Mexico

Mexico's Indigenous Population Continues to Face High Rates of Poverty

By Hilary Heath
June 15, 2016

Speaking to a crowd in the southern state of Chiapas in February, a region with the largest indigenous population in Mexico, Pope Francis condemned what he called “the systemic and organized way your people have been misunderstood and excluded from society” (Puella and Bernstein, 2016). These misunderstandings and exclusion have created in Mexico a situation in which indigenous communities face significantly higher rates of poverty, a problem that impacts their overall quality of life and access to basic resources for 12.6 percent of the population.

Drugs Around the Corner: Domestic Drug Markets and Violence in Colombia and Mexico

By Angelica Duran-Martinez
June 15, 2016

During the past decade, drug consumption surveys and expert analyses have warned about growing drug use in Latin America. According to the 2013 World Drug Report, cocaine use in Latin America increased significantly during the first decade of the 2000s while the U.S. cocaine market, although still the largest in the world, has been declining. Similar upward trends exist in marijuana, synthetic, and prescription drug use. These trends are seen as unprecedented as they affect primary drug producers, such as Colombia and Mexico, and are seen as generating significant violence.

The Etymology of “Latin” America

By Page McDonough
May 6, 2016

Have you ever wondered why Central America, the Caribbean, and South America are commonly referred to as “Latin” America? No one in these regions speaks Latin today. The primary language is Castilian Spanish but there is also wide use of Portuguese, French, English, Dutch, and indigenous languages such as Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, and hundreds of others.

#TurnIgnoranceAround

By Page McDonough
June 15, 2016

It is no surprise by this point in his candidacy that Donald Trump is no friend to Latinos. Along with his rants about building a wall between the US and Mexico, he has attacked the Mexican people personally. In June of last year he was infamously quoted saying, “When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with them. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."

Mirar Morir

By Alejandro Vélez Salas
April 27, 2016

El asfalto del estacionamiento 4 del Centro Cultural Universitario todavía estaba tibio por el inesperado sol que asomó su faz en el Distrito Federal durante martes 20 de octubre. Hacia las ocho de la noche, sobre ese mismo asfalto universitario, decenas de personas se fueron acomodando lo mejor posible para presenciar el estreno del documental Mirar morir.

Hurricane Patricia Spares West Coast of Mexico

By Sophia Winston
April 27, 2016

Hurricane Patricia, a storm that formed off the western coast of Mexico, was the strongest recorded hurricane in history. Winds were recorded at 165 miles per hour while the storm was gaining strength at sea near the many resort towns on the western coast, such as Puerto Vallarta. Thanks to the the evacuations aided by the government, many people were spared from the storm when it touched down.

“Operation Wetback”: Eisenhower’s 1950s Deportation Program, Trump’s Modern-Day Deportation Model

By Erin Barton
April 26, 2016

“Let me just tell you,” trumpeted Donald Trump at the Republican presidential debate in November, “that Dwight Eisenhower—good president, great president; people liked him. ‘I Like Ike,’ right? The expression ‘I Like Ike’—moved a million and a half illegal immigrants out of this country. Moved them just beyond the border. They came back. Moved them again, beyond the border. They came back. Didn’t like it. Moved them way south. They never came back.”1

Decriminalization of Marijuana in Mexico Leads to Greater Problems

By Asa Equels
April 26, 2016

In 2009, Mexico decriminalized the possession of small quantities of several drugs, including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and LSD in an attempt to combat police corruption and to put a greater focus on the more dangerous cartels and traffickers rather than the small-time users.

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