#Fronterizo #Borderlander reporting from the first and last #Frontier: #SanDiego #Tijuana capital of #CaliBaja - Opinions are my own.
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Mario C. López retweeted
I testified before the US International Trade Commission. The paradox: Mexican cars carry ~40% U.S. content, Canadian cars ~50%. Japanese and Korean🚗carry far less, yet face lower tariffs. US tariffs favors cars with less US content over the ones built w/ its closest partners.
Mario C. López retweeted
Marco Rubio wants the West to rediscover what made it great.
But what truly distinguishes Western civilization is not its military power or national pride, as Rubio suggests, but its intellectual and political traditions.
My take:
Mario C. López retweeted
MIT professor delivers a masterclass on how to effectively present your ideas with clarity, high impact and purpose - 15 important lessons
Mario C. López retweeted
Africa's urban centres are set to expand by 19mn people annually, or by nearly two Londons a year. ft.trib.al/ouJmfXn
Mario C. López retweeted
Nueve de las diez ciudades con mayor tasa de homicidios están en México. Pero la violencia no se distribuye por igual.
🗺️ ¿Dónde se concentra y qué explica esas diferencias? Te lo mostramos en el mapa 👇
elordenmundial.com/mapas-y-g…
Mario C. López retweeted
50 legendary internet rabbit holes you can spend hours exploring 👇🏼
1. zoom.earth — Watch the world via live satellite imagery
2. flightradar24.com — See every plane currently in the sky
3. marinetraffic.com — Track all ships at sea in real time
4. windy.com — Live map of winds and storms
5. lightningmaps.org — Watch lightning strikes hitting Earth in real time
6. earthquake.usgs.gov — Live list of recent earthquakes
7. submarinecablemap.com — Ocean cables carrying the internet
8. globalforestwatch.org — Watch forests disappear from space
9. worldometers.info — The world's statistics, second by second
10. internetlivestats.com — Current number of tweets and searches being posted
11. thetruesize.com — Compare the true sizes of countries
12. oldmapsonline.org — Maps from centuries ago
13. davidrumsey.com — Archive of 150,000 historical maps
14. openstreetmap.org — World map drawn by volunteers
15. window-swap.com — Look out the window of a random person around the world
16. virtualvacation.us — Virtual walks through cities
17. mapcrunch.com — Teleport to a random spot on Earth
18. atlasobscura.com — Catalog of the world's strangest places
19. neal.fun — Interactive knowledge experiences
20. htwins.net/scale2 — Scale journey from atom to universe (Updated HTML5 link)
21. eyes.nasa.gov — Explore the solar system in 3D
22. stellarium-web.org — Real sky map in your browser
23. apod.nasa.gov — NASA's astronomy picture of the day
24. images.nasa.gov — NASA's entire visual archive, free
25. pudding.cool — Visual articles told through data
26. ourworldindata.org — The state of the world with real data
27. gapminder.org — What we mistakenly think we know about the world
28. informationisbeautiful.net — Visualizing complex data
29. data.worldbank.org — World Bank's open data
30. data.tuik.gov.tr — Turkey's official statistics database
31. archive.org — Archive of millions of books, films, and software
32. gutenberg.org — 70,000 free books whose copyrights have expired
33. openlibrary.org — Record of every book in the world
34. loc.gov — U.S. Library of Congress digital archive
35. europeana.eu — Europe's cultural heritage archive
36. dp.la — America's digital library collection
37. artsandculture.google.com — Tour museums from home
38. rijksmuseum.nl — Download artworks in high resolution
39. wikiart.org — Archive of 250,000 artworks
40. publicdomainreview.org — Forgotten visual treasures of history
41. openculture.com — Free archive of culture and education
42. metmuseum.org — Met Museum's open collection
43. musicmap.info — Family tree of music genres
44. radiooooo.com — Pick a country and decade to listen to that era
45. listen.hatnote.com — Turn Wikipedia edits into audio
46. wikipedia.org — Random knowledge well
47. timeanddate.com — Time, sunrises, and sky events
48. sciencedaily.com — Live stream of science news
49. arxiv.org — Free preprints of scientific papers
50. observablehq.com — Visualize data with live code
Save this list. You’ll probably come back to a few of these later. 🔖
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Mario C. López retweeted
Amid the tacos and tamales of Mexico City's street food scene, Palestinian brothers Fadi and Mohammed Abed now serve falafel and shawarma, bringing a taste of Gaza to their new city.
