Truthout
Mexico
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Prosecuting Hate Crimes to the Fullest Extent of the Law
While the occasional racist protester may find themselves in front of a judge, true justice can only come about when the intellectual authors of this hate also have their …
How the Militarized War on Drugs in Latin America Benefits Transnational Corporations and Undermines Democracy
Canadian journalist Dawn Paley dispels the notion that nearly a trillion dollars spent on eradicating illegal drug trafficking (since Richard Nixon's administration) has shown any serious success.
Who Won the Mexican Election?
Charges of vote-buying and exceeding campaign spending limits notwithstanding, there are positive signs for Mexicou2019s nascent democracy.
Mass Protests Against Mexican Election Results
Student movement takes to the streets to reject what they call election fraud.
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Mexican Student Movement Confronts Vote Buying and Media Bias in Wake of Contested Election Results
Will Mexico's youth-led movement and newer generations change the very fabric of its country's fragile and belabored democracy?
The 1% Connection: Mexico and the United States, Crony Capitalism and the Exploitation of Labor Through NAFTA
Slim obtained (with some other backers) a monopoly on the telephone system in Mexico, guaranteed for years
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Women Secure a Third of Mexican Parliament
This historical representation is the result of two decades of lobbying that culminated in a legal obligation requiring political parties to fill at least 40 percent of their candidate …
Why Couldn’t the Left Prevail in Mexico?
In the past dozen years, left parties in a whole lot of Latin America countriesu2014from Argentina to El Salvadoru2014have won elections and taken power. But, so far, Mexico has …
Mexico Still Far From Fair Elections
Without knowing what actually happened in 2006, it is perhaps more difficult to understand the widespread skepticism of the Mexican people as to the results of the current election.
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Apologies to Mexico: The Drug Trade and Gross National Pain
The drug war is fueled by many things, and maybe the worst drug of all is money, to which so many are so addicted that they can never get …