Stories about Mexico from October, 2006
Mexico: Oaxaca and Mexico City
It's going to be a busy Friday in Mexico City, writes Ana Maria Salazar: “once again the marches and protest will take over the City, in addition to being “Quincena”,...
Mexico: First Hand Account of Oaxaca Violence
Having met Bradley Will a week before his death in Oaxaca, British Journalist John Dickey asks, “does a gringo always have to die for the world to act?” Dickey also...
Mexico: The last moments of Bradley Roland Will
Journalism seems like a precarious profession to practise in Mexico. It's ranked by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) as one of the most dangerous places to be a journalist....
Violence and Misinformation Abound in Oaxaca
The usually tranquil Southern Mexican tourist town of Oaxaca – with its large, shaded plaza and gallery-lined alleys – had transformed into a political pressure cooker over the past few...
Mexico: The Streets of Tijuana
Following the murder of five businessmen within two days, Ana Maria Salazar asks why the world has seem to have forgotten about Tijuana. Meanwhile, on YouTube, a disturbing video of...
Mexico: Teachers Return to Classrooms, APPO Wants Proof
Mark in Mexico says that all hell broke loose once the striking Oaxacan teachers voted to return to their classrooms: : APPO has begun to lock down the city. There...
Mexico: Monterrey Yesterday and Today
After discovering several old black and white photographs of Monterrey, Mexico, Hipocratico of RegioBlogs took to the streets with his camera and photographed those same locations. Here are the side-by-side...
Mexico, USA, EU: Open Borders
Argentine-Spanish blogger Martin Varsavsky wonders if one day more Americans will be moving to Mexico than vice versa.
Latin America: Authors and Translators
Liz Henry just got back from the American Literary Translators Association conference (which she liveblogged) and introduces readers to some of the Latin American & Spanish-speaking authors and translators she...
Mexico: Photos from 1974
Flickr user Dristis-Mudra has a gorgeous set of black and white photos from a 1974 trip to Mexico.
Mexico: Secretary of Gobernación
Ana Maria Salazar has an entertaining post introducing readers to potential candidates for the Secretary of Gobernación. This is the first post in a series on upcoming cabinet candidates.
Mexico: English Language Weblogs Reviewed
Ellen Fields has been reviewing Latin America-focused weblogs in English for quite a while now. Here is a list of every blog she's reviewed so far.
Mexico: Oaxaca Update
Both Ana Maria Salazar and Mark in Mexico relate, in their respective styles, the heightened political ambitions of the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO). Colin Brayton describes...
Mexico: Pirated CD's and File Sharing Networks
Eduardo Arcos highlights a comment on his post about the return of Amprofon, Mexico's version of the RIAA, which is using scare tactics to discourage the use of P2P file...
Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala: Volcano cams
Liz Henry gives a guided webcam tour of Latin America's volcanoes.
Oaxaca: Students Take Over University
Mark in Mexico has another update on the situation in Oaxaca including news that “30 students entered the university early this morning, took over the administration building, and declared the...
Mexico, Argentina, France: Fort Boyard
Bilingual Mexican blogger Andrés Bianciotto reminds readers of the reality TV show Fort Boyard? (which was apparently very popular in Argentina) and points them to a post about the fort...
Mexico: Oaxaca Remains at Standstill
On indigenous peoples day, Vivir Latino takes a at the ongoing protest in Oaxaca, Mexico, commenting that “it is important to look throughout our Americas at the people leading struggles...
Mexico, Spain: Video Blogging
Alfredo, who maintains the weblog “Mexicans in Spain” introduces Roger Casas-Alatriste [ES], a Mexican national living in Madrid and working on the online video platform MobuzzTV [ES].
Mexico: Abductions in Oaxaca
Nancy Davies says that a law student and possibly two others were reportedly “snatched from the streets by plainclothes thugs.
Mexico: No End to Oaxacan Conflict in Sight
Mark in Mexico has four posts in as many days about the continued political and social strife in Oaxaca. The post titles are telling: Father of 3 decapitated at APPO...
