Bilingual independent media by, about, and for social movements in Mexico and beyond
Bilingual independent media by, about, and for social movements in Mexico and beyond
[ Gringos Don’t Arm the Narco ] x carolina When the March for Peace with Dignity and Justice, headed by the poet Javier Sicilia, got to the Mexico City Zócalo at 4 o’clock in the afternoon on May 8, tens…
By Scott Campbell On Sunday, May 8, several hundred demonstrators took to the streets in the city of Oaxaca to voice their opposition to Mexican President Felipe Calderón’s so-called “war against organized crime,” which after more than four years of…
Below is a sign-on letter to oppose additional U.S. funds to the Merida Initiative for the disastrous drug war. We have already received an incredible response from all over the Hemisphere. We believe this is a critical juncture, as homicides…
by Charles Davis WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (IPS) – A 1.4-billion-dollar U.S. aid package to Mexico and Central American states aimed at combating drug trafficking and organised crime could backfire, the chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee said in…