Truthout
Mexico
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The Mass Shooting in Mexico
The murder and disappearance of students from Ayotzinapa is raising questions once again about the complicity of law enforcement and public officials in Mexico's drug wars.
The End of the Drug War – or a New Cartel of Cartels?
Media spin and historical amnesia threaten to cover up the return to a policy of the Mexican state and cartel cooperation.
This Is Not Your Normal School in Ayotzinapa Mexico
The Ayotzinapa Rural Normal School in Guerrero, Mexico, had a long history of student activism well before the 2014 kidnapping of 43 of its students.
The Latin American Disappeared and Repeating History in Mexico
As of yet, none of the 19 mass graves discovered in the state of Guerrero around Iguala have contained remains of the missing students.
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We Want Them Alive: The Search for Mexico’s 43 Missing Students
The last time the group of missing students were seen was in the custody of Mexican municipal police forces.
Narcopolitics and the Failed State: 43 Missing Students, a Narco Mayor and an Institutional Fiasco
In what other country of the world can 43 college kids be kidnapped by police forces and life continue its political, economical and social course as if the …
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Pena Nieto on Indigenous Rights: Praise Abroad, Protest at Home
Many indigenous and peasant organizations have pointed out that Mexico's energy reform is irreconcilable with the rights of the nation's indigenous peoples and small farmers.
San Fernando Migrant Massacre: How US, Mexican and Latin American Governments Share Responsibility
An international tribunal recently concluded that the US, Mexico and several Latin American countries are responsible for state terror against migrants.
Monsanto Announces “Global Center” for Developing GMO Corn
Monsanto announced this week that it is opening a new facility in Mexico to research and develop new hybrid types of corn resistant to disease and climate conditions.
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Global Drug Report: Don’t Just Decriminalize, Demilitarize
“The drug war is a pretext for the militarization of resource rich areas in Mexico and Central America, as happened with Plan Colombia in Colombia,” said Dawn Paley, author …