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The crude reality of México that only the murdered and tortured know

“In Mexico City, about 88% feel unsafe when away from home no matter what time of day it is. In the internationally-renowned Mexican resort city Acapulco, 86 percent feel insecure.” Spanish Mainstream media apparently continues to ignore the true reality of Mexico, a country where massive human rights violations and torture are common everyday practice. A country of violence fuelled by impunity and a land where those in power organise crime and disappear those who dare to challenge their action

Digital: Justice for Ayotzinapa

'It Was the State': Unmasking the Official Ayotzinapa Narrative Journalist John Gibler investigates the disappearance of the 43 students at Ayotzinapa and the strong links implicating both local and federal officials to the crime. READ MORE Ahead of the second anniversary of the disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa students, security forces cracked down on protesters commemorating the students in Guerrero’s state capital of Chilpancingo on Sunday, physically assaulting and detaining some of thos

US Collaboration in Mexico's New Dirty War

Mexico, willingly or not, has achieved a worldwide reputation of being a country riddled with violence and drug trafficking. So much so that the very name Mexico, for many, has become synonymous for drugs and drug cartels, or more recently, for the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students. Even if the real Mexico represents much more than those things, it’s reputation is already too tarnished for many people to easily change opinions. But violence is not a new thing in North America's most southern count
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Beatification of Archbishop Oscar Romero

BEATIFICATION Monsignor Romero will be beatified, but not yet canonized. The process of canonization covers four phases: If testimony proves that the candidate's behavior was exemplary, the Church declares the person a “Servant of God.” The Congregation of the Cause of Saints of the Vatican approves a “position,” a document covering the principal aspects of the life, virtues, and writings, as well as testimonies. If, as a result of this investigation, a conclusion is reached that the virtues w

Mexican Elections: Blood on the Ballots

Minute by Minute updates of Mexico’s federal election, which is taking place under the cloak of violence and amid calls for boycotts. Read more... Mexico’s latest elections are threatened by drug cartel violence, social protests, and the mass resignation of election officials. The left, which in the past has succeeded in rallying a third or more of the nation’s voters for a single party, goes into this election deeply divided, prompting expectations of a win for the ruling party. Read more...

Racism Is Used By World Powers to Justify Domination

Most countries in general have achieved important progress in implementing laws aimed at eliminating racial discrimination, however world powers have used used racism to justify domination of other nations or groups, the Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Jose Francisco Cali Tzay told teleSUR in an exclusive interview. “Traditionally European countries created this justification of racism to dominate other nations, but today this has shifted toward larger
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Mexican attorney general fired

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari fired the nation's top law enforcement officer in a move widely viewed as an attempt to end corruption and human rights abuses. Enrique Alvarez del Castillo was replaced Tuesday as federal attorney general by Mexico City Attorney General Ignacio Morales Lechuga, the president's office said. Alvarez del Castillo was made general director of the National Bank of Public Works and Services and the Mexico City attorney general's office will
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Father of 'Children of Sanchez' buried

MEXICO CITY -- The father of a Mexican family made famous in American anthropologist Oscar Lewis's book 'The Children of Sanchez' was buried Wednesday, a victim of a hit-and-run automobile accident. Santos Hernandez Rivera, 87, who told his life's story to Lewis in the early 1960s and was depicted in the book as Jesus Sanchez, died late Monday after an accident in the eastern city borough of Iztapalapa, a police spokesman said. Lewis changed the names of the characters in his books on the fami
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Sacrificial cult members arrested on drug charges

MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- Police in the western state of Nayarit arrested 14 presumed members of a cult whose leaders conducted human sacrifices to gain protection for their drug trafficking activities, authorities said Thursday. The suspects were arrested on suspicion of drug dealing and presumed to be members of a religious sect run by Olayo Soto. Alejandro Maldonado of the Federal Attorney General's office said nine of those arrested were charged Thursday with drug offenses and illegal possess

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Ben Dangl takes an in-depth view at why “Bolivia is a failed,” explaining that from the time of its independence in 1825, its modernization was based on the exploitation of indigenous people. He interviews Bolivian Vice Minister of Decolonization Fidel Cardenas, who talks of the challenges Evo Morales has faced in order to build a “plurinational” country where many indigenous nations can thrive. By resisting subjugation, Bolivia is daring to exist on its own terms. Latin American History expert

Racism Is Used By World Powers to Justify Domination

Most countries in general have achieved important progress in implementing laws aimed at eliminating racial discrimination, however world powers have used used racism to justify domination of other nations or groups, the Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Jose Francisco Cali Tzay told teleSUR in an exclusive interview. “Traditionally European countries created this justification of racism to dominate other nations, but today this has shifted toward larger
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Beatification of Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero

BEATIFICATION Monsignor Romero will be beatified, but not yet canonized. The process of canonization covers four phases: If testimony proves that the candidate's behavior was exemplary, the Church declares the person a “Servant of God.” The Congregation of the Cause of Saints of the Vatican approves a “position,” a document covering the principal aspects of the life, virtues, and writings, as well as testimonies. If, as a result of this investigation, a conclusion is reached that the virtues w
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