On the streets of central Mexico City – 5 months since the disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa teaching students.
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LA LUCHA SIGUE, SIGUE …. (THE STRUGGLE GOES ON…AND ON)
Here in Mexico City there was another mega-march yesterday in solidarity with the families of the 43 disappeared Mexican students. The march marked 4 months since their disappearance on September 26 2014 in the city of Iguala in the state of Guerrero. The families of the missing along with many thousands, if not millions, of […]
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HOME TO ROOST: BACK ON BOARD THE CHICKEN BUSES OF CENTRAL AMERICA
I spent late December and early January in Guatemala and Belize so of course that meant there was a fair bit of time spent on the legendary chicken buses. As always, it was one of the highlights of the trip and the buses are, in my opinion, one of the best things about travel in central […]
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TRES MÚSICOS GUATEMALTECOS
Three Guatemalan musicians and their instruments in the streets of Antigua, Guatemala just after dusk on December 23 2014.
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CORNERS OF THE CITY # 3: BUG ZAPPER CORNER
A faint click…, click…., tick…. comes from somewhere in the distance, mixing with other sounds of the street; clangs, whistles, horns, calls…pasele, cuántos te damos? Advancing on calle lopez in the centro histórico the sound grows louder. I reach the corner with victoria, a block back from metro San Juan de Letran on Eje Central. I pause at a point where so often I stride […]
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CORNERS OF THE CITY # 2: EJE CENTRAL AND……. (TRIPLE DOSE)
Three months ago I inaugurated this planned series of Mexico City corners with my post about the Triple Alliance Garden on the corner of Tacuba and Filomena Mata in the historic centre. Although I’ve passed by and stopped on plenty of interesting corners of the city I neglected to add a follow up post. Until now. Today I […]
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MARCH FOR THE 43 – MEXICO CITY 20/11/2014
Video and photos from the march for the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students in Mexico City on November 20 2014.
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PILLARS OF SOCIETY LAID TO REST IN MEXICO
Wake up people! Death is knocking at your door. Day of the dead (Día de muertos) happened over the weekend. In case you didn´t know it´s the day to celebrate or commemorate those who have moved on into the afterlife. Altars, usually very colourful, with offerings to the deceased are set up in homes […]
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MEXICO ON THE STREETS
¨They were taken alive, we want them alive¨ ¨Why do they murder them if they are the future of Latin America?¨ ¨The struggle goes on,goes on¨ There was another very big protest today in Mexico City demanding the appearance of the 43 young teaching students who ¨were disappeared¨ in Guerrero state on September 26. I heard […]
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¡VIVA MÉXICO! HEROES ON DISPLAY
Although Independence Day was over a week ago, Mexico City remains awash in Green, white and red. Today I passed by the government offices of Cuahtemoc, one of the 16 boroughs of el DF (Federal District). Giant banners with quotes from Mexican independence heroes drape the buildings. The fatherland comes first. VICENTE GUERRERO Dying is nothing when […]
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LATIN AMERICA FOCUS 