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Showing posts with label Guadalajara. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guadalajara. Show all posts
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Crime Against The Medical Community
Acusa la Asociación Mexicana de Facultades y Escuelas de Medicina a las autoridades de incumplir con programas de seguridad.
Por AGENCIA REFORMA / MARTHA MARTÍNEZ / MÉXICO
Publicada el 11/04/2012
Médicos y pasantes asignados a zonas con presencia del crimen organizado han sido asesinados, secuestrados, extorsionados, agredidos y amenazados sin que autoridades de salud ni de seguridad los protejan oportunamente.
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Friday, November 2, 2012
Security in Mexico ... Interesting!
Seguridad
“Tenemos el Gobierno más grande y más caro de nuestra historia, y tenemos más violencia y más pobreza que nunca”.
Julián Lebarón
El crimen no nos deja solos ni un día. Este 3 de octubre fue asesinado José Eduardo Moreira, el hijo de 25 años del ex presidente nacional del PRI y ex gobernador de Coahuila, Humberto Moreira. Es sólo uno de los miles de homicidios que tienen lugar cada año en nuestro País, pero nos recuerda que todos los que vivimos en México estamos sometidos a la ley de la violencia.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Mexican Television
I have this very unique friend who shall go unnamed since Gringos have the habit of attacking anyone who bursts their Gringolandian Bubble. So, to protect my friend I will not name him.
Anyway, he has lived in Mexico for more than 50 years. He is a 77-year-old American who moved To Mexico when not many Americans were doing so. Gringolandians didn't exist. Only genuine expats and my pal most certainly qualifies as a real expatriate.
He is, for all practical purposes, a Mexican in an American wrapper. We got his college education in Mexico City and developed his Spanish fluency. He went on to work in Mexican television in Mexico City and Guadalajara. He knows Mexico and this culture better than a lot of Mexicans I know.
I met up with him recently for coffee and laughs and finally remembered to ask him why Mexican television is run like no one knows what to do. I've written of this in this blog before.
Mexican television is an adventure. They will cut to a commercial in mid-dialog, play 35 advertisements, then will often come back in the middle of another television program all together. What I mean, and in all sincerity, is that you could be watching Dr. House, cut to ten minutes of meaningless ads, then come back to the middle of CSI: NY.
So, I asked my friend just why this happens. His reply is sure to make Gringolandians seethe:
NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT PROGRAMMING.
These were the words my friend uttered which is why my wife I have assumed for the last seven years we've lived here.
He went on to elaborate that they, the ones responsible to cut at the appropriate place in the program you're watching, will sleep in the control room, leave for an extended bathroom break, be on the phone, when suddenly, out of the blue, it occurs to them they are suppose to run some commercials. Then, they have no sense of drama or scene and will just cut the program off in mid sentence or action. Then they will run commercials for ten minutes making it impossible for you to figure out what program you were watching much less where it left off.
Basically, my friend who worked in Mexican television for decades, said they have no sense of time, time means nothing to Mexicans, and it is reflected in how they run the control booth in a television station.
Anyway, he has lived in Mexico for more than 50 years. He is a 77-year-old American who moved To Mexico when not many Americans were doing so. Gringolandians didn't exist. Only genuine expats and my pal most certainly qualifies as a real expatriate.
He is, for all practical purposes, a Mexican in an American wrapper. We got his college education in Mexico City and developed his Spanish fluency. He went on to work in Mexican television in Mexico City and Guadalajara. He knows Mexico and this culture better than a lot of Mexicans I know.
I met up with him recently for coffee and laughs and finally remembered to ask him why Mexican television is run like no one knows what to do. I've written of this in this blog before.
Mexican television is an adventure. They will cut to a commercial in mid-dialog, play 35 advertisements, then will often come back in the middle of another television program all together. What I mean, and in all sincerity, is that you could be watching Dr. House, cut to ten minutes of meaningless ads, then come back to the middle of CSI: NY.
So, I asked my friend just why this happens. His reply is sure to make Gringolandians seethe:
These were the words my friend uttered which is why my wife I have assumed for the last seven years we've lived here.
He went on to elaborate that they, the ones responsible to cut at the appropriate place in the program you're watching, will sleep in the control room, leave for an extended bathroom break, be on the phone, when suddenly, out of the blue, it occurs to them they are suppose to run some commercials. Then, they have no sense of drama or scene and will just cut the program off in mid sentence or action. Then they will run commercials for ten minutes making it impossible for you to figure out what program you were watching much less where it left off.
Basically, my friend who worked in Mexican television for decades, said they have no sense of time, time means nothing to Mexicans, and it is reflected in how they run the control booth in a television station.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Guanajuato, Mex -- More things to notice
Not only are personal assaults, gang violence, and robberies on the rise in the state and city of Guanajuato, ATM, or Cajeros Automaticos, crime is an ever present problem.
