Posted by Ted Lewis in Mexico, World News & Events on 22nd June, 2011 | No Comments
We are sending information on how to watch the extraordinary meeting planned on Thursday, June 23 between Javier Sicilia — together with his close advisors, and a group of family members of drug war victims – with President Calderón and his war cabinet.
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Posted by Ted Lewis in Featured, For Our Members, Global Exchange News & Events, Mexico, World News & Events on 16th June, 2011 | No Comments
Over a week ago Federal Police broke into the Paso del Norte Human Rights Center in Ciudad Juárez, an important host of the Caravan for Peace that was travelling 3,000 kilometers north to Juárez through cities hard hit by the drug war like Morelia, San Luis Potosi, Torreon, and Monterrey. Thankfully the Caravan arrived safely in Juárez last Thursday. Here’s how it went.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Global Exchange News & Events, Mexico, World News & Events on 8th June, 2011 | No Comments
Next week, John Gibler will be celebrating the release of his new book “To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War”, a collection of stories about Mexico’s drug war, at City Lights bookstore in San Francisco.
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Posted by Ted Lewis in Mexico, World News & Events on 8th April, 2011 | 1 Comment
Thousands of people marched in Mexico this week demanding an end to the violence that continues to wrack the country. These large marches convey the sense that the growing movement against murder in Mexico is gathering force and will not be easily silenced.
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Posted by Ted Lewis in Featured, Mexico, World News & Events on 17th September, 2010 | No Comments
At its 200th year of independence, Mexico is in a pitched battle for law and order against powerful drug cartels. Guest columnist Ted Lewis argues the U.S. can help its neighbor by consideration of drug legalization to stem the demand and by clamping down on the easy supply of assault weapons.
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