Play-by-play caller on Argentine TV: “I don't like this refereeing at all.”
“The Merlín escapade encapsulated the excitement of the World Cup, the surreal nature of Mexican fandom and the frivolity of Mexican politics. It came into especially sharp relief as the gov’t tried to downplay … the nation’s missing persons problem” www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
Is the World Cup distracting Mexico from news of crimes and disappearance?
“I have to disguise myself as a duck, so the president looks at us,” read one sign held up by a demonstrator in a duck costume at a protest led by madres buscadoras, the “mothers who search.”
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"Analysts say attacks on Spain gin up domestic support at a time when Ms. Sheinbaum hesitates to express anti-American sentiments. ... She has also learned that Spain and Cortés just make safer targets than the mercurial Mr. Trump." www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
500 years later, the Spanish conqueror of Mexico still stirs controversy on both sides of the Atlantic
While many Mexicans consider Cortés a rapacious historical villain, Hispanophiles, both in Spain and across the Americas, lionize him for bringing Catholicism and Spanish culture to Mesoamerica.
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A carefully reported piece by @davidagren.bsky.social from Chile... www.globalsistersreport.org/migration/nu...
Nuns serve Haitians and Venezuelans in Chile as anti-migrant attitudes rise
As Chile's political and social attitudes harden against migration, Catholic sisters accompany Haitian and Venezuelan migrant camps in Curicó.
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250 years later the king lectures the U.S. government on democracy
King Charles urges checks on executive power as Trump hosts royal visit
In a speech to Congress, the monarch avoided naming the president but highlighted democratic norms, Ukraine and Western unity.
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President Donald Trump has wrecked the dream of a more united region
As the World Cup approaches, North American relations are at a nadir
President Donald Trump has wrecked the dream of a more united region
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Canada's ruling Liberal Party is a more competent, conniving and durable version of Mexico's once-venerable Institutional Revolutionary Party – not to mention equally ruthless, unsentimental and ideologically malleable
The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · 4mo agoMs. Gladu served as the Sarnia Lambton MP for more than a decade. Five MPs have crossed the floor to join the Liberals in five months. Gladu is the fourth Conservative to join the Liberals during this period. The Liberals are now just one seat short of a majority government.
A new book looks at one of the most famous murders in history: that of Leon Trotsky in Mexico City. What is there new to say, 86 years later? A lot, it turns out econ.st/4lDwC0O Photo: Bridgeman Images
Aduanas: botín militar y delincuencia organizada con López Obrador | Información de seguridad, judicial y de inteligencia a la que Proceso tuvo acceso indica que unos 200 elementos de la Marina y unos 150 del Ejército se encuentran bajo investigación www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2...
Aduanas: botín militar y delincuencia organizada con López Obrador
Mandos en retiro y activos de la Marina y del Ejército ocuparon las aduanas al amparo de López Obrador y en tres años estructuraron un entramado para traficar combustibles drogas y armas de la mano de...
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The U.S. consulate in Toronto was hit by gunfire Tuesday morning, according to Canadian authorities. The gunfire follows a series of similar shootings at synagogues in the Toronto area. on.wsj.com/4be1e4f
Shooting in Toronto Targets U.S. Consulate Building
The gunfire follows a series of similar shootings at synagogues in the Toronto area.
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“Ms. Sheinbaum has played exactly the opposite game that Mr. Carney is suggesting,” said Manuel Molano, an economist at the Universidad de las Américas in Puebla. “Her strategy is not to confront Trump.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: While Canada diversifies trade away from the U.S., Mexico chooses concessions
Mexico is using security co-operation to help secure the survival of USMCA
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Personal 🧵: I recently began writing in earnest again for a paper I hardly wrote for in several years, due to burnout and some lingering effects of the PTSD that hit my like a torpedo about a decade ago. I'm writing this for my younger colleagues: take care of yourself, don't repeat my mistakes. 1/9
“Sunday’s operation was ... the result of sustained pressure from the White House that altered the incentives of the Mexican state. The bilateral security relationship has entered a more demanding phase with less political room for ambiguity.” www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
Mexico burns after drug cartel leader is captured and killed
Mexico exploded in violence after special forces killed drug cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, leader of the fearsome Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Its foot soldiers fanned out across 20 st...
