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Left-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 hours ago

Sheinbaum vows to defend Mexicans at every level' amid anger at Trump over migrant deaths

The Mexican government is increasingly vocal about the deaths of its citizens in US custody, demanding investigations and raising human rights concerns.
#mexico
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
7 hours ago

Sheinbaum orders increased scrutiny of ICE detention centers after deaths of Mexicans in custody

Mexico's president mandates daily consular visits to U.S. immigration detention centers due to rising deaths of Mexican nationals in custody.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

They're making them disappear again': families fear Mexico's missing are being erased

Over 130,000 people have disappeared in Mexico due to drug cartel violence, with authorities downplaying the crisis and families demanding accountability.
#cesar-chavez
SF politics
fromNew York Post
3 weeks ago

Cesar Chavez erased across California as statues fall, streets renamed and murals wiped

Cesar Chavez's legacy is being reevaluated in California, leading to the removal of statues, renaming of streets, and covering of murals due to serious allegations.
Mission District
fromSan Jose Spotlight
3 weeks ago

San Jose prepares to strip public tributes to Cesar Chavez - San Jose Spotlight

San Jose plans to remove Cesar Chavez's name and likeness from public properties following allegations of sexual abuse against him.
Mission District
fromThe Atlantic
17 hours ago

Thinking Beyond 'The Man on the Plinth'

Cesar Chavez's legacy is being reevaluated due to serious allegations of sexual abuse, leading to the removal of his memorials and a shift in public perception.
Social justice
fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

It's Not Just Huerta. For Many Survivors, Silence Seems Like the Only Option.

Sexual abuse within movements, exemplified by Cesar Chavez, must be addressed to foster change and protect survivors' dignity.
Mission District
fromSan Jose Spotlight
3 weeks ago

San Jose prepares to strip public tributes to Cesar Chavez - San Jose Spotlight

San Jose plans to remove Cesar Chavez's name and likeness from public properties following allegations of sexual abuse against him.
fromHyperallergic
7 hours ago

Mexican Artist Alleges Plagiarism of Femicide Project

Chauvet developed 'Zapatos Rojos,' which takes the form of dozens or hundreds of pairs of red shoes publicly displayed in site-specific formations. Each pair of shoes connotes the absence of a femicide victim, or a disappeared woman or girl.
Arts
#immigration
SF parents
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 days ago

The slow death of Jesus, the Mexican man who refused to go to a hospital for fear of ICE

Harsh immigration policies in the U.S. contributed to the death of Jesus Juarez Cruz, as fear of deportation prevented him from seeking medical care.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 day ago

Chicana Painter Criselda Vasquez Says ICE Detained Her Father

Criselda Vasquez's father was detained by ICE, prompting a GoFundMe campaign to support his legal fees and lost wages.
fromCity & State NY
2 weeks ago

Ruben Diaz Jr. says Latinas from the Bronx are ready to take charge

Bronx politics has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. Since 2006, only Carl Heastie, Jeff Dinowitz, and maybe Jose M. Serrano remain elected. The demographic shift is evident, with areas like Throggs Neck and Morris Park now represented by Latino women, reflecting a growing Latino population, particularly Dominicans.
NYC politics
Social justice
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Farmworkers conflicted on former Cesar Chavez Day: 'You can only judge a living person'

Farmworkers Day replaces Césár Chávez Day in response to allegations against Chávez, aiming to honor agricultural workers' contributions.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Mexican art world protests over plan to send Frida Kahlo masterpieces to Spain

The export of a significant Mexican art collection to Spain has caused outrage among cultural professionals in Mexico.
US Elections
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Migrants march in southern Mexico to denounce immigration restrictions

Migrants in southern Mexico are protesting against the local immigration system and alleged secret deportation agreements with the US.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
3 weeks ago

ABC's John Quinones calls Cesar Chavez allegations 'devastating' after reporting on him for decades

She is the co-founder of UFW, of all alleged victims, and she calls herself a survivor. She doesn't call herself a victim. Who would have thought? And she kept it quiet for all those decades because she believed in the cause, she didn't want to destroy the cause, she says. She only came out now because these other women had spoken out about their attacks, their sexual assaults, and she didn't want them hanging out there on their own.
NYC LGBT
Philosophy
fromBig Think
3 weeks ago

Aztec philosophy: How lucky you are to not be in prison right now

Moral luck describes how identical actions result in vastly different moral and legal consequences based on uncontrollable circumstances beyond the actor's intent.
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 weeks ago

Mexican president welcomes King Felipe's gesture of rapprochement' in admitting abuses during Spanish conquest

