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Published in: HomeMexico's lost generationEnrique Pena Nieto will assume the Presidency of Mexico on the 1 December 2012, a day which will mark the return of...
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Published in: HomeUS election: what can Latin America expect?Relations between the US and Latin American countries have always been tense, from economic rivalry to political...
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Published in: HomeMexican perspectives: within the USA and outside it
Undocumented Mexican migrants in the USA, despite being the group most vulnerable to a flagship Republican policy,...
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Published in: HomeExperiments in democracy and diversity within the Occupy Movement(s)Horizontal democracy attempts to ensure equality by embracing diversity and conflict. Within these political...
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Published in: 50.50A child's transnational journey “to be someone”The number of child migrants to the USA continues to rise despite border militarization. Liz Kennedy teaches at...
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Published in: HomeThe American Dream, through Latin America
Faced with tighter border controls in Europe, African migrants are viewing Latin America as the gateway to the...
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Published in: HomeWhy local power and self-interest can be good for transparency
Think of your local Indian, South African, Mexican or Russian investor looking for guaranteed profits; pool them all...
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Published in: HomeLatin America, an election cascade
A series of fifteen elections across Latin America in 2009-12 offers a useful guide to the region's main democratic...
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Published in: HomeOliver Stone on the Insanity of the War on Drugs
American film icon Oliver Stone expounds on the true nature of the American War on Drugs to Current TVs Gavin Newson.
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Published in: HomeGo and tell your kids the story of Peter NormanThe unsung hero of the 1968 Mexico Olympics, Peter Norman, 'didn't raise his fist but did lend a hand'
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Published in: openSecurityDeals with the devil
Talk of a pact with criminals is beyond the pale in Mexico’s presidential election campaign. But the tentative...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCardboard Britain: the UK at Mexico's Festival of Cultural Friendship
Mexico City's historic avenue Paseo de la Reforma is hosting its annual Festival of Cultural Friendship. Far from a...
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Published in: HomeThe Mexico you didn’t see (this Adventure World Travel Summit)
Despite what the Mexican Federal government would have us believe, especially since taking presidency of the G20...
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Published in: HomeThis is Maria. She will end the War on Drugs
Maria is a composite character based on many Mexican victims of the drug war - their words and actions - who...
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Published in: HomeThe politics of mourning
Last April more than 35,000 people marched in Cuernavaca, Mexico, following the murder of a teenager. Four years...
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Published in: 50.50Mexico: the war on drugs is becoming a war on women
Women human rights defenders in Mexico are increasingly targeted, often by government forces, since drug war...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Mexican penitentiary system: how prisons became tools for the cartels
Far from being an instrument aimed at fighting crime and reintegrating former inmates in society, Mexican prisons...
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Published in: openSecurityMexico’s war on drugs: can you expect the military to function as police?
A side-effect of the war on drugs launched by President Calderon was to involve the army in carrying out police...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of January 5th 2012
2011 was a watershed year in drug policy all over the globe. The American and Canadian governments seemed to embrace...
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Published in: openSecurityMexico, war crimes and a slippery slope
The drug war in Mexico has left tens of thousands of people dead and the country in peril. What difference will a...
