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Would you buy a new book from this man?

Burro Hall reviews “La decada perdita” and its’ author very nicely, I think. … more »

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Would you buy a new book from this man?

richmx2 wrote 5 days ago: Burro Hall reviews “La decada perdita” and its’ author very nicely, I think. … more »

Tags: 1988 Presidential election, carlos salinas, Evil-doers, Humor, Política mexicana

A free press ain't for the squeamish

richmx2 wrote 2 weeks ago: The Governor of Jalisco said it, so why not report it? I don’t know if he was drunk or not, … more »

Tags: Catholic Church, Cristeros, Humor, Jalisco, Juan Sandoval Iñiguez (Cardinal of Guadalajara), La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), media, pan, Política mexicana

Swiftboating a la Mexicana — 3 comments

richmx2 wrote 3 weeks ago: Under the Presidential system that prevailed in Mexico for most of the last two centuries, a “ … more »

Tags: 1988 Presidential election, 2000 Mexican Presidential Election, 2006 Elections, Adolf Hitler, Alternative Presidency, AMLO, BENITO MUSSOLINI, Carlos Monsivais, Crime and Punishment

The Cardinal's Edifice Complex — 3 comments

richmx2 wrote 3 weeks ago: I can’t afford the Guadalajara Reporter, but I did manage to get this leader off their Sunday … more »

Tags: Catholic Church, Política mexicana, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Real Mexico, Economy & Business, Cristeros, Legal System, pan, provincia

¡SUPER ADELITA! — 2 comments

richmx2 wrote 3 weeks ago: Taking their name from las Adelitas, the women of the Revolution who served as everything from colon … more »

Tags: ciudad de mexico, Economy & Business, Human Rights, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Little old ladies, Manifestaciones, Mexican History 1910-20 (Revolution), multinationals, Oil and PEMEX

Wanted: Dead or... dead

richmx2 wrote 3 weeks ago: April 16 is San Toribio day, according to the calander hanging in the very anti-clerical household w … more »

Tags: Gringolandia, Catholic Church, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Real Mexico, Cristeros, Human Rights, Border Issues, provincia, Indocumentados

Badiraguato, Lyndie England and PEMEX — 6 comments

richmx2 wrote 1 month ago: Our protests this week in response to the “Badiraguato Massacre” — as the press ha … more »

Tags: Gringolandia, 2006 Elections, ciudad de mexico, Política mexicana, drugs, Crime and Punishment, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Real Mexico, Economy & Business

The spin doesn't stop here: Juan Camilo Mouriño — 7 comments

richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: Felipe Calderón’s nomination of Juan Camilo Mouriño as Secretarío de Gobernacion, did more to r … more »

Tags: AMLO, 2006 Elections, Política mexicana, Crime and Punishment, Economy & Business, Porfirio Diaz, pri, prd, pan

Indigenous immigrants — 5 comments

richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: According to the Cherokee Nation of Mexico (an English-speaking people with “English” na … more »

Tags: La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Real Mexico, provincia, Mexican History -1524 (Pre-Conquest), Mexican History 1810-1824 (Independence), Mexican History 1824-1910, Coahuila, Bolivia, Indigenous peoples

What a wimp! What a dame!

richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: Geeze, the Governor of New York resigns (or is said to be resigning) because he hired a hooker? Whil … more »

Tags: Gringolandia, Política mexicana, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Sexo y la ciudad, provincia, chiapas, Music, Prostitution, Gustavo Diaz Ordaz

La Bamba redux (Friday night video) — 2 comments

richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: If I’d only spelled Adolfo Ruíz Cortines wrong one time, I’d have been able to claim it … more »

Tags: Gringolandia, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Real Mexico, B. Traven, Music, Mexican History 1575-1810 (Colonial Era), Jose Vasconcellos, Folk Art, Barack Obama

Do we want to be a colony? AMLO — 2 comments

richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: For a backgrounder on PEMEX, I was forwarded a rough machine translation of an interview with Raúl … more »

Tags: Alternative Presidency, Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico), AMLO, Catholic Church, Economy & Business, Hugo Chavez, Iran, LAZARO CÁRDENAS, Oil and PEMEX

Another one bites the dust

richmx2 wrote 3 months ago: In case anyone is keeping score, since George W. Bush was “elected” in 2000, Argentina, … more »

Tags: Gringolandia, AMLO, Hugo Chavez, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Economy & Business, Human Rights, Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico), Mayans, Mexican History 1575-1810 (Colonial Era)

Beneath the surface in Oaxaca: Canadian gold mines — 1 comment

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

Tags: Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico), Canada, Economy & Business, Environment, Human Rights, media, Mexican History 1524-1575 (Spanish Conquest), Mexican History 1810-1824 (Independence), Mexican History 1910-20 (Revolution)

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

richmx2 wrote 4 months ago: Immanuel Wallerstein, the anti-globalist academic historian and sociologist, presumably is pro-Zapat … more »

Tags: Education and educators, AMLO, 2006 Elections, Política mexicana, Economy & Business, Zapatistas, carlos salinas, pri, prd

Iraq and roll... Tacos arabes — 3 comments

richmx2 wrote 5 months ago: I was semi-amused, and semi-appalled when the anti-immigration folks hit on Iraqi “illegals … more »

Tags: Gringolandia, Tacos, iraq, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Real Mexico, Economy & Business, Carlos Slim, Human Rights, Food and Drink

Come together, right now?

richmx2 wrote 5 months ago: I changed one paragraph Friday when I re-read this. It sounded as if I’d said 2/3rds of voter … more »

Tags: 1988 Presidential election, 2000 Mexican Presidential Election, 2006 Elections, AMLO, Coahuila, Cuauhtémoc Cardenas, FAP (PRD-PT-Convergencia), Felipe Calderon, Gringolandia

What Revolution? — 3 comments

richmx2 wrote 5 months ago: The Mexican Revolution was really three or four revolutions depending on how you define a revolution … more »

Tags: ciudad de mexico, Política mexicana, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Real Mexico, Pancho Villa, Economy & Business, China, Zapatistas, Mexican History 1910-20 (Revolution)

The Return of the Barbarians

richmx2 wrote 5 months ago: Without a doubt, this is the longest piece ever posted on the Mex Files. Unfortunately, I’ve h … more »

Tags: Agriculture, Alternative Presidency, Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico), AMLO, Augustin Pinochet, Border Issues, Bureaucracy, Chile, Colombia


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