mexico earthquake - Avery Vance

There was a huge earthquake in Mexico. It was a magnitude 6.1 earthquake and the epicenter was located 12 miles from El Barrio de la Soledad, Oaxaca, Mexico. It has destroyed much of the urban areas in Mexican cities.


This is clearly a tragedy, and in conjunction with the recent hurricanes, just feels like a kick in the teeth. If anyone would like to donate, the UNICEF link is below


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Craig Fleming Current Events 1

Hurricane Maria has left the entire island of Puetro Rico destroyed. The whole island is without power and necessities and food supplies are depleting. There is also a curfew inforced, dawn to dusk, most likely to insure safety. Gas levels are low and of course no cell service. With the U.S being in control over of Puerto Rico, they sent thousands of troops to aid in repair. I think that this situation is a big issue for the developement of this country, and is the effects of the hurricane are so devastating because the country is so underdeveloped and technologically behind.

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Earthquake in Mexico by Victoria Valdez

Mexico was hit last week with a deadly earthquake.  Mexico had pledged to send emergency aid to Texas after the destruction of Hurricane Harvey but after the earthquake they decided to pull those funds to help their own citizens affected by the devastation.  The earthquake killed 95 people in the states of Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco.

www.cnn.com/2017/09/12/americas/mexico-pulls-texas-aid/index.html




I completely understand why Mexico pulled the aid that it was going to send in Texas.  The citizens of Mexico have been devastated by the recent earthquake and they must take care of their own now.

valerie garcia (2nd post)

in the last few weeks and days there have been two big hurricane in the south and east coast. in late August hurricane Harvey hit in south Texas and hurricane Irma hit in florida. They have both categorized as level fours leaving a whole bunch of damage behind. Together both of theses hurricanes equal up to the same cost of damage as hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Harvey cost $108 billion and Irma cost from $64 to $92 billion. Together they cost around $150 to $200 billion. Katrina costing $160 billion. 

This is important because it shows that even with these level four hurricanes Katrina is still a big one for the books. We as a nation will have to take the time out to help rebuild all the damage that happened. we need everyone we can to help and send love and peace to all the people and places the hurricanes have hit and hurt. Disasters like these show us how together we can help one another. 

money.cnn.com/2017/09/11/news/hurricane-irma-harvey-economic-cost-updates-/index.html

China Censors Bomb Test Discussion by Victoria Valdez

China has chosen to censor any online discussions about the situation with North Korea.  Many bloggers have expressed their fears online.  Any content regarding nuclear weapons and North Korea are being removed from  the internet.  Even search terms such as "hydrogen bomb" have been removed.  Free speech is not a right afforded by Chinese  citizens.  What they say online is controlled by the government.

www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41152784



It is a shame that concerned citizens of  China cannot speak  out  about the tense situation with North Korea.  They are very controlled within the country and have to live in the world that the government creates for them.

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Trump Threatens DACA- Victoria Gonzalez

               President Donald Trump threatens to permanently remove another key pillar to the foundation of the former presidency that was built by his predecessor, President Barack Obama. To clarify, the pillar I speak of is the DACA, or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The DACA is a statement that claims that any underage/minor illegal immigrants have the right to work and have access to a renewable two-year period to stay within the country without being deported.
During a press conference shortly after Trump made these statements, no questions were answered about whether or not the president would consider changing this process or change the idea of continuing this at all. However, it is important to mention that this seems highly unlikely because the main source attempting to remove the DACA, besides Mr. Trump, is the State of Texas, which is currently having enough issues with the horrors and damage left behind from Hurricane Harvey. As of now, this is a tug of war from within both sides rather than between the two sides. Not surprisingly, this is seen from Mr. Trump as he's sworn to protect those who use the DACA program, such as college students, while also promising to have no mercy on illegal immigrants, including college students. Once again, the system here is only seen as black and white, but it makes it even more difficult to acknowledge that for almost all of the immigrants there is nothing but grey.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/us/politics/trump-daca.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fpolitics&action=click&contentCollection=politics&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

Valerie Garcia (1st post)

When North Korea set off its biggest nuclear bomb President Trump released a tweet saying, " stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea." This threat seemed to be clearly aiming at China, because they account for 90% of North Korea's international trade. China is also the U.S largest trading partner in goods. Supplying things vital for the American industry. Other countries would be thrown into chaos by this too because they work with China and the U.S for their things.

This is significant because if we were to stop trade with China it was leave the U.S into a depression. We are largely based off trading with them and then with us. This treat also shows China that we don't care who are allies are because we will just stop being allies. Donald Trump really needs to stop pasting in social media because it starts to send out the wrong message and just leaves everyone confused. I know this threat isn't gonna make its way through because China is way to big a trading partner to just stop.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/04/news/economy/trump-north-korea-china-trade-threat/index.html