pjmedia.com Welcome to “The New Monroe Doctrine,” where I give you an update on what’s going on in the Western Hemisphere, south of our border, especially as it relates to the United States.
I write this column every Friday, and every weekend I get a ton of emails about it, which I love. But lately, there’s been a lot of “why don’t you cover this country?” in my inbox, the comments section, and even on social media, so I thought I’d give y’all what you’ve asked for. Rather than picking a handful of the hottest stories from the hemisphere this week, I’m going to give you some news out of every country in the Caribbean and Latin America. Buckle up! This is going to be quite a ride through the Americas.
Mexico
The biggest news out of Mexico this week is probably Claudia Sheinbaum’s government admitting that an oil spill that happened in February in the Gulf of Mexico, that hurt marine life and stained beaches, was caused by a leak near the Abkatun field run by state-owned Pemex. The government initially blamed seabeds and tankers, and now some Pemex executives will lose their jobs over the matter.
Meanwhile, the New York Times did a piece on the 133,000 people currently missing in Mexico, thanks to organized crime. This is a topic we don’t talk about enough, in my opinion.
And if you were a big fan of Punch the Monkey in Japan, you may want to acquaint yourself with Yuji at the Guadalajara Zoo. This little patas monkey was rejected by his mother, and he’s being raised by zookeepers and a teddy bear, and he’s adorable.
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