Mexico
Scores of decapitated bodies found in Mexico
By Bill Van Auken, May 16, 2012
In a brutal escalation of Mexico’s drug war, scores of decapitated and mutilated bodies were recovered outside of the northern industrial city of Monterrey.
Police assault protesting students in Mexico
By Rafael Azul, May 1, 2012
Hundreds of police attacked students protesting for more resources for education in Morelia Mexico.
Mexico to hold elections in midst of social catastrophe
By Rafael Azul, April 24, 2012
The July 1 elections in Mexico will take place in the midst of a social crisis of historic proportions.
The Pope’s visit to Mexico deepens assault on the secular state
By Rafael Azul, March 21, 2012
Pope Benedict’s visit to Mexico is being preceded by a constitutional reform that overturns the principles of a secular state secured by the Mexican Revolution.
Famine devastates states of northern Mexico
By Rafael Azul, January 24, 2012
Mexico’s food crisis is turning into a famine for the marginalized groups such as the Tarahumara Indians in Chihuahua State.
Mexican students in Guerrero gunned down by government security forces
By Rafael Azul, December 21, 2011
Two Mexican student teachers were killed by Mexican police in the Southern State of Guerrero December 12.
Mexican workers face no alternative in 2012 vote
By Don Knowland, December 7, 2011
With Mexico’s three main parties, the PAN, PRI and PRD, all defending the existing capitalist setup, deteriorating social conditions are creating conditions for mass struggles.
Mexican teachers fight to defend public education
By Rafael Azul, November 28, 2011
Tens of thousands of teachers in 14 Mexican states carried out strikes and protests on November 22 to oppose the government’s attack on public education.
Mounting food crisis in Latin America
By Rafael Azul, November 21, 2011
News of a developing famine in northern Mexico coincides with a recently released report from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean that reveals increasing food insecurity throughout this vast region.
Mexican police arrest protesters in Juarez
By Rafael Azul, November 14, 2011
On November 1, some 150 police officers in Juarez México attacked protesters who belong to a pacifist group, the Front of United Citizens.
Floods threaten Mexico and Central America with famine
By Rafael Azul, October 26, 2011
Two weeks of torrential rains have created an environmental crisis that threatens the food supplies of Mexico, Central America and Colombia.
Latin stock markets hit hardest by US credit downgrade
By Luis Arce, August 12, 2011
Latin America’s financial markets suffered the most severe losses of any in the world in the “Black Monday” global sell-off that followed the downgrading of US debt.
Follow us on