The thieves set up all manner or tricky devices on the ATM's, actually attaching them, on the cash machine itself. They call these skimmers. These are devices that can read your info on the magnetic strip on the back of your card and at the same time film your pass code while you enter it. Then, of course, the enter your account and drain it dry.
This is a huge problem here. Each time I go to get cash, I first check to see if there's anything unusual looking on the ATM machine. Then I tug at the machine's front to see if something comes loose. Then I cover up the key pad with one hand while keying in my code with the other.
For more info on Guanajuato's problem with this click here.
The thieves set up all manner or tricky devices on the ATM's, actually attaching them, on the cash machine itself. They call these skimmers. These are devices that can read your info on the magnetic strip on the back of your card and at the same time film your pass code while you enter it. Then, of course, the enter your account and drain it dry.
This is a huge problem here. Each time I go to get cash, I first check to see if there's anything unusual looking on the ATM machine. Then I tug at the machine's front to see if something comes loose. Then I cover up the key pad with one hand while keying in my code with the other.
For more info on Guanajuato's problem with this click here.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Gringolandian's Head in the Sand
I have pointed out to my readers that trying to get accurate info from Gringo Websites about moving to Mexico can be a bittersweet experience. Most of them are sites run by Gringos with something to sell the potential expat. Real Estate to sell or rent is a biggie. On their sites they are going to paint the rosiest picture of life in Mexico and at the cost of truth itself.
The truth about life in Mexico is not going to be told on these sites. They are going to say, and quite often literally using these very words, "It is heaven on Earth living here..."
They really say that. I have read it too often for it be a coincidence.
Well. they have a bias.
I am not the only one telling the truth about life in Mexico. The very sad truth is that the violence is getting worse and worse. The Gringos try compensating by suggesting, and erroneously so, that the violence is all limited to the border regions. This is not so. Evidenced by the recent warnings issued by the U.S. Embassy about the Guadalajara area's safety deteriorating would seem to obliterate that Gringolandian assumption.
Why Gringolandians cannot come to grips with the truth that Mexico is changing rapidly because of organized crime they so at their own peril.
One of the forums you should avoid since you will not get accurate info from it is the Yahoo group, "Comadres." I have had a battle or two with this moderator in the past.
(Sandy Kramer group owner and moderator)
Apparently, as I have recently learned, she too is just as biased as can be regarding telling the truth about living in Mexico.
I believe the group was originated as a venue for selling real estate. It was not created to tell the truth about living in Mexico. She, the moderator, is a censor. Truth be damned, the positive image must be maintained so as to attract unsuspecting Gringos, lure them like a spider lures a fly into its web of deceit, into buying the houses they have to sell.
It disgusts me that selling real estate is far more important that telling the truth. They would rather have their filthy lucre than be known as someone who puts morals and values--truth telling--about making money. You becoming fully informed is not a priority. Truth does not matter.
Kramer is biased and would prefer in her recent censorship efforts to protect the image that Mexico is a "heaven on Earth" because to do otherwise would be to threaten her filthy lucre machine in Mexico.
Boycott the Yahoo Comadre Forum. It isn't honest.
The truth about life in Mexico is not going to be told on these sites. They are going to say, and quite often literally using these very words, "It is heaven on Earth living here..."
They really say that. I have read it too often for it be a coincidence.
Well. they have a bias.
I am not the only one telling the truth about life in Mexico. The very sad truth is that the violence is getting worse and worse. The Gringos try compensating by suggesting, and erroneously so, that the violence is all limited to the border regions. This is not so. Evidenced by the recent warnings issued by the U.S. Embassy about the Guadalajara area's safety deteriorating would seem to obliterate that Gringolandian assumption.
Why Gringolandians cannot come to grips with the truth that Mexico is changing rapidly because of organized crime they so at their own peril.
One of the forums you should avoid since you will not get accurate info from it is the Yahoo group, "Comadres." I have had a battle or two with this moderator in the past.
(Sandy Kramer group owner and moderator)
Apparently, as I have recently learned, she too is just as biased as can be regarding telling the truth about living in Mexico.
I believe the group was originated as a venue for selling real estate. It was not created to tell the truth about living in Mexico. She, the moderator, is a censor. Truth be damned, the positive image must be maintained so as to attract unsuspecting Gringos, lure them like a spider lures a fly into its web of deceit, into buying the houses they have to sell.
It disgusts me that selling real estate is far more important that telling the truth. They would rather have their filthy lucre than be known as someone who puts morals and values--truth telling--about making money. You becoming fully informed is not a priority. Truth does not matter.
Kramer is biased and would prefer in her recent censorship efforts to protect the image that Mexico is a "heaven on Earth" because to do otherwise would be to threaten her filthy lucre machine in Mexico.
Boycott the Yahoo Comadre Forum. It isn't honest.
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