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Category Archives: Mexico
Phyllis Gets It
Phyllis Schlafly, the 88 year old conservative matriach, gets it. From this past May: The Republican Party should ditch any attempts to reach out to the Hispanic vote and instead focus on courting more white voters. That’s the advice of … Continue reading
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Mexico: Distrust of Government
From a recent story on the Borat Brothers, mistrust of authorities runs deep: The parents have been adamant the brothers were set up and continue to proclaim their innocence. Similar sentiment is evident in Dagestan and Chechnya, where mistrust of … Continue reading
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News Roundup: Mexican Cartels
The NY Daily News has a piece on Mexican narco cartels’ savage and complete intimidation of Mexican journalism: In the country of Mexico, there is no such thing as freedom of the press. There is, however, widespread freedom to simply … Continue reading
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Celebrate Diversity: Santa Muerte
There’s an article about the Vatican condemning the Santa Muerte (Holy Death) cult in Mexico as “blasphemous”. Some interesting paragraphs about the cult: The cult, which reveres death, has been growing rapidly in Mexico. It is represented by a cloaked … Continue reading
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Hearts & Minds
While the Zetas follow Pablo Escobar’s example and throw parties for kids, there ain’t no party for Mexican bloggers. A Facebook page in Mexico that updates people on roadblocks, shootouts and other risky drug war situations in the border state … Continue reading
Zetas’ Incursion Into U.S. Turf
From Wired: [The] Zetas drug cartel in Mexico is making a big push to recruit Americans, the FBI warns. Only the bureau isn’t exactly sure the Zetas’ apple-pie recruitment drive is a real threat. That’s the conclusion of a 2011 … Continue reading
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Sal Castro
Sal Castro, a founder of the so-called “Chicano Movement” (i.e., the overt fostering, in the U.S., of Mexican racial pride) died this past Monday, after living sweetly from both his teachers union pension and the additional pension he likely received … Continue reading
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Mexican Cartels – Weekend Rundown
It was a typical weekend in Mexico (“6 strangled, 1 decapitated in Mexican resort city of Cancun”.) Flipping through the channels last night, “Bred Meltzer’s Decoded” had an episode on the history of the various mafias in the world. When … Continue reading
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Prison Violence: Black vs. Brown
If you want to see the future of the United States, look to California. (And if you want to look at the future of California, look to Los Angeles.) The racial dynamics fully formed in CA are, given demographic trajectories, … Continue reading
Cartel Inroads
The details of this AP article are worth reading. Given both our unsecured border and our increasingly ‘vibrant’, diversified (i.e., balkanized) Estados Unidos, this dynamic is inevitable. The drug cartels in Mexico have taken savagery to a new, unprecedented level. (Google … Continue reading
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