Mexico
The Mexican chattering class has been known to call Americans “racist”, especially when there is talk about controlling the border, which is something Mexicans don’t want us to do. Meanwhile, south of the border, a white Mexican official was revealed as having mocked an indigenous Mexican leader, and the official kept his job. Just imagine […]
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The vaquita, an aquatic mammal which only exists in one small area of Mexico, is on the verge of extinction. Can it still be saved? The vaquita, which in Spanish means “little cow,” is a type of porpoise endemic to Mexico. It’s the smallest and rarest type of porpoise. Its scientific name is Phocoena sinus. For […]
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Mexico held its mid-term elections on June 7th, 2015. This election completely replaced the entire 500 seat Cámara de Diputados (Mexican equivalent of our House of Representatives) with completely new representatives. The new representatives are to take office on September 1st. The Mexican Senate was not up for a vote in this mid-term, as all […]
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Mexican voters went to the polls on June 7th, 2015 for mid-term elections. The entire 500 seat Cámara de Diputados (the Mexican equivalent of our House of Representatives) was up for grabs, as nobody currently in that body can be reelected. There were also elections in various states for governors, mayors and state legislatures. For […]
On the morning of May 25th, the Mexican border city of Ciudad Acuna (across the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Texas) was hit by a tornado with wind speed reaching up to 137 mph. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, publlished June 1st, 2015, on Mexidata.info.
There’s an election going on in Mexico City, and this time it’s not for the city or national government, but to select a name for a giraffe calf born at Mexico City’s Chapultepec Zoo. The male giraffe calf was born on April 19th, 2015, weighing at birth nearly 50 kilograms (that’s 110 pounds for those […]
The crucifixion, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ are foundational to the Christian faith. That’s why the major branches of Christendom (Roman Catholic, Protestant and the Eastern Churches) memorialize – in various ways – the death, burial and resurrection of Christ each spring. Mexico has a variety of traditional Easter customs, many of them deriving […]
Tourism is one of the biggest revenue producers in Mexico, and is promoted by the government and private business. Besides helping the economy, if tourism is managed properly it can encourage local communities and residents to preserve the environment and take care of historical and cultural sites. If people have a vested economic interest in […]
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Mexico’s mid-term congressional elections are scheduled for June 7th. Like the United States, Mexico has a bicameral congress. In the mid-term, the entire lower chamber (equivalent to the U.S. House of Representatives) is to be replaced, as the representatives cannot be reelected. There are 500 representatives in the chamber, For the entire article, click here. Article […]
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Just five days after the capture of Servando Gomez Martinez, the leader of southern Michoacan state’s Caballeros Templarios, Mexican authorities captured another big narco boss, Alejandro “Omar” Treviño Morales, known as Z-42, leader of the infamous Zetas cartel. Treviño was captured by Mexican federal police and Mexican Army soldiers on March 4th, 2015 in San Pedro […]
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