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Deadly Storms, Delayed Aid Devestate Mexico’s La Montaña Indigenous

Two major storms, Tropical Storm Manuel and Hurricane Ingrid, hit Mexico last month, leaving behind157 deaths according to the latest official reports. One of the hardest hit areas is La Montaña, a region in the southern sta...

by Silvia Viñas

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The 5 Most Dangerous Gangs In The World

At the moment it seems like a new incident of religiously-driven gang violence is appearing in the newspapers every day. What with the recent Kenyan mall massacre and the Nairobi school shooting, it seems like we have a chain r...

by Maddie Barber

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San Juan Copala, Oaxaca: Rich in Natural Resources but Poor in Indigenous Rights

“Aquí nadie se rinde” This was the phrase of many pamphlets of the Triqui indigenous group in the center of Oaxaca, Mexico, who are living in tents next to the Oaxaca’s City Hall in protest at being violently displaced ...

by Danaé Espinoza

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Defining Narco-Terrorism

‘Narco-terrorism’ like the phrase ‘War on Drugs’ is a phrase that, despite being coined several decades ago, has only gained widespread usage in the past few years. Appearing with greater frequency in the media, the ter...

by Harry Booty

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A Real War on Drugs – Mexico’s Narcotics Conflict

For those of us fortunate to live in the developed world it is perhaps easy to sneer at the rhetorical flourish often used by American and Western leaders to describe their diplomatic and practical support for the prohibition o...

by Harry Booty

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Deadly Storms, Delayed Aid Devestate Mexico’s La Montaña Indigenous

The 5 Most Dangerous Gangs In The World

San Juan Copala, Oaxaca: Rich in Natural Resources but Poor in Indigenous Rights

Defining Narco-Terrorism

A Real War on Drugs – Mexico’s Narcotics Conflict

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