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Beneath the surface in Oaxaca: Canadian gold mines1 comment

richmx2 wrote 3 months ago: A quick “Google search” for Canadian ownership of Mexican gold mines turns up mostly cor … more »

Tags: Política mexicana, Economy & Business, Oaxaca, Mexican History 1910-20 (Revolution), Human Rights, Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico), provincia, Oaxaca en luche (2006), Environment

Nothing' better for Thanksgiving1 comment

richmx2 wrote 5 months ago: My best Thanksgiving dinner was at “el Rey de Pavo” on calle Simon Bolivar (or is it Mo … more »

Tags: Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico), animals, Centro Historico, ciudad de mexico, Ecuador, Food and Drink, Gringolandia, Hernan Cortés, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples)

Girls gone wild

richmx2 wrote 7 months ago: MEXICO CITY, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Mexican police have captured Sandra Avila, known as the “Quee … more »

Tags: ciudad de mexico, Crime and Punishment, drugs, Economy & Business, Empress Carlota, Ester Elba Gordilla, Evil-doers, Humor, Informal economy

Japanese Invade Philipines! Donald Duck learns Spanish! Women vote!1 comment

richmx2 wrote 9 months ago:   (With some enforced time off from the Mex Files, I’ve been working on getting that book I … more »

Tags: Bureaucracy, Donald Duck, Economy & Business, Emigrant labor/remittances, Franklin Roosevelt, Gringolandia, howard hughes, Human Rights, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples)

A few stray threads in la raza cosmica

richmx2 wrote 9 months ago: Sean-Paul Kelle, who normally writes on economics for The Agonist, is in Taxco looking up his Anglo … more »

Tags: Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico), Bartelemo de las Casas, ciudad de mexico, communism, Economy & Business, Emigrant labor/remittances, Food and Drink, Great Britain, Hernan Cortés

Everyone should see Chichén Itzá -- that's the problem1 comment

richmx2 wrote 10 months ago: It’s a cliche of course, but there are no unmixed blessings. This is one of those things wher … more »

Tags: Bureaucracy, chichen itza, Economy & Business, Education and educators, Environment, Informal economy, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Mayans, Mexican History -1524 (Pre-Conquest)

Welcome to the Human Race!

richmx2 wrote 11 months ago: Australian aborigines usually don’t get a mention in the Mex Files, but I ran across this tidb … more »

Tags: animals, Australia, Bartelemo de las Casas, Canada, Catholic Church, Gringolandia, Human Rights, Mexican History 1810-1824 (Independence), Religion

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

Just say no... colonial style

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: (The Unapologetic Mexican has good things to say about Mike Gravel, who at least looks beyond the la … more »

Tags: Bureaucracy, ciudad de mexico, Crime and Punishment, drugs, Economy & Business, Food and Drink, Humor, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Legal System

Many Mexicos ... Many Christs 2 comments

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: My friend Lee (whom I’ve known since grade school) publishes a “traditional Catholic … more »

Tags: Catholic Church, ciudad de mexico, Crime and Punishment, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Real Mexico, Human Rights, Gays, provincia, Indocumentados

Evil spirits expected in Mayan country...2 comments

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: JUAN CARLOS LLORCA, Associated Press Writer GUATEMALA CITY - Mayan priests will purify a sacred arc … more »

Tags: Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico), Evil-doers, Guatemala, Humor, Mayans

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, carlos salinas, Catholic Church, chiapas, Coahuila, Dominicans, Gays

Sure, Apocolypto is a hit ... but how does it play in Tulúm?1 comment

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: Today’s Mexico City Herald: Mayas´ opinions on ´Apocalypto´ vary widely Wire services … more »

Tags: La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), provincia, Mayans, Movies and TV, mel gibson, Yucatan

Coming soon, to a cantina near you... (oy vey!) 2 comments

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: … more »

Tags: Humor, Movies and TV, mel gibson

Bishops battle over Oaxaca

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: Archbishop Raul Vera of Saltillo, a clerical “liberal” — and Cardinal Juan Sandova … more »

Tags: Bartelemo de las Casas, Catholic Church, chiapas, Human Rights, Oaxaca, Oaxaca en luche (2006), Religion

14 Agosto

richmx2 wrote 1 year ago: The Unapologetic Mexican did a great job putting together a memorial to the fall of Tenochtitlán, … more »

Tags: ciudad de mexico, Cuauhtémoc, Aztec Empire, Hernan Cortés, Tlatelolco, Mexican History -1524 (Pre-Conquest)

Ullamaliztli... without the human sacrifices, it just ain't the same

richmx2 wrote 3 years ago: I don’t know why but I’d saved this article, then “sparks” at Thorn Tree pu … more »

Tags: Aztec Empire, Cannibalism, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Mazatlán, Sports, Ullamaliztli

Statute-tory Rape? Who done the deed?

richmx2 wrote 3 years ago: The Emperor Cuauhtémoc was one tough kid. He was only 18 when, after a well-aimed rock ended Uncle … more »

Tags: Aztec Empire, ciudad de mexico, Crime and Punishment, Cuauhtémoc, Emperor Maximiliano, Hernan Cortés, Mexican History 1910-20 (Revolution), Porfirio Diaz, Tenotitchlan

From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Lake Texcocobebone

richmx2 wrote 3 years ago: From the halls of Montezuma… We had a high-level bi-lateral conference (US — and them) here … more »

Tags: 2006 Elections, Cannibalism, ciudad de mexico, Clueless gringos in Mexico, Economy & Business, Food and Drink, George W. Bush, Gringolandia, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples)


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