Mexico

Good morning. My name is Porfirio Domínguez Muñozcano.  I am an architect. My professional credential is number 1379284.  All of my life … for 16 years, I have been an architect, working in this profession. […]

Source: The Herald Mexico Rene Trujillo Martínez, a thin 25-year-old lawyer and volunteer radio announcer with the Oaxaca People´s Assembly (APPO), holds the uncomfortable distinction of having survived a disappearance. Trujillo was recently abducted from […]

 Source: IRC Americas A profound political crisis is shaking up Mexico. The rules that regulate the balance of power between elites have been violated. From above, there is no agreement or any possibility for one […]

Note from Upside Down World Editor: These letters are from Emilie Smith, an activist in Oaxaca. Though they are deviation from our normal style of reporting, they offer some insights into the reality on the […]

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“What we manage to do each time we win a victory is not so much to secure chance once and for all, but rather to create new terrains for struggle.” –Angela Davis, from Abolition Democracy […]

Source: The Center for Economic and Policy Research Press Release from CEPR: Result Could Explain Electoral Authorities’ Reluctance to Release Recount Data For Immediate Release: September 2, 2006 Contact: Mark Weisbrot, 202-746-7264Dan Beeton, 202-293-5380 x […]

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Source: IRC Americas Since the start of Mexico’s presidential campaigns, the race has opened up latent but profound fissures in Mexican society. The present post-electoral conflict not only hinges on legal issues of how the […]

For five days following the July 2 presidential elections, Mexico was in the grip of anticipation as the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) labored to tally—or rig—the votes.

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