Gods Gachupines and Gringos – A People’s History of Mexico

Dec 252008
 
 25/12/2008  Posted by PMC at 23:13 on 25/12/2008 Comments Off
Gods Gachupines and Gringos - A People's History of Mexico

I recently received an advance copy of the new book by author Richard Grabman, Gods Gachupines and Gringos with a request by the author to review it. Being an avid reader with more than a thousand books in my collection, I was pleased to do so.   Gods Gachupines and Gringos is a complete people’s history of Mexico, written in a non academic manner that should appeal to anyone with an interest in history. It is apolitical and presents the history of Mexico from the Pre Conquest days to present day Mexico. And in between those periods, it is a ….Read More

Bad Roads and Bandits? Not in my Mexico

Nov 162008
 
 16/11/2008  Posted by PMC at 23:39 on 16/11/2008 Comments Off

  Not much happening in the world on this lazy Sunday evening so courtesy of my friend at The Mex Files, we’ll put this video out there for you to enjoy. Besides some great sounds by the group Los Felinos de la Noche, it’s got some good behind the wheel video of Mexican highway 57, a road I’ve traveled many times. You’ll be hard pressed to find the pot holed roads and dangerous antiguated junk trucks you’ve come to believe are everyday sights in Mexico. Enjoy your Sunday

Border News Shorts – Dope Falls from 18 wheeler – Border Patrol recruits “Bubbas” in SC and Georgia

Sep 242008
 
 24/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 08:17 on 24/09/2008 Comments Off
Border News Shorts - Dope Falls from 18 wheeler - Border Patrol recruits "Bubbas" in SC and Georgia

Border Patrol recruits “Bubba’s” in South Carolina, Georgia The U.S. Border Patrol brings its hiring blitz South this weekend. The agency recruits in four locations on Saturday in South Carolina and Georgia. Two years ago, President Bush said he wanted to hire 6,000 more Border Patrol agents by the end of 2008. The agency needs to hire more than 800 by Dec. 31 to meet the goal. The agency is responsible for patrolling 7,000 miles of border. Starting pay ranges from $36,000 to $46,000 a year. In South Carolina, recruiting is set in North Charleston at the Embassy Suites at ….Read More

Former President Vicente Fox – Champion of Democratic Values

Aug 222008
 
 22/08/2008  Posted by PMC at 00:58 on 22/08/2008 3 Responses »
Former President Vicente Fox - Champion of Democratic Values

SAN CRISTOBAL, Mexico – Eighteen months after leaving office, former President Vicente Fox is taking a page from Jimmy Carter’s playbook and engineering his legacy as a champion of democratic values and government transparency at home and abroad. In a wide-ranging interview at his ranch near historic Guanajuato, Fox discussed his new projects and chided the United States for abdicating its role as global leader, questioned presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama’s position on free trade and dismissed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as “a loudmouth.” The United States no longer initiates ambitious projects such as the Marshall Plan that rebuilt ….Read More

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ISSUES PROVISIONAL MEASURES TO PREVENT IMMINENT VIOLATION OF U.S. TREATY OBLIGATIONS

Jul 172008
 
 17/07/2008  Posted by PMC at 16:01 on 17/07/2008 Comments Off
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ISSUES PROVISIONAL MEASURES TO PREVENT IMMINENT VIOLATION OF U.S. TREATY OBLIGATIONS

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (MTN) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) today determined that the United States must take “all measures necessary” to prevent the executions of José Medellín and four other Mexican nationals sentenced to death in the state of Texas. The order will remain in effect until the ICJ resolves Mexico’s request for interpretation of its 2004 Judgment in Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America). The Avena case was filed by Mexico on behalf of 51 Mexican nationals who did not receive consular access upon arrest in the United States, in violation of ….Read More

Borders Secure against nuclear and bio-hazards says Chertoff

Jul 162008
 
 16/07/2008  Posted by PMC at 22:15 on 16/07/2008 Comments Off
Borders Secure against nuclear and bio-hazards says Chertoff

“We also scan 100 percent of truck cargo entering the United States from Mexico and more than 90 percent of the truck cargo entering the United States from Canada. Just a few years ago, we didn’t scan any of this cargo for radiation” – Michael Chertoff
Secretary of Homeland Security

More Evidence suggests Mexico is not the source of Salmonella outbreak

Jul 122008
 
 12/07/2008  Posted by PMC at 21:09 on 12/07/2008 Comments Off
More Evidence suggests Mexico is not the source of Salmonella outbreak

With the addition of the Mexican state of Coahuila to the list of cleared states on the Center for Disease Controls list of approved retailers, evidence is pointing away from Mexico as a source of the contamination for the recent salmonella outbreak. Mexico is the major source of tomatoes for US consumption during the winter months. Mexico’s agriculture ministry said Friday that a two-week study of Mexican tomatoes by its specialists — conducted in tandem with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — has found the tomato crop to be free of infection. Salmonella Saintpaul is a strain of bacteria ….Read More

Lucano Bus crashes, 2 dead, 10 injured south of Nuevo Laredo

Jul 052008
 
 05/07/2008  Posted by PMC at 11:08 on 05/07/2008 14 Responses »
Lucano Bus crashes, 2 dead, 10 injured south of Nuevo Laredo

A bus owned by Autobuses Lucano of Dallas Texas, traveling from San Luis Patosi, SLP to Houston Texas crashed 35 miles south of Nuevo Laredo Thursday morning, killing 2, including a pregnant 19 year old woman whose body was found under the bus and injuring 10. The injured were taken to hospitals in Sabinas Hidalgo NL and Cruz Roja in Nuevo Laredo. Juan Carlos Flores Sanchez, Commandander of Federal Police Highways, reported initial investigation and interviews with passengers suggested the driver fell asleep at the wheel shortly before the bus left the highway and overturned. The driver left the scene ….Read More

ICE: No Proof Home Invasion Suspects Part of Mexican Military

Jun 292008
 
 29/06/2008  Posted by PMC at 11:41 on 29/06/2008 1 Response »
ICE: No Proof Home Invasion Suspects Part of Mexican Military

The newest outrage against Mexico going around the blogosphere and on the rabid right wing talk shows and overnight conspiracy fests, is the story of personnel of the Mexican Army being involved in a home invasion and murder in Phoenix Arizona. When I first heard this, I believe it was on Lou Dobbs nightly hatefest, I was incredulous at the stupidity of the report and that anyone with a lick of sense would believe it. Now, KFYI in Phoenix is reporting Immigration and Customs Enforcement is saying, mmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said three suspects arrested in a Monday morning ….Read More

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