High hopes for Obama

The forecast is that Barack Obama will sweep the elections in the U.S., which is the conclusion that many surveys have reached in regards to the Latino vote, that is being considered to be a decisive factor in these elections. The Democratic candidate in the polls shows to be 50 points ahead of his Republican […]

April 13, 2017

Mexico’s ex-president talks about U.S. presidential candidates

This past Saturday the ex-president of Mexico Vicente Fox Quezada, said that he was confused on Romney's position in regards to the illegal immigrants issue, and questioned if Romney's tactic or position was the correct one, where he wondered if Romney knew that the statements he was making would eventually get to the Latino voters. […]

April 13, 2017

The Border Crossing: San Diego to Tijuana worse than ever?

The president of Mexico Felipe Calderon officially inaugurated the El Chaparral entrance on November 1st, which is a new facility that has a 22 gate port, an X-ray machine, and vehicle scales designed to uncover any smuggling of drugs, money, and weapons to Mexican cartels. With the exception of when CBP would do random checkups […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos 0-0 San Luis: Tijuana continues to be undefeated at home

TIJUANA, BC. – Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente tied with San Luis, in their last home game of the regular season in front of a crowed that filled the house at Estadio Caliente. This match was part of week 16th of the Apertura tournament 2012 in the Liga MX, and for the first time in […]

April 13, 2017

Latinos express comfort in their personal finances

The PEW Hispanic center conducted a survey to know how the Latino community felt about their finances over the last few years, and more now with Election Day just around the corner. The great surprise was that indeed they are more trusting and pleased with their finances, which the survey showed that 51 % of […]

April 13, 2017

Wells Fargo invests in prisons for Illegal Immigrants

WASHINGTON. -Activists from the Hispanic community yesterday criticized Wells Fargo Bank by saying that it's a "profound hypocrisy" of them who seek for the biggest share of the Hispanic community market in the U.S., and also are lucrative in investing in private prison companies for illegal immigrants. In a report titled " Wells Fargo's duplicity: […]

April 13, 2017

La Bocana, A Remote and Beautiful Cove with a History in Ensenada

The beach breaks peel to the right, and there is a left hand point break, as well…and the beach is rarely crowded. Romulo Gomez and LA Times columnist and author Jack Smith, whose book "God and Mr. Gomez" brought many chuckles and many Americans to Baja. I didn't get the collaboration I wanted about wine […]

April 13, 2017

U.S. brand iPhone loses to Mexico’s iFone in court battle

MEXICO. – A Mexican judge has denied an injunction by the company iPhone, that would have allowed them to sell more telecommunication products in Mexico under the iPhone brand name, in which it was established that the Mexican iFone company had those rights since 2005, said a close source to Efe yesterday. The attorney for […]

April 13, 2017

“El Chaparral” officially now open, what you must know about the new port of entry

November 1st has a new significance both to San Diego and Tijuana from now on, with the new access point into Mexico called "El Chaparral", and with this new entry Puerta Mexico will no longer be in operation. Mexico's President Felipe Calderon assisted this grand opening to get to know the facility, and also of […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos one step away from the Copa Libertadores tournament

TIJUANA, BC. – Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente will playing probably their most important game of the season this Saturday against San Luis, which if they are able to come up with a win along with other contributing factors, it maybe be possible for them to secure their pass to the Copa Libertadores of America […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos looking to stay undefeated at home

TIJUANA, BC. – Xolos will be playing their last home game of the season at Estadio Caliente, where they have been undefeated all season long. This Saturday night they will be playing against San Luis, which they have been preparing for this week in training to come up with a win. The game will be […]

April 13, 2017

Trying to cross the border with a ramp?

On the wee hours of the night, border patrol agents were caught off guard as they found a vehicle that tried to cross the borderline with two guys on board, this attempt was done with a 14 ft high fence. The agents of de Dune section, a place locate between California and Arizona surprised the […]

April 13, 2017

Police training for a real Zombie Invasion in San Diego

No one knows exactly how many officers will take the course, but several members of various departments that are expected to participate in this training will be from the military, marines, fire fighters, police officers, special agents, special armed forces members, medical personnel and security agents will all take part of this training just in […]

April 13, 2017

Tijuana’s New Old Hot Spot : Plaza Fiesta

On this night four bars got together with students from Universidad Iberoamericana to organize an event called Playing For Change to foster positive change through music and arts education for children around the world. The new bars at La Plaza are El Depa, El Tigre, La Prisión and 664 which is Tijuana's area code. El […]

April 13, 2017

Surf – sipuedes and the Bajasur Tour

By Meghan Fitzpatrick Via Baja.com What is Surfsipuedes and the Bajasur Tour? The Bajasur Tour is a surf circuit of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The first tour of its kind, the Bajasur Tour aims to promote the sport and culture of surfing in Mexico. The tour cycle consists of four main events or days. Surfers […]

April 13, 2017

“Chapo” Guzmán : The real target of operation “fast and furious”

New information was revealed about the popular Operation Fast and the Furious; the latest report found that this very scandalous operation was a "deliberate strategy created at the highest levels of the Justice Department aimed at identifying the leaders of a major gun trafficking ring." Not long after Attorney General Eric Holder took office, arguments […]

April 13, 2017

Mexico’s real drug war death rate

The six-year period during which Felipe Calderon has served as President of Mexico, will be remembered as one of the most violent presidential terms that the country has experienced. It has been spoken of in more than a few occasions about the 60,000 lives have been lost during the fight against drug trafficking, and yesterday […]

April 13, 2017

Mexico’s controversial labor reform

MEXICO. – The labor reform bill that was sent on a "preferred" status by the Mexican president, was postponed "but not frozen" and will follow its normal course as that of any other law, legislative sources said during the weekend. The chairman of the Committee on Labor and Social Welfare of the House of Representatives, […]

April 13, 2017

Tijuana Natives narrate their experiences with Superstorm Sandy

Superstorm Sandy is close to arriving in the United States, and yesterday there were a series of precautionary measures issued, which today there are many newspaper headlines full of notes and pictures on the first effects of which now is only a super storm. U.S. President Barack Obama made it clear that his priority was […]

April 13, 2017

Boxing: Julio Cesar Chavez returns to the ring

MIAMI.- The 6 time boxing world champion Julio Cesar Chavez, will be a guest commentator on the ESPN Latin-American sports channel of the new program "A Los Golpes"(to the punches), informed the television network today. Chavez mentioned to Efe that on the show he will analyze the mistakes and advantages current boxers have in the […]

April 13, 2017