo, Felipe Calderon, Food and Drink, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), media, Mexican History 1921+, multinationals

Bishops refuse to be pawns... — 1 comment

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: When Don Samuel, Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia of San Crisobal, Chiapas retired, it was assumed his co-a … more »

Tags: Acteal massacre, Agriculture, Bartelemo de las Casas, Catholic Church, chiapas, Coahuila, Dominicans, Gays, Mexican History 1524-1575 (Spanish Conquest)

The Havana Tapes... Lopez Obrador was right

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: UPDATE: There are excellent summaries of this, and other developing political scandals in the August … more »

Tags: 2006 Elections, AMLO, Carlos Ahumada, Crime and Punishment, cuba, Diego Hildebrando Zavala, Felipe Calderon, Fidel Castro, Legal System

God and Benito Juarez on AMLO's side... IFE defends its statistics

richmx2 wrote 2 years ago: Auxillary Bishop of Mexico, Monseñor Carlos Briseño Arch, presumably speaking for Cardinal Rivera … more »

Tags: 2006 Elections, Alternative Presidency, Benito Juarez, Catholic Church, ciudad de mexico, FAP (PRD-PT-Convergencia), Felipe Calderon, Human Rights, Manifestaciones

Now what? Those election results

richmx2 wrote 2 years ago: I don’t think the ghosts of 1988 are hanging over this election, but there are some troubling aspe … more »

Tags: 1988 Presidential election, 2006 Elections, AMLO, "Marcos" (Rafael Gullien), Cuauhtémoc Cardenas, FAP (PRD-PT-Convergencia), Felipe Calderon, Legal System, Manifestaciones

And the winner is....

richmx2 wrote 2 years ago: DAMN, this is close. I stopped watching the elections returns after it was announced that there woul … more »

Tags: AMLO, 2006 Elections, Política mexicana, pri, prd, pan, Felipe Calderon, Zapotecs, Robert Madrazo

Well, well, well... can I call 'em or what?

richmx2 wrote 2 years ago: Yesterday, I wrote Somehow… this all relates to the OTHER leaking scandal — Carlos Ahuma … more »

Tags: Vicente Fox, Política mexicana, Crime and Punishment, Economy & Business, prd, pan, Felipe Calderon, media, Spin doctors

Behold, I show you a mystery -- in three parts...

richmx2 wrote 3 years ago: GUADELUPE SUITE… Today is the official unoffical start of the Christmas holiday. Mexicans wor … more »

Tags: Cancun, Catholic Church, Christmas, ciudad de mexico, Crime and Punishment, Cuauhtémoc Cardenas, drugs, Gringolandia, Legal System

Bullfighters and bullshitters -- the news from Lake Texcocobegone

richmx2 wrote 3 years ago: Today (7-Nov-04) was opening day for the bullfighting season (a quadruple header… final score: Mat … more »

Tags: ciudad de mexico, Dias de los Muertos, Economy & Business, Francisco Franco, George W. Bush, Gringolandia, NAFTA, Pancho Villa, Política mexicana


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