Mexico and Latin America
Migrants Still Sending Vast Sums Back to Latin America, March 13, 2008, Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
$66 billion went south of the border last year.
Mexican Worker Money Transfers Drop at a Record Pace, March 6, 2008, Bloomberg Press
Mexican businesses suffer as remittances from US decline.
US Farmers Short on Migrant Workers Move to Mexico, February 14, 2008, Reuters
Americans renting, farming 50,000 acres in Mexico.
Mexican Prez Decries Anti-Immigrant Tone, February 12, 2008, AP
Anti-immigrant sentiment is “the worst thing that happened in this country.”
My Teachers’ Lies, February 1, 2008, AR Classic Article
A Mexican describes the Mexican mind.
6 Bodies Found After Tijuana Shootout, January 21, 2008, AP
Mexican lawlessness creeps ever closer to the USA.
Sonoran Officials Slam Sanctions Law in Tucson Visit, January 18, 2008, Tucson Citizen
Mexicans don’t want to take back Mexicans.
Fleeing to Mexico Thwarts Death Penalty, January 18, 2008, AP
Mexico interferes with American law.
Judicial Watch Releases Border Patrol Report on Mexican Government Incursions into the United States for Fiscal Year 2006, January 11, 2008, Judicial Watch
Armed Mexican soliders and police violated the border 17 times in 2006.
Mexican Education Comes to U.S., January 11, 2008, Los Angeles Times
13 centers in LA County opened by Mexican government for Mexicans.
Tourists Shun Crime-Hit Mexico Beaches, January 8, 2008, AP
Visits to Baja down 3 million since last year.
Mexican Drug Cartels Threaten Elections, January 7, 2008, Washington Post
Kidnapping candidates: democracy the Mexican way.
Mexico to Track Migrations Over Border, January 2, 2008, AP
Electronic pass to record arrivals and departures.
Criminal Deportations Fuel Border Crime Wave, December 21, 2007, Orange County Register
Deportees from US cause 300 percent rise in petty crime in Tijuana.
League to Fight Attacks on Migrants in the US, December 21, 2007, El Mundo
League organizes to fight “racist venom.”
Four Bolivian Regions Declare Autonomy From Government, December 17, 2007, CNN
Rich whites don’t want to be taxed to support poor Indians.
Adoption Changes Wrench American Parents, November 21, 2007, AP
Guatemala the largest source of babies for adoption by Americans after China.
Mexican Woman Deported From U.S. Vows Hunger Strike in Push for Better Treatment of Migrants, November 20, 2007, AP
From sanctuary to warpath.
Street Crime Sends Latins to S. Florida, November 14, 2007, Miami Herald
Crime drives rich Hispanics to flee Latin America for Miami.
Would-be President Took Short Cut in Marathon, October 10, 2007, Ananova
Mexican pol who cheated in marathon also cheated in election.
Child Mummies ‘Fattened Up’ before Inca Sacrifice, October 3, 2007, Guardian Unlimited (Manchester)
Victims were prepared for death for nearly a year.
Mexico Crime Continues To Surge, September 24, 2007, McClatchy Newspapers
Mexico the most dangerous country outside of Africa.
Premediated Merger: Mexican Official Urges North American Union, September 21, 2007, World Net Daily
Mexican mayor to Denver trade conference: “EU is model we need to follow quickly.”
Americans Missing In Mexico, September 6, 2007, Houston Chronicle
Mexican police “incompetent,” and lack skills ever to solve these cases.
Mexico Blasts U.S. Immigration Policies, September 4, 2007, AP
Calderon; “Where there is a Mexican, there is Mexico.”
Mexico Begins Repatriation Of 7,000 C American Undocumented Immigrants, September 4, 2007, China View
Shameless hypocricy.
Mexico Kicks Out Stranded Migrants, August 17, 2007, AP
Police and soldiers clear out Central Americans.
In Central America, Child Migrants Now Face Perils Alone, August 3, 2007, Christian Science Monitor
Some teenagers plan to join parents in US; other are just on the move.
Mexican Officials Visit U.S. On Immigration Fact-Finding Mission, August 2, 2007, AP
Guatemalans do work that Mexicans won’t do.
Mexico’s Other Migrant Problem, July 31, 2007, Christian Science Monitor
Illegals bribe five or six different officials as they cross Mexico’s southern border.
A Crackdown On Baja Bribes, July 26, 2007, Los Angeles Times
Cop says building boom and filming of Titanic were bribe-taking bonanzas.
Mexican Envoy Hits Own Policies, July 20, 2007, Washington Times
Ambassador to US ackowledges his country’s hypocrisy.
Postcard From Mexico, July 19, 2007, Chicago Sun-Times
Why would anyone want to leave this paradise?
BBC Delves Into Brazilians’ Roots, July 10, 2007, BBC News
Multiracial Brazil has “the face of the future.”
Ancient Tomb Found in Mexico Reveals Mass Child Sacrifice, June 13, 2007, National Geographic News
Appeasing the rain god—Toltec style.
Juarez On ‘High Alert’ After Multiple Shootings, June 8, 2007, KVIA-TV (El Paso)
Mexican border city issues 360 high-powered rifles to policemen to help fight drug lords.
Some Guatemalans Loaf In U.S. Cash Flow, May 31, 2007, AP
Why work or go to school, when remittances from dad in US are more than you could make?
Housing Slump, Crackdown Cut Flows, Hurt Mexican Peso, May 30, 2007, Bloomberg
Increased border security, stepped-up raids on factories reduce dollar transfers.
Illegal Immigrant Backlash, May 29, 2007, National Ledger
Mexican audience shows meaning of “macho”: boos U.S. woman in beauty contest.
Latin America Is Facing Its Own Immigration Issues, May 29, 2007, Miami Herald
Mexico tries to keep out illegals.
Mexico Violence Worrying Both Sides Of Border, May 18, 2007, Arizona Republic
Mexico today, America after Congress grants amnesty?
Bolivian Fighting Ritual Draws Crowds, May 18, 2007, AP
Coming soon to a neighborhood near you, courtesy of Kennedy, McCain, and Lindsey Graham.
Frog Juice Makes Peruvians Jump For Joy, May 4, 2007, AP
Good for what ails you.
Report: Brazilian Cities Now ‘Fiefdoms’, May 3, 2007, AP
Some of the worst criminals are police and firemen.
Mexican Traffickers Wage Publicity War, April 13, 2007, AP
Even the Mexican government fears local drug lords.
Dengue Surging In Mexico, Latin America, April 3, 2007, AP
Forty-six cases of deadly flu from Mexico found along Texas-Mexico border last year.
WSU Student Says Mexican Police Tortured, Extorted Him, March 20, 2007, Daily Evergreen (Washington State Univ.)
A cautionary tale for those considering a spring break trip to Mexico.
Mexico Expects ‘More’ From U.S., March 12, 2007, St. Petersburg Times
Mexican president will not tolerate “a relationship of subordination” to the US.
Sheriff Bills Mexico For Drug Enforcement, March 7, 2007, Dayton Daily News
Ohio sheriff says he will settle for sealing the border.
Mexican Wives Want U.S. To Return Husbands, February 27, 2007, Washington Post
“Wetback widows” beg their husbands to stop working abroad and to come home.