Leader of parents of disappeared students accuses Rigoberta Menchu of trying to derail movement
Milenio.com reports that the leader of parents of 43 children who disappeared last year after an altercation with police in Guerrero State, has accused Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchu of trying to derail his movement. At a protest rally in …
Journalist's assailant shot
The NGO Article 19 says that every 10.5 hours, a Mexican journalist is attacked. It is easy to think of this supression of free speech as a vast Orwellian plot. In fact, most of it occurs at a local …
Mother of murdered child takes chat show host for legal counsel
The mother of a six-year old boy who was tortured and murdered by five other schoolchildren in Chihuahua State, Mexico, has fired her lawyer and taken the legal assistance of a chat show host. The mother, Tania Concepcion Mora, was …
Adding up all those little receipts at the Mexican Congress
Given all the violence we read about in Mexico, there's something comforting and familiar to see they have expense scandals too. While other media plaster their headlines with the nota roja, three Mexico City journalists have taken the …
"Getting to grate" a valueable oppurtunty at Park West School
We just received this email from our children's school, in Halifax: Just a reminder that Friday, May 8th is the last day to complete the Getting to great Surveys. Voluntary participation in this survey provides valueable information to help …
Mothers turn to DIY forensics when their children disappear
From La Jornada, in Mexico Every time Angelica Maria Berrospe Medina hears the police have discovered dead bodies somewhere in the city, she runs to see if her son is among them. He disappeared two years ago and she …