“The time has come to present a proposal based on the aim that when we obtain the presidency, we must not only seek to achieve material well-being, we must also seek well-being for the soul,” said the veteran leftist and runaway favorite to win the July 1 presidential election.
Mexico
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Political violence is disrupting Mexico’s elections
At least 102 candidates and political workers have been murdered since September.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Mexican bishops chart a new pastoral approach
A crackdown on drug cartels, started 11 years ago, has claimed more than 200,000 lives and left more than 30,000 people missing.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Caritas migrant shelter in Tijuana under police protection after attacks
At least six armed individuals entered the shelter in the early morning hours of May 6 and stole some of the migrants’ meager possessions, including cash, cellphones and ID cards.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Trump’s border wall ignores the realities of migration
President Trump’s determination to build a wall does not consider the complex realities that force people to migrate north to the United States.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Catholics are hit with a global wave of violence during ‘Black April’
In April scores have died in a series of attacks and assassinations in Mexico, the Philippines and Nigeria. Catholics at prayer during Mass have been targeted in a number of attacks.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The church in Mexico urges Catholics to vote but endorses no candidates
As consequential as the next Mexican election may be, the Catholic Church in Mexico has largely remained on the sidelines so far.
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Mexican Bishops condemn US border troop deployment
The April 7 letter, addressed to people in Mexico and the United States and the presidents of both countries, echoed sentiments of U.S. border bishops by saying the frontier between the two countries “is not a war zone”.
Posted inIdeas, Politics & Society
Photographer exposes the oversimplified U.S.-Mexico border
In his photography, David Taylor shies away from stereotypes.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
We must not let fear drive our immigration debate
Once again, our emotions have gotten the best of us on immigration. This time, it is that caravan.