I´ve spent four of the last five years in the Americas. About two years of that time has been spent traveling the length and width of the continent; from Patagonia to the USA, the Pacific to the Atlantic and into the interior – the Amazon river, highlands of Bolivia, Machu Pichu, volcanoes of Central America. […]
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¨President Pepe¨. Said like that, it sounds like an election slogan. But as José Mujica is about to end – on March 1 – his term as president he is more ¨Pepe¨than ever. ¨I´ve been in the profession for half a century and I´ve had the opportunity to meet and/or mix with a broad range […]
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This article is translated from the Spanish original written by J. Jesus Esquivel, Marco Appel and Yetlaneci Alcaraz. It appeared in the weekly investigative journalism magazine Proceso in October 2014. The first part of the article can be found online here. This week president Peña Nieto stated that Mexico needs to move on from the […]
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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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On Friday of last week a short segment about the Mexico City Metro Project was aired on ‘Itinerario’ (Itinerary), a show on Canal Once (Channel Eleven) which is owned and operated by the Instituto Politecnico Nacional. I was interviewed by host Tamara De Anda and we did a…
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 […]
Read moreOn Friday of last week a short segment about the Mexico City Metro Project was aired on ‘Itinerario’ (Itinerary), a show on Canal Once (Channel Eleven) which is owned and operated by the Instituto Politecnico Nacional. I was interviewed by host Tamara De Anda and we did a mini tour of a few of the […]
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El grito de Dolores (The cry of Dolores) marked the start of the Mexican War of Independence in 1810. It was priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla who gave the call. Each year on this day, September 15, the cry is reenacted all over Mexico in small pueblos and pulsating large cities. Of course the capital hosts […]
Read moreStreet dogs are common all over Latin America. They inspired me write ‘Ode to the Latin American Street Dog‘ which I published on this blog. The reality of life on the streets for these animals is extremely tough and as if they didn’t already have a raw deal, their lives are made even more difficult, […]
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WELCOME TO THE MEXICO CITY MEXICO PROJECT! ¡BIENVENIDOS AL MEXICO CITY METRO PROJECT! In whatever way and for whatever reason you have arrived here I hope you enjoy or find what you are looking for. Please read on to find out more about the MCM Project. I…
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