Truthout
Mexico
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Mexico’s Cocopah People Refuse to Disappear
The Mexican constitution defines indigenous people as the descendants of the populations that inhabited the area before the state was formed and who preserve their ancestral cultural or economic …
Border Songs: Bringing the Immigration Crisis to the Classroom with Music
The current humanitarian crisis on the US-Mexico border remains hidden from view, leaving many people, including students, completely unaware that thousands of impoverished people have died.
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As Men Emigrate, Indigenous Women Gain Political Opportunities and Obligations in Mexico
When men leave Mexico for the United States, indigenous systems of governance are threatened and more community responsibilities fall on women. Despite this, women are still fighting for space …
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Undocumented Mothers in the US Are Often Vulnerable, Ignored and Misunderstood
Undocumented women face challenges with employment, health care, high rates of domestic violence and psychological trauma.
Communal Lands: Theater of Operations for the Counterinsurgency
US mapping expeditions in indigenous lands in Mexico conceal strategic US military economic and geopolitical goals.
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Mexico: Electoral Reform Threatens the Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples
The political-electoral reform Mexico's National Congress approved to organize 2015 elections is a step backward for indigenous towns in Mexico.
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Laws That Kill Protesters in Mexico
A new law passed in Puebla makes it possible for police to use firearms or deadly force to break up demonstrations and local inhabitants felt the impact of the …
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The Changing Map of Latin America
The recognition of indigenous peoples' “ownership” of land in some Latin American countries has proved to be a disguised path to capitalist exploitation.
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Borderland Deaths of Migrants Quietly Reach Crisis Numbers
While most media attention has been focused on the surge of children fleeing Central American countries for the United States, the immigrant death toll on the US-Mexico border has …
Across Latin America, a Struggle for Communal Land and Indigenous Autonomy
With a rise in the number of Latin American indigenous groups drawing legal boundaries around their territories, neoliberal governments are attempting to grant access to transnational corporations to indigenous …