Lupita: justice for Acteal
Scarred by a brutal massacre which took place in December of 1997 and left 45 dead, the residents of Acteal, in the highlands of Chiapas, continue to remind the world never to forget. One woman is at the forefront.
Domestic violence in Mexico – a silent pandemic?
Domestic violence is part of a phenomenon that is older than COVID-19, but it is due to the pandemic that it has intensified and, at the same time, that it has gained greater visibility.
Ojos Ilegales RED – Francisco Elías Prada – Angela Rodriguez Torres
Francisco Elías Prada y Ángela Rodríguez Torres luchamos como aliados de los pueblos indígenas y otras minorias para visibilizar, difundir, amplificar sus voces y sus luchas a nivel nacional e internacional en búsqueda del respeto a sus derechos humanos, el respeto a sus territorios y a sus culturas.
Artists and activists change the narrative around femicide
Open call launches to support feminist artists and activists change the narrative on femicide in the UK and Mexico
Free trade and Mexico’s junk food epidemic
There's been a real explosion in obesity and diabetes in Mexico, largely because NAFTA has changed profoundly the country's food systems.
Violence in Mexico and Latin America
Latin America still has the highest rate of crime in the world. Drug traffic, corruption and the United States have all played a vital role in this drama.
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...
BristoLatino
We are a cultural journalism website, focussing on Latin American cultural production and issues, with a focus on Latin events in Bristol. As well...
Mexico: the violence blighting children’s lives
It is almost 12 years since the Mexican government ‘declared war on violence’. Since then there have been thousands more homicides and people declared missing. Narcoculture and violence have become normalised in Mexican society. Everyone is affected, but none more so than children, who exhibit more aggressive behaviour and violent play.
MEXICO: GOODBYE SUBCO MARCOS, HELLO SUBCO GALEANO
The killing of a Zapatista schoolteacher leads subcomandante Marcos to adopt a new identity in honour of his fallen comrade