Mexican rebel leader Subcommander Marcos is remaking himself as a writer of political pulp fiction in collaboration with famed crime thriller scribe Paco Ignacio Taibo II. Interesting how a genre that generally plays to the law-and-order right in Gringolandia plays… Read moreSubcommander Marcos unveils Osama bin Laden theory
Revolution or Populist Theater? by Dan La Botz, Mexican Labor News & Analysis Two months after Mexico’s contested July 2 presidential elections, the Federal Electoral Tribunal recognized Felipe Calderón as president-elect, while a massive National Democratic Convention has proclaimed Andrés… Read moreMEXICO’S TWO PRESIDENTS
Continue ReadingMEXICO’S TWO PRESIDENTSFrom CBC, Sept. 21: A North American security meeting was secretly held in Banff last week, attracting high-profile officials from the United States, Mexico and Canada. The North American Forum was hosted with the help of the Canada West Foundation… Read moreSecret NAFTA security summit held in Banff
The Chiapas daily Estesur Sept. 24 noted a “bad weekend for Lopez Obrador,” with PRD founder Cuauhtemoc Cardenas dissenting from his declaration as Mexico’s “legitimate president,” and a tough struggle looming for the PRD candidate in next month’s Tabasco gubernatorial… Read moreLAT op-ed: what’s Mexico hiding?
Fox is a savvy one. We recently noted that the UN’s Special Rapporteur for indigenous peoples has singled out his government for criticism. Yet he casts a vote for the Universal Declaration of Indigeous Peoples to win support from Mexico’s… Read moreMexico votes for UN indigenous rights declaration
This report contains the usual condescension of mainstream (English-language) media accounts on the Zapatista movement. For instance, the Zapatista-led protests around the Atenco crisis earlier this year were quite significant, and dominated the news in Mexico before they were overshadowed… Read moreSubcommander Marcos declares Lopez Obrador legitimate winner
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 17, via Chiapas95: Labor turmoil following disaster draws in USW Accused by government of $55 million theft, leader of Mexican mine union flees to Canada with help of Pittsburgh-based labor giant The horrific Pasta de… Read moreUnited Steelworkers embroiled in Mexican labor showdown
Masked gunmen burst into a nightclub in the west-central Mexican state of Michoacan late on the night of Sept. 4 and flung five human heads onto the dance floor. The “Light and Shadow” club in the city of Uruapan was… Read moreMexico: hideous escalation of narco violence
A unanimous decision of Mexico’s Federal Electoral Tribunal rejected allegations of systematic fraud and awarded Felipe Calderon the presidency Sept. 5, after two months of uncertainty. But his ability to rule effectively remains in doubt as Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador… Read moreMexico: Electoral Tribunal rules for Calderon; Lopez Obrador pledges parallel government
From the Chiapas daily Estesur, Sept. 3 (our translation): PRIista marches against “electoral fraud” Tuxtla Gutierrez – 13 days after the state elections, the candidate of the Alliance for Chiapas, the PRIista Jose Antonio Aguilar Bodegas, led a march and… Read moreChiapas: electoral crisis heats up
On Aug. 31 about a dozen armed and masked people blocked the highway from Oaxaca city to Guelatao in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca and passed out two communiques which according to the Mexican daily La Jornada were from… Read moreOaxaca: guerillas stage armed action
From AP, Aug. 22: Close election in Chiapas spurs another protest TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, MEXICO – The dispute over Mexico’s presidential vote took a new twist Monday as a gubernatorial candidate backed by the ruling party vowed to protest a state… Read moreMexico’s electoral crisis: Chiapas next?
