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Mexico

What happened to Mexico’s cholombianos?

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Rafael Zafra asks what happened to the cholombianos, the urban tribe portrayed in Fernando Frías de la Parra's Oscar-nominated film 'I'm No Longer Here'.

Mexico’s ‘Tren Maya’ railway: fat jaguars vs starving babies?

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Elva Narcia is the founder of glifoscomunicaciones.org, one of LAB’s partners in Mexico. The article was translated from Spanish by Nick Caistor The Tren Maya...

FEMICIDE IN MEXICO: THE COTTON FIELD CASE AND ITS SEQUELS

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Government action is failing lamentably to protect Mexican women from a wave of violence and femicide.

Latin America’s migration problems

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The Americas were shaped by migration, mostly from Europe. Now Asians and Africans are arriving, and there is desperate intra-continental movement in...

Voices of Latin America – social movements and the new activism

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This is a book of many voices (more than 70 of them, from 14 different countries) which testify to an extremely sensitive and uncertain moment in the history of Latin America. 

Latin America — Trafficking in Women and Girls

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It is estimated that half a million young women in Latin America and the Caribbean are lured into sexual abuse, with social media playing a key role.

Is Mexico an emerging economic superpower?

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The BBC recently depicted Mexico as one of the next generation of economic superpowers. Mexican sociologist Luis Vazquez expresses a certain scepticism.

Mexico: the politics of Memory

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The disappearance of 43 student teachers at Ayotzinapa has brought the issue of 'memoria' to the fore. Relatives do not want monuments. "You took them away alive, we want them back alive", they say.

Structural violence and displacement in Central America and Colombia

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This article was prepared for Christian Aid by Nathalie Mercier (Guatemala), Maria Useche (Colombia), Tania Grande (El Salvador) and Javier SanVicente (Honduras) Main image: migrant...

Mexico’s double pandemic

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For over a year, Mexico has been battling the COVID-19 health emergency but another worrying, silent pandemic is currently unfolding. Violence against women, including femicides, has increased exponentially.

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