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This Holiday Season, Donate to Organizations Helping Migrants at the Border

Itzel Alejandra — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 01:07:54 +0000

The El Paso, Texas and Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua region has been occupied by people for over 10,000 years. The region has endured colonization, wars, industrialization, mass migration and, for the last 172 years, has seen various versions of the US-Mexico border.Although the border there is relatively new, it has been a hot topic since its

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Exclusive Clip: ‘Vice’ Investigates How the Juárez Cartel Is Profiting off the U.S. ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy

Manuel Betancourt — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:32:28 +0000

The horrific effects of the Trump Administration’s hard-line Migrant Protection Protocols continue to multiply. Targeting asylum-seekers and forcing them to, as the immigration mandate is better known, “Remain in Mexico,” the guidelines have created a crisis of its own at the border. In a report for Vice (airing its new season on Showtime), journalist Paola Ramos travels

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5 Juarez Artists on Redefining the City’s Narrative of Violence

Itzel Alejandra — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 19:07:04 +0000

For more than 30 years, the art scene in Juarez has flown under the radar. It’s a result of many converging factors – including the decades of violence that have taken center stage, which in turn, have overshadowed and hindered multiple generations of artists and creatives. In 2015, the city of Juarez commissioned Arturo Damasco

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7 Years of Lowers, the Electronic Collective That Gave a Voice to Border Kids From Juárez

Reuben Torres — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 17:54:10 +0000

Back in 2008, in that expansive strip of land known as the U.S.-Mexico border, the drug wars were about to exact unprecedented carnage. It was a heavy year all around – the financial crisis was escalating, and the fleeting optimism that marked the beginning of the Obama era couldn’t predict the shit that was about

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PHOTOS: Thousands of Fans Pay Tribute to Juan Gabriel in His Hometown of Ciudad Juárez

Remezcla Estaff — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:45:04 +0000

It’s been a little more than a week since Mexican superstar Juan Gabriel died of a heart attack on August 28, 2016 at the age of 66. In the days since the world lost the Latin music icon, the tributes have continued to pour in from all over, culminating in a massive tribute at Mexico City’s Palacio

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