Though many see it as low-skill labor that anyone could do, it’s important work, and without it it’s nearly impossible to get any other kind of work done.
Opinion
Who cares what’s inside other people’s pants or under their skirts?
To those so passionately concerned about what’s in other people’s pants, under their skirts or in their brains, I would say: “People, chill.”
Advocacy group rejects claim it received government funding or aid
The United Against Human Trafficking Commission says it is supported by private donations and does not depend on government funds in any way.
Answering the call: in Mexico the baño is not a place where one spends a lot of time
Here in Mexico, the facilities which accommodate this very natural process range from posh to pitiful, but can quickly deteriorate into the mortifying.
Bulls and other animals deserve better from mankind
Humans seem to seek out witnessing dangerous experiences, and what’s more terrifying and thrilling than watching a 2,000-pound animal charge someone?
Incompetent bureaucrats, naivete and doomed policies spell a dim future
The key economic problem is uncertainty, mainly due to lack of confidence in the administration and its strategy, and doubts about the new trade pact.
AMLO is installing a personal fiefdom and leading the country to disaster
President López Obrador is imposing broad government control of the economy, obliterating independent institutions and relentlessly attacking the press.
Barking up the wrong tree on illegal immigration: leave Mexico alone
When Washington scolds or threatens Mexico for its failure to halt illegal migrants, it chooses the wrong target. The target should be Guatemala.
Give the guy a chance: praise for AMLO despite mistakes, bad ideas
People who don’t like AMLO really don’t like AMLO, and the number of those willing to believe that he’s the next Hugo Chávez is alarmingly high.
Lots of people keen on planting free trees in Mexico City
Last week in Mexico City, the Environment Secretariat gave away free trees to residents to plant in their communities.
Plastic straws: we won’t save the world by refusing to use them
Instead of shaming others about using straws better to focus attention on the big offenders, the ones who are producing and selling those products.
‘Dirty Jew:’ anti-Semitism on the rise in Mexico and elsewhere
Many Jews who have not suffered anti-Semitism in the past are finding themselves subject to attack. Anti-Semitism is rising globally, and in Mexico too.
Removal of 58 shade-giving trees raises the ire of a neighborhood
The 80-year-old trees came down to make way for a parking ramp for Mitikah, a luxury development in Colonia Xoco in Benito Juárez.
It takes a pueblo: family support was key during postpartum depression
There’s a kind of organically emotional and structural support for mothers and children in Mexico that our North American neighbors don’t get to experience.
Mexico should offer its own apology—to the Chinese-Mexican community
On March 26, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known as AMLO, said he had sent a letter to Spanish FULL STORY
Whistled at, taunted, touched and grabbed: a snarky lesson for cat callers
Harassment sucks, but what sucks more is that so many men don’t seem to realize that it’s something they seriously shouldn’t do.
Migrants are doing what any one of us would do in their situation
But Mexico suffers from ‘migrant fatigue;’ travelers are disrupting an already-stressed society, not for the purpose of disruption, but out of desperation.
After a fruitless search for an electrician the author grabs pliers and roll of tape
Much of the wiring looked like multi-colored worms having group sex, a jumble of disorganized wires that can hold exciting surprises for curious intruders.
Public embarrassment, praise one approach in corruption fight
Combination of humor and publicity that the era of social media has brought make for a potent fusion for encouraging change.
Driving in Mexico like a video game in which you have only one life
Poor infrastructure, absence of effective transit authority and lack of driving school culture make driving an adventure.
Aztec gods of construction are smiling on the writer as building begins
All of our truly disruptive demolition has taken place over the past three weeks and real construction has begun.
If it’s possible to earn more as a beggar, what’s the scandal?
Dirty people with pleading eyes and ragged clothes that make you feel guilty for your state of non-misery are much easier targets of our own angst.
Sure, there are other pressing matters, but why shouldn’t Spain apologize?
Apologies for things that happened long ago in which the perpetrators were entire countries are not unprecedented.
Construction begins, and the first challenge is erecting the scaffolding
The noise of rotohammers and the songs of laborers fill our crumbling house with a discordance only experienced during a Mexican construction project.
National guard another costly institutional reform whose potential is uncertain
The new force is another step closer to taking up arms, but the logic behind its creation and its potential for improving the security remain uncertain.
