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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Currently in Peruvian politics it seems that there is a classic old case of “who is wearing the pants?’ According to the columnist Federico Salazar, as well as many Peruvians, the answer is first lady Nadine Heredia and not the Peruvian President Ollanta Humala. Salazar writes that this conception, whether it is true or not, […]
Read moreThe front page yesterday’s edition of Mexico City newspaper “La Jornada” contained the headline – Racism so established in Mexico that it is hidden. I bought the newspaper and sat down to read the article by Fernando Camacho Servin. The orignal version in Spanish is online here. A couple of bloggers I follow have written on […]
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Street demonstrations in Mexico City are almost as ubiquitous as taco vendors. Some are mass protests – thousands of people marching down major boulevards of the city often culminating in ‘el zocalo’, Mexico City’s central square situated in front of the Federal Government’s National Palace. Others are much, much smaller – maybe just a handful […]
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Barack Obama has deported more people from the United States than any previous president. While there can be little doubt that the highest number of deportees are of Mexican origin, this article shows that the issue reaches a lot further south in the continent. It is from the online edition of La República. Read the […]
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This translation comes from an article published at BBC Mundo. Read the original in Spanish here. MASSIVE GENERAL STRIKE IN PARAGUAY COMES TO AN END With a closing event in the central square, in front of the national parliament in the Paraguayan capital, a massive general strike that paralysed the country this Wednesday concluded. […]
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Nicolás Maduro is now the president of Venezuela after defeating Henrique Capriles in Sunday’s presidential election. An extremely close win by Maduro in this special election – currently not accepted and being contested by Capriles – will allow him to complete the six year term originally won by Hugo Chavez. Campaigning heavily on the legacy […]
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