What might happen in Latin America with weak economies, fragile public health systems, high rates of unemployment, and huge inefficiencies in the delivery of other public services, if the continent reaches a peak in the cases of coronavirus infections? Timeline Of Outbreak The first case of COVID-19 in Latin America […]
On the 9th of March tens of thousands of women took part in a 24-hour strike against feminicide and gender-based-violence across Mexico. Lawyers, teachers, students, cleaners, bank tellers, and women from all walks of life skipped work, school and social activities to join the strike which denounced gender-based violence and […]
Every year on International Women’s Day, vast numbers of women around the world march for women’s rights. These strikes have different objectives in every country; in Latin American countries, the strikes were a protest against sexist violence in all its forms and expressions: sexual, social, cultural, political and economic. To […]
Hundreds of people holding the slogan “not one more murder” gathered in front of the National Palace in Mexico City over the last few days, to protest against the murder of a young woman on the 9th February, 2020. Ingrid Escamilla, a 25-year-old girl, was killed brutally by her partner. […]
Destruction of a Native American burial site and a UNESCO recognised natural reserve began this week, in order to make way for President Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall. The site is home to rare species, and sacred burial grounds of the Tohono O’odham Nation, who were not consulted before demolition and […]
On 11 February, a seven-year-old girl was reported missing. According to the prosecutor’s investigation, an unidentified woman picked up the girl from school on before her mother arrived to pick her up, but she did not find her there. Security cameras in the street that have been examined by the […]
It seems that President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador has already recognized the systemic failure of his ‘ Hugs not Bullets’ campaign that made international headlines and brought condemnation from security experts and Mexico’s deep-pocketed American backers. The question now remains how a government whose most notable international effort […]
Despite Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s best efforts to combat the cartel influence through peaceful means, the continuing rise in deaths and the shocking rise in cartel displays of power has meant that the policy of de-escalation and appeasement, that the President’s 2018 electoral policy “Hugs, not Bullets” was based […]
On February 14, women marched to the Presidential Palace in Mexico City, covering the door in fake blood and the Spanish message “Femicide State” as they demanded justice for the gruesome killing of 25-year-old Ingrid Escamilla. Stabbed to death by her husband, then skinned to cover up the crime; images […]
Since the Mexican government deployed troops to fight against drug cartels in 2006, over 61,000 people have disappeared and violence has only increased. Head of Mexico’s National Search Commission, Karla Quintana, expressed the announcement of this huge number as a great pain for both individuals and their families. Along with […]
