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Mexican cartels now using ‘tanks’
June 7, 2011
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(HECTOR GUERRERO/ AFP/GETTY IMAGES ) - Mexican policemen stand guard next to an armoured car seized to alleged members of the Mexican drug cartel "Los Zetas".The armoured car called "The Z Monster" has a capacity to transport about 20 men and has a turret to place.
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drug cartel, gulf cartel, Los Zetas, Mexico, Organized crime, technology
Mexico ramps up gold reserves at dollar’s expense
May 4, 2011
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* Mexico ups gold reserves by over 90 tonnes in two months
* Mexic onow ranks 33 among official holders of gold (Changes dateline, pvs LONDON; adds comment, details)
By Dave Graham
The price of gold has risen by 11% this yearMEXICO CITY, May 4 (Reuters) – Mexico massively ramped up its gold reserves in the first quarter of this year, buying over $4 billion of bullion as emerging economies move away from the ailing U.S. dollar, which has dipped to 2-1/2-year lows.
The third biggest one-off purchase of gold by any country over the past decade took Mexico’s reserves to 100.15 tonnes — or 3.22 million ounces — by the end of March from just 6.84 tonnes at the end of January, according to the International Monetary Fund and Mexico’s central bank.
Gold has gained 11 percent this year, driven by concern over euro zone debt and the violence in the Arab world, as well as by the U.S. dollar’s 7.6 percent decline against a basket of currencies .DXY.
Sergio Martin, chief economist for HSBC in Mexico, said the government probably saw gold as a highly liquid asset that would reduce exposure to the falling greenback.
“They’re probably thinking that getting out of dollars and into gold makes sense because we know that the dollar has some trend to depreciate in the near future at least,” said Martin. “I don’t think they’re going to lose money Read more…
Language spoken by only two people dying out as they won’t talk to each other
April 14, 2011
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Manuel Segovia lives in the village of Ayapa in the Mexican southern state of Tabasco Photo: EPA
9:04AM BST 14 Apr 2011
Manuel Segovia, 75, and Isidro Velazquez, 69, are the only two people who can speak it fluently, but they will not talk to each other, despite living only 500 yards from each other in the village of Ayapa in the Mexican southern state of Tabasco.
Mr Segovia reportedly spoke the language with his brother until he died around 10 years ago, and he still converses with his son and wife, who understand him but are unable to speak more than a few words. Mr Velazquez is understood to not speak to anyone in the language. The men are also said to disagree over aspects of the language.
It is not known why the pair do not talk to each other, but a linguistic anthropologist from Indiana University who is involved in a project to make the first dictionary of the language, has said they do not have a lot in common.
Daniel Suslak told The Guardian that Mr Segovia can be “a little prickly” while Mr Velazquez is “more stoic”.
Mr Segovia told the newspaper: “When I was a boy everybody spoke it. It’s disappeared little by little, and now I suppose it might die with me.” He denied any animosity towards Mr Velazquez.
There are almost 70 indigenous languages in Mexico, which are divided into a further 364 variations. The introduction of Spanish education in the 20th century appears to have accelerated the demise of the Ayapaneco language.
As well as the dictionary, the National Indigenous Language Institute is planning classes with the two men, but previous efforts have failed to lead to an upsurge in speakers.
Earthquake shakes wide area of southern Mexico
April 7, 2011
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Could there be a connection with the Solar Storm from yesterday? Definitely.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook a wide area of southern and central Mexico on Thursday, sending people fleeing into the streets, but causing only minor reported damage.
The epicenter was located near Las Choapas, a town of about 83,000 residents about 370 miles (600 kilometers) southeast of Mexico City. It swayed buildings for several seconds in the capital, and in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, people ran from their homes and school children assembled on playgrounds.
Near the epicenter, cracks in walls forced the evacuation of one elementary school, said Bernabe Hernandez Perez, head of civil protection in Las Choapas.
Gov. Javier Duarte de Ochoa said earlier that he had no reports of damage in the oil-producing state.
“Veracruz is completely quiet without problems,” he told state television. “It was felt all over the state, but nothing major happened. It was only a scare.”
The temblor also was felt strongly in the state of Chiapas, bordering Guatemala, where there also were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, as well as the Pacific coast state of Guerrero.
The U.S. Geological survey said the quake hit at a depth of 104 miles (167 kilometers).
Categories: Earthquake, Mexico
earthquake, Guatemala, Las Choapas, Mexico, Veracruz
Chinese Troops Seen in Mexico
March 17, 2011
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Rumors have begun to circulate around the internet this week regarding various sources having seen Chinese Troops and military bases set up just north and south of the US border. The simple logic of such a situation defies the sane mind. “If this were true, the United States Government would have to be either directly involved, or completely failed in terms of intelligence. Either of which could actually be a possibility in this day and age. The real concern surrounding this issue is how such a story could be perceived by the National Security and Affairs Department.
The internet has been a great evolution in the enlightenment of the world’s population for the sharing and opening of previously esoteric information.
