Last year, we did an LGM Giving Tuesday thing for the Oaxacan dog rescue operation that friends of ours run in a couple of the villages south of the capital. We did a great job supporting this effort last year. Your money made a lot...
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On October 14, 1948, a rogue anti-militant thug named Jesus Diaz de Leon took over the Sindicato de Trabajadores Ferrocarrileros de la República Mexicana, the independent Mexican railroad union with.
DJW's post on the Mexican judicial elections made me want to add a bit from my perspective of someone who spends a lot of time in the country. That said,.
It seems pretty clear at this point that Mexico is the major country in the world today where the "left populist" electoral formula has been highly successful. To say that Sheinbaum and Morena managed to fend off the anti-incumbent tendencies of 2024 would vastly understate...
As I've said, I am in Mexico for a couple of months. My wife and I are both on sabbatical and she has a Fulbright, being the smart one in.
DORAL, FL - OCTOBER 23: Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump attends a campaigns rally In Florida at the Trump National Doral on October 23, 2015 in Doral, Florida. Trump.
This is the grave of Alexander Shepherd. Born in 1835 in Washington, D.C., Shepherd grew up working class, dropped of school at the age of 13, and got a job as a plumber's assistant. He was evidently good at it and worked his way up...
On March 6, 1922, a group of sex workers in Veracruz, Mexico burned their beds and mattresses as part of a growing rent strike in that city. This became a.
DORAL, FL - OCTOBER 23: Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump attends a campaigns rally In Florida at the Trump National Doral on October 23, 2015 in Doral, Florida. Trump.
You might think the avocado you love just comes from Mexico and it's all good. But it is very much not all good. The whole avocado trade is wrapped up with the cartels and illegal deforestation that is decimating the Mexican forests. A combination of...
On November 20, 1536, the conquistador Hernán Cortés buys a bunch of silver mines and acquires between 100 and 200 Native slaves. This moment is an excellent entry point to.
If you haven't read the Times' deep dive into the text messages it acquired that unveils as much as we are likely to ever know about how the Mexican military.