International Political Forum

Send Socks.

Mexico’s migration route, dubbed by some as ‘the most dangerous journey in the world’, holds that unique position as being both a utopian path to paradise, and a perilous obstacle course, littered with the dangers of rape...
 
 
International Political Forum

The Cult Of Saint Death: When Jesus Can’t Help.

The Vatican rarely acknowledges the various cults which spring up from time to time around the world, so when Cardinal Ravasi travelled to Mexico City to speak at several specially organised events in the Metropolis, it became ...
 
 

Mashing Mexico’s Monopolies

The Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa described Mexico under the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) as the ‘perfect dictatorship’; an exquisite balancing act of entrenched special interests. Much like Mexico under ...
by James Penn
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On This Day In History, Oil Spills…

Yesterday marked 25 years since the Exxon-Valdez oil supertanker ran aground on the Bligh Reef, releasing nearly 10.8 million gallons of crude oil across 1,300 miles of the Prince William Sound in Alaska. The impacts were ...
by Candler Vinson
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The Vigilante Militia Presence in Mexico: Self-Defense or Self-Interest?

Recently, Mexican authorities announced the arrest of 46 criminals posing as vigilantes in the town of Huetamo in the southwestern state of Guerrero. This marks yet another victory for law enforcement officials in Mexico, whom...
by Brian Comiskey
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