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While FIFA Counts Goals, Mexicans Count the Disappeared

The World Cup, being held in Mexico, the US, and Canada, will “unite the people,” said Canadian soccer player, Jonatha Osorio. “The world will...

12.06.2026 10

CounterPunch

Tamara Pearson

FIFA Counts Goals, Mexicans Count the Disappeared

FIFA Counts Goals, Mexicans Count the Disappeared

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11.06.2026 5

Common Dreams

Tamara Pearson

US Mining Plan Will Sacrifice Mexico’s Environment for Weapons and Tech

A new mining agreement provides no benefits for Mexico and fails to address health and environmental impacts.

18.04.2026 20

Truthout

Tamara Pearson

Resisting the Empire Next Door, Protests in Mexico Grow

After US intervention in Venezuela, Trump’s threats against cartels may be seen as paving the way for actions in Mexico.

24.01.2026 10

Truthout

Tamara Pearson

US Starts 2026 by Bombing Venezuela and Kidnapping Its President

04.01.2026 20

Common Dreams

Tamara Pearson

US Starts 2026 by Bombing Venezuela and Kidnapping Its President, Setting a Tone of Imperialist Violence for the Year

With its violent military intervention into Venezuela–a country I used to live in–the U.S. has begun this year with entitled and undisguised...

04.01.2026 10

CounterPunch

Tamara Pearson

Big Pharma Is Making Mexico Sick. Medicine and Supply Shortages Are Rampant.

Mexico manufactures medical devices and medicines, but the majority are exported, leaving residents facing shortages.

18.12.2025 9

Truthout

Tamara Pearson

How the Rightwing has Used AI and Influencers to Make Up an Anti-Government Movement in Mexico

"Down with communism," they chanted while also waving the One Piece pirate flag, meant to be a symbol of resistance to elitist excess, corruption, and...

18.11.2025 10

CounterPunch

Tamara Pearson

Nine Ways Hope is Being Systematically Depleted and How to Reclaim It

“They sowed fear in us, we grew wings,” goes the song in Spanish by Vivir Quintana, about women in Mexico resisting femicide. Amid the protests, a...

03.10.2025 10

CounterPunch

Tamara Pearson

Sand Mining Is a Booming Industry — This Mexican Community Is Paying the Price

Fifty-six residents of an Indigenous Oaxaca community face 200 trumped-up charges for resisting mining in their rivers.

10.07.2025 10

Truthout

Tamara Pearson

Mexican Activists Are Building Digital Defenses Against Big Tech Colonialism

Communities are learning digital security and building autonomous servers to take control of their own data.

14.05.2025 20

Truthout

Tamara Pearson

Midwife’s 14-Year Sentence Highlights Attacks on Women’s Autonomy, Global Surge in Unnecessary C-sections

May 5 is International Day of the Midwife, but Ricardo Jones, a doctor and midwife, is spending it under house arrest after recently being sentenced...

05.05.2025 10

CounterPunch

Tamara Pearson