Mexico

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, In December 2019, Donald Trump offered to intervene in Mexico, i.e. “to go after the Drug Cartels”. The Mexican president turned down Trump’s generous offer. And then President Trump confirmed that his administration was considering categorizing “drug cartels” as “terrorists”,  akin to Al Qaeda (with the exception that they are “Catholic terrorists”). They would henceforth be designated by Washington as “foreign terrorist organizations”. What is the intent?  Create a justification for US-led “counterterrorism” (military) operations directed against Latin America countries? Extend the “War on Terrorism” to Latin America?  “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P). Go after the “Narco-terrorists”.  ...

by KENT PATERSON Photograph Source: U.S. Department of State from United States – Public Domain As Mexico counts its first deaths from the dreaded COVID-19 coronavirus, different but not uniform measures were implemented throughout the country in an effort to prevent the spread of the disease. Large events like the spring’s massive San Marcos National Fair in Aguascalientes (an event which attracts an estimated eight million attendees and is an economic driver of the central Mexican city) have been postponed or cancelled, gyms closed, museums and theaters shut down, masses cancelled, and public schools and universities put on extended breaks. Cities and states have enacted varied public health rules ranging from the closure of bars and discos (Jalisco state, home of Guadal...

"What a perfect visual metaphor for a presidency fuelled by hot air." by: Eoin Higgins, A construction crew works on a fallen section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall as seen from Mexicali, Baja California state, Mexico, on January 29, 2020. (Photo: STR/AFP/Getty Images) Mother Nature: 1.  President Donald Trump: 0. That's the scorecard from the southern border after gusts of wind of up to 37 miles per hour took down a section of the president's much-vaunted border wall in Calexio, California.  The steel wall sections that toppled under the winds, which fell in the Beaufort Scale as "moderate gale" force gusts, were held in place by concrete anchors that had not fully set, according to reporting from the Guardian. Watch the winds blow the w...

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Donald Trump has offered to intervene in Mexico, i.e. “to go after the Drug Cartels” following “the brutal killing of an American family in Mexico”. The Mexican president has turned down Trump’s generous offer. In a recent interview, President Trump confirmed that his administration is now considering categorizing “drug cartels” as “terrorists”,  akin to Al Qaeda (with the exception that they are “Catholic terrorists”). They would henceforth be designated by Washington as “foreign terrorist organizations”. What is the intent?  Create a justification for US-led “counterterrorism” (military) operations inside Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America? Extend the “War on Terrorism” to Latin America?  “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P)...