Staff / TruthdigApr 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 )
Emma Niles / TruthdigApr 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 )
Staff / TruthdigAug 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 )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJul 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 )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigJan 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 )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJan 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 )
Staff / TruthdigNov 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 )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigNov 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 )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigNov 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 )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigNov 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 )
Staff / TruthdigApr 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 )
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