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A Rumor of War

richmx2 wrote 4 hours ago: Philip Caputo has been writing about war and the corruption of war since his Vietnam memoir, A Rumor … more →

Tags: 2006 Elections, Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico), Barack Obama, Bureaucracy, Chihuahua, ciudad de mexico, Colombia, Crime and Punishment, drugs

News21: Innovation in journalism, straight from the border and Arizona State

cfheath wrote 3 days ago: News 21 is a partnership between 12 universities around the United States, including Arizona State, … more →

Tags: Community, Journalism, arizona, Arizona State University, Immigration, Innovation, investigative reporting, Latino, National

KGBT 4 - Deadline for Midwives Passports Approaching1 comment

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid wrote 4 days ago: … more →

Tags: Individual Rights, TRLA In the News

A Modest Proposal on immigration1 comment

richmx2 wrote 5 days ago: Great speech! “Robert Erickson” was introduced to a 14 November Minnesota Tea Party Agai … more →

Tags: Gringolandia, Humor, Indigenous peoples, Nativist groups, Right Wing Idiots

I won't have Lou Dobbs to kick around anymore1 comment

richmx2 wrote 1 week ago: Oh well. I’ve mentioned the guy a total of 23 times (24 counting this one) over the  lifespan … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico), Clueless gringos in Mexico, Economy & Business, Emigrant labor/remittances, Gringolandia, Informal economy, Lou Dobbs, media

dia de los muertos98 comments

marisacat wrote 3 weeks ago: A San Francisco Day of the Dead installation from November 2, 2008. [link to site] **** I also found … more →

Tags: California / Pacific Coast, México, San Francisco, Viva La Revolucion!

KRGV 5 - Inside the Slave Trade

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid wrote 3 weeks ago: One woman was sold on an auction block. Another became an involuntary servant in the land of the fre … more →

Tags: Human Trafficking, TRLA In the News

(semi) CENSORED!1 comment

richmx2 wrote 3 weeks ago: La Granja, the Los Tigres del Norte fable about the collapse of Mexican agriculture (and society) un … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Border Fence, Bureaucracy, Corridos, Crime and Punishment, drugs, Economy & Business, Environment, Human Rights

Illegal aliens severely punished: 20 dollar fine2 comments

richmx2 wrote 1 month ago: “Peter” in Morelia, recently had some dazed and confused visitors, who entered Mexico wi … more →

Tags: Bureaucracy, Clueless gringos in Mexico, Gringolandia, Human Rights, Indocumentados, Tourism

Sense and sensibility: Sunday readings1 comment

richmx2 wrote 1 month ago: Nun-sense Via Secret History, comes a link to an introduction to the work of Sor Teresa Forcades, a … more →

Tags: Americas (outside U.S. and Mexico), Barack Obama, Catholic Church, Colombia, Crack-pots, Crime and Punishment, drugs, Gays, Gringolandia

The Monitor - Feds announce overhaul of immigration detention system

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid wrote 1 month ago: Repurposed hotels, nursing homes and other residential facilities could become the new face of deten … more →

Tags: Immigration, TRLA In the News

Rio Grande Guardian - MALDEF, TRLA 'shocked' by actions of some border schools

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid wrote 1 month ago: The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Texas RioGrande Legal Aid have spoken ou … more →

Tags: Education, Individual Rights, TRLA In the News

Strange fruit in the Texas Big Bend

richmx2 wrote 1 month ago: Having been for a very short time the Brewster County Bureau Chief for the now world-famous Big Bend … more →

Tags: Food and Drink, Texas, Big Bend, Guayabas

Looking past each other in the drug war1 comment

richmx2 wrote 1 month ago: I have tried,with varying success, to understand Mexico and Mexican politics and culture, for years, … more →

Tags: Crime and Punishment, drugs, Gringolandia, La Raza (Mexican cultures and peoples), Mexican History 1810-1824 (Independence), Mexican History 1921+, military, Plan Mérida, Política mexicana

Dumb and dumber on immigration

richmx2 wrote 1 month ago: Dumb… (Cindy Casares, Guanabee): Texas Governor Rick Perry, he of the Teabag Nation, has a new … more →

Tags: Gringolandia, Human Rights, Texas, media, Rick Perry, Crack-pots, glenn beck

Del Rio News Herald - Superintendent's resignation asked for

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid wrote 2 months ago: Val Verde County Democratic Party Chair Diana Salgado called for public school district superintende … more →

Tags: TRLA In the News, Education

OH?

richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: Some $2.4 billion has been spent since 2005 on a still-unfinished project to erect more than 600 mil … more →

Tags: Border Fence

Amnesty for illegals!

richmx2 wrote 2 months ago: KVUE (Austin, TX) The US embassy estimates more than one million Americans are living south of the b … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Indocumentados, Clueless gringos in Mexico

MALAYSIA CLAIMS AMBALAT OVER ITS OIL RESERVES

Andi Abdussalam wrote 2 months ago: Jakarta, June 7 (ANTARA) – When tension heightened between Indonesia and Malaysia over the Amb … more →

Tags: ambalat


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