Felipe VI said on Monday that there was a great deal of abuse and ethical controversies in the colonization of the Americas by the conquistadors—the greatest concession to date from the Spanish Royal Household. Sheinbaum welcomed the gesture, and noted that this was unlike several years ago, when the letter sent by then-president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador requesting an apology from Spain for the abuses of that period wasn't even acknowledged.
Madrid food
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 weeks ago

A Mariachi school persists, and thrives, amidst an immigration crackdown

It makes me feel proud, simply because of the specific time we're in right now. It definitely takes a lot of courage for kids my age to represent their culture. Anthony Benitez, an 18-year-old violin student born in the United States to Mexican immigrants, expressed how the academy provides a meaningful outlet for cultural expression amid punitive immigration enforcement affecting Latino and immigrant families across the country.
NYC music
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

Everyone Who Is Furious at ICE Might Be Missing an Even More Deserving Target

Joaquin Castro has effectively worked to release families from ICE detention, notably reducing the population at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

Frida, Diego, and Raphael

The largest-ever Raphael exhibition in the U.S. opened at The Met, showcasing 170 works over eight years.
History
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

The hidden history of Afro-Bolivians: From slavery in silver mines to fighting for power

Cerro Rico produced massive quantities of global silver through enslaved African labor under brutal conditions in colonial Bolivia.
Madrid food
fromcooking.nytimes.com
4 weeks ago

In Mexico, Bread Is the Heart of Daily Life

Mexico maintains a centuries-old baking culture with 60,000 panaderias providing fresh bread as a daily standard, not a luxury, deeply embedded in economic, social, and cultural life.
Madrid food
fromTravel + Leisure
1 month ago

20 Best Things to Do in Oaxaca, Mexico-From Savoring Mole and Mezcal to Exploring Indigenous Art

Oaxaca offers Indigenous heritage, world-class cuisine featuring mole and mezcal, colonial architecture, traditional crafts, and legendary street food experiences.
Right-wing politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

The Gamez-Cuellar mariachi family: the case that made Republicans raise their voices against Trump's immigration policy

The detention and release of three Mexican mariachi musician brothers exposed divisions in Trump's immigration policy, with both Republican and Democratic politicians claiming credit for their freedom.
Arts
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

The new life of hand-painted signs in Mexico

Sign painting in Mexico City has surged in popularity following the removal of street signs, leading to increased interest and new opportunities for artists.
Mission District
fromMission Local
3 weeks ago

'Shattering' and 'unsettling:' Cesar Chavez abuse allegations stun S.F. leaders

A New York Times investigation revealed that Cesar Chavez sexually abused at least two underage girls between 1972 and 1977, and sexually assaulted labor leader Dolores Huerta twice, fathering two of her children secretly.
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Commentary: The grief behind the cascade of online Dolores Huerta photos

Huerta's disclosed to the New York Times that fellow Chicano civil rights icon Cesar Chavez raped her during the 1960s. It was part of a story that also interviewed two women who claimed the United Farm Workers co-founder sexually abused them when they were young teens in the 1970s.
Social justice
US politics
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

Two teen brothers in Texas mariachi band are released from ICE custody amid bipartisan criticism

A South Texas family with two nationally recognized mariachi band members was detained by ICE but reunited after bipartisan criticism of the Trump administration's deportation campaign overreach.
Arts
fromArtforum
3 weeks ago

A Hard Sell: on Mexican art in the age of austerity

Mexico's Fourth Transformation government has drastically cut arts funding and framed contemporary art as elitist, forcing private initiatives to sustain public cultural institutions.
Social justice
fromThe Nation
3 weeks ago

Dolores Huerta: "My Silence Ends Here"

Dolores Huerta revealed that Cesar Chavez sexually abused her twice in the 1960s, ending her 60-year silence following a New York Times investigation into his misconduct.
#graciela-iturbide
Social justice
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Dolores Huerta, sexual violence survivors speak out against Cesar Chavez

Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta and other women have publicly accused deceased labor leader Cesar Chavez of sexual violence, with a New York Times investigation revealing abuse of children as young as 12.
Music
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

In the Mexican state of Oaxaca, a music school keeps children away from violence

The Santa Cecilia School of Musical Initiation transformed a garbage-filled community in Oaxaca into a cultural hub offering music education and university opportunities through sustained community effort.
SF parents
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

El Mencho's death brings to a halt the search for missing persons in Jalisco

Families searching for missing persons in Jalisco suspend activities due to violence following El Mencho's death, while facing legislative restrictions on missing persons flyers and inadequate government protection.
fromState of the Planet
2 months ago

