Borderless Podcast

This Week in the Americas, Episode 12. Hrvoje and I do an update on last week’s news in the Americas. Recorded 6/21/2022 on TNT Radio. Tune in every Tuesday at 6 pm CST to listen live.

Show notes: 

6:15 - Gun buyback in Mexico

8:30 - Petro’s win in the Colombian Election

23:20 - Cameras used to punish littering in Guadalajara

27:00 - World Cup 2026 to bring us closer to the North American Union

31:27 - AMLO blames foreign interests for his corruption accusations

36:30 - Private companies providing potable water to homes

39:13 - US Congressional report on Crime and Drug trafficking in Mexico

41:15 - Mexico pushing for self-sufficiency in energy and food production.

Sources: 

• Seguridad en Jalisco: Cambia su revólver por un microondas en Guadalajara
• DeSantis Warns of ‘Disastrous’ Consequences of the Election of Marxist Gustavo Petro in Colombia
• Marco Rubio’s Tweet
• Blinken’s Tweet
• Guadalajara: Tras instalación de cámaras, detienen a 14 por tirar bolsas de basura en Puntos Limpios
• AMLO ve manos extranjeras en acusación sobre sus presuntos nexos con el narco
• Guadalajara considering a plan to bring drinkable tap water to all homes
• Congressional research Service: Mexico: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking Organizations 
• Ante temor por recesión en EU, México apostará por autosuficiencia energética y en alimentos: AMLO

Hrvoje and I do an update on last week’s news in the Americas. Recorded 6/14/2022 on TNT Radio. Tune in every Tuesday at 6 pm CST to listen live.

Show notes: 

1:30 - Californians and Canadians fleeing to Mexico and causing gentrification

12:13 - Migrants staying in Mexico rather than going to the US

16:00 - Mexico to eliminate daylight savings time

18:15 - Nicaragua expanding military ties with Russia

22:00 - Global inflation rising

26:09 - Heist of the century in Colima and crime in Mexico

29:45 - Netflix is planning a ‘Squid Game’ reality show 

32:35 - AMLO slams NATO policy in Ukraine

35:50 - Mexican utility companies receiving bad ESG scores

41:05 - BRICS getting their act together

42:10 - Border Patrol encounters 169 unaccompanied children

43:20 - US lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel

Sources: 

• Why Californians are fleeing to Mexico
• 62% of Americans working from home plan to migrate to a new country.
• Charted: Money Can Buy Happiness After All
• WEF: Psychologists say a good life doesn’t have to be happy, or even meaningful
• Instead of picking strawberries in US, former migrants cultivate them in Oaxaca
• Mexico to Eliminate Daylight Saving Time
• Nicaragua’s Ortega strains US relations by expanding military ties with Russia
• Prices of construction materials shot up almost 20% in a year
• Heist of the century in Mexican seaport: Thieves carry off 20 containers without firing a bullet.
• Attacks against wholesalers shut down chicken sales in Guerrero capital
• Netflix is planning a ‘Squid Game’ reality show with a record $4.56 million cash prize
• Mexican president slams NATO policy in Ukraine
• Pemex y CFE en el umbral de riesgo severo en criterios ESG: México Evalúa
• Border Patrol encounters 169 unaccompanied children
• US lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel

Hrvoje and I do an update on last week’s news in the Americas. Recorded 6/7/2022.

• 3:20 - Is AMLO Giving Mexico over to the Cartels?

• 11:00 - Covid back in the news

• 17:03 - 15,000 Migrant Caravan

• 24:00 - In-person shopping increasing in Mexico

• 25:40 - A.I. increasing use in businesses

• 29:30 - Water rationing in Monterrey

• 31:40 - Update on the Summit of the Americas

• 39:20 - AMLO Calls for American Superstate

• 42:30 - Opening up Venezuelan oil to Europe

In this episode, I spoke with Jose Nino, author of the book 10 Myths of Gun Control and writer at his substack Jose Nino Speaks . We went over the common arguments for gun control and deconstruct them one by one.

In this podcast we respond to the following assertions:

• 5:55 – The US has the most mass shootings in the world. 
• 18:40 – Citizens shouldn’t be able to have assault rifles and weapons of war.
• 23:30 – We need nationwide background checks and waiting periods.
• 27:00 – Australia solved it’s gun violence problem by banning guns.
• 30:30 – The Constitution is outdated.
• 34:25 – “Good guy with a gun” is a myth.
• 41:35 – Gun Cartels are armed by lax gun laws in the US.
• 45:50 – Gun advocates off no solutions.

Hrvoje and I do an update on last week’s news in the Americas. Recorded 5/31/2022.

• 2:22- Mexican smoking ban
• 11:00- Colombian elections
• 15:00- Gas Theft in Mexico
• 20:00- Rising cost of Avocados
• 24:50- 0 Covid Cases in 99% of Mexico
• 28:00- The degrading economy
• 33:30- Summit of the Americas
• 37:17- The future of Crypto
• 44:22- World's most dangerous cities are in Latin America

Hrvoje and I do an update on last week’s news in the Americas. Recorded 5/18/2022.

Hrvoje and I do an update on last week’s news in the Americas. Recorded 5/10/2022.

Hrvoje and I do an update on last week’s news in the Americas. Recorded 4/19/2022.

Hrvoje and I do an update on last week’s news in the Americas. Recorded 4/12/2022.