Mexico and why you should care

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Thursday July 05, 2012 · 6:04 PM PDT

2012/07/05 · 18:04

Well we just had another stollen election down here in Mexico. It was not from stuffing ballots, but by giving poor people a pretty small amount of cash or food. I was approached to sell my vote and it was cheap..maybe if they had offered more, I'm poor, I might have voted for PRI. So why should you care?

The PAN party lost big in the election. PRI has most of the state governors, out of eight they won five. We have a pretty boy president and PRI has bought most of the country again.

Although I despise the right wing PAN, I am so sad to see PRI once again on the rise.

mariachi mama

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Friday April 16, 2010 · 7:55 PM PDT

2010/04/16 · 19:55

Felipe Calderon became the president of Mexico in a highly controversial election in 2006. Sonn after his election he began an aggressive military campaign against the drug cartels. So far the death toll is about 23,000 for three years. Our government in Mexico says that 90% of the dead are criminals.

mariachi mama

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Friday March 05, 2010 · 7:14 PM PST

2010/03/05 · 19:14

Last fall, my husband and I were in very dire straights. No work, no money and about to be homeless. Some background. We are Mexicans who live in Mexico. Anyway, we, or mostly me, got a place to live in a goat ranch in the sierra, the mountains. Just an hour and a half drive from the homes of the rich and famous is another world, where the biggest concern is coyotes and narcos.

mariachi mama

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Saturday October 10, 2009 · 3:54 PM PDT

2009/10/10 · 15:54

as cooler weather approaches, it's time to start thinking about heart soups and stews and bean dishes are a great starting point. Cheap, rich in nutrients and fiber and so easy to cook, beans and other legumes are an almost perfect food.

But what about the social aspect? Beans can cause flatulence, which can be a bit embarrassing. Well, I've discovered that the more beans you eat, the less you toot, which kind of puts to lie the schoolyard chant.

Beans, beans the musical fruit
The more you eat
The more you toot.

The more you toot
The better you feel
Don't you wish you had beans
For every meal.

mariachi mama

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Monday August 31, 2009 · 7:27 PM PDT

2009/08/31 · 19:27

I live in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

We have a big ass hurricane headed our way. It may get ugly, in fact I am sure it will get ugly. I am ready for no electricity, the dengue outbreak after it passes and the lack of tourists after that will further decimate this already struggling community. It is not helpful to read comments that Cabo should evacuate. Where would we go?

Update: Folks, please un rec this. I really appreciate all the wonderful thoughts and blessings, but on the scale of things, my concerns are very small.

mariachi mama

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Sunday June 07, 2009 · 4:47 PM PDT

2009/06/07 · 16:47

A fire in a government sponsored daycare in Hermosillo, Sonora has now claimed 41 lifes, all babies and toddlers. There are sure to be more deaths among the hospitalized.

I have been digging through the news stories, blog comments and stuff on TV here in Mexico and think I have a pretty good idea of what happened

mariachi mama

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Tuesday July 15, 2008 · 6:51 PM PDT

2008/07/15 · 18:51

Michelle Obama was invited to join a mostly black sorority. I don't know this sorority but I like what I have heard, although I haven't quite got the Skee Wee noise thing.

Apparently, according to those who think racism in the United States was put to rest by affirmative action(evil) and black movie stars, we live in a post racial society

mariachi mama

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Sunday July 13, 2008 · 7:39 PM PDT

2008/07/13 · 19:39

The top of the rec list is a diary about the New Yorker cover and there are a gazillion comments attached..way too many for me to even attempt to read them. Is there a complination of the comments?

mariachi mama

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Saturday June 28, 2008 · 7:43 PM PDT

2008/06/28 · 19:43

Thanks American taxpayers! You have just spent 400 million dollars more on the Great War on Drugs. Not even a drop in the bucket on what Plan Colombia has cost, but a good start, right? While some think it is a cash transfer to corrupt Mexican politicians well they would be wrong.

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No, let's worry more about other stuff

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yes, valid concerns, but politics, y

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Drugs

mariachi mama

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Thursday June 26, 2008 · 8:07 PM PDT

2008/06/26 · 20:07

Back in January, a Border patrol agent, Luis Aguilar, was run over and killed while in the line of duty, when a presumptive drug runner hit him and fled to Mexico. He left behind a wife an two kids.

Another less known war, that has killed more innocents than Iraq, the Drug Wars.

Or Spice Wars.

mariachi mama

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Tuesday June 24, 2008 · 11:16 PM PDT

2008/06/24 · 23:16

I'm a bit curious.

I live in Mexico and, while I am quite safe, many are not.

I understand that many people in America are suffering from all the crap of seven years of the conservative ideal

mariachi mama

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Friday June 20, 2008 · 8:26 PM PDT

2008/06/20 · 20:26

Doesn't mean you you must post a diary. Diary after diary on the same topic, on FISA or Russert or the outrage of the day diminishes our community and weakens our voice.

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