The attack on the Mexican press by the drug cartels is, unfortunately, not new news. This report just highlights the damage being done to freedom of the press in Mexico, a freedom only recently won and still a work-in-progress.
Attacks on Mexican Media 'National Crisis' - AP/NYTimes.com: "''Violence against the press has swept the nation and destroyed Mexicans' right to freedom of expression,'' the Committee to Protect Journalists said in a report released today, Wednesday. ''This national crisis demands a full-scale federal response.
The New York-based CPJ said the attacks -- and the state's failure to resolve many of them -- have prompted many Mexican news outlets to stop reporting on crime and corruption, while others have abandoned investigative reporting." Sept. 8, 2010.
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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