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Author Archives: Allan Wall
Mexico is Cuba’s Biggest Oil Supplier and Trump is OK With That
Nicolas Maduro has been removed as president of Venezuela and U.S. President Donald Trump has set his sights on the communist island of Cuba. Mexico is now Cuba’s main supplier of petroleum. And the Trump administration is ok with that. … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy
Tagged Cuba, Donald Trump, Havana, Nicolas Maduro, PEMEX, Petroleum, The U.S.A.
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Will the U.S. Hit Mexican Drug Cartels on Mexican Soil? Would It Be Effective?
There’s a lot of talk nowadays about the U.S. government attacking Mexican drug cartels in Mexico. A recent example is Sean Hannity’s interview with President Trump on January 8th, in which Trump said that “And we are going to start … Continue reading
Journalists Killed in Mexico
On January 2nd, 2026, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP) in Spanish, released a report on journalists killed in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025. You can see it here. According to the IFJ/FIP, there … Continue reading
President Sheinbaum’s Response to Trump’s Strike on Caracas
In case you’ve been living in a cave with no internet, on January 3rd, 2025, under President Trump’s direction, U.S. forces attacked Caracas, Venezuela, captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and took them to the United States. What … Continue reading
Mexico Sending Five Competitors to 2026 Winter Olympics
The 2026 Winter Olympics are scheduled for February 6th-22nd in various venues in northern Italy. It’s known as the Milano Cortina 2026. Source: Milano-Cortina 2026 Organizing Committee Mexico is sending a team to the Winter Olympics. Beginning in 1928, Mexico … Continue reading
Three Babies Born in Mexico City Metro System in 2025
Mexico City has an extensive train/subway system called the Metro, I’ve ridden it when I was in the city. See my article about it from back in 2013 entitled Moving Millions Through Mexico City’s Metro (how do you like that … Continue reading
Mexico’s Popocatepetl Volcano – the Latest Research
Popocatepetl is the second-highest mountain in Mexico. Popocatepetl is an active volcano located in central Mexico, in the states of Puebla, Morelos and Mexico. Its name is from the Nahuatl “Smoking Mountain”. Popocatepetl is 43 miles southeast of Mexico City. … Continue reading
Posted in Geography
Tagged Associated Press, Italy, Mexico City, Morelos state, Nahuatl, Popocateptl, Puebla state, State of Mexico, UNAM, Volcanoes
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Navidad in the Zocalo
Mexico City’s Zocalo plaza is the heart of the city. (You can click here for an article about the Zocalo and its history.) The decorations for Christmas (Navidad) are impressive. Here are some photos. Back up for this view: Lights … Continue reading
More Foreigners Visiting Mexico
Despite the highly-publicized violence in Mexico, foreign tourism to Mexico continues to grow. According to one prediction, in 15 years Mexico could be in the top five tourist destination countries. From Mexico News Daily: “Mexico continues to be one of … Continue reading
New Billion-Dollar U.S. Embassy in Mexico Open for Business
The new billion-dollar U.S. embassy in Mexico is now open for business. It was dedicatedway back on December 17th, 2024, but more work was still to be done. Finally, on November 24th, 2025, the embassy was open for business providing … Continue reading