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Author Archives: Allan Wall
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Meets with U.S. President Joe Biden in Brazil
With both in attendance at the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum met with U.S. President Joe Biden on November 18th. According to the White House website, “President Biden met today with … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy
Tagged Brazil, Claudia Sheinbaum, Group of 20 (G20), Joe Biden, Rio de Janeiro
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Recent U.S. Operations Target Sinaloa Cartel Activity in California
As two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel battle it out in Sinaloa state, recent drug busts in the U.S. state of California show the strong presence of the Sinaloa Cartel in the U.S. state of California. From a November 11th … Continue reading
Jorge Romero New Leader of the Partido Acción Nacional, Can He Make a Difference?
The MORENA party is the dominant party of Mexico and a cause of concern for those who think it has too much power. [See The Astonishing Growth and Power of Mexico’s MORENA Party]. The biggest opposition party is the PAN, … Continue reading
Trump Wins; President Claudia Sheinbaum Congratulates Trump and Calls Trump
Donald Trump resoundingly won the November 5th U.S. presidential election. It looks like the greatest political comeback in American political history. Trump is scheduled to take office on January 20th, 2025. On November 6th, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum tweeted her … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Politics
Tagged 2024 U.S. Election, Claudia Sheinbaum, Donald Trump
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U.S. Election: Trump vs. Kamala. Who is Better for Mexico?
Due to the power, wealth and influence of the United States of America, people in other countries are interested in who is going to win a U.S. presidential election. They try to figure out which presidential candidate they think would … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Immigration, Politics
Tagged AMLO, Claudia Sheinbaum, Donald Trump, Immigration Through Mexico, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
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Comet Over Zacatecas
This is NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day for September 30th, 2024, of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (pronounced Choo-cheen-shahn At-less) over the city of Zacatecas, Mexico. It was taken a few days before September 30th with a drone.
The Passing of Fernando Valenzuela
On October 22nd, 2024, Fernando Valenzuela, a great baseball player from Mexico, passed away at the age of 63 in Los Angeles, California. Valenzuela’s life was a real rags-to-riches story, from poverty to sports stardom. Fernando Valenzuela was born in … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Tagged Baseball, Dodgers, Fernando Valenzuela, Los Angeles in California, Sonora
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Culiacan, Sinaloa: Cartel Conflict Has Changed Life for the Locals, Even Talking on a Cellphone Can Be a Death Sentence
The war in Mexico’s Sinaloa state between factions of the Sinaloa Cartel (see here, here, here and here) is still going on. There have been 200 reported deaths since the outbreak of the conflict on September 9th. An Associated Press … Continue reading
Ocelotl: The Mexican Army’s New Armored Vehicle
At the customary September 16th Independence Day military parade, the Mexican Army (Ejército Mexicano) premiered a new armored vehicle it recently acquired, the Ocelotl, from the Nahuatl word for jaguar. (In articles about the vehicle, I’ve seen it spelled both … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Military
Tagged Army (Ejército Mexicano), Drug cartels, Michoacan, Ocelotl armored vehicle, Sinaloa Cartel, Sinaloa state
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