Content tagged with “mexico”

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Other tags used by these items: drugs, crime, spanish

The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade

Section: Deane’s Library
Type: Book Review
Date: August 31, 2024
Words: 633

“This is a detailed and wildly frustrating book about the history of drugs in Mexico. To be technically correct, it’s about the industry of drugs in Mexico, but the one truth that shines through: not a lot of drugs get used in Mexico. The country’s drug trade is a big factory to supply it’s addicted…”

Zocalo

Section: Stuff I Looked Up
Type: Explanation
Date: April 14, 2024
Words: 72

“ This is the proper name for the main square of Mexico City. It has become a common name for the center square of many Mexican cities. It’s Spanish for plinth , as the base for a monument to independence was originally built in this location. ”