Reflexiones internacionalistas

I thought it would be a good idea to show to the rest of the world why one of the best features Mexico has is our prevention culture in what respects to earthquakes. In my experience, I've know and suffered from earthquakes since I have memory and, I also remember that since I was in kindergarten we were always repeated the same thing in what respects to this natural disaster: 'one minute can make a world of difference while the earth is moving'. I have heard from other places of the world that only Japanese and Mexicans have a solid culture of prevention. This post will explain a bit of why we have it, and what we had to suffer for this to be as such. I have always been of the idea that in order to learn a valuable lesson humans have to experience two things: either an amazing happiness or a deep sorrow. I would say that catastrophes always teach the world that nature is the most powerful being and that she will always be above all of us, and also that whatever we do t...

I explicitly forbade myself to write about my own country in my blog because I wanted to make this only about international relations and not turn it into a mess in which debates would be held under my writings. This time however, a very good friend of mine encouraged me to write about my country in the sense of culture and traditions we have. There are many people out there who have a very blurry and even mistaken image from Mexico, and since our internal politics have not been precisely successful since 1994, our image has been worsening a lot since then. Thanks to the tough situation we (me and my nationals) have been living since 2006, it is very hard for outsiders to conceive Mexico in a positive way. This post is not about these problems, nor is about internal politics, which I just hate to argue about. The post is mainly directed to foreigners however, my fellow nationals might find it interesting in the sense of finding some positive things about our country in spite of the...