Alive in Mexico
Alive In Mexico
Alive in Mexico, sister show to Alive in Baghdad, will bring you a plethora of news about life in Mexico. We will cover everything from street battles in southern Mexico to Mexican culture and history. Tune in each week to learn something new about Mexico
Mexico's New Tolerance Zone - Part 2
La zona de tolerancia que el gobernador de Tlaxcala, Enrique Ruiz Peña propone, ha abierto la discusión alrededor del trabajo sexual y la prostitución.Las trabajadoras sexuales hablan acerca de la discriminación ante su trabajo y de ...
A New Red Light District for Mexico? - Part 1
On October 5, the Forum of Analysis and Discussion about the Red Light District took place in the city of Apizaco, Tlaxcala. There sex workers, as well as members of human rights and labor organizations, in the fight against Sida, reaffirmed their stance ...
Pasta de Conchos: Explotacion e inseguridad
Las Familias de los mineros de Santa Rosita, Coahuila; tienen un plantón en el DF donde demandan a la Secretaria del Trabajo, la búsqueda y rescate de los cuerpos de los 63 mineros que quedaron atrapados después de una explosión ...
Zapatistas Discuss Growing and Distributing Coffee
[Editor’s note: English coming soon.]El café Tatawelo es la marca que comercializan comunidades autonomas zapatistas de Chiapas. Los indígenas mayas organizados en las Juntas de Buen Gobierno han decidido comercializar sus productos sin ...
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A School for Mexica [Aztec] Dance and Culture
Mexican culture was born in 1325, 682 years ago, in what now is the center of the Federal District [Mexico City], where the city Tenochtitlan rose. This culture was oppressed with the arrival of the Spanish colonizers in 1521, subdued and decimated by ...
The Annual LGBT Pride March in Mexico City
For 29 years there has been a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered(LGBT) march in Mexico’s capital city. This year the march’s theme was the growing problem of discrimination against LGBT people for their sexual preferences.This march ...
The Struggles of Mexico's Real del Monte Miners
The town of Real del Monte is in the state of Hidalgo, very close to Mexico’s capital, Mexico City. For more than 500 years mines for gold, silver and other minerals have operated there. Now they are all closed.The former miners have organized to ...
Zapatistas Practice Herbal Medicine
[Editor's Note: This week the English blog was assembeled by Brian Conley and the Spanish by Armando Gomez.] In Chiapas, medical aid and assistance is difficult to find. As we reported some months back, indigenous Mayan “Health Promoters” in ...
The Other Campaign Visits Mexico City
The Other Compaign is a political initiative that promotes the EZLN in order to coordinate the people’s struggles throughout the entire country. This organizational proposal began on January 1st of 2006 ...
ISSSTE: Social Security in Mexico
The ISSSTE (Institute of Social Security Serving the Workers of the State) is one of the country’s two largest and most important public Health and Social Security systems, in charge of hospitals, sports and vacation centers, provisions centers, ...
The Community Police of Indigenous Guerrero
In San Luis Acatlan is the Coordinating Committee of the Community Authority, which brings together the elected authorities for the uses and customs of more than 60 indigenous settlements of the coast and part of la Montaña Chica de Guerrero.This ...
The Voice in the Air
"The Voice in the Air in the House of Rain" is a community radio station in the Town of Buena Vista. Located on a hillside in the state of Guerrero, the radio station was bought by a farmers co-op in the area who gather to determine what is aired and, ...
The Anniversary of the Movement in Oaxaca
In June of 2006 the Government of Oaxaca launched an offensive against striking teachers. This action prompted the formation of a popular movement who made their actions famous around the world facing off against local and federal police and erecting ...
Radio Planton in Oaxaca
Un plantón es un método de manifestación en México, para presionar a las autoridades sobre algún asunto o problema, se instalan casas de campaña hechas con mantas y plásticos frente a oficinas de gobierno o en zonas ...
Selling the News in Mexico City
Newspapers are ubiquitous in Mexico City – they are sold on the street, in corner newsstands, by children walking in busy areas and in stores. Newspapers are most people’s primary, and often only, source of regular news throughout Mexico, and ...
Mariachis in Garibaldi Plaza
Mariachi music has become an international symbol of Mexican culture. This music, first developed in the state of Jalisco in the 1800s, is an integral part of many Mexican parties, weddings and other special events. The classic Mariachi group consists of ...
Atenco, One Year Later
San Salvador Atenco es un poblado rural a cien kilómetros de la ciudad de México, ese lugar a sido conocido por que sus pobladores se han opuesto desde 2003 a la construcción de un aeropuerto internacional, que amenaza con quitarles las ...
Artisan Market in Mexico City
[Translator's Note: A Ciudadela is an area with some protection from the elements found in the interior of a large plaza. In the case of this specific Ciudadela it is a large market used for the sale of crafts and artisan works and plays an important ...
Sex Worker Program in Mexico City
Sex workers are exploited and abused around the world. The Brigada Callejera, in Mexico City, helps sex workers fight these problems. The Brigada also offers education and many other services to help sex workers find dignity in their work, and develop ...