Posted on 10 June 2010 by editor
Groups of promoters hit the streets, putting stickers on cars and collecting signatures. Credit:Daniela Pastrana/IPS
By Daniela Pastrana
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, Jun 10, 2010 (IPS) – “Sometimes I feel sad when things don’t go ahead as well as I would like them to, but we have no alternative but to keep on trying,” says Lourdes Almada, a Mexican sociologist and activist for children’s rights, as she drives her pickup truck in Ciudad Juárez. Continue Reading
Posted on 09 June 2010 by editor
Credit: Ana Libisch/IPS TerraViva
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY, Jun 4, 2010 (IPS) – With less than six months before Mexico hosts the next global climate change summit, Mexican environmental organisations hosting the parallel civil society forum are divided on how to carry it out — which some fear could ultimately weaken their role at the negotiating table. Continue Reading
Posted on 24 January 2010 by admin
Crédito: Paulino Menezes/TerraViva/IPS
Por Emilio Godoy
MÉXICO, 22 ene (IPS) – Diez años después del nacimiento del Foro Social Mundial (FSM) en Porto Alegre, México permanece inmune a la influencia de las visiones alternativas al neoliberalismo discutidas en esa instancia.
