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Susan Zimmerman Orozco's avatar

I wish your Substack had been around when I lived on Avenida Francisco I. Madera in Mexico, DF in the 1990s...

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Mike Leavy's avatar

I wish it had been as well, Susan. Ah well, better late than never…

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Victor D. Sandiego's avatar

Wow, an interesting read for sure and a testament to certain characteristics of the human condition... wow again.

And it's hard to believe that the United States sanctioned, encouraged, and helped execute this**

Thanks Mike, I sure have learned a lot about Madero.

** [Surely you know double asterisks are my snark alert icon....]

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Mike Leavy's avatar

Thanks, Victor. And your snark alerts are well known throughout the industry. Now I have to go pack for a trip to Canada, which I'm super excited about**

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Christy Brandt's avatar

Madero was certainly inspirational!

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Mike Leavy's avatar

For sure, and of course in Mexico. Oddly, he is largely unknown outside of this country. Pancho Villa upstaged him, but he had a film crew at his disposal...

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Michelle ML's avatar

We often meet grace with murder it seems.....may we figure out how not to soon, Thank you for the interesting learning.

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Mike Leavy's avatar

Thanks Michelle. I think I need to write about a beach or something next 😉

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Jeanine Kitchel's avatar

This was really a good read, Mike. From part 2, already had an idea of the morals Madero had. I guess the old maxim, When you come for the king, you must kill the king, would have been appropriate here.

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Mike Leavy's avatar

Indeed Jeanine. Thanks for seeing it through to the end...

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