Written by Silvia Viñas A group of mothers on a hunger strike commemorated Mothers’ Day outside the attorney general’s office in Mexico City demanding [1] [es] that the Mexican government keep its promise [2] [es] to search for their missing sons and daughters. According to official reports [3], more than 26,000 people went missing in Mexico […]
Peru: MOVADEF – The Return of the Shining Path?
Written byJuan Arellano and Translated by Betsy Galbreath In the afternoon of January 20, 2012, the National Elections Board (JNE) issued its decision [1] [es] denying [2] [es], for the second time, the registration of MOVADEF (Movement for Amnesty and Fundamental Rights) as a political party. Social networks were immediately teeming with reactions and the next day traditional media reported extensively about […]
Mexico: Netizens Mobilize for the Tarahumara Indigenous People
Written by Andrea Arzaba Unconfirmed reports of the suicide of 50 Tarahumara indigenous peoplefrom the northern state of Chihuahua to avoid starvation have mobilized Mexican netizens. The Tarahumara, also known as Raramuri, are facing various issues like the loss of their language, the exploitation of their land, unsustainable sources of income and severe malnutrition. In a video published […]
Luis Donaldo Colosio: el escenario de su muerte.
1994 era el año de la revancha priísta. Luego del descalabro sufrido en 1988, todo parecía indicar que el equipo tricolor había recuperado la cancha. El presidente Carlos Salinas de Gortari tenía un índice de aceptación envidiable, tan así que el eterno líder obrero, Fidel Velázquez se animó a declarar: "Salinas se merece todo, inclusive […]
Calderón Corruption Trial May Derail Presidential Aspirations
In 2004, documents were made public [es] indicating that a company of former Costa Rican president Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier had received $440,500 from the Fischel Corporation. This amount corresponded to a commission of $8 million dollars paid from the extension of a credit from the Government of Finland for $39.5 million for the modernization […]
¿Verde? ¿Blanco? ¿Rojo?
ue un lunes. Todas las catástrofes comienzan en lunes. Ocurrió en el patio de mi secundaria, una casa señorial de los años 20 en la colonia Condesa de la Ciudad de México, que alguien convirtió en un colegio de sistema "activo". Las ceremonias de honores a la bandera siempre son buen pretexto para el relajo […]