Blogs about: Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
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2 de Octubre...
… the United States insists on providing “assistance” to Mexico to deal with a so-called “internal threat” and what IT calls a “terrorist threat” which justif… more →
The Mex Files
Tlatelolco, hoy y siempre
wrote 3 months ago: Tlatelolco, hoy y siempre Jorge Camil http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/10/02/index.php?section=opinio … more →
2 de Octubre...
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wrote 3 months ago: … the United States insists on providing “assistance” to Mexico to deal with a so- … more →
Macho men: bullfighters, Norman Mailer, the Village People, and Salvador Novo
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wrote 3 months ago: I got bogged down last week, trying to translate a short poem by Salvador Novo. I starting looking … more →
Calderon's "Enemies List"
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wrote 4 months ago: I made a few small revisions from the original post, to clear up an inadvertent slur. There are U.S … more →
Tlatelolco - the 40th anniversary
wrote 1 year ago: Mexico, October 2, 1968: The Night of Tlatelolco; the Death of the Student Movement Ernesto Páramo … more →
Soledad Loaeza: Gustavo Díaz Ordaz y la guerra fría
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wrote 1 year ago: El movimiento estudiantil mexicano del verano de 1968 fue también una crisis de guerra fría. Ciertam … more →
Candidate vetting
wrote 1 year ago: With the Olympics scheduled to open in mid-October 1968, the Díaz Ordaz government was desperate to … more →
Missed Informe
wrote 1 year ago: 1 September is a quasi-holiday in Mexico. At least the banks are closed. It was the only time the … more →
J. Enrique Olivera Arce: Salinas, juez y parte de lo que denuncia
wrote 1 year ago: Salinas, juez y parte de lo que denuncia J. Enrique Olivera Arce En algo estamos de acuerdo: el país … more →
What a wimp! What a dame!
wrote 1 year ago: Geeze, the Governor of New York resigns (or is said to be resigning) because he hired a hooker? Whil … more →
2 Octubre 1968... 2007
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wrote 2 years ago: This is the anniversary of the Tlatelolco Massacre. Since I am finishing up Gods, Gachupines and Gri … more →
Dick Nixon dice "¡Viva Mexico!" (sorta, kinda)
wrote 2 years ago: … though Tricky Dicky complaining about thieves and crooks is a little like the pot calling th … more →
Tlatelolco -- yes, it was the CIA
wrote 3 years ago: This has always been known — two and a half years ago, I bought a CD from an ambulante on the … more →