New Policies, Same Inequalities for Agricultural Workers in Mexico

In rural Mexico, climate change doesn't just bring more frequent and extended droughts or increasingly unpredictable rain. It also reveals the fractures beneath the surface: the corruption, the inequality and the everyday barriers that shape who benefits and who is left behind. When the government tries to address a big challenge like water scarcity, the underlying problems rise with it, making clear that climate adaptation isn't only about technology or policy. It's about the systems that determine who gets access in the first place.
World news
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

rootstudio's oaxaca bus stops feature cut metal panels inspired by local histories

RootStudio proposes an alternative, where the waiting period becomes a spatial condition worthy of design attention. Each intervention is organized around a continuous roof supported by a rhythmic structural frame. The canopy provides shade and shelter from rain while defining a perimeter for waiting without enclosing it. The architecture reads as a measured gesture within an intense urban setting.
Miscellaneous
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Ecuador Is Suspending the Bank Accounts of Environmental Activists

Financial strangulation, as he put it, is the latest weapon in the government's escalating effort to clear the way for expanded mining and oil development in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. Months earlier, officials had temporarily frozen the accounts of several of Ecuador's most prominent environmental defenders, including Tapia, citing investigations into unjust private enrichment and financing terrorism.
Social justice
US news
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Mexico's president visits Sinaloa following spike in factional cartel fighting

Mexico's Sinaloa state faces ongoing cartel violence between Los Chapitos and La Mayiza factions, causing hundreds of deaths, disappearances, and economic collapse, while President Sheinbaum visits to demonstrate government attention.
#honduras
Madrid food
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Berta Caceres and the resistance that was born under an oak tree

Berta Caceres, a Lenca leader murdered in Honduras in 2016 for defending the Gualcarque River against business and military interests, remains a symbol of both judicial progress and persistent impunity in human rights defense.
#ice-abolition
fromQNS
2 months ago
New York City

Ocasio-Cortez hosts Astoria town hall, offers advice on how to respond to ICE raids - QNS

fromQNS
2 months ago
New York City

Ocasio-Cortez hosts Astoria town hall, offers advice on how to respond to ICE raids - QNS

World news
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Resisting the Empire Next Door, Protests in Mexico Grow

A broad anti-imperialist movement in Mexico mobilized massive protests opposing U.S. attacks on Venezuela and demanding Latin American sovereignty and independence from U.S. dominance.
fromCageside Press
2 months ago

UFC 324: Waldo Cortes-Acosta Wants to Rep Latinos At White House

he was one of my favorite fighters before, til now too, let me tell you. This Saturday- one day I think, 'one day you will be fighting with him,' and look at now. This is real, and next Saturday, January 24, it will be happening. It's amazing.
MMA
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Bread in Mexico: A matter of state

When Araceli Maldonado, a Mexican baker in London, read on Instagram that British chef Richard Hart had said that Mexico didn't have a bread culture, she felt a pang of sadness. On her last trip back home, she decided to visit the bakery that Hart had opened in the heart of the Roma neighborhood in Mexico City.
Food & drink
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Men charged with contract killing of Indigenous leader to go on trial in Peru

Peru will try five suspects for the November 2023 killing of Amazonian Kichwa leader Quinto Inuma Alvarado, testing prosecution of violence against environmental defenders.
History
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Andrea Martinez Baracs, historian: Indigenous allies saved the Spanish on the Night of Sorrows'

Tlaxcalans allied with the Spanish as strategic partners, maintaining autonomy and leveraging local knowledge to oppose the Triple Alliance during conquest.
fromEast Bay Express | Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda
1 month ago

Anahuac rises on Solano

She has her own house now, the whole American Dream, and it's just crazy from where she came from. Cooking has always been her passion, and it's just super nice to see where she's at now. When her parents went to work, she would always cook for everybody at home in Mexico.
Mission District
fromCN Traveller
2 months ago

This underrated Mexican city's artisans have transformed their home into a shopaholic's paradise

Traveller check into hotels for easy access to historical Mayan sites and the cenotes beyond, with ambles through colourful squares and late, balmy nights digesting feasts over tequila tipples. Between cultural excursions and natural wonders, however, there's much to be said for the artisans in these parts. From crafted perfumes to handmade chocolates, these are the gifts and trinkets to make space for in your luggage.
Food & drink
Miscellaneous
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Mexico prepares for 40-hour workweek by 2030 in major labour overhaul

Mexico passed a bill to reduce the standard workweek from 48 to 40 hours by 2030, though critics worry overtime allowances may offset the benefits.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Fears for women's rights in Chile as anti-abortion president set to take office

