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RISE UP: REBEL OR DIE
The Call for Mexico’s President to Resign Is Growing Louder
Many Mexicans are demanding the resignation of President Enrique Peña Nieto. Thousands, in fact. Why? Because Peña Nieto has proved …
Mexico’s Massacres, Met With Silence
“I don’t think pictures can lie . I’ve seen the newsreels, the photographs .” – Octavio Paz, quoted in “Massacre …
A Lack of Preparedness
When we met last week, Dr. Aileen Marty wouldn’t shake my hand. As I extended it to greet her, she …
A Strange World
“What a strange world.” Lately, it seems I hear comments like this several times a week. For those of us …
The Other Mexico
“When I am, I am another .”- Octavio Paz, “Sun Stone” On a recent trip to California, Mexican President Enrique …
The Myth of Equality
This summer, as Americans subjected themselves to buckets full of ice water dumped on their heads in order to raise …
The Right to Be Forgotten
Everybody makes stupid mistakes from time to time. I have my own list of moments I’d like to forget,. But …
A Dangerous Crossing
LAREDO, Texas – The Rio Grande is known as the Rio Bravo in Mexico; “bravo” is Spanish for fierce, treacherous, …
The Party’s Over for Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO – The morning after a big bash can be unpleasant. The joys and excesses of the previous …