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16 June 2011
Two recent — and welcome — additions to the resource list:
- Reforming Mexico, which appears to come out of Washington, D.C., describes itself as “Reporting on the initiatives President Calderon is taking to improve the country and enhance Mexico’s visibility on the world stage.” It isn’t meant to offer critical analysis of the present administration, but to sell their side of the story. Perfectly fine with me… there already being more than enough of us out here in Blogswampia ready, willing and able to criticize, and even more that look at the present administration only in terms of its adherence to U.S. policy, but very few presentations in English of the administration’s own rationales.
- Mexico Perspective, out of Tijuana, is run by David Gaddis Smith, formerly of the San Diego Union-Tribune, and tends to focus on the Baja, another valuable addition, simple English language reports from that corner of Mexico too often drowned out by the voices of those with an agenda, pushing tourism, real estate, “drug war porn” or the sex trade.
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His last name is Gaddis Smith, an excellent journalist that used to write for the Union-tribune. He is also a large african-american, which in very racist Mexico, would make his opinion even more interesting.
never meet him, but always read him.
As always, many thanks to my volunteer proof-readers. Whether or not Mr. Gaddis Smith has opinions (so far not in evidence), I appreciate finding a site with veteran “just the facts” reporter covering Baja California who can see beyond the U.S. obsessions with narcotics (and race).