This is the Executive Summary of our Report on Protection Protocols for Electoral Candidates in Mexico This Report is part of the Elections & Violence
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¿Cómo proteger los candidatos electorales en México?
Este informe es parte del proyecto Elecciones y Violencia El trabajo fue realizado por Ana Velasco Ugalde y coordinado por María Teresa Martínez Trujillo y
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Rurality, Drug Trafficking, and Violence: A Model to Assemble
This article is the introduction to Noria’s “Violence Takes Place. Land, Markets and Power in Rural Mexico” ongoing Series. Introduction “ ‘There have always been
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“Ya los jóvenes son maestros pa’ la raya”: Amapola, agricultura e identidad indígena en la sierra de Nayarit
Este artículo es el Capítulo n°2 de la serie “La violencia toma lugar. Tierra, mercados y poder en el México rural”. Introducción La primera persona
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A Narco-Trafficking Reality : Transcending the Mexican Press
– Los Tigres del Norte In Mexico there exists a no more convincing manifestation of the close relationship between the police, criminals and journalists
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The Right to Grow Old III: Not my America, The Border
I accompanied one of the many border militias of the Rio Grande Valley on one of their nightly patrols on the lookout for ‘illegals.’ The following is
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The Right to Grow Old II: Seeking Shelter Amidst Beasts
I visited shelters and train yards in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. I spoke with newly crossed Central American migrants in Tapachula and Arriaga where they
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The Right to Grow Old I: First Borders, The Honduran Migrant Crisis
Migration is born as a result of different rights becoming elusive in 21st century Honduras: the right to housing, the right to a dignified source of
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Armed Militias: For a State Strategy in Michoacán, Mexico
Introduction Ever since the self-defense groups appeared in February 2013, Michoacán finds itself in a profound political reconfiguration process mainly led by armed groups, be
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When Repressing Means Laissez-Faire : Extortions and Violence in Guatemala
Violence in Central American States is regularly headline news. In Guatemala, the gangs called “maras” thrive on drug trafficking and extortions. Their violence is however
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Positive Silence. Between State and Cartels in Mexico : a Village in the Western Sierra Madre
At a time where the Inter-American Court of Human Rights is noting the high number of violence refugees in Mexico[note]ICHR audience in Washington on 1
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Self-defense groups, Cartels and territorial reconfiguration in Michoacan
“If your photographs are not good enough, you are not close enough” – Robert Capa Since July[note]Note from the editor : This report was initially published
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Violence and Voyeurism: A Guide on How (Not) to Write About Honduras
When referring to Honduras you must make the reader understand that Honduras is the original Banana Republic, no exceptions. The country is now more so
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The Downward Spiral of the Northern Triangle in Central America
Mara 18 (©Archivo Caracas, 6toPoder) Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador have entered a perilously new era in their history. Caught between the rise in criminal
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