Truthout
Mexico
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Mexican Farmers Oppose Expansion of Transgenic Crops
Mexico does not need transgenics.
Border Wars in the Homeland: “Stop Stepping on the Pictures“
The usual rights meant to protect Americans from unreasonable search and seizure and unwarranted interrogation are up for grabs.
The US Re-Militarization of Central America and Mexico
In a letter sent to Obama and the region's other presidents last year, over 145 civil society organizations called out US policies that “promote militarization to address organized crime.”
The Future Is Now: Zapatista Memories of the Future
The Zapatistas have not only articulated a vision of the future outside of neoliberal disposability, but they are living that future reality now.
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The US-Mexico Caravan for Peace Takes On the Drug War
Chris Moore-Backman examines connections between the struggle for peace in Mexico and the struggle to end the racist system of mass incarceration in the United States.
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Mexico Rape Victims Face Prison Time for Self-Defense
Every year 15,000 rapes are reported in Mexico, but only 2,000 come to trial and less than 500 result in a conviction.
Gustavo Esteva With Brad Evans | Violence and Hope in Chiapas: Pedagogies by the Globally Oppressed
The Zapatista "struggle is our struggle, everywhere, in every city, in every country of the world. We are in a very difficult moment, in a terrible moment of humankind, …
Mexican Shale Industry Hoist on NAFTA-Induced Gang Violence Petard
There's perilous little recognition in the US of how much of the rise in gang violence and drug wars is the direct result of NAFTA.
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The Grim Reality of Unaccompanied Migrant Children
The recent surge in unaccompanied, undocumented minors apprehended at the US-Mexico border draws attention to the poverty and violence ravaging Latin America and the lack of resources available to …
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Mexico City Bans Circus Animals in Shows
Mexico City has decided that any instance of abuse was simply too much. They've joined six other states within the country, banning animals in circus acts.