"Polish Tragedy"

Recently, the President of Poland,Lech Kaczynski, war veterans, and about 97 persons working in the Polish Governement were killed by a plane crash, near Russia.

The President and the government representatives were in their way to Russia for the memorial of the 22'000 Polish soldiers killed by Stalin . Unfortunately, the plane crashed, killing the President, his wife, delegates, the Head of State (Poland is a Parliamentary Republic). Nobody survived.

Despite the tragedy, the Prime Minister said that the Polish Government will work 24/7 to keep Poland working. Currently,Bronisław Komorowski, Marshal of the Sejm (Head of the lower chamber of the Parliament) is the interim President.

However, many think this was no accident, since this president had been having problems with the USA government. Could it be possible that a government planned the death of a country's supreme representatives just because of political and economical friction? 

Violence in México: A problem for the US

As violence inscreased on Mexico, fear increased for the United States. A proof of this fear is that the Arizona governor, Jan Brewer, sent a letter to the White House asking for more federal resources at the border to stop human trafficking, drug trafficking and weapons. In this letter, Brewer pointed out the roads and uninhabited places in Arizona that have become the main steps or roads for illegal immigration, drug and arms trafficking.

When Barack Obama read the letter, 250 National Guard troops were sent to the task of Force Joint Counter Narco-Terrorism. But the force, actually only has 150 soldiers and military pilots of the National Guard, so they are still waiting for the troops to come so they can star working on it.

Pernsoally i think Mexico should be doing something about it too, because the violence is coming from our country i think our national forces are not strict enough or the thing is that they are very corrupt. Felipe Calderón must start working harder on this, but not only him but everyone to make this country less corrupt and more peaceful! .. I know Hillary Clinton came to Mexico to talk about it, and this things must not be forgoten, we should start working on it!.

Looking for New Prospectings

I read a while ago about a news report talking about how Obama had authorized new explorations looking for petroleum. I choose this topic because petroleum had given a lot to talk lately, especially in our class. It was even included in the article of the exam, which has a link to this news. According to the article, Obama is now pushing the line to get out of the stagnation by looking for new resources in different parts of the world, such as the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and Alaska. I found this great since the quantity of petroleum had decreased in the recent years, so the price had increased. If we found more petroleum in our areas, Mexico will have a more stabilized economy because it will extend the years of U.S.A buying petroleum to Mexico. The sad part about this is that the business with petroleum could be better, since we sell them the barrels and they give us back the finished product more expensive. Almost everything is made out of this resource. We are now so dependent of petroleum that we are desperate looking for more of it, and the country who finds it will instantly become more powerful because every country needs it and it will guarantee its survival in the next years.


I also consider dangerous taking petroleum out of Alaska since it is in a delicate status right now. I'm saying this because nowadays that part of the planet is the one that is receiving most of the sun rays, by of course, the problem of the greenhouse effect. If they try to look for petroleum over there, they are going to alter the nature of the glaciers by doing the big holes and bringing huge machines. I hope the U.S. has this in mind, so that their search of petroleum doesn't affect too much. We are already having a huge impact in the world.

Speaking of resources to produce energy and other things, nonrenewable resources like the petroleum shouldn't be in our list anymore. We have to start looking for new forms of energy that are efficient and doesn't affect our planet. It says on the article that Obama wants the U.S.A to depend on the fuels produced in their own country, including renewable forms of energy. This is time to introduce concepts like solar energy, wind energy, among others to our daily life.

More than Just Wrestling

On Sunday, a major event took place in Phoenix, Arizona. The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) had a show on this city near our state. Apparently, this kind of events has a lot of fans, too much if you ask me. Since Friday, a lot of families headed for Phoenix to see the famous John Cena, Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy, among many others. Buses and buses left town to see this popular and all-American show. Several members of my family are huge fans and they couldn’t miss the chance of seeing these celebrities. I heard a lot of people were going to this event and I began thinking the economic effect of this type of shows. Just imagine all the money that the United States received for every person that bought a permit at $6 to go to Phoenix. I’ll tell you what my family had to do in order to see the WWE show. They made a special trip to Nogales several weeks ago to get their permits. This was actually very smart because last weekend the permit line must’ve been so long since vacations had just started. Then, they left Hermosillo at 4 am on Saturday, so they would be early at Phoenix. Of course, if you are at Phoenix who wouldn’t make a nice stop at the mall. The result is simple: more money for the USA, and obviously, less money to be invested in Mexico.

These types of events are really beneficial for the USA economy. We as Mexicans leave our neighboring country a lot of money, more than we imagine. I bet Mexicans were an important part of the audience in this wrestling event. I wish we had such big international idols so people from Tucson or Phoenix will come to Hermosillo to their shows. It’s hard to picture, isn’t it? Sadly, we depend a lot on our dear neighbor. I sometimes wonder how healthy this dependence is. As we have seen in class, depending on the economy of another country makes our economy a lot more unstable. Also our culture is influenced a lot by the culture of the United States; for example Halloween and the clothes we use. I think it is really interesting how some Mexicans almost worship everything the United States does and every festivity or tradition it has. We are the ones who decide how much of this culture we are going to take as our own. The more we take from this culture, the more we will depend on them.

Having these celebrities and shows represents an important flow of money. There’s nothing wrong with liking them and attending to the events. We should just think a little bit beyond what we see. We must decide if we want to give our money to the USA or to our own nation.

Behind A Big Lie

There's some tension going on now between Iran and United States as Iran's President Ahmadinejad launch serious accusations about the September 11 atacks. He said that this attacks were a big lie from the U.S. and just an excuse to invade Afghanistan. The tensions are still continue growing becuase Iran doesn't want to slow down his enrichment on uranium and nuclear programs. As I read this news, first of all it came to my mind why I think the U.S. is still on Afghanistan, after almost 10 years from the attacks at the World Trade Center. As time passes by, resources are being more scared and precious to a country, since GREAT part of economics are based on them, well, United States is not only there for peace. Oil is one of the most precious resources that a country can have, since almost everything is made out of petroleum. There are still a lot of theories out there and some information that doesn't match, but what matters now is that Iran is planning not to decrease his nuclear programs, which means that it represent a big thread to our planet. Even with the new sanctions that the U.S. wants to put on Iran for not respecting the limits established. The saddest part of all is that Iranians support the nuclear program. Hopefully, those sanctions make Iran think twice before continuing expanding his nuclear program, if not this could lead to a crumbling future especially between the U.S. and Iran. Iran said that the nuclear program is to create energy, but countries still doubt about the use they are giving to it, as they can develop nuclear weapons, which can result in something similar as the Cold War. Iran has to take the right place in this world and be more responsible to pick the right choices and left aside the selfish way to become more powerful.