Mexico
What can one say about Mexico City? It’s the capital of Mexico, the biggest metropolis in the Western Hemisphere and the world’s eighth-richest city. It’s also a first-rate tourist attraction. Located in the Valle de México (Valley of Mexico), a natural bowl ringed in by volcanoes and mountains, the city sits at an altitude of […]
Just what were they thinking in the U.S. Justice Department? What were they thinking when they cooked up a scheme to allow thousands more weapons to be smuggled to Mexican drug cartels? And will anybody ever be held accountable for it? It’s not as if there weren’t enough weapons floating around Mexico. There are plenty […]
“Voting rights are under attack in America” declared Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, a black veteran of the Civil Rights era. What is he talking about? Representative Lewis is talking about voters being required to present photo ID when voting, which he says is a horrible injustice. Lewis and other Democrats are unhappy that more […]
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The 2011 Pan American Games were held October 14th-30th in Guadalajara, Mexico. Despite concern over security, they went smoothly. What are the Pan American Games? To read the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published on the Mexidata.info website, Nov. 7th, 2011.
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Of the various drug cartels shooting up Mexico, two have come to dominate the scene. These two are the Sinaloa Cartel and the Zetas. To read the entire article, click here. Article, by Allan Wall, published on the Mexidata.info website, on October 31st, 2011
The Mexican drug war rages on and the death toll continues to climb. One grisly incident after another proceeds in a gruesome parade of violence and carnage. You think you’ve heard it all, and then you read another outrage. The technological changes that have affected Mexican society also affect the Mexican drug cartel war, as […]
This past week, in Mexico’s northern city of Monterrey, 52 people perished in a fiery conflagration at a gambling establishment known as the Casino Royale. Monterrey is one of Mexico’s most prosperous cities. Its residents, known as regiomontanos, exhibit a strong work ethic and are known for their industriousness and thriftiness. In recent years, however, […]
Mexico is poorer than the U.S. But by world standards, it’s not a poor country. Whether you follow the statistics of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank or the CIA, Mexico’s Gross Domestic Product (calculated with Purchasing Power Parity) is around one and a half trillion dollars. Mexico thus has the world’s eleventh largest […]
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Mexico is awash in weapons, many of which are used in drug cartel violence. This is a big problem, but much of the rhetoric on both sides of the border has been unhelpful and counterproductive. Both Mexico’s Calderon administration and the U.S. Obama administration blame U.S. gun shops for the proliferation of guns in […]
Due to violence in Mexico, many Americans are now reconsidering whether or not they want to visit that country. If enough Americans choose not to visit Mexico it could result in major losses of revenue for the Mexican tourism industry, which provides jobs for several million Mexicans. Even if Mexico suddenly became safer, it could […]
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