Al Jazeera's Cara Legg reports.
Thanks to @latimes for the great story about Julieta Venegas: La Leyenda de Tijuana latimes.com/delos/story/2026… @julietav
Mario C. López retweeted
It is hard not to feel sympathy for Mexico’s president in the face of Donald Trump’s attacks. But in hardening her approach to America’s president, she may be missing an opportunity economist.com/the-americas/2…
Buen reportaje de uno de los mayores retos de la relación ambiental binacional #RioTijuana
#ReportajeEspecial
La contaminación transfronteriza por las aguas negras que cruzan de #México a #EstadosUnidos por el #RíoTijuana pone en riesgo el #TMEC 🇲🇽🇺🇸
Ambientalistas exigen sanciones dentro del acuerdo comercial.
@sierraclubsd @sdsuhealth @SurfriderSD @4wallsintl @YMCASanDiego @OutdoorOutreach @WILDCOAST
@sergededina
Mario C. López retweeted
Siempre es un gusto darle la bienvenida a los Estados Unidos, presidenta @ClaudiaShein. La Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026 mostró la coordinación y la cooperación que @POTUS @realDonaldTrump y usted continúan impulsando entre nuestros países. Juntos, 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦 hicimos posible el evento deportivo más grande y más memorable de la historia.
Mario C. López retweeted
The US private sector may be the most dynamic force the world has ever known. One of the @StateDept's top priorities is to work with the private sector to identify economic and commercial opportunities abroad to promote prosperity through mutually advantageous deals. In particular, we’re working to expand markets for US exports of both goods and services, and facilitate US investments abroad that align with our national priorities. Among the tools that Congress has created to further these objectives are the Development Finance Corporation (@DFCgov), which promotes private sector investments abroad that advance our policy goals, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (@MCCgov), which helps create the physical and regulatory infrastructure abroad necessary to support such investments. The Secretary of State serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of both entities, and I'm honored that @SecRubio has tasked me with representing him in both capacities. Under the leadership of @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and @SecRubio, we recognize that our country's economic and commercial interests are key pillars of our foreign policy. And it’s a personal privilege for me, as my father started his diplomatic career as Commercial Attaché at our Embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay, some 70 years ago, and drilled into me the centrality of economic and commercial interests in foreign policy. 💪🇺🇸
Mario C. López retweeted
The @WorldBankGroup has released its 2026-2027 Country Income Classifications.
Six economies moved to a higher income category, and no countries moved down.
Behind those changes are different stories, from economic recovery to export-led growth and improved statistics.
Learn more: bit.ly/4vf9zwA
Mario C. López retweeted
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why do Latin America's smallest economies carry the heaviest debt burdens, while giants like Brazil and Mexico remain highly secure?
The latest World Bank data highlights a stark divide in Latin America. While large economies can easily absorb massive debt stocks, smaller nations lack the economic cushion to handle even minor shocks.
🗞️ explore the full story → latinometrics.com
ALT A scatter plot shows Latin America's external debt as a percentage of GNI, highlighting small countries' heavy debt loads versus larger economies.
Mario C. López retweeted
Tabla de indicadores económicos de @TheEconomist
De 42 países, 🇲🇽 es lugar 40 en desempeño de su PIB (últimos 12 meses), al I-2026.
Sólo Rusia y Chile tienen más bajo crecimiento.
Mario C. López retweeted
40 years ago today, Mexico’s iconic Aztec Stadium hosted the #Mexico86 #FIFAWorldCup opening match (Italy vs. Bulgaria).
The tournament marked Canada’s debut on the World Cup stage.
11 days to go until the 2026🇲🇽🌎🇺🇸🌍🇨🇦🌏 kick-off…
Mario C. López retweeted
⚡Electrification will dominate the new phase of global #energytransition. The share of #electricity in global final energy consumption would rise from around 23% today to 35% in 2035, & above 50% in 2050—making electricity the dominant energy carrier in the global energy system. Find out more in @IRENA’s new report ‘Transitioning away from fossil fuels: A roadmap based on renewables, electrification and grid enhancement’ ➡️ irena.org/News/pressreleases…
@Cop30noBrasil @Cop31Turkiye