Jose Antonio Kast, a 60-year-old ultra Catholic whose father was a member of the Nazi party, has consistently blocked progressive bids for women's rights and equality across his three-decade career in politics. As a congressman, Kast voted against divorce when Chile became one of the last countries of the world to legalise it in 2004 and vehemently opposed the legalisation of abortion under limited exceptions when it was passed in 2017.
Social justice
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Shell-shocked and tense: inside the Mexican tourist town where El Mencho' made his last stand

Mexican drug lord El Mencho was killed during a military operation at a luxury resort in Jalisco state, supported by CIA intelligence and US drone surveillance.
Mission District
fromSan Jose Spotlight
1 month ago

Paz-Cedillos: Culture is civic infrastructure - San Jose Spotlight

Culture functions as civic infrastructure that anchors communities to place, builds intergenerational trust, and creates stability through belonging and visible history.
fromFortune
1 month ago

Mexico approves reduction of work week from 48 to 40 hours-eventually | Fortune

The constitutional reform now goes to state legislatures for approval, where Sheinbaum's governing party controls the majority. It passed the lower chamber of the Congress early Wednesday with 411 votes in favor and 58 against. The Senate had already approved it earlier this month.
US news
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Bernardo Arevalo: Guatemala's democracy is at stake in the coming month'

Guatemala's democracy faces a decisive struggle as reformist President Arevalo confronts entrenched corrupt powers resisting judicial and institutional reforms during critical upcoming appointments.
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

Step Aside Taco Bell, This Dish Is The Real Mexican Pizza - Tasting Table

The Mexican Pizza has been a Taco Bell fan favorite since it was first introduced to the menu back in 1985 - though it went by a different name back then, the Pizzazz Pizza. In its current form at the fast food chain, this dish consists of two layers of crisp flour tortillas with refried beans and seasoned ground beef sandwiched in the middle, and "Mexican Pizza Sauce," melted cheese, and diced tomatoes on top.
Food & drink
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 months ago

Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during Minn. ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked

He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend's car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again.
US politics
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Jose Maria Balcazar becomes Peru's eighth president in a decade

Jose Maria Balcazar was elected Peru’s president, replacing an ousted interim leader; he will serve five months and oversee upcoming presidential and legislative elections.
#evo-morales
Social justice
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Pain Didn't Come to Kill Me' | Ep 4 El Salvador

Bereaved mothers in El Salvador unite through shared grief, transforming personal loss into collective strength and solidarity that transcends violence and despair.
US politics
fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago

Fight back against this fascism:' Council Member Aviles calls on New Yorkers to organize' against ICE amNewYork

New York officials and advocates urged residents to organize and protect immigrants against escalating ICE enforcement and federal actions.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

El Mencho's downfall gives a boost to Mexico's security strategy

The death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho, the most wanted drug trafficker in Mexico, is not only the biggest blow Mexico has dealt to drug trafficking in recent years; it is also the greatest achievement, in just over a year, of the new security strategy of the government of Claudia Sheinbaum and her Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar Garcia Harfuch, following the hugs, not bullets policy of the previous administration.
World news
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

One day at a time: How Mexico's Sheinbaum dealt with a year of Trump

Claudia Sheinbaum prioritizes sustained dialogue and coordination with U.S. President Trump to manage bilateral challenges and protect Mexico's interests.
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Liam and the other Ecuadorian children trapped between Trump's immigration crusade and Noboa's silence

U.S. immigration enforcement detained Ecuadorian children, leaving families fearful and in hiding while Ecuador's president remained publicly silent, signaling political deference to U.S. power.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months ago

At Mexico City's Material and Salon Acme fairs, artists find hope in nature

"The new venue has allowed us to develop the experience of the fair-it lends itself to being more of a destination," Brett W. Schultz, the co-founder and director of Material, tells The Art Newspaper. The fair features over 70 exhibitors this year, with an especially strong contingent of Mexico City galleries that, like Material, have been around for a little over a decade.
Arts
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Jose Maria Balcazar elected Peru's new interim president

Jose Maria Balcazar, a leftist lawmaker who defended child marriage, was elected interim president amid political instability and controversy.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Disappearances in Mexico surge by 200% over 10 years

Disappearances in Mexico have surged over the last decade, leaving over 130,000 people missing and devastating thousands of families.
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Crisis in Cuba stirs the ideological core of Mexico's government

Mexico's defense of Cuba hasn't been limited to President Sheinbaum's daily press conferences. Prominent Morena figures from parliamentary spokespeople to party president Luisa Alcalde have publicly aligned themselves with Havana. Within Morena, a broad and sometimes divided political family, the party's more orthodox or nostalgic left wing has embraced the Cuban crisis as an ideological cause and is pushing for even closer ties with Havana.
World news
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