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“Killing Oseguera was one more step toward pacifying the United States, albeit a big one. It’s more politically palatable for Sheinbaum to target big cartel bosses than arrest politicians with drug cartel ties.” unherd.com/newsroom/el-...
El Mencho death shows Trump’s growing influence in Mexico
Yesterday, the Mexican military carried out one of its most important operations in the war on cartels by killing a prominent cartel boss. Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera was the leader of one of the cou...
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Non-governmental groups working with migrants say images of ICE raids (in the US) have stoked disquiet among some immigrants in Chile – and provoked calls for similar enforcement in South America. “There are people who wish we had a police like that in Chile.” www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Migrants in Chile fear what’s next after Kast wins election
President-elect campaigned on a platform of expelling undocumented migrants and constructing special prisons
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Delcy Rodríguez anuncia una ley de amnistía general para los presos políticos y el cierre del Helicoide en Venezuela www.lanacion.com.ar/el-mundo/del...
“It’s a matter of time. There’s an opportunity to change Venezuela permanently. Cuba is clearly on the radar and in the crosshairs now. And after something is done on Cuba, Nicaragua is the logical next step from there.” www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Nicaragua keeps a low profile as Trump targets Latin American leftists
Sandinista regime has been co-operating on drug enforcement, toning down hyperbolic discourse
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"Because of the instability promoted by Chavista policies, people 'started to support anything that would undermine and eventually remove them,' to the point where there was eventually more LatAm support for Maduro’s removal than there was in the U.S." www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
Trump’s capture of Maduro has more support in Latin America than in the U.S.
More than a half dozen right-leaning, Latin American heads of state supported the U.S. intervention in Venezuela to depose Nicolás Maduro, including the pro-Trump leaders of Ecuador, Argentina and El ...
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En medio de máxima reserva, el pontífice recibió a la líder opositora de Venezuela, quien también tiene previsto ver a Trump esta semana www.lanacion.com.ar/el-mundo/el-...
“The crisis of the Latin American anti-imperialist left is so profound that a person like Trump is capable of influencing the decisions of many countries.” #Venezuela www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Latin American leaders give mixed reaction to Maduro’s capture
Deep divisions emerge over American military intervention in region long aggrieved by U.S.-backed regime changes
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"Don't mess with the bolillo" ☝️https://apnews.com/article/british-baker-hart-mexico-bread-social-media-outrage-5b2f23a36f9f714f4d4c96e1509b43a5
British baker’s criticism of Mexican 'ugly' bread triggers social media outrage
A British baker's critique of Mexican bread has sparked outrage on social media, leading to a public apology.
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The crimes described on “Forensic Files” keep most people up at night. But for a subset of fans, the show is the only thing that puts them to sleep.
Can’t Sleep? Try Listening to This Man Talk About Torture and Death
Fans of ‘Forensic Files’ seek comfort in the voice of narrator Peter Thomas talking about feeding bodies through a woodchipper.
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Sheinbaum ante Uruapan: negar, minimizar y eludir letraslibres.com/politica/esp...
Sheinbaum ante Uruapan: negar, minimizar y eludir | Letras Libres
Comunicar desde el gobierno en una crisis obliga a decir la verdad, dar explicaciones, asumir costos y hacer cambios. Propagar un relato faccioso, en cambio, es negar el dolor de la sociedad.
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How well bright-light treatment works is tricky to test. But the available evidence looks good—and the benefits appear significant enough for researchers to look into whether it can help non-seasonal forms of depression, too
Can bright light banish winter depression?
It seems so. And it might work for other kinds of depression, too
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