Latin America Archive

  • Who is Q'orianka Kilcher? Are you a fan? Do you thinks she is too radical? Or do you think she's one of the few brave ones that isn't afraid to tell the truth?

    Q’orianka Kilcher: Enviro Youth Leader Rock Star?

    Posted on July 30, 2010 | 2 Comments
    Who is Q'orianka Kilcher? Are you a fan? Do you thinks she is too radical? Or do you think she's one of the few brave ones that isn't afraid to tell the truth?

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  • The Mexican soccer structure and its owners need to understand and accept that what happened in South Africa was a failure, that Mexican soccer suffers from an illness and that it needs fundamental in-depth changes, to guarantee that what happened in this World Cup does not happen again in four years. The most urgent changes are already well-known: reduce the number of foreigners playing in the Mexican soccer leagues, better quality of work in the development of players and trainers, go back to the tournaments that stretch out for longer periods of time, and place more importance on performance rather than on making profits for profits sakes. With or without the current group in power, with or without the television stations, with or without Televisa, the owners of the teams have an obligation to push for those changes.

    Monopolies Choking Latin American Soccer

    Posted on June 30, 2010 | No Comments
    The Mexican soccer structure and its owners need to understand and accept that what happened in South Africa was a failure, that Mexican soccer suffers from an illness and that it needs fundamental in-depth changes, to guarantee that what happened in this World Cup does not happen again in four years. The most urgent changes are already well-known: reduce the number of foreigners playing in the Mexican soccer leagues, better quality of work in the development of players and trainers, go back to the tournaments that stretch out for longer periods of time, and place more importance on performance rather than on making profits for profits sakes. With or without the current group in power, with or without the television stations, with or without Televisa, the owners of the teams have an obligation to push for those changes.

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  • Two wrongs do not make a right. For the sake of argument: just because Mexico or any other country might be guilty of having an “inhumane” immigration policy of its own, it does not mean that it is okay for the U.S. to have an even more horrible one. The U.S. is supposed to be better, not worse, than other countries. President Calderón made headlines this week, more than anything for his address to a joint session of U.S. Congress where he asked for the reinstatement of the assault weapons ban and for the rejection of Arizona’s new authoritarian police law. Watch his full address here.

    Calderón & Mexico’s Own Immigration Laws

    Posted on May 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Two wrongs do not make a right. For the sake of argument: just because Mexico or any other country might be guilty of having an “inhumane” immigration policy of its own, it does not mean that it is okay for the U.S. to have an even more horrible one. The U.S. is supposed to be better, not worse, than other countries. President Calderón made headlines this week, more than anything for his address to a joint session of U.S. Congress where he asked for the reinstatement of the assault weapons ban and for the rejection of Arizona’s new authoritarian police law. Watch his full address here.

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  • The Saint Patrick's Battalion (Spanish: Batallón de San Patricio) was a unit of 175 to several hundred immigrants (accounts vary) and expatriates of European descent who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848. Most of the battalion's members had deserted or defected from the U.S. Army. Made up primarily of ethnic Irish and German Catholic immigrants, the battalion also included Canadians, English, French, Italians, Poles, Scots, Spaniards, Swiss, and native Mexicans, most of whom were also Roman Catholics.

    Happy Mexican St. Patrick’s Day!

    Posted on March 17, 2010 | No Comments
    The Saint Patrick's Battalion (Spanish: Batallón de San Patricio) was a unit of 175 to several hundred immigrants (accounts vary) and expatriates of European descent who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848. Most of the battalion's members had deserted or defected from the U.S. Army. Made up primarily of ethnic Irish and German Catholic immigrants, the battalion also included Canadians, English, French, Italians, Poles, Scots, Spaniards, Swiss, and native Mexicans, most of whom were also Roman Catholics.

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