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Next Phase in Forcing Biometric Tracking on Consumers
Next Phase in Forcing Biometric Tracking on Consumers Ironically, banks in Mexico lead the way. In 2018, banks in Mexico will face new regulations that will oblige them to collect biometric data (finger prints and iris scans) on all of their customers. Whenever a customer asks for a new home or car loan, cashes in […]
Inflation Surges as Economy Bogs Down in Mexico
Inflation Surges as Economy Bogs Down in Mexico Bank of Mexico caught in a vise. In the last week, the governor of the Bank of Mexico (or Banxico), Augustin Carstens, stepped down in order to take over the reins as general manager of the Bank for International Settlements in Basil, Switzerland, while Finance Minister José […]
There Have Been 698 Earthquakes In California Within The Past 30 Days
There Have Been 698 Earthquakes In California Within The Past 30 Days Why is the west coast shaking so violently? According to the latest data from Earthquake Track, there have been 698 earthquakes in California within the past 30 days. By the time that you read this article, that number will undoubtedly have changed. In […]
Is the Mexican Government Spying on Journalists?
Is the Mexican Government Spying on Journalists? On the season finale of ‘CYBERWAR,’ Ben Makuch investigates why government spyware is cropping up on Mexican reporters’ smartphones. On Tuesday, VICELAND is airing the season finale of CYBERWAR, sending Ben Makuch to Mexico to investigate the government’s potentially fraught use of hacking tools. Mexican authorities purchased spyware […]
Popocatepetl Violently Erupts, And Authorities Warn A Bigger Eruption Could Threaten More Than 20 Million People In Mexico City
Popocatepetl Violently Erupts, And Authorities Warn A Bigger Eruption Could Threaten More Than 20 Million People In Mexico City Mt. Popocatepetl is one of the most important volcanoes on the entire planet, and yet most Americans are not familiar with it. In ancient Aztec, Popocatepetl means “smoking mountain”, but to the locals the 5,426-meter-high volcano […]
The Steep Price of Disaster in Mexico
The Steep Price of Disaster in Mexico Rescue efforts in Mexico are beginning to wind down after a trepidatory (vertical) earthquake unleashed destruction and bedlam in Mexico City and the two central states of Puebla and Morelos on Tuesday. The temblor took place 32 years to the day after a horrendous quake killed at least […]
The Morning After: Mexican Earthquake Leaves Over 248 Dead, Millions Without Electricity
The Morning After: Mexican Earthquake Leaves Over 248 Dead, Millions Without Electricity Across central Mexico, rescue workers including soldiers and volunteers worked late into the night Tuesday to free the living who were still trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings following Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in more than 30 years. The death toll from the […]
At Least 47 Dead, Many Trapped After Powerful Quake Rocks Mexico City
At Least 47 Dead, Many Trapped After Powerful Quake Rocks Mexico City Update 2 (4:38 pm ET): The governor of the Mexican state of Morelos said at least 42 people have died in the central Mexican state, which shares a border with Puebla, the state that contains Mexico City. Counting the five confirmed deaths in […]
Peak oil in Latin America
Peak oil in Latin America This post is using mainly BP’s Statistical Review published in June 2017. Although these statistics put Mexico under North America, it is included here and added to South and Central America’s data at the end of this article. We start with 2 big oil suppliers: Brazil and Venezuela. Fig 1: […]
Mexico Shaken By “Most Powerful Earthquake In A Century”, At Least 15 Dea
Mexico Shaken By “Most Powerful Earthquake In A Century”, At Least 15 Dead Southern Mexico was shaken late Thursday by an 8.1-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 15 people, triggered a tsunami warning and was felt as far away as Mexico City . Despite the immense power of the tremor, which Mexican President Enrique Pena […]
Moral Outrage Over Low Wages: Canada Joins Trump With Threats of Walking Out on NAFTA
Moral Outrage Over Low Wages: Canada Joins Trump With Threats of Walking Out on NAFTA The threat of total abandonment of NAFTA took on a second front today as Canada’s biggest private-sector union said NAFTA should be scrapped if Mexico cannot agree to better labor standards. Please consider Sharp Differences Over Labor Surface at NAFTA Talks in Mexico. […]
Are Mexico’s Oil Reserves Almost Depleted?
Are Mexico’s Oil Reserves Almost Depleted? Mexico’s oil and gas regulator said last week that the country’s proved hydrocarbon reserves will drop by 10.6 percent in 2017. This forecast, coupled with the lower oil production that state company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) reported for yet another year in 2016, is painting a rather bleak picture of […]
Protests in Mexico Push Country to Brink of Revolution and Nobody’s Talking About It
Protests in Mexico Push Country to Brink of Revolution and Nobody’s Talking About It (ANTIMEDIA) San Diego, CA — Long-simmering social tensions in Mexico are threatening to boil over as failing neoliberal reforms to the country’s formerly nationalized gas sector are compounded by open corruption, stagnant standards of living, and rampant inflation. The U.S. media has remained mostly mute on […]
