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The Mezcal Problem

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On March 18, 2023
This is something I’ve talked about before, but here’s a good article on the overproduction of mezcal for the American market. The fact is that mezcal is not like, say, bourbon, where there’s really no reason you can’t produce as much quality bourbon you want if you aren’t trying to keep the price up. Agave […]
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Textile workers in the town of Rio Blanco in Mexico’s Veracruz state went on a two-day strike in one of the most important moment of labor upheaval that laid the groundwork for the Mexican Revolution, which started three years later. By the early 20th century, there was significant labor discontent in Mexico. The dictator Porifirio […]

LGM Podcast: Arise!

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On December 1, 2022

For our latest podcast, we are happy to have spoken to Christina Heatherton of Trinity College about her brand new book Arise!: Global Radicalism in the Era of the Mexican Revolution. We had a wide-ra

Bedbug on AMLO

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On November 23, 2022

AMLO is terrible, but that’s beside the point. Bret Stephens spent some time growing up extremely wealthy in Mexico City and he learned nothing about the place except that he has some rich frien

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I have no particular opinion about Ken Salazar’s performance as ambassador to Mexico. And Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been an absolute clown as president of Mexico. However, that doesn’t excuse completely inaccurate and frankly ridiculous reporting on Mexico. Unless you really know about Mexican politics, which is maybe 1% of the Times readership let’s […]

Echeverría

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On July 11, 2022

Luis Echeverría Alvarez has died at the age of 100. You’d think that this former president of Mexico lived a good century. But you’d be wrong. If you want to consider what’s wrong with Mexico t

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The Broken Nation of Mexico

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On October 14, 2021
The murder by a combination of politicians and gangs of 43 students training to be teachers in 2014 rocked Mexico to its core. To millions of Mexicans, it was the final nail in the coffin of believing the government would ever do anything right. To have politicians working with the cartels to torture and kill […]
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