By Laura Carlsen It’s impossible to say how many of us there are. The International Women”s Day march in Mexico City isn”t a congregation, it”s a river, a river that begins to
By Tony Phillips On Wednesday, Mar. 12 a police car was burning in Avenida de Mayo next to an Art Deco building of the former newspaper “Critica” on Avenida de Mayo in
By Gabriel Leão The thick, dirty walls of the dim-lighted cell can’t block the sounds of pain and despair from the torture taking place in an unknown military base. The image contrasts
By Tracy L. Barnett Seventeen years after 8-year-old Miguel Ángel López Rocha fell into the Santiago River and died from toxic poisoning, his death continues to fuel one of Mexico’s most determined
More than one million people protested and marched against President Javier Milei’s racist, anti-feminist and particularly anti-LGBTQI+ rhetoric on Feb. 1.
Laura Carlsen discusses how Claudia Sheinbaum will navigate a series of domestic challenges and a changing U.S.-Mexico relationship. In June 2024, Mexicans elected a female president, Claudia Sheinbaum to replace Andres Manuel
By Laura Carlsen Not only did Donald J. Trump win the US presidential against his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris, he won every one of the seven swing states in play
With the slogan “It’s time for transformation, it’s time for women!” and shouts of “Presidenta”, Claudia Sheinbaum took office October 1 after winning a landslide victory in Mexico’s presidential election on June
About 21 million people become climate refugees annually, from the big storms and droughts, and by 2050, 1.2 billion people will be climate refugees. Thank the energy companies for most of that.
March 8, International Women’s Day (IWD), serves as a barometer of the strength of feminist and women’s movements, especially in Latin America where for years people have been mobilizing for women’s rights