Women in Mexico are waging a fervent battle against the huge upsurge in gender-based violence and the impunity surrounding too many cases of femicide.Read the full article
José González was one of the countless migrants who risk crossing into the United States in search of a better life. But after years spent pursuing an American dream that is inaccessible to most, he returned home to the Sierra de Durango in north-west Mexico where he found the good life working [...]Read the full article
The guiding principle of the public library is that everyone deserves free and open access to our common cultural heritage. This places the institution at fundamental odds with capitalist consumer ideals. From New Delhi to Los Angeles, we visit seven ‘palaces for the [...]Read the full article
The boom in teleworking triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of mental health in the workplace and initial steps are being taken to change a work culture characterised by long hours in the office and low [...]Read the full article
The 2026 World Cup is our chance to show why democratic values are better
Cathy Feingold:
As players from the US and around the world prepare for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, FIFA must improve its track record of turning a blind eye to authoritarians and ‘sportswashing’ human rights violations.Read the full article
Cathy Feingold:
As players from the US and around the world prepare for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, FIFA must improve its track record of turning a blind eye to authoritarians and ‘sportswashing’ human rights violations.Read the full article
Indigenous communities and environmental organisations are staunchly opposed to the project, given the catastrophic environmental impact it will have on an area rich in biodiversity and crucial to the conservation of the Mayan [...]Read the full article
Mexico ranks first in the world in childhood obesity and second in adult obesity. Until recently, studies addressing the causes of obesity have focused on the poor choices made by individuals, but have rarely looked at the obesogenic [...]Read the full article
Mexico is reluctant to part with fossil fuels. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s energy strategy is firmly committed to new hydrocarbon projects and the generation of dirty energy, to the detriment of renewable sources such as wind and solar [...]Read the full article
Paramilitary groups in Mexico are using the pandemic as an excuse to increase attacks on Indigenous communities and rights activists.Read the full article
Since 2018, most of the murders of journalists no longer occur in countries where there is armed conflict. Now they happen in nominally peaceful nations. Neither criticism from those in power nor populist speeches assassinate journalists directly. However, they do worsen the environment for the [...]Read the full article
In Mexico there are sick people who refuse to go to public hospitals, or who delay going, because they are convinced that “people are being killed there” on government orders. What is behind this disbelief in the virus’s ability to kill and the determination to blame the [...]Read the full article
Migrant farm workers are extremely vulnerable to the coronavirus as social distancing is virtually “impossible under conditions H-2A workers typically experience in the United States”.Read the full article
The dramatic decrease in Mediterranean crossings corresponds sharply with increased flows from Africa to south America. Deaths at sea are being replaced by deaths in the Darién.Read the full article
In response to the poor working conditions they face, domestic workers in Mexico – who are often ignored or looked down upon – are organising to stand up for their rights.Read the full article
According to activists in Mexico, the current president is violating the rights of citizens to organise, participate in society and defend themselves against dictatorial, corrupt and inefficient authorities – an attack on the human rights that are central to [...]Read the full article
Given the lack of employment opportunities, people seeking work do not pick and choose; they simply take what they are given. And the new administration is failing to dispel fears.Read the full article
The surge in drug use and deaths due to overdose, as well as the proliferation of drug trafficking and human rights violations all point to the failure of the UN’s drug control policies, according to specialists and human rights [...]Read the full article
After launching an historic strike in Mexico in 2015, the strawberry pickers of the San Quintin valley are now looking to the US for help, from North American trade unions and consumer organisations.Read the full article
Faced with the authorities’ failure, or inability, to act, it is the families of the disappeared who are undertaking the search for their loved ones. While the unmarked graves are frequently found, identifying the bodies and the remains within them is a [...]Read the full article
From north to south, the Americas are in the grip of an intense election year, set against the background of Lula’s imprisonment in Brazil, the participation of the FARC in Colombia, rising violence in Mexico and calls to reject the results in Cuba and Venezuela. Leading the polls are the most [...]Read the full article
The story of the Riviera Maya has been one of turbo-charged, chaotic growth.Read the full article
Social movements are faced with heightened repression under the governments of Temer in Brazil and Macri in Argentina. More than repression, social organisations in Colombia and Mexico talk of a war orchestrated by the elites against the people, to preserve their control over the [...]Read the full article
Unlike other multilateral development banks, the IDB has not taken steps to ensure that funded projects protect the basic rights of workers.Read the full article
“Looking for Life on the Path of Death” is the slogan of the caravan of Central American mothers, making its annual procession through several Mexican states, where they look for clues to help find their children who disappeared on their way to the United [...]Read the full article
Every day about 830 women around the world die – almost all in developing countries – from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. The Mexican organisation Kinal Antzetik, in the Guerrero state, informs and empowers women with the aim of reducing this [...]Read the full article
Photo journalist Consuelo Pagaza travels to Colonia Doctores (Mexico City) to photograph the chapel of Saint Jesús Malverde, known as the patron saint of the poor and of drug traffickers. The neighbourhood is known for its violence and high crime rate, ranging from assaults to the distribution [...]Read the full article
Some observers believe that the federal government sees defeating Sección 22 as key to forcing acceptance of its corporate education reformsRead the full article
“They say young people are the future, but when it comes to giving them rights, their hands tremble”Read the full article
On 29 March 2015, US photographer and labour activist David Bacon followed a group of farm workers in the San Quintín Valley in the Mexican state of Baja California as they marched to the US borderRead the full article
Since President Enrique Peña Nieto came to power, a journalist in Mexico is assaulted every 26.7 hoursRead the full article
The push for GM crops has not come from traditional farmers, or consumers. It is imposed from above and their acceptance is uncertain. People are rising up in increasing numbers against this attack on their way of lifeRead the full article
There are only 42 certified Mexican sign language interpreters, serving a population of 122 million peopleRead the full article
According to the findings of the US-based organisation Occupational Knowledge International and Fronteras Comunes, airborne lead emissions from lead battery recycling plants in Mexico are approximately 20 times higher than those in the United States and the blood lead levels of Mexican workers [...]Read the full article
The news that Mexico is planning to increase its minimum wage may have attracted positive attention internationally, but in Mexico the debate is more nuancedRead the full article
