TIL that Mexico sent nearly 200 members of the military on a 20-day mission to support the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
TIL that Mexico sent nearly 200 members of the military on a 20-day mission to support the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
The Ejército Mexicano (Mexican Army) rolled into Nuevo Laredo on September 8, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina slammed into southern Louisiana after making landfall in New Orleans. A line of forty-five military vehicles filled with up to 195 military personnel drove along IH-35 as they worked their way to...
Thanks for the help, Mexico. Way more helpful than Bush was.
45Did you know the drinking age in Louisana was 18 until Katrina hit? Then Bush and the government at large told them if you want assassitance raise you drinking age to 21.
18That’s in order to receive federal highway money if I recall correctly. Probably desperately needed that money right after Katrina though so that checks out. Was still trivial to drink underage when I was there years and years ago
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Cuba responded before anyone else did with food, aid supplies, and doctors, and were promptly turned away by the US.
31Not calling you a liar or anything but can you source that? I love to go down rabbit holes and I think it would be an interesting read. Thank you in advance if you respond.
10The day after Karina hit
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Call me naive, but I think, that's what neighbors should do. Viva la humanity!
20Honestly it's the best use for a country's military. Send .5% out to actually, idk, help people.
11Huh. So they were sending their best.
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8Mexicanos al grito de guerra
El acero aprestad y el bridón
Y retiemble en sus centros la tierra
Al sonoro rugir de el cañón2
W Bush wasn't going to do anything, so someone had to
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