Paying the Mafia for the Right to Exist explains how bad actors charge street merchants for the right to work on the street, and how this works in one market.
Life-in-Mexico
Mexico´s fight with Socialism
Mexico´s fight with Socialism some views about the situation in Mexico with socialistic tendencies.
Mexico City Subway Problems Updated 2/24
Mexico City Subway Problems reports are now coming in that there are more and more places where the elevated Metro has structural problems.
- See Inspection finds problems in rest of Mexico City subway line – ABC News
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See Inspection finds problems in rest of Mexico City subway line – AP News
What ISIS and Mexican Cartels have in Common
ISIS and Mexican Cartels in Common is a commentary on an article by this name in alternet.org.
Pragmatics, Immigration, and Democrats
Pragmatics, Immigration, and Democrats explains some background understanding about Latino immigrates and their pragmaticism, and how this interacts with the Democratic Party give-aways. In our previous post, we looked at how dangerous Mexico is, and we examined the cartel aspect of life in Mexico. Now we want to turn to the philosophical reasons behind this phenomenon. Why are these people like this?
This article was originally written on June 1, 2017.
Claudia Sheinbaum Mexico’s New President
Claudia Sheinbaum Mexico’s New President some thoughts about Mexico’s new president-elect.
Mexican Shadow Economy
An article on Mexico’s hidden shadow economy.
Mexico has a new President
Mexico has a new President, Claudia Sheinbaum. She follows the social positions of Manual López Obrador.
Torture Common in Mexico #2
Torture and Human Rights Violations are Common in Mexico
Taken from Mexico New Daily (Torture Common in Mexico)
The United Nations special reporter on torture says it’s widespread in Mexico, and Ernesto López Portillo and Nancy López agree. It’s a common occurrence, say López Portillo, the executive director of the Institute for Security and Democracy (Insyde), and López, of the Mexican Commission on the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights (CMDPDH). The two claim torture often occurs without investigation or punishment…. According to López, information obtained from the Attorney General’s office (PGR) demonstrated that although the office denounces torture, there is no evidence to back that up, nor is it punished.
This news article is a good read about Torture Common in Mexico. Basically, it reveals publicly what we who live in Mexico have known for a long time privately. Police regularly beat confessions out of people, and the article makes the point that even police torture of police is common. This is how the Mexican police work, their mentality.
Living in Mexico for 30 years, my take is simply that the Mexican police are incompetent. Torture Common in Mexico is simply a product of this corruption. The factors that contribute to this are the following:
Preliminary Reports on the Subway Failure
Preliminary Reports on the Subway Failure is a followup to my previous post about the failure of the Subway in front of our church.