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‘Drug war’ dissent at OAS summit
More than 160 civil society organizations sent an open letter to the OAS summit, calling for alternatives to the “war on drugs” that guarantee respect for human rights.
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Mexico: immigration activists take case to US
Mexican and Central American activists tour the US to increase awareness about immigration and to build ties with US-based activists.
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Mexico: activists protest GMO corn with giant banner
Greenpeace activists scaled a 104-meter monument to bring attention to plans by Monsanto and other companies for drastically expanding the use of transgenic corn in Mexico.
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Mexico: Malcolm X grandson murdered in DF bar
Mexican authorities believe that the grandson of renowned African American leader Malcolm X was killed by barroom enforcers who were just after money.
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Mexico rolls back ‘drug war’ cooperation with US
President Obama said he will wait until he meets with his Mexican counterpart Enrique Peña Nieto this week to discuss Mexico's decision to curtail access of US security agencies.
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Mexico: Guerrero teachers trash party offices
Teacher protests against a US-style education “reform” program turned violent in Guerrero as masked men attacked the offices of several political parties.
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Mexico: Monsanto pushes for more GMO corn
Monsanto continues its drive to spread its transgenic corn over Mexico, at the cost of destroying the native varieties and devastating local production.
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Mexico: violence escalates in Michoacán
Violence continues to escalate in Mexico’s west-central state of Michoacán, with transport suspended to several conflicted towns, leaving them cut off from the outside world.
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Mexico: thousands march for release of Chiapas schoolteacher
Indigenous protesters and dissident schoolteachers joined for a demonstration in solidarity with an imprisoned supporter of the rebel Zapatistas.
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Mexico: narco-violence from Yucatan to Rio Grande
Six people were strangled to death and one decapitated in the tourist resort of Cancún, while shoot-outs and new mass graves are reported from Monterrey and Tamaulipas.
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Mexico: Guerrero teachers form alliances
The fight against US-style education “reforms” seems to be getting more militant as Guerrero teachers announce a coalition modeled on the one that shook up Oaxaca in 2006.
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Mexico: Michoacán tipping into war
Several were killed in confrontations across Mexico’s violence-torn Michoacán state—including when gunmen fired on crowds commemorating the death of Emiliano Zapata.