Mexico

September 7, 2022
Chelsea Carrick

The latest mining accident in Mexico's coal region reveals a long history of labor abuse and lack of accountability.

August 19, 2022
Humberto J. Rocha and Madeline McSherry

A mayor’s edict in the Cuauhtémoc neighborhood of Mexico City whitewashes rótulos, the iconic designs of street vendors that have adorned city streets for generations.

August 16, 2022
A.S. Dillingham

The Guelaguetza is often a site of politics and protest. This year, one survivor denounced state complicity in the country’s rampant gender violence.

June 25, 2022
Daniela Rea

Veracruz is one of seven states that has decriminalized abortion in Mexico. With obstacles to access, many collectives accompany and defend the right to choose (or refuse) maternity.

June 8, 2022
Carole H. Browner and Gustavo Leal Fernández

Upon taking office, López Obrador promised to transform Mexico’s health care system and provide long-promised universal coverage.

June 8, 2022
Carole H. Browner and Gustavo Leal Fernández

Al asumir el cargo, López Obrador prometió transformar el sistema de salud de México y brindarla cobertura universal prometida durante mucho tiempo por el estado.

April 13, 2022
David Barkin and Alberto Betancourt

At the last Community of Latin American and Caribbean States meeting, Mexico’s president proposed contradicting relationships with North America.

April 4, 2022
Santiago Navarro F. and Aldo Santiago

On Mexico’s Pacific coast, the government and businesses are trying to legalize a huge area of illegally-cultivated oil palm by reducing the size of an environmental reserve.

April 2, 2022
Ñaní Pinto

Following a new report, families of the 43 students criticized the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for failing to follow through on promises to finally solve the case.

March 18, 2022
Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera

The militarized war on drugs, strict U.S. immigration policy, maquiladora development, and misogyny are all part of the cocktail fueling cycles of crime and abuse in a violent border city.

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