Inside Mexico, the media have mounted a sustained attack on the capital’s left-leaning mayor that could help squash chances for democratic reform. Continue reading CUAUHTÉMOC CÁRDENAS MEETS THE PRESS, by John Ross
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THE MEXICO CONNECTION, by Sharon Donovan and the Media Alliance Latin America Committee
A survey of mainstream media reporting on U.S. military aid, the “drug war,” and human rights in Mexico.
Since 1994, more than 2,000 people have been killed or disappeared in Mexico.1 The victims have included journalists, human rights advocates, religious workers, and indigenous peasants. In 1997 the Mexican government’s own human rights commission received well over 8,000 allegations of human rights violations.2 Continue reading THE MEXICO CONNECTION, by Sharon Donovan and the Media Alliance Latin America Committee