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· November, 2006

Stories about Mexico from November, 2006

Mexico: Oaxaca Update

Mark in Mexico fills his latest report from embattled Oaxaca with accustomed satire. Colin Brayton, meanwhile, shows a video from La Jornada reporting that paramilitary members fired shots into the...

Written by David Sasaki
30 November 2006

Mexico: Wrestling Match in Congress

Ricardo Carreón, Rodrigo Javier [ES] (with video!), A.M. Mora y Leon, Ana Maria Salazar, and Michelle Dion all on the wrestling match that broke out in Congress.

Written by David Sasaki
30 November 2006

Mexico: Maria Estela Godinez

Great news for everyone following the story of Maria Estela Godinez, a Mexican high school student who developed a project that “allows people with speech problems to communicate with the...

Written by David Sasaki
24 November 2006

Mexico: Criminal Complaint Against Fox

Writes Colin Brayton, translating an excerpt from El Universal: “Members of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) filed a criminal complaint, charging genocide, forcible disappearance of persons,...

Written by David Sasaki
24 November 2006

Mexico, Portugal, Germany, Spain: Global Sounds

iCommons has put together a list of global netlabels that publish their music with various Creative Commons licenses. Examples include Thinner from Germany/Finland, Discoskonfort from Mexico, and You Are Not...

Written by David Sasaki
21 November 2006

Mexico: Electronics for a Good Cause

Beth Kanter interviews Maria Estela Godinez, a high school student from San Francisco del Rincón, México who “built a glove that allows speech-challenged people to move their fingers in a...

Written by David Sasaki
20 November 2006

China: Put the E back in APEC

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum came to a harmonious enough end this Sunday with all twenty-one member nations agreeing to renew calls for North Korea to put an end...

Written by John Kennedy
19 November 2006

Mexico: Protesting Wal-Mart

Erwin Cifuentes describes Tuesday's demonstration at a Wal-Mart store on the outskirts of Mexico City. Colin Brayton adds that “Wal-Mart is accused of having violated Mexican election laws with impunity...

Written by David Sasaki
17 November 2006

Mexico: Spanish Language, English Acronyms

Hipocratico laments the fact that most Spanish-speaking internet users have adopted English language acronyms: “some very popular bloggers use ‘WTF’ to say ‘que onde con esto,’ or ‘what's up with...

Written by David Sasaki
16 November 2006

Mexico: Bradley Will Killed by Friendly Fire

Ballistics tests examining the murder of American journalist Bradley Will suggest a story line of Hollywood proportions. Says Mark in Mexico: “According to Lizbeth Caña, the Oaxaca State Attorney General,...

Written by David Sasaki
16 November 2006

Ecuador: Technology Conference Includes Bloggers

Ecuadorean blogger and communications professor, Christian Espinosa publishes the agenda of an international conference on “the evolution of the technological revolution, which will be held in Quito, Ecuador from November...

Written by David Sasaki
14 November 2006

Latin America: Friday Poll Numbers

A diverse set of Latin America's poll numbers this week from Boz including Transparency International's annual survey on perceptions of corruption. Also, Chavez up by 20 points in Venezuela and...

Written by David Sasaki
14 November 2006

Mexico: Expansion of Credit

Ricardo Carreón is pleasantly surprised by the increase in consumer spending and credit lending in Mexico over the past few years. According to Carreón, “this is what economic stability can...

Written by David Sasaki
9 November 2006

Mexico: Fox: I'm Outta Here

You would think that heads of state would be a little more careful about what they talk about when their wearing a microphone. Listen to outgoing Mexican President Vicente Fox...

Written by David Sasaki
9 November 2006

Mexico: Multimedia Oaxaca

IndyMedia Mexico has a wealth of multimedia resources related to the ongoing conflict in Oaxaca including video, audio, photography, and text.

Written by David Sasaki
6 November 2006

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