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A Juárez visit by the pope — in an American presidential election year — would likely bring attention in the United States to issues including immigration and the war on drugs. Continue Reading
For 43 hours hundreds in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez remembered — and protested — the first anniversary of the forced disappearance of 43 Mexican male students from the Raul Isidro Burgos Teachers College of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, at the hands of police and paramilitary forces. But late September’s bout of activism went beyond the Ayotzinapa issue. Continue Reading
It’s important to insist on buying New Mexico-grown chile, some say. Others claim Chihuahua chile is just as good, or maybe even superior. Continue Reading
The export portion of the Chihuahua crop alone dwarfs New Mexico’s entire chile crop. Continue Reading
Mitt Romney’s run for the presidency has cast some attention on the little-known history of Mormon settlement in the northern Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora. Continue Reading
Feeding the passion of anti-Enrique Peña Nieto protesters is the widespread perception, with mounting evidence, that Mexico’s presidential election was bought and sold. Continue Reading
Despite the praise heaped on the voting by U.S. President Barack Obama and others, the 2012 elections were marred by scattered outbreaks of violence, widespread accusations of vote-buying by the different political parties, especially the PRI, and the systematic disenfranchisement of large numbers of voters. Continue Reading
Though the results aren’t yet official, Enrique Peña Nieto leads his closest challenger by about seven points, and even outgoing President Felipe Calderón congratulated him on his victory. Voter turnout was the highest it has ever been. Continue Reading
Despite opposition, Mexico’s 132 Movement forges ahead and can even claim credit for unprecedented developments in the way political messaging has been delivered this election year. Continue Reading
With Mexico’s elections coming up on July 1, mixed moods grip the body politic. Polls show Enrique Peña Nieta leading in the presidential race, and his supporters are declaring him the virtual winner. Continue Reading
Almost from nowhere, the 132 Movement not only succeeded in mobilizing thousands of young people in street protests against one Mexican presidential candidate and media monopolization, but recast Mexico’s elections by thrusting questions of money and politics, economic power and corruption and education and citizenship into the center of the political process. Continue Reading
My recent visit to a community cut in half by the U.S.-Mexico border served as a reminder that, despite our efforts at border “security,” we’re still connected – and that, when we debate immigration and border issues, we’re talking about real people. Continue Reading
With the presidential race coming up on July 1, the most significant development of the electoral year may be the emergence of a new youth movement demanding media and democratic reforms. Continue Reading
Severe drought threatens New Mexico and neighboring Chihuahua, Mexico. To make matters worse, unseasonal storms hit both states last week and wreaked havoc on crops in Chihuahua. Continue Reading
Around 1970, Lomas de Poleo’s settlers recreated the world of the small but vanishing Mexican ranch. If a new border crossing ever materializes at Anapra-Sunland Park, the dusty landscape will likely transform. Continue Reading