Month: August 2014

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Queering the Metro in Mexico City

August 29, 2014 Josh Mentanko, Photos by Clayton Conn 0

When Mexico City’s Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC) closed certain metro cars in February 2011 in order to prevent gay men from using them for sex, the public conversation about the ban highlighted how the metro is more than just a transportation artery … The appropriation of certain metro cars as meeting and hookup sites for gay men exemplifies the clash between the STC and its users, and the closure of these cars illuminates the complex relationship between the political class that controls the city and the LGBTQ community.

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Maduro en los zapatos de Chávez

August 29, 2014 Franco Vielma 0

Dar una lectura políticamente afinada a la presidencia de Nicolás Maduro parte del reconocimiento sobre el cúmulo de circunstancias en las cuales le corresponde asumir como conductor del país. Fuente: Mision Verdad Para empezar, y […]

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Venezuela: Maduro in Chávez’s Shoes

August 28, 2014 Franco Vielma, Translated by Danica Jorden 0

A politically refined reading on the presidency of Nicolás Maduro starting with a recognition of the morass of circumstances he has had to face as the country’s leader. Without a doubt, the legacy of Maduro’s recent but extremely turbulent presidency is based on constructing a leadership with its own characteristics: its own attributes, its own styles, its own errors, its own incongruities, in a context of structures, as well as new circumstances.

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Ghosts of Olavarría: Human Rights Trial in Argentina Seeks Justice for Victims of Military Dictatorship

August 27, 2014 Nick MacWilliam 0

On September 22, a court will begin listening to evidence against a number of ex-military officials charged with crimes against humanity, including kidnapping, torture and murder, committed at the Monte Peloni detention center in Olavarría, Argentina. The officials on trial are: the local commander, Ignacio Verdura; Chief of Intelligence, Walter Grosse; Officer Horacio Leites; and Sub-Officer Omar Ferreyra.

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