Mex Files is in great form

Good to see RG over at The Mex Files putting up multiple posts these last couple of days. Always a pleasure to read his prose and he even has some advice for this humble scribe when it comes to the recent bullying threats received by IKN from those who would prefer us gagged and not pointing fingers at liars and scamsters.

Make The Mex Files part of your blogolife, too. Ain't no finer way to know Mexico.

Are you wondering whether you're a prostitute or not?

Then this is the place for you.

All this and insight on Mexican Cantina Culture offered up for you by The Mex Files, now back and posting after his sabbatical. All with a side of re-fried beans.

The Mex Files with good news

Oh, so apparently a state's racial profiling junk isn't going to be left unchallenged by people who really understand the law. MexFiles has the news on how key aspects of the Arizona law have just been blocked at a Federal level.

Post of the week....

....goes to this most excellent article written by RG over at The Mex Files. The subject is that of being a gringo in LatAm and the argument is solid.

A highly recommended read. Here's the link again.

Good news from Mexico

Arriving at your eyeballs, courtesy of The Mex Files (photo ripped from TMF, too):

"By a margin of 39 to 20, the Federal District Assembly approved a bill redefining “marriage” as the “free uniting of two PERSONS” earlier today. Jefe de goberierno, Marcello Ebrard still needs to physically sign the bill, and the text has to be published in the Gaceta before the new law takes effect… which takes about 45 days. Wedding planners might want to start work now for the mid-February rush.

Naturally, Felipe Calderón is already looking for some way to challenge the bill in the courts and Armando Martinez, the president of something called the College of Catholic Attorneys is whining about...."

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Blackfire translated: Canada's corrupt miners explained in real English

The Mex Files has taken up the cause of the scumbag miner that was up until recently operating in the Chiapas region of Mexico (until it decided that political assassinations were a smart hearts'n'minds operation, that is) and provides a useful translation of what they said compared to what it actually means. Here's the link.

Thanks Given to The Mex Files....

.....for the cartoon on display here. Very good.

there's something about Mary

After the O'Grady post of yesterday, I now realize how much time was wasted in writing it. The Mex Files does all it so much better and with succinct turns of phrase, too:

"O’Grady makes shit up."

Your friendly LatAm tool announces....

...that The Mex Files has a good post regarding the advantages (and some of the challenges) of locating your business in Mexico. Good stuff. Here's the link, go have a read.

Death in LatAm: A noteworthy article by Mexfiles

There are two common sayings about skulls in Spanish; "Calavera no chilla" (skull don't scream)
and "Calavera no llora" (skull don't cry). Worth your time trying to work out
what they mean if you want to know how LatAm operates culturally.

In the light of the rejection, disgust etc of (mainly) Irish citizens to seeing pictures of Michael Dywer's dead, bulletholed body plastered all over news media, RG over at The Mex Files has written an excellent article about the Latino attitude towards death and why photos such as the one of Dwyer are pretty normal fare here in LatAm.

I thoroughly recommend RG's post as it gives concise but deep insight into the region. After all, showing non-locals a bit about the way LatAm ticks and people's cultural attitudes is one of the reasons a blog such as this humble corner of cyberspace serves any sort of purpose. The old truism of "racism doesn't travel well" applies to cybervoyages, too.

So anyway, go see RG's superlative article, it's on this link. I've added a comment on the bottom of his note and it'd be great to see some more reflections from other people there, too.

Still don't believe that US reporters lie to you about LatAm?

Well read this.

Some idiot who thinks he's special because he got hired by The Washington Post named Joshua Partlow has been conclusively shown as a know-nothing liar and peddler of proven falsehoods that were ordered retracted by court order over a year ago. And surprise surprise, Partlow was spreading BS muck about...wait for it.......roll on the drums....yes....you've guessed it already...Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador! Wow, shocker, huh?

All this thanks to the diligent work of excellent (and I'm proud to say long-time linked here) blogs Abiding In Bolivia and The Mex Files (and their own mini-eminence gris Utpal.) Click on the blognames to find the full exposés to Partlow's lies. Good work, guys.

So Joshua, you receive an award that so many professional journalists who read IKN have deserved this week. All yours, dumbass:

Re-post: Start thinking about getting those Christmas presents organized...

......and put in an order or seven for this book.

Gods, Gachupines and Gringos by Richard Grabman is a great read on the history of Mexico that starts at the Olmecs and finishes in the present day. This isn't some dusty-dry piece of academia, either; the writing style is fresh and it's a real page-turner that educates and entertains in equal measure. Get your order in now and you get free delivery straight from the publishers (and by cutting out the eventual Amazon listing the author gets more percentage for his work, too).

To find out more about the process behind the writing of Gods, Gachupines and Gringos check out this recent post at Grabman's blog The Mex Files. You can also get to the publisher's order page very easily from his site, or if you like click here.

So for yourself or anyone you know that's interested in Latin America, this book is a perfect fit as a gift and won't break the bank come the festive season, either. Get your order in today. And just to be clear, I get no commission, payment or anything of the sort from promoting Grabman's book. This post is for the sole benefit(s) of you the reader and Grabman the author.

Start thinking about getting those Christmas presents organized...

......and put in an order or seven for this book.

Gods, Gachupines and Gringos by Richard Grabman is a great read on the history of Mexico that starts at the Olmecs and finishes in the present day. This isn't some dusty-dry piece of academia, either; the writing style is fresh and it's a real page-turner that educates and entertains in equal measure. Get your order in now and you get free delivery straight from the publishers (and by cutting out the eventual Amazon listing the author gets more percentage for his work, too).

To find out more about the process behind the writing of Gods, Gachupines and Gringos check out this recent post at Grabman's blog The Mex Files. You can also get to the publisher's order page very easily from his site, or if you like click here.

So for yourself or anyone you know that's interested in Latin America, this book is a perfect fit as a gift and won't break the bank come the festive season, either. Get your order in today. And just to be clear, I get no commission, payment or anything of the sort from promoting Grabman's book. This post is for the sole benefit(s) of you the reader and Grabman the author.