Zih Other Side

It will be interesting to see how "red" is the carpet rolled out for Maduro during his visit here, a visit certain to make that silk-tied greaseball president north of the border see red. Probably the intention. How long before Trump and AMLO really go at it, after the latter`s inauguration Dec. 1st? A week? Exchange-rate watchers, stay tuned.

More likely currency manipulations before usmca is approved or disapproved. The Socialist regime The European Union seems less exposed. So China, Canada and Mexico currencies are down. You know that old expression, careful what you wish for.

Currency markets do not like socialists......

Yet another reason to like socialists......

The thing is, even Mexico's most conservative PAN party appears socialist to the USA's conservatives. All the Mexican political parties believe to some extent in socialist policies. Like hundreds of other local businesses I am extremely thankful to the federal government for the economic stimulus many local businesses received after the natural disaster 2013-2014 hit us all rather hard (Hurricanes Manuel-Ingrid and the Good Friday earthquake), causing damages that needed repairing and leaving many of us without sufficient operating expenses. Their stimulus plan was quite successful and jumpstarted our local economies as it was intended to do, injecting cash into our community just when we needed it, allowing folks to buy supplies, services and materials from local merchants. It put us back on our feet after storms and earthquakes had taken a heavy toll on us, and most importantly, it bypassed completely the state and municipal governments who always hold up any federal disaster relief funds, if not stealing them altogether, which is why 5 years after we got whacked with the double hurricanes Manuel-Ingrid there are still bridges, roads and homes not rebuilt because the state received the federal disaster relief money and simply disappeared it.