Oscar - Instablogs
Dec 10 2009
Dear Mexican: As a Chicano/Mexican, I have lost my faith in God. While they take pride in their country like everyone else, and like to make frequent jokes, Mexicans are generally very humble (poor) people. Isn’t God supposed to be on the side of...
Dec 10 2009
The balance of the war between drug cartels reached 7,000 people dead yesterday, with the execution of 31 people in Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Guerrero, Sonora, Mexico City and Mexico state.
Dec 8 2009
At least 15 people have been killed in the ongoing drug-related violence in Mexico amid protests for peace in the world’s most dangerous city of Ciudad Juarez.
Dec 7 2009
With a hieght of 110 meters and 35 centimeters, Mexico City’s Christmas tree in Glorieta de la Palma has officially broken yet another world record. At exactly 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 5th, Mexico City’s Governor, Marcelo Ebrard,...
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Dec 7 2009
A Mexican governor says Mel Gibson will make a movie at a prison in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz next year.
Dec 7 2009
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — “Not one person murdered yesterday,” Ciudad Juarez’s leading newspaper proclaimed in a banner headline. It was big news in this border city, ground zero in the drug war — the first time in 10 months that a...
Dec 7 2009
Mexican president Felipe Calderón still counts with the support of the majority of the population but his positive image has eroded in the past few months, according to a poll by Reforma. 52 per cent of respondents approve of Calderón’s performance,...
Dec 2 2009
Do you fear your significant other has ‘another’ significant other on side? Have you pryed and prodded, yet still feel the truth remains ‘out there’? Apparently you are not the only one. In Mexico with roughly 1 out of every 6...
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Dec 2 2009
New research finds the presence of Mexican immigrants in the United States is good for democracy in Mexico.
Dec 2 2009
Gunmen burst in to a Starbucks coffee shop Tuesday and killed a former policeman who was a protected witness in a drug corruption case, the second death of a high-profile witness in Mexico in less than two weeks.