Fox News Latino: "Mexican poet and peace activist Javier Sicilia called during an appearance over the weekend at the 25th Guadalajara International Book Fair, or FIL, for "a cease-fire" between the government and Mexico's drug cartels on Dec. 24-25 so they can "reflect on what they are doing, what they are doing to the country."
"I ask for this truce as a momentary pause, not just in honor of Christmas, but to think about the harm we're doing to ourselves and what those guilty of murder and corruption are doing to themselves, and the damage done by authorities who do not fulfill their obligations," Sicilia said." read more
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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