What Mex-Files readers know…

According to the not very scientific Blog Readability Test YOU are a genius!

Of course, it may just mean you have to be a genius to decipher my hit or miss self-editing and tendency towards convoluted sentence structures… or it may mean you are ahead of the curve… Two of the Top 25 Censored Stories of 2008, “an annual list of 25 news stories of social significance that have been overlooked, under-reported or self-censored by the country’s major national news media” were covered by the Mex Files.

# 13 Immigrant Roundups to Gain Cheap Labor for US Corporate Giants

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) flooded Mexico with cheap subsidized US agricultural products that displaced millions of Mexican farmers. Between 2000 and 2005, Mexico lost 900,000 rural jobs and 700,000 industrial jobs, resulting in deep unemployment throughout the country. Desperate poverty has forced millions of Mexican workers north in order to feed their families…

# 18 Mexico’s Stolen Election

Overwhelming evidence reveals massive fraud in the 2006 Mexican presidential election between “president-elect” Felipe Calderón of the conservative PAN party and Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the more liberal PRD. In an election riddled with “arithmetic mistakes,” a partial recount uncovered evidence of abundant stuffing and stealing of ballots that favored the PAN victory…

Congratulations to reader — whether they agreed or disagreed with me, or my spin — on at least making themselves aware of these two issues (and being smart enough to read the Mex Files… but if you’re so smart, how come I’m still poor?)