VIEWPOINT: The diplomacy game: mistrust & phony friendships
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- Published on Friday, 01 November 2013 12:11
- Written by Michael Forbes
Oh to be a fly on the wall when U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Anthony Wayne was summoned to the office of Mexican Foreign Secretary Jose Antonio Meade this week to explain the revelation that the National Security Agency (NSA) listened in to the phone calls of former president Felipe Calderon.
The US government shutdown: a nation divided against itself?
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- Published on Friday, 04 October 2013 10:57
- Written by GR Staff
What makes the House Republicans’ decision to shut down the federal government an immoral and unconscionable “threat” rather than an ordinary political disagreement? The answer is simple.
Pope joins Twitter ahead of 12/12/12
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- Published on Friday, 14 December 2012 11:56
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Pope Benedict XVI joined social networking site Twitter last week under the username @Pontifex.
Canadians are happiest people on the continent
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- Published on Friday, 20 September 2013 11:40
- Written by GR Staff
It’s official. People in Mexico are happier than the denizens of the United States – but only by a tiny margin.
US presidential campaign reaches a climax
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- Published on Friday, 28 September 2012 11:39
- Written by GR Staff
After the ballyhoo and hype of the national conventions, the presidential candidates get down to the business end of their campaigns next week with the first of four keenly anticipated – and potentially make-or-break – debates.
Jalisco's US expats want to vote for governor
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- Published on Friday, 28 June 2013 16:12
- Written by GR Staff
Expatriate Jaliscineses in the United States have filed a petition with the state Congress to change the law so they will be able to vote for the next state governor.
Vancouver turns Mexican
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- Published on Friday, 31 August 2012 11:56
- Written by GR Staff
The Canadian city of Vancouver hosts Mexico Fest 2012 this month, an annual celebration of all things Mexican hosted by the Mexican Consulate in British Columbia.
GDL firms, individuals placed on US Treasury blacklist
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- Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 16:10
- Written by Michael Forbes
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has targeted 18 individuals linked to drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero, who is currently serving a 40-year prison term for the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique Camarena in 1985.
Votes from abroad
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- Published on Friday, 18 May 2012 13:50
- Written by GR Staff
Overseas voting in Mexico’s presidential election has begun. The Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) received 1,880 votes in the first 10 days after the polls were opened to Mexicans living abroad.
Virgin in Chicago
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- Published on Friday, 24 May 2013 17:31
- Written by GR Staff
Zapopan’s revered Virgin of Zapopan statue has visited the Windy City for the first time.
Internet to shut down March 31?
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- Published on Friday, 30 March 2012 12:55
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Online vulnerability made headlines across the world this week, with the hacker group Anonymous having threatened to shut down the internet on March 31.
Local businessman admits money laundering
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- Published on Friday, 24 May 2013 15:31
- Written by GR Staff
A Guadalajara businessman who plead guilty to money laundering in San Antonio, Texas, invested some of his ill-gotten gains in the film “The Passion of Christ.”
Brits to adapt Rulfo book into opera
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- Published on Friday, 17 February 2012 12:57
- Written by GR Staff
A classic piece of literature by acclaimed Jalisco writer Juan Rulfo is being adapted for performance at the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden, with the premiere planned for 2013.
US plots path to citizenship for illegal immigrants
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- Published on Friday, 29 March 2013 06:00
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The 11 million undocumented workers residing in the United States – nearly 60 percent of whom are Mexican – could gain citizenship within 13 years under reforms to immigration law being prepared by a bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators.
Scandal exposes incompetence of Irish immigration officials
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- Published on Friday, 20 January 2012 11:32
- Written by Duncan Tucker
If Irish couples have been illegally adopting Mexican children for years, why has the Irish government not caught on?
Pope Francis dogged by polemic ties to military junta
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- Published on Friday, 15 March 2013 12:47
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Jorge Bergoglio, who became the first Latin American Pope on Wednesday, has long faced accusations of collaborating with the military junta that ruled Argentina with an iron fist from 1976 to 1983.
French cheesed off as Puss in Boots gets the cream
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- Published on Friday, 13 January 2012 12:41
- Written by Duncan Tucker
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has provoked outrage in his homeland by awarding Mexican actress Salma Hayek the country’s most prestigious order of merit.
Latin American pope?
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- Published on Friday, 01 March 2013 11:02
- Written by GR Staff
Six out of ten Mexicans would prefer to have a pope from Latin America, according to a survey conducted by GCE. As well as a younger pontiff, many would like him to be charismatic, humble, intelligent and liberal-minded.
US knocking back more tequila than Mexico
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- Published on Friday, 06 January 2012 11:57
- Written by Aaron Burkholder
Tequila, the beloved representative drink of Mexico, flows freer in the United States than in any other country—including Mexico.
US presidential inauguration conundrum
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- Published on Friday, 18 January 2013 11:14
- Written by GR Staff
The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution stipulates when the presidential inauguration takes place. Going into effect after the difficult Depression-era transition from Herbert Hoover to Franklin Roosevelt in 1932, it set the start of presidential terms as noon on January 20. Until then, a president elected in November did not take office until March 4, the date the Continental Congress had set for President Washington’s inauguration in 1788.
US election circus roars into top gear January 3
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- Published on Thursday, 22 December 2011 11:36
- Written by GR Staff
2012 will see intense activity on the political front in the United States, with the November general election promising to be one of the most keenly (and bitterly) fought in years. The political calendar gets moving early, with the Iowa Caucuses on January 3. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s coming up in the first two months of the year.
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