Latin America "Feeling the Weight" of Obesity
October 11, 2016
Millions of Latin Americans struggle with obesity, an epidemic that has hit this region with a stronger impact than most others in the developing world.
Mexico
Mexican Reporter Fired, Allegations Rampant
October 10, 2016
Last week reporter Carmen Aristegui of the Mexican news station MVS was released from her position with the company. Aristegui is known for her reports on governmental corruption and is regard as one of the top reporters in Mexico. The firing comes several months after the reporter aired a report accusing President Nieto and his wife of corruption. Aristegui believes her firing was backed by the president and has announced that she will appeal her removal from MVS.
¡Hablen bien de México!
October 10, 2016
Hace unos días Monte Alejandro Rubido, Comisionado Nacional de Seguridad, declaró al periódico español El Mundo que las 23 mil personas que la ONU menciona en su informe no son desaparecidas, más bien “no localizadas”. Explicó la diferencia de la siguiente manera:
Hasta que Todos lo Quitemos: Antimonumento +43 en el Paseo de la Reforma
October 10, 2016
“Tenemos que hacerlo, no hay paso atrás”. Con esas palabras contundentes, una comisión de padres de los normalistas desaparecidos de Ayotzinapa dio la aprobación final a la instalación del Antimonumento +43. Después de meses de planeación y trabajo, a los integrantes de la llamada Comisión +43 sólo le restaba lo más difícil, instalarlo.
Conditional Cash Transfer Programs and the Impact on Violent Crime in Mexico and Brazil
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
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
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.
Consulate of Mexico Visits the University of Pittsburgh
October 5, 2016
The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Pittsburgh hosted the Mexican Consulate, Saturday, June 27th to conduct one-day consular services for local residents.
North American Regional Security: A Trilateral Framework
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.
Veracruz, Sólo los Sicarios Tienen Permiso
October 5, 2016
Cuenta Piergorgio Sandri, que alguna vez le preguntaron al polémico presidente de Guinea Ecuatorial, Teodoro Obiang, si se consideraba un dictador, a lo que contestó: “Si el dictador es el que dicta las leyes… ¡entonces sí soy un dictador!”.
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