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By Emilio Godoyl The Ajusco forest, one of Mexico City’s green lungs and water sources. Credit: Emilio Godoy/IPS MEXICO CITY, May 8 2014 (IPS) – The rural communities of San Miguel and Santo Tomás Ajusco, to the south of Mexico City, are… Continue Reading →
Over the last five years, Amnesty International has documented on torture and other forms of ill-treatment in at least 141 countries. “ Governments around the world are two-faced on torture – prohibiting it in law, but facilitating it in… Continue Reading →
Nayarit point of no return: Nayarit point of no return: Mexico conference marks turning point towards nuclear weapon ban Urgent Release. For publication and circulation Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico—The Second International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear… Continue Reading →
URGENT RELEASE: for publication and circulation. Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico—The Second International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, which opens today, should be a turning point in the global effort to ban and eliminate the most destructive… Continue Reading →
By Beverly Donofrio Monday, July 29, 2013, Angie Epifano ,the woman who was raped last fall at an Amherst fraternity party, reported that she could hear her friends having fun in the next room as she endured the ordeal…. Continue Reading →
By Vania Smith-Oka WeNews guest author Credit: Shawna Nelles on Flickr, under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 2.0). (WOMENSENEWS)–Most women in Amatlan consider themselves, their neighbors and their friends to be good mothers. Almost all the women in the community… Continue Reading →
Poster by Kamayani Bali Mahabal Take bread away from me, if you wish, take air away, but … do not take from me your laughter. Do not take away the rose, the lance flower that you pluck, the water… Continue Reading →
We must never forget! RH Reality Check / By Dawn Hill I Was Raped By My Stepfather at 13 and Forced to Get an Illegal Abortion in Mexico I became pregnant, contrary to the “scientific theories” of many modern Republicans…. Continue Reading →
By DAVID DE FERRANTI and JULIO FRENK Published: April 5, 2012 Two recent events underscore the disparity between the United States and the rest of the world on health coverage. Last week, American reactions to the Supreme Court hearings showed… Continue Reading →
Twitter dropped quite the shocker last week when it declared its new policy to remove tweets in certain countries to abide by specific national laws. While a tweet will remain visible to the rest of the world, specific messages will… Continue Reading →