Some of the websites actually tell of Read more…
Categories: China, Mexico, military
Canada, China, Laredo, Mexico, Texas, UN Security Council, United States
Geologist Predicts Major N. America Earthquake Imminent (Video)
March 16, 2011
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This is a very interesting interview with Jim Berkland who is an accredited geologist that worked with the U.S. Geological Survey and predicted the 1989 world series earthquake in San Francisco 4 days before its occurrence. Mr. Berkland explains the correlation regarding the super moon, equinoctial tide, strange animal deaths, and the current seismic window causing the earthquake catastrophes that we have witnessed in Chile, Sumatra, New Zealand, and currently Japan. My advice is if you are on the west coast and if you are able to-leave. I am not a fear monger but I do take precaution, especially with all of the accredited reports that are available all over the internet. Our heart and prayers are going out to all whom are affected by the quakes.
WIKILEAKS: Mexican President’s Guard Leaked Secrets To Drug Cartels
February 24, 2011
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Image: AP
A Mexican army officer assigned to guard President Felipe Calderon leaked military intelligence to drug cartels, trained hit men and supplied military weapons to Los Zetas, according to a U.S. Embassy cable recently released by Wikileaks.
The U.S. Embassy cable, dated Jan. 20, 2009, says the case was the most serious security breach during the Calderon presidency and indicates that Mexico’s powerful drug cartels have infiltrated large parts of the security apparatus.
One of the main reasons that the Mexican government relies on the army to fight the cartels is Read more…
Categories: Drug Cartel, Mexico, wikileaks
drug cartel, Felipe Calderon, Los Zetas, Mexico, Wikileaks
All children to be registered in national biometric records
February 16, 2011
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By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2011 WorldNetDaily
Below the radar of public opinion, Mexico has started to assemble the type of biometric national identity database that could be used to document names for a North American Trusted Traveler border pass card, a plan already being developed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Mexican citizens.
It apparently would be similar to the program that has become commonplace in the European Union to allow free transit for EU citizens to move, live and work wherever they choose within the EU, disregarding nation-of-origin and national border restrictions.
On Jan. 19, 2011, Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon signed an executive order requiring within the next five years all Mexicans 17 years old and younger have a biometric national identity card that would include a facial photograph, all 10 fingerprints, and an iris scan.
To carry out the presidential executive order, the Mexican Directorate General of the National Population Register plans to go to all Read more…
Categories: Big Brother, Biometrics, Mexico, North American Union
Airport, Biometrics, European Union, fingerprints, iris scan, Mexican Personal Identity Card, Mexico, north america, North American Trusted Traveler, North American Union, Trusted Traveler of North America, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Obama signature creates ‘continental perimeter’
February 12, 2011
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Move described as key step in advance of North American Union
By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2011 WorldNetDaily
Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper quietly have taken a major step toward erasing the border between the two nations with a new “Beyond the Border” bilateral declaration.
In a ceremony designed to remain below the radar of national public opinion, Obama and Harper bypassed Congress to sign on the basis of their executive authority a declaration that put in place a new national security vision defined not by U.S. national borders, but by a continental view of a “North American perimeter.”
It happened Friday, the day the Obama administration usually pushes through issues that it prefers the media ignore.
By signing the declaration, the Obama administration has implemented without congressional approval a key initiative President Bush began under the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, moving the United States and Canada beyond the North American Free Trade Agreement, commonly known as NAFTA, toward a developing North American Union regional government.
The declaration signed by the two heads of state and titled “Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness,” was described as “For Immediate Release” on the websites of the White House and the Canadian chief executive.
Harper followed Obama’s lead in signing the declaration as a form of executive order, deciding to bypass the Read more…
Categories: Canada, Mexico, New World Order, North American Union, United States
Amero, Barack Obama, Beyond the Border Declaration, Canada, Canadian dollar, cyber security, Cybersecurity, Dollar, e-commerce, European Common Market, European Union, eurozone, Mexico, NAFTA, natural disasters, New World Order, north america, North American Commission, North American Court, North American Free Trade Agreement, North American Parliament, North American perimeter, North American Union, peso, Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, Stephen Harper, terrorism, Trilateral Commission, United States
Mexico’s Big Freeze – 80-100% of Crops Damaged, Expect Shortages and Higher Prices
February 11, 2011
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Kevin Hayden
I received an email from a reader regarding Mexico’s freeze damage over the last few weeks. In summary, large-scale producers of foods, such as Sysco, have sent out emails to major vendors explaining that there might be shortages of row crop foods due to freezing temperatures that hit Mexico. It goes on to say that Florida is normally the ‘Plan B’ as they grow many of the same varieties, but they’ve been hit hard by freezes as well and have lost most of their orange orchards.
It also details that expected shortages could be counted on 30-60 days from now and that Mexican farmers are still unsure of their next step – do they they try and quickly replant, hoping for a late March-April yield? Or disc the fields and wait? Other information coming in states that many of these crops have doubled, tripled or even quadrupled in price. For example, a carton of tomatoes went from $6.95 all the way up to $22.95 in one week. And that’s just one example!
This WILL affect your food cost and supply. If you’re not going to your local farmer’s market, now is the time to make friends and Read more…
Categories: Food Crisis, Mexico, Weather
bell peppers, commodities, florida, freeze, freeze damage, hyperinflation, inflation, Mexico, Sysco, tomato, vegetables
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