Archive for February, 2009
Video: Cars inspire Mexican artist’s show with a green message
Mexico visual artist Betsabee Romero used cars to create installations for “A vuelta de rueda (driving slowly),” an outdoor exhibition in downtown Mexico City that has a decidedly green feel to it.
Photo exhibition rewards Mexican artists
Albinos in Mexico and the “human tragedy” of Mexican society were focuses of the winning entries in one the country’s longest-running photography competitions, the results of which are now on display in Mexico City’s impressive Centro de Imagen.
Mexico's media under scrutiny in documentary
Violence against journalists in Mexico is nothing new but “Voces Silenciadas” broadens the debate around the persecution of journalists to encompass the bigger issues of media ownership and the relationship between the media and Mexico’s political powers.
A Night in the Woods in Mexico City
By day, el Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City’s largest public park, is ruled by the public and tourists. But come late afternoon, the park closes its gates to us commoners. Or at least I thought so.
Mexico City film festival creates new screening category for wierd movies
Five films in the International Festival of Contemporary Cinema (FICCO) are “so bizarre, so completely outside any conventional genre, that it appears organizers liked them, but couldn’t figure out what to do with them.”
The Frontline Club launches a new site
The Frontline Club in the UK has launched its new website.
Video: Mexicans break kissing record
Mexicans are not a nation to shy away from public displays of affection. Thousands were in their element on Valentine’s Day when they came together in Mexico City’s Zocalo to break the Guinness world record for the biggest simultaneous kiss.
Mexico's special prosecutor for crimes against journalists ineffective, reports nonprofit
Freedom of expression advocates in Mexico have issued yet another missive in support of the country’s long-suffering journalistic community.
Video: Photographer takes Mexico City’s portrait
A lion cub, a naked girl and a Mexican pop star were just some of the guests at the Yautepec Gallery in Mexico City’s Roma neighborhood on a night in late January. They and a healthy share of Mexico’s young hipsters were there for the opening of New York-based photographer Noah Sheldon’s portrait studio project.
Violence against journalists continues in Latin America
We keep our eye on the frequent press-freedom reports that come out, given the high levels of violence against journalists in Mexico. Tuesday’s release by the Committee to Protect Journalists, sadly, held no surprises.
Video: Carmen Aristegui talks about the reality for journalists in Mexico
Carmen Aristegui, one of Mexico’s most prominent journalists, disappeared from the Mexican radio airwaves last year in a cloud of controversy.
As Reed Johnson reported in January 2008, “Aristegui’s departure from W Radio set off a flurry of op-ed commentary in Mexico City newspapers. Several commentators have denounced the incident as an act of censorship and harassment by media and governmental interests.”
Now Aristegui’s back with a new radio news show –- this time on a different network. The journalist, who continued to host her nightly television news show on CNN Español during her radio hiatus, returns to the Mexican airwaves from 6 – 10 every weekday morning on MVS Radio.
Video: Carmen Aristegui habla sobre la realidad en México para los periodistas
Para ver la entrevista completa (40 minutos), haz click aquí.
Lucha libre legend El Santo remembered in Mexico
El Santo, the legendary lucha libre fighter and movie star, was remembered fondly in Mexico yesterday, 25 years after his death.
Mexico's missing children inspire artist
Lieberman spent more than three years working on 100 drawings that are intricate copies of often bad-quality newspaper photographs of missing children, taken from the Mexican newspaper Metro.
Anti-piracy campaign targets cinema-goers
Take a trip to the cinema in Mexico anytime soon and you’ll probably see an ad campaign that scolds the Mexican public for buying pirated movies.
Video: Youth protest against bullfighting in Mexico City
Young animal rights activists took to the streets in central Mexico City on Sunday in protest against the hundreds of bullfights that take place here in Mexico.
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