Mexico City is considered by many to rival Paris, London, Tokyo, and New York as a cultural destination. The energy, color, and joie de vivre of this grand city of more than 20 million exceeds most others because of the warmth you’ll find here, and not just from the temperatures, but also emanating from the people who live, work, and play here. The city sizzles. Variety dominates. Smiles are abundant. This city’s aura will haunt you. Continue reading A Weekend Getaway in México City: What Will it Cost?→
The North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is hanging over a precipice and dangling from a very thin and fraying cord.Will someone cut the cord and send the 26-year agreement between Canada, Mexico, and the US crashing to its death and replace it with a new treaty?As of this date, it appears that the answer is “Yes,” but given the uncivil war between the branches of government in the US, a new administration in Mexico, and a prime minister under siege in Canada, all deals are at best uncertain. Continue reading What’s Happening with NAFTA?→
With the seemingly endless talk of a border wall between the United States and Mexico and the current US administration’s dialogue about Mexico in general, it would seem that America is not too interested in anything that comes from “south of the border.” But last year’s statistics on Mexico’s international exports would suggest otherwise.Continue reading Hecho en México→
“For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.”—Michelle Bachelet, head of UN Women, former president and defense minister of Chile, in The New York Times
Most people are astounded at the giant leap humanity has taken with regard to technology in the past 100 years. Equally astounding are the small steps we have taken on the status of women.Continue reading Editor’s Letter→
In 2018 there were more women in politics than ever before in recorded history. Women now hold 24% of all political offices globally. In 1998 that number was pushing 12%. So, women have come a long way, right? They doubled their representation on the political playing field in only 20 years. That should be cause for celebration. But what does it say about the world we live in that half of the population is female, but only a quarter of political leaders and policymakers are? Does it even matter? Are women in positions of power really making an impact and changing the way societies run? Continue reading The Changing Face of Politics→
Scientist, activist, writer, politician: “We are not going to fail you!”
By Carole Reedy
It would be impossible to think of Claudia Sheinbaum without the image of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), Mexico’s new president, at her side. Sheinbaum and AMLO have traveled hand-in-hand on the road to change the government in Mexico since 2014, when Sheinbaum joined AMLO’s newly formed party, the National Regeneration Movement, better known as MORENA. Continue reading Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, New Mayor of Mexico City→
Women who participated in the Mexican Revolution (about 1911 to 1920) have been memorialized in photos, paintings, films, plays, songs and pageants.Many of these media envision the women through a romantic lens.They are portrayed as attractive young patriots, dressed in scrupulously clean flouncy traditional dress, with hair in braids, and chests criss-crossed with bullet-holding bandoliers.Each holds a rifle upright ready to march to battle.The folksong, “La Adelita,” which was widely popular during the revolution and still is included in the national repertoire, is a corrido praising a brave beautiful woman who joined the army to be with her lover, a regimental sergeant. The song, like almost all these representations, was produced by men who by and large ignored the actual history of women caught up in the revolution. Continue reading Viva México! Women of the Mexican Revolution→
Dr. Giovanne González was a physician who believed in doing charity work, both in his clinic and at various schools. When he announced his plan to run for Municipal President, often referred to as the “mayor” of Huatulco, eight years ago, his wife Reyna Olmeda was uncertain regarding her husband’s ambition. Up to that point he had no political experience, so it was understandable that she had some doubts. But he achieved his goal and took office in January of this year.At this juncture, Reyna’s life changed dramatically.Continue reading Meet the New President of DIF in Huatulco→
When I first started looking into this 1950s beauty contest winner, model, and actress for this issue, I thought “Hmmm, not that interesting,” but The Eye publisher Jane Bauer explained that Christiane Martel, now 87, is a central cog in a wheel of Mexican culture and politics through her multiple family connections and friends. Continue reading Christiane Martel→
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“For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.”—Michelle Bachelet, head of UN Women, former president and defense minister of Chile, in The New York Times
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Scientist, activist, writer, politician: “We are not going to fail you!”
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