Mexico

Conditional Cash Transfer Programs and the Impact on Violent Crime in Mexico and Brazil

By Justin Lance
October 10, 2016

Statistics from the UNDOC routinely rank Latin America as the most violent region in the world, and more than 150,000 people died from homicide in the Americas in 2012. In Brazil alone, more than 50,000 people were victims of homicide in 2012, more than triple the number in the U.S. (UNDOC, 2013).  The crime epidemic that has arisen in the past decade in Latin America has resulted in the militarization of conflict, most exemplified by the Mexican government in its ongoing battle with drug cartels.

Feminicide: A Shared Obsession for Roberto Bolaño and Sergio González Rodríguez

By Alice Driver
October 10, 2016

“Reality is so bereft of humanity, so barbaric, that we cannot grasp it without the delicacy of art. Through art we can feel the loss, and we can understand it without falling prey to sensationalism,” explained filmmaker Lourdes Portillo when I interviewed to her in 2009. My whole life has been shaped by art and literature, and it is no coincidence that one documentary – Lorudes Portillo’s Señorita Extraviada (Missing Young Woman, 2001) – changed the course of my life.

Si los Muertos y los Desaparecidos Votaran

By Alejandro Vélez Salas
October 10, 2016

Todo seguidor de Los Simpsons sabe que Bob Patiño ha intentado asesinar a Bart en numerosas ocasiones. De hecho, en el capítulo 108 de la quinta temporada, Bob sale de prisión y gana la elección a la alcaldía de Springfield venciendo al corrupto y vividor Alcalde Diamante. Ya acomodado en el puesto empieza a hacerle la vida imposible a Bart.

North American Regional Security: A Trilateral Framework

By Asa Equels
October 5, 2016

Richard J. Kilroy, a professor of regional and analytical studies at the National Defense University, Abelardo Rodríguez Sumano, a professor of international studies and international security at the University of Guadalajara, and Todd S. Hataley, an adjunct professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and research fellow at the Centre for International and Defense Policy at Queen’s University, discuss the security relations between the United States, Canada, and Mexico in North American Regional Security: A Trilateral Framework.

Constitutional Debate in Mexico: The Experience of Iturbide's Empire (1821-1823)

By Cath Andrews
October 5, 2016

Mexico is a country with a rich constitutional history.[1] The first constitution enacted in Mexican territory -when it was still called New Spain- was the 1812 Spanish Constitution. In 1814, insurgent rebels published their own rival constitution in Apatzingán (in the present day state of Michoacán). Once Mexico achieved independence in 1821, political debate assumed that the first challenge for the new nation was the drawing up of constitution.

Is Mexican Narco-Violence Terrorism?

By Howard Campbell and Tobin Hansen
October 5, 2016

Since the 1990s, Mexican drug cartels have become billion dollar operations and their capacity has grown dramatically. In 2006, president Felipe Calderón Hinojosa began deploying the military and federal police to perform counter-narcotics operations in various regions of the country. The armed conflict that ensued converted many communities into virtual war zones and left hundreds of thousands dead, missing, or displaced from home and community.

Overcoming the Sociological Problematization of Latin America

By Dimitri della Faille
October 5, 2016

More than ten years ago I started to reflect on how sociology is seizing Latin America as an object of study. My goal was to acquire more knowledge about sociology in and about Latin America. But, perhaps at least as importantly, my goal was also to understand how sociology is representing the region and how it is participating in its transformation. At a more conceptual level, I was interested in how sociology selects social problems and suggests social change. Ultimately, this is helping me forge opinions about knowledge and social sciences.

En Siete Años, Ni Una Sola Sentencia Por Secuestro en Guerrero

By Alejandro Vélez Salas
October 5, 2016

Aunque parezca sorprendente, de 2006 a 2013 ni un solo secuestrador ha sido condenado en el Estado de Guerrero. A través de la solicitud de transparencia con folio 0013214, la Procuraduría General de Justicia del Estado de Guerrero (PGJEG) ha revelado que de 1990 a 2013 han sido emitidas 76 sentencias condenatorias. De esas sentencias ninguna fue emitida durante los últimos siete años, lo cual nos pone de manifiesto un sistema de procuración de justicia prácticamente inoperante, al menos en el tema de secuestro.

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