Update: 12:32 pm PDTAt least eight people have been confirmed dead, seven of them in Santa Maria Tlahuitolpetec after two landslides buried about 300 houses earlier Tuesday morning. At least 100 are missing while...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 4204 views | 13 recommendations | 0 comments
Update: The Guelaguetza festivities closed as a total success . La Guelaguetza which means offering was indeed an offering for tourism in the state of Oaxaca, an estimate of 55.000 visitors from July 17th...
created by Pat Garcia | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1743 views | 85 recommendations | 8 comments
A great person I admire is in my country, he's seen as "the visible leader needed in the fight against cancer". As he talked to our president Calderon who is a great fan, he stated "Cancer is not a death sentence"...
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Yet another Metrolink death. What the heck is going on?"November 5, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to Metrolink accident attorneys in Anaheim, spokes person Fancisco Oaxaca a woman was struck and killed by a Metrolink train in Anaheim at approximately 8:40 a.m. The...
This is a blog from www.mexicoreporter.com."What the tourists miss
January 16, 2008 · No Comments
My folks just flew back last night after a month-long stay in Mexico. Amongst the places they visited, either with me or alone, were Oaxaca, Puebla and Acapulco.
‘I don’t...
‘Alternative media’ in Oaxaca, Mexico, means graffiti, not the internet. Nancy Davies comments on the latest meeting of Oaxacan journalists this weekend on NarcoNews.com.
Many issues were discussed, including the lack of unity amongst
journalists and the increasing...
"Press Freedom Report Paints Grim Picture for Latin America
November 22, 2007 · No Comments
Journalists in Latin America continue to be the victims of murders, threats and harassment when investigating sensitive subjects such as corruption and drug trafficking, according to...
"Oaxaca Remembers Brad Will
October 29th, 2007 · No Comments
As many as 20,000 people gathered in Oaxaca City on Saturday this weekend to remember Brad Will, the American journalist shot dead a year ago.
The...
created by MexicoReporter | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 746 views | 9 recommendations | 6 comments
Click to watch them here: http://blip.tv/file/451525 "Female Mariachi’s Croon in Mexican Plaza
October 28th, 2007 · No Comments
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created by MexicoReporter | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1059 views | 7 recommendations | 5 comments
Following the murder of three newspaper workers last week in Oaxaca, violence against journalists in the region is continuing. This time, the hostilities are coming from a powerful workers union in the region - Union General Obrera Campesina y Popular (UGOCP), rather than...
created by MexicoReporter | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 466 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Three journalists were murdered in Oaxaca yesterday following weeks of threats. Mateo Cortes Martinez, Augustin Lopez and Flor Vasquez Lopez, workers for the newspapers 2El Imparcial del Istmo' were shot dead in the street in Tehuantepec - Salina Cruz Highway."Yesterday, a...
Censorship has made a big return, even in the arts. It seems that SUNDANCE, the film folks biggest American outlet for independents does not want the U.S. public to know that American Aboriginals are the...
created by angryindian | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 560 views | 60 recommendations | 3 comments
This is a perfect example of Indigenism in action. Unlike Aboriginals in the United States, First Nations peoples in Mexico and Canada stand up for their human and civil rights. The one event in Mexico...
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Donald Trump and NBC canceled the Miss Universe 2007 pageant set to take place this year in Oaxaca. International models prepared to protest, showing solidarity with the on-going social movement in Oaxaca. ...
created by clorenz1 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1597 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
This is a look back at the resistance of local and global social justice movements in 2006, and a look ahead to the struggles to come in 2007 — was a special 12-hour New Year’s Day broadcast on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal.
Here, you can listen directly to 15 of the the 28...
created by Ahni | 5 years ago 273 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments