Behaving as if the mother of one of Mexico’s most notorious drug kingpins is a poor, disadvantaged, bullied character is beyond ridiculous.
Stories by Sarah DeVries
‘Stay at home!’ simply not an option for many Mexicans
While we can all keep our distances in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the ability to self-quarantine isn’t within everyone’s economic means.
It’s not so much the coronavirus, it’s the fallout that’s worrisome
Scary as the coronavirus pandemic may be, concerns over economic survival and enforced social isolation can be just as daunting.
Why can’t you take a cold shower on a hot day and other mysteries
What matters most, or doesn’t matter at all, may be rather different in Mexico from what you’re used to back home — it’s a question of priorities.
Overcoming Starbucks shame with the progressive set
Though self-styled social progressives zealously avoid Starbucks, there are plenty of valid reasons not to hide your preference for the Seattle-based chain.
Listen, AMLO: femicides are not just ‘regular homicides’
After President López Obrador’s tone-deaf response to the crisis of femicides, concerned women have no choice but to scream and yell.
A pair of brutal femicides elicit fear and rage at systematic gender abuse
The news of two brutal femicides in the past week has stoked fear and anger among women, as it indicates a wider societal pattern of gender abuse.
Panic will get you nowhere: dealing with the coronavirus scare
As health experts have confirmed that the coronavirus will soon arrive in Mexico, it’s best to put our fears in perspective and avoid stigmatizing others.
Outrage over a narco wedding and grotesque opportunities
The story of Mexico — and perhaps the world right now — is of powerful, shameless people doing pretty much whatever they want and getting away with it.
Shocking! Beautiful Xalapa is upgrading its infrastructure
The municipality, in a rare and shocking show of logic, has got to work on fixing some of the more gaping craters in the city’s roads.
Plane’s raffle may be absurd proposal but buying it was the real absurdity
It’s a prime example of the ostentatious and unapologetic wealth of the country’s rulers at a time when half of all Mexicans live in poverty.
Torreón school shooting: a child needed help but didn’t get it
What was this child going through? Would anything have been able to help him as an individual? How many others like him are there?
Good privacy laws may not withstand more tracking by ‘Big Brother’
But the level of monitoring seen in the US has not yet arrived in Mexico
What makes femicide so special from regular homicide?
For women, femicide is a grim reality that won’t cease if it’s not acknowledged and taken seriously.
Fair pay the best place to start in building professional police forces
With every state police force lacking in numbers and many municipal forces dwindling as well, what we can do to recruit good, qualified officers?
Orizaba is an example of a city that is doing things well
Orizaba shows that most urban planning and maintenance is best done by the people who live in the communities, as they know best their unique needs.
Economically privileged shouldn’t keep getting away with bad behavior
If we’re going to create a more equal and just society, we can’t allow certain people to make their long list of “endless” mistakes consequence-free.
Aversion to breastfeeding in public another questionable cultural import
In the U.S., men and women alike squirm upon seeing an unsolicited breast, and this reaction seems to be spreading to Mexico.
On traditional healing, natural remedies and modern medicine
Non-medical treatments can work but it’s hard to listen to otherwise educated people preach about the dangers of modern medicine.
Allowing children to choose gender is all about respect
A tiny sliver of the population identifying as a gender that doesn’t “match” the sex they were born with poses no threat to anyone.
In water disputes, what to do if authorities can’t be counted on to fix it?
A water crisis can only really be addressed by fixing the issues that make the distribution so problematic in the first place.
Learning Spanish? Don’t be shy or afraid of making mistakes
For the most part, Mexicans are charmed when non-native speakers at least try to speak their language.They’re patient and encouraging and try to be helpful.
Keep the dead alive by remembering them on their special day
Celebrating Day of the Dead keeps the memories of our loved ones alive — how they shaped us, influenced us, taught us and loved us.
Criminals were organized and ready in Culiacán. Security forces were not
The whole operation was a disaster — that’s obvious — but in the face of that disaster, they did what they needed to do to end it.
A perfect storm of factors has created Mexico’s obesity problem
Gender-based division of labor traditionally kept people healthy: there was someone there to make several meals a day with fresh and healthy ingredients.
