The unrelenting violence in Mexico has provoked three well-known Mexican cartoonists --- Eduardo del Rio “Rius”, Jose Hernandez and Patricio Ortiz...
Mexicans tweet against violence
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CATEGORY: Mexico
Catholic church targets Santa Muerte cult
Mexico's Roman Catholic church has taken a new target. Late last week church spokespeople called on Mexicans to stop following a cult that promotes...
Church demands freedom of expression
The fight between the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico and liberal sectors of society continues. A book “The Church against Mexico,” penned by 21...
Wikileaks is opening a window of transparency
As in every country affected by Wikileaks, Mexico is trying to figure out what to learn from the released cables that undress what U.S. officials...
Mexican media in-fighting deepens
It is hard to get shocked with Mexico's daily news. But earlier this month viewers of Televisa, Mexico´s largest television network, were treated to...
Gay rights and the church clash
The fact that the governor of the ultra conservative state of Jalisco used public funds to bring Richard Cohen, an author and conversion therapist...
Mexico’s regional press falls silent
In the last year, foreign and Mexican news reports have relayed the dangers faced by the Mexican provincial media by recounting anecdotes of...
Phonetapping on the rise in Mexico
It was the scandal of the week. A clandestine telephone interception revealed the conversation between two top executives from Stendhal and...
Sex, divorce, censorship and the church
Las Aparicio, a telenovela produced by Argos Comunicacion, the cutting-edge Mexican production house headed by Epigmenio Ibarra and his wife...
Mexico’s narcomedia takes over
The drug war continues to challenge the ways in which news and stories are disseminated in Mexico. While the newsmedia in many regions of this...