Why governments are unstable in Latin America

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has nationalized a number of industries and shut down a television network that criticized him. Historians ...

A letter from Cindy

At a show of traditional ceramics in the nearby town of Tlaquepaque. To family and friends, Seven weeks in Mexico. That means five weeks in ...

270 police assassinations in Mexico this year

Yesterday I read in El Publico, a local daily, that so far this year 270 police and drug enforcement officials have been assassinated by org...

The Boy of Sax

I´ve been messing around with a program called Soundslides to create an audio slideshow, and because I had photos of Patrick, our son, I dec...

Mexico challenges U.S. in obesity

It is hard to ignore all the publicity that Mexico´s problem with obesity is attracting. There are the solemn editorials, the ads promoting ...

Whoever or whomever

I was watching “The Office“ here on cable last night, and in this episode the characters debate at an all-staff meeting about whether someon...

80% of Mexicans have cell phones -- really?

Economic notes Eighty percent of Mexico´s population has a cell phone, according to something called the National Chamber of the Telecommuni...