Mexican Human Rights Defenders Say They’re Targets of a Smear Campaign

Staff / Truthdig Apr 25, 2016 On the eve of the release of a report investigating a student massacre in 2014, its authors and other human rights advocates feared an attempt to pre-empt the findings and discredit the work. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

A Colombian Hacker Shares His Experience Working in Politics—and Rigging Elections

Emma Niles / Truthdig Apr 6, 2016 Andrés Sepúlveda secretly manipulated political campaigns across Latin America for years, and he says the same kind of thing is happening in the United States now. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Protecting and Serving With Taser-Armed Drones

Staff / Truthdig Aug 31, 2015 North Dakota recently passed a bill that will allow cops to use armed drones to police the state; a writer makes the argument for showing on-air killings on the media; meanwhile, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's popularity has plummeted only a few years into his presidency. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s Escape Threatens Enrique Peña Nieto’s Presidency

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 15, 2015 The current leader of Mexico has been putting nail after nail in the coffin of his political career, but his most recent blunder may actually bury him. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

El Chapo

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After Months of Protests, Mexican Government Declares 43 Missing Students Dead

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 29, 2015 Mexican authorities have finally said what happened to the college students from Ayotzinapa who disappeared last September, an incident that sparked months of outrage throughout the country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Meeting With Mexican President Reveals Obama’s No. 1 Concern: Money

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 13, 2015 Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's recent visit to the White House, which comes just months after outrage resonated throughout the world over the state-sponsored disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, proves what some of us already suspected about our own president. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mexico’s Government Is ‘Dysfunctional and Corrupt,’ So Why Does Obama Support It?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 30, 2014 The disappearance of 43 students in the Mexican state of Guerrero has shed light on Enrique Peña Nieto’s failures as president; a study shows a last name can still "set you up for life"; meanwhile, Google Glass may not be a success, but smart glass technology may yet prevail. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mexico’s Breaking Point

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Nov 21, 2014 So deeply has this incident shaken the country that, as author Ruben Martinez describes it, “To understand the historical significance -- and the moral and political gravity -- of what is occurring, think of 9/11, of Sandy Hook, of the day JFK was assassinated.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Will the Mexican President Resign Over the Ayotzinapa Student Disappearance?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Nov 13, 2014 Not only did President Enrique Peña Nieto handle the current crisis facing his nation with cowardly indifference, but as the call for his resignation resounds throughout Mexico, more evidence of his ineptitude comes to light. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

#YaMeCanse: Mexico Turmoil Reaches Boiling Point as Protests Over Students’ Disappearance Continue

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Nov 10, 2014 Setting fire to the door of a palace built for Hernan Cortés, which Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto uses for official ceremonies, is an appropriate symbolic act for a wary nation abused and abandoned by corrupt officials, continually plagued with bloodshed and fear. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Will This Deal Solve Mexico’s Vigilante Problem?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2014 The rise of thousands of vigilantes bearing assault rifles to rout a drug cartel in western Mexico’s Michoacan state has presented the administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto with a policy nightmare. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )