The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Maybe it is due to the springtime heat wave that’s kicking in, or some weird alignment of the planets, but for some reason a lot of my fellow expats have become extremely cranky of late.
It seems to me that climate change is devastating the USA … and I’m not talking about environmental matters. It’s the scorched earth condition of the nation’s political landscape that’s given me a rampant case of patriotic blues.
Whew! The Easter holiday rush is over and I’m still here to tell the story, a survivor of some of the hairiest roadway antics I’ve ever witnessed.
What do colored eggs, jelly beans, marshmallow chicks and a gift-bearing cotton tail have to do with Easter? Well, as far as popular customs in Mexico go, nothing at all.
Joni Mitchell’s catchy tune keeps running through my head:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot, with a pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot.
The U.S. administration has had it with some of Mexico’s drug cartels—just some.
I mean, can you blame it? Political leaders have tried to model good business practices on and off for several years recently.
But some cartel misbehavior has remained unpleasant, and they may be enriching uranium.
So, the answer?
Sanctions.
The U.S. administration has had it with some of Mexico’s drug cartels—just some.
I mean, can you blame it? Political leaders have tried to model good business practices on and off for several years recently.
But some cartel misbehavior has remained unpleasant, and they may be enriching uranium.
So, the answer?
