Written by Robert Valencia On May 2, U.S. President Barack Obama began his trip through Mexico and Costa Rica with the intention of addressing vitally important themes for the region that include the expansion of commerce and economic and energy cooperation, as well as issues of security, immigration, government and control of illegal drug trafficking. […]
Censorship Disclosed By Argentine Journalism Forum
The Argentinian Journalism Forum (FOPEA [1]) [1] [es] launched the 2012 edition of the Monitoreo de Libertad de Expresión [2] [es] (Freedom of Expression Monitor) in which 172 attacks on the Argentinian press are disclosed. This represents a 41 per cent increase on the figure in 2011 in which there were 122 cases of assault. The Argentinian Freedom of Expression Monitoring Programme […]
Mexico Prepares for Massive National Protest on May 8
Written by Geraldine Juarez Next Sunday May 8, 2011, Mexican citizens will march to demand the end to the “War on Drugs” and the removal of all government officials responsible for more than 35,000 deaths and the increase of insecurity and corruption. Mexican poet Javier Sicilia, who became the leading voice of the discontent towards […]
Latin America: The Problem of Child Labor – Part II
Child labor is a sad reality in Latin America, and often many residents throughout the region become so used to seeing working children that they don’t even realize it. Who has not used the services of a shoeshine boy or a young caretaker of cars? Awareness and steps are being taken to change all of […]
Illegal Wiretapping Scandal Rocks Colombia
Last week, the illegal wire tapping scandal uncovered by Semana news magazine was the main headline in most news outlets and the talk of the day on some blogs in Colombia. On Tuesday, February 26, President Álvaro Uribe announced that the Administrative Security Department (DAS, for its initials in Spanish) was no longer allowed to […]
Si la forma es el fondo, ¿entonces el relato es la historia?
La disciplina de la historia ha pasado por varias crisis desde el siglo XIX. (Como dirían los Mythbusters: ¡Precaución, contenido científico!, jejeje). Sigamos: la historia ha sido usada de varias formas desde hace miles de años; los relatos épicos sirvieron para darle identidad a esos grupos sociales que con el paso del tiempo se convirtieron […]