Mexico’s ‘Tren Maya’ railway: fat jaguars vs starving babies?
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...
Massacre en Tlatelolco, 2 October 1968
Shows footage of the infamous massacre of scores, probably hundreds of students in Mexico City, who were protesting at extravagant government spending on the...
Mexico: AMLO’s first hundred days
Since taking office on 1 December 2018, president
Andres Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been a man in a hurry. Aged 65, he is
said to...
Mexico: more than 800 socio-environmental conflicts since 2006
A project called 'Talking to Goliath' has mapped social and environmental conflicts across the length and breadth of Mexico, caused by the development, expansion...
Voices against the new populism – LAB Newsletter, March 2019
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend,
27
March 2019
Voices versus the new
populism
Voices of Latin
America: LAB’s newest book
was launched on 18 January in a packed-out event at RichMix...
Las otras voces – la caravana de madres de migrantes desaparecidos
The program 'Las Otras Voces' presents the Caravan of Mothers of Disappeared Migrants, those who come from Central and South America and pass through...
#9: Peatónito
México DF, México. A wrestler dressed as superhero to defend pedestrians rights in the streets of Mexico DF
Directed by: Fernando Casado Cañeque and Paula...
Who has priority on the streets?
Walking is our most natural way of getting about and is the number one priority on the street. Hence the rationale for a hierarchy...
Peatónito is in NYC: Protecting Pedestrians from Cars in the Crosswalk
Peatónito (or little pedestrian) could be the most beloved figure in the transportation world. After all, how can you not love a...
How Mexico’s government controls journalism
Journalists in Mexico face many dangers, especially when they're covering the country's ongoing drug war.
Video: Al Jazeera English, May 2018