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Grid Down Acapulco: “There’s Nothing to Eat”

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“Though the government would like us to believe there is rarely looting or panic in the aftermath of a disaster, the fact of the matter is that within 72 hours of any serious crisis people will lose it.  Case in point: Acapulco, Mexico.  With the city devoid of law and order, and emergency responders overwhelmed, looters hit the streets in a matter of hours. You’d think that those who failed to prepare for the possibility of a disaster would be out looking to acquire extra food, fresh drinking water and supplies, but apparently, as we saw in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, electronics and other consumer goods were the order of the day.”

http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/grid-down-acapulco-theres-nothing-to-eat_09192013

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Teachers on strike clash with police in Mexico City protest

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“The teachers, many armed with sticks and wearing masks, had set trash on fire and placed metal barriers in adjoining streets to block the police from entering the Zocalo, home to the National Palace, Aztec ruins and the city’s cathedral.  Pena Nieto signed an education reform this week that requires teachers to undergo mandatory performance evaluations. The teachers say the new rules violate their labor rights. The dissident National Education Workers Coordinator (CNTE) union led several protests in the city for the past three weeks, disrupting traffic in the already congested megalopolis and blocking road access to the international airport in two occasions.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/13/teachers-on-strike-clash-with-police-in-mexico-city-protest/

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Mexican Version of Obamanomics Won’t Work any Better than US Version

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“President Enrique Peña Nieto proposed on Sunday a sweeping overhaul of his country’s tax system, intended to collect billions of dollars to finance new social programs. …Mr. Peña Nieto described the broad outlines of his plan, which would eliminate many loopholes and exemptions that favor the richest Mexicans. He proposed new taxes on capital gains, carbon emissions and soft drinks, and increased income taxes for those making over about $39,000 a year.  …the revenue it would generate would pay for a new universal pension for all Mexicans over 65, a new unemployment insurance scheme and more spending for schools and infrastructure.”

http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/the-mexican-version-of-obamanomics-wont-work-any-better-than-the-american-version/

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Mexico City mulls legal marijuana ‘clubs’

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“The capital hosted a three-day forum on drug policy amid a growing debate in Latin America over the course of the region’s deadly struggle against narcotrafficking, with President Enrique Pena Nieto taking a stance against legalization. Esthela Damian, a councilwoman of the city’s ruling Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), told AFP the proposals on the table include allowing the cultivation of three cannabis plants per person, as well as a system of cooperatives or ‘non-profit private clubs.’  Mexico City, home to almost nine million people plus 11 million more in its suburbs, has stood out from the rest of the country in recent years by legalizing abortion and allowing gay marriage.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/05/mexico-city-mulls-legal-marijuana-clubs/

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Mexico’s Vicente Fox pushes marijuana debate to forefront

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“Former President Vicente Fox grew up on a farm here in rural Guanajuato, one of Mexico’s most conservative states. He is the kind of guy who wears big belt buckles, collects hand-tooled saddles and worships the free market.  Fox has always fancied himself a policy maverick. And these days, the former standard-bearer of Mexico’s conservative National Action Party, or PAN, has emerged as one of Latin America’s most outspoken advocates of marijuana legalization.  This summer he has significantly ramped up his efforts. In June, he declared that he would grow the plant if it were legalized and added that he’d like to see marijuana sold in Mexican convenience stores.”

http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-mexico-fox-pot-20130903,0,163322,full.story

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Mexico leader to discuss alleged U.S. spying with Obama

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“Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Wednesday he would voice concerns about alleged US spying on his emails to US counterpart Barack Obama, warning it would be illegal if proven true.  The new claims of spying in Latin America came two months after allegations of widespread US electronic espionage in the region that infuriated allies and rivals alike. ‘If it is proven that an action took place, with the use of espionage means, this is clearly not permitted and it is outside the law,’ Pena Nieto told reporters during a layover in Canada on his way to Saint Petersburg.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/04/mexico-leader-to-discuss-alleged-us-spying-with-obama/

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Snowden files reveal NSA spied on Brazil and Mexico presidents

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“Rio de Janeiro-based journalist Glenn Greenwald told Globo on Sunday that a document dated June 2012 shows that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto’s emails were being accessed.  That was a month before his election. The NSA also intercepted some of Pena Nieto’s voicemails. The communications included messages in which the future leader discussed the names of potential cabinet members. As for Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff, the NSA said in the document that it was trying to better understand her methods of communication and interlocutors using a program to access all Internet content the president visited online.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/02/snowden-files-reveal-nsa-spied-on-brazil-and-mexico-presidents-glenn-greenwald/

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Mexico ships first load of premium tequila to China

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“The shipment consisted of more than 70,000 bottles of the highest quality tequila, with a total value of more than $400,000, according to the Tequila Regulatory Council (CRT). ‘It’s the beginning of a great opportunity for the development, expansion and positioning of our national drink, tequila, to conquer this great market,’ CRT head Miguel Angel Dominguez said during a speech at the event in the western Jalisco state.  He added that the Chinese market ‘last year alone accounted for 38 percent of the consumption of alcoholic beverages worldwide.’  Only recently was a ban on 100 percent blue agave lifted, following a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping in June.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/30/mexico-ships-first-load-of-premium-tequila-to-china/

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Mexican Cartels Not in “Over 1,000 US Cities,” Report Finds

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“The refrain that Mexican drug cartels ‘now maintain a presence in over 1,000 cities’ has been widely heard ever since the claim was first made in a 2011 report by the now defunct National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC). But the Washington Post reported Sunday that it isn’t true. The figure is ‘misleading at best,’ law enforcement sources and drug policy analysts told the Post. The number was arrived by asking law enforcement agencies to self-report and not based on documented criminal cases involving Mexico’s drug trafficking organizations, the so-called cartels.”

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2013/aug/26/mexican_cartels_not_over_1000_us

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Striking teachers block access to Mexico City airport

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“Thousands of teachers severely disrupted access to Mexico City’s international airport, forcing some travelers to abandon cars and roll suitcases on foot during a protest against education reform.  President Enrique Pena Nieto pushed through Congress changes to the constitution in December in order to put education, which was in the hands of powerful unions, back under government control and require teachers to undergo mandatory performance appraisals.  More than 70,000 teachers went on strike in southern Mexico, leaving more than one million children without classes at the start of the school year this week.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/24/striking-teachers-block-access-to-mexico-city-airport/

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