Latin America

Allan on November 11th, 2015

Cuban dictator Raul Castro, the “President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers,” has just paid a visit to Mexico. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published November 9th, 2015, on Mexidata.info.

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Here’s a roundup of news from Spanish-language media.   The Trump-bashing continues of course.   The ´proposal to abolish current automatic  birthright citizenship has attracted attention. And I ran across an interesting article on what Latinos in the United States miss about Latin America. For the entire article click here. Article by Allan Wall, published […]

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Allan on August 27th, 2015

Donald Trump has built a hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and apparently, Brazilians aren’t as bothered by his campaign statements as Spanish-speaking Latin Americans. For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by Allan Wall, published Auguest 26th, 2015, on VDARE.COM.

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The recent injunction handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen to at least delay Obama’s ongoing amnesty was heartening, though it must be followed up by resolve in Congress. The decision was handed down at 10:22 on the night of February 16th.   By the 17th, the very next day, it had already been […]

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The much-ballyhooed opening of U.S.-Cuban relations, announced simultaneously by Barack Obama and Raul Castro in December, haven’t really amounted to much  yet. But  it has  created a stir among Cubans, who fear that regularization of relations might lead to – gasp – Cubans being treated like other immigrants to the United States.   After years of […]

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A Mexican NGO called the Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y Justicia Penal, A.C.(Citizen Council for Public Security and Penal Justice), whose president is Jose Antonio Ortega Sanchez, released a list of the world’s 50 cities with the highest homicide rates in 2014. The group’s statistics are based on homicide rates calculated from 100,000 inhabitants. […]

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In December of 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro simultaneously announced the “normalization” of U.S.-Cuban relations. Despite all the hoopla, the normalization is still really a proposal and there are many details to be resolved.  And how might it affect Mexico? To read the entire article, click here. Article by Allan […]

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Allan on January 4th, 2015

President Obama has recently announced his intention to chamge U.S. Cuba policy.   How is that going to turn out? Coincidentally, my family and I visited Cuba last summer.  (See Our Summer 2014 Trip to Mexico and the Island-nation of Cuba.) Cuba has been a communist country since 1959.  It has been  isolated from the […]

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Allan on December 16th, 2014

My family and I visit Mexico each summer.  This past summer, while visiting Mexico, we took a side trip to the island-nation of Cuba, where we spent a week.  It was a fascinating visit. Americans are forbidden by the U.S. government to visit Cuba as tourists, but are allowed to visit Cuba for cultural, scientific or religious […]

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Emperor Obama has handed down his Amnesty for Illegal Aliens Edict, and  wants Congress to  just accept it.     But don’t worry, it’s already been accepted by other branches of the U.S. government – Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.   After all, these countries seem to have a veto over our immigration policy. About 5 […]

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