There has been a ton of mashups of speeches from the American primaries, but here are three amusing ones - two Latino songs about Obama, and one where he (surprisingly) performs a Bollywood hit. America needs a president that can perform Bollywood song and dance numbers to restore its standing in the world!

Stian

Today we all went over to the students from Mexico city who are working at the project, they rent a house in the village. We saw Voces Inocentes (Innocent Voices), a movie about some little boys growing up under the civil war in El Salvador. Although sometimes a bit clichy, it was still very well […]

Since the project where I am living in Mexico does not have very good TV reception, I have barely watched Mexican TV programs - mostly I have caught glimpses in waiting lounges at bus stations and cafes and similar. Although every time I´ve been watching, there has been something new and “interesting” to reflect upon. […]

This is the Spanish name for NAFTA (which I found out belatedly when attending an economic conference at UNAM about regional development in Mexico), and clearly something that I need to know more about. I heard different econ professors give very different accounts about its impact on Mexico, but most agreed that it had been […]