Posts Tagged ‘Juarez’
Susana Chavez is Una Mas : The Murder of a Ciudad Juarez Activist
7:29 am By Maegan La Mala · mexico|Violence|Women · 4 Comments
19 Jan 2011
***Post may contain triggers due to mentions of violence against women*****
She is credited with making the phrase “Ni una muerta mas,” (not one more dead woman) but 36 year old Susanna Chavez, an activist and poet who struggled for justice for the countless dead and disappeared women of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico became una mas when her body was found on Dia de los Reyes, January 6. She had been strangled and her left hand had been cut off.
What has happened since her body was found and identified follows the pattern of what some have called cover-ups to outright indifference regarding the death and disappearances in the Juarez region. Mexican officials say that Sanchez’s murder was not related to her activism or drug violence. Rather, Mexican officials seem to be engaging in some victim blaming.
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MAC & Rodarte Thought They Could Sell Latina Femicide as Beautiful
6:10 am By Maegan La Mala · Fashion|U.S.-Mexico Border|Violence|Women · 19 Comments
20 Jul 2010It may be old news already for some, since MAC & Rodarte have officially apologized for their Fall 2010 fashion and makeup collection based on what the designers felt and thought they saw in the border city of Juarez.
The blushes, lip glosses, eyeshadows and nail polishes were given names like “factory,” “Juarez,” “Ghost town,” “del Norte,” and “quinceanera” and look like this:
The models bear no resemblance to the hijas mourned over, hijas like Solangie Medina.
The models look like this:
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Amnesty International Video About Femicides in Juarez
2:38 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Justice|mexico|Violence|Women · Comments Off
18 Oct 2009Women raped, murdered and disappeared in Juarez continues to be an ongoing situation. With over 400 cases reported and an unknown number not reported, the issue fades in and out of the public eye.
I would like to know of ways to support local organizations and local families in and around Juarez. Organizations without big budgets so that the mujeres of Juarez can live and rest in peace.
Massive Grave in Mexico Linked to Drug Cartels
6:40 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Drugs|mexico|society|U.S.-Mexico Border|Violence · 2 Comments
15 Mar 2009A grave containing 9 bodies was discovered over the weekend in Juarez, Mexico, and all signs point to the fact that this is yet another bloody chapter in Mexico’s on-going drug wars. CNN reports:
Investigators have yet to determine the identities of the seven men and two women found in the grave, Gonzalez said. They have not released information on how they were killed or how long they have been there.Juarez, which is across the border from El Paso, Texas, has become one of the major battlegrounds as drug cartels fight both each other and Mexican authorities. The conflict has made violence increasingly common in Juarez, Tijuana and other Mexican border towns.
The discovery coincides with the arrival of some 5,000 Mexican troops dispatched to Ciudad Juarez in an effort to put a stop the the heightening violence in the city.
To get a sense for what drug violence is doing to Ciudad Juarez (incidentally also infamous for the mysterious murders of hundreds of women over the past several years), have a look at the above video from the YouTube and Pulitzer Center “Project: Report” project.
Via / CNN
Make some noise about the Juarez “desaparecidas”
12:17 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Justice|mexico|Women · 1 Comment
9 Mar 2006
Did you know:
In Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua Mexico, over 400 women and girls have been killed or disappeared in the past thirteen years.An alarming number of these cases remain unsolved.
Federal authorities acknowledge that 177 state officials had acted negligently. Not one of them has been brought to justice.
Incredible, but true. Don’t you agree that something should be done? The Mexican government’s lax attitude toward what is amounting to genocide is disgraceful, and is allowing more and more deaths and disappearances of young Mexican women to take place.
Catalan artist to play in honor of Juarez desaparecidas
10:40 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|mexico|Music · Comments Off
13 Jan 2006
Joan Manuel Serrat, a pop icon from Barcelona with a huge following in Mexico, has announced his participation in a concert in support of the fight against the brutal murders of women in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez:
Conceived to last nearly 10 hours, the concert in homage to the victims and a protest against discrimination of women will take place in Mexico City and count on performances of Benny Ibarra, Elefante, Tres de Copas, Pablo Abraira, Fabgoria and Cristina del Valle, among others.
According to La Jornada daily, presidential candidates will also attend the spectacle, an attempt by the coordinators to get them to commit to an integral law against discrimination of women.
Joan Manuel Serrat will tour seven Mexican cities from January 20 to February 18, including two presentations for street children as closing performances.
Via / Latin Music News and Prensa Latina
Un Gran Abrazo
10:30 am By Maegan La Mala · mexico|society|Texas · Comments Off
26 Sep 2005This weekend, over 14,000 people joined together to hopefully break the world record for largest hug. The hug streched from the violent city of Ciudad Juarez across the Mexican/U.S. Border into El Paso, Texas.
AP Article: “Now That’s a Big Hug”
Hola!
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