Mexican Politics
For over two years the Triqui people of San Juan Copala, an autonomous municipality, have been a dispossessed people. Forced to leave their homes by a wave of paramilitary
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January 18, 2013 // 0 Comments
The #YoSoy132 pro-democracy movement that emerged in the weeks leading up to the Mexican election can already boast a handful of victories – having three of the four
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July 24, 2012 // 0 Comments
Mexico could be forgiven for partying like it’s 2006. Following the election on Sunday, where Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate Enrique Peña Nieto appeared
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July 6, 2012 // 0 Comments
So the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which governed Mexico as a de facto dictatorship for 71 years, wins back power south of the border after a twelve-year
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July 4, 2012 // 0 Comments
On the night of July 1, Enrique Peña Nieto shouted before cameras, “this Sunday, Mexico won!” The presidential candidate of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional
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July 3, 2012 // 0 Comments
Mexico City. It’s been a long time coming but the outcome of the Mexican presidential election next Sunday is no longer a sure thing. Say “gracias” to those students
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June 25, 2012 // 0 Comments
The ongoing struggle against Fortuna Silver’s Trinidad/Cuzcatlán Mine in Oaxaca has taken another unfortunate turn. On June 16, 2012, a small group of men opened fire
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June 20, 2012 // 0 Comments
Mexico City. You can blame it on those damn students. Ever since over a hundred of them at a private university, the Iberoamericana in Mexico City, ran presidential
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June 1, 2012 // 0 Comments
It sounded too good to be true – and, indeed, it was. The mining company First Majestic Silver was handing over its mining concessions in the sacred lands of Wirikuta, and
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May 30, 2012 // 0 Comments
The Mexico government recently announced new measures to protect thousands of acres of land considered sacred by the Wixarika (Huichol) People. Despite being hailed as a
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May 26, 2012 // 0 Comments