The Invisible Hand Won’t Stop Inequality in Its Tracks
We’ll have more economic and climate disasters on Sandy’s scale unless our political systems intervene.
Saul Landau Film Series: We Don’t Play Golf Here (2007)
The Landau film for the month of November shows how foreign investment in export factories distort both the culture and environment and how the people of Tepoztlan, Mexico confronted federal troops to stop such injustice.
Saul Landau Film Series: The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas (1997)
The Landau film for the month of October portrays the epic confrontation by impoverished peasants against large landowners and government forces in Mexico’s poorest state, Chiapas.
Heart-to-Heart on the Drug War
Mexican families touched by the drug war have brought their Caravan for Peace to the U.S., laying the groundwork for a binational peace movement.
A Call For Peace: Victims of Violence In Mexico Speak Out
We welcome the U.S. Peace Caravan, which will reach Washington, DC, after a long journey throughout Mexico and the United States.
Mexico’s Movement for Real Democracy
The recent elections in Mexico have created a youth-led movement for change.
Mexicans Sidestep Rigid Gun Control to Arm Themselves
Mexico has strict gun control laws. Who knew?
Mexico’s Ruling Party Rebound
Judging by the vast street protests against his election, Mexicans aren’t buying their new president-elect’s claims to reform.
Brown Bag: G20, Mexican Election, and Social Movements
Join us for a brown bag discussion of what’s been happening in Mexico. IPS Associate Fellow Manuel Pérez-Rocha and Media Relations Manager Lacy MacAuley were present for the Mexican elections.
Postcard from…Mexico
The Mexican left is fighting a long political tradition of corruption and electoral fraud.
Violence, Human Rights Abuses, and Corruption Exploded After Mexico’s Military Entered the Drug War
Nor can they be checked without proper civilian oversight.
Mexico’s Track Record: A Cautionary Tale for the G-20
As Mexico becomes the G-20 chair for 2012, its embrace of a neoliberal agenda of deregulation and privatization show a poor track record on all the group’s goals.
Walmart’s Unsurprising Bribes
Bribery is as American as apple pie.
Mexicans Romanticizing Drug Kingpins Reflects Lack of Confidence in the Rule of Law
It’s not fair to blame Mexicans for portraying cartel operators as Robin Hoods when their police are often corrupt and their president’s policies ineffective.
Arrest of Mexican General for Cartel Connections May Be Purely Political
Mexican attempt to clean up corruption may not be what it seems.