NUESTRA APARENTE RENDICIÓN QUEREMOS CONSTRUIR PAZ Y DIÁLOGO. POR ESO ESTAMOS AQUÍ

The War on Drugs in Mexico has been going on for more than six years now. Journalists harbor many stories and the depth which which they are clearly equiped fits their task as the war's true memory keepers.  Jens Erik Gould, an American journalist who has collaborated with Time Magazine and NPR (National Public Radio) as a correspondent in Latin America, has launched a songwriting project: Bravery Tapes. In it he narrates the stories of courage and resilience of the war which often go untold.   Perhaps some aspects of them can be better communicated in the language of music.   As for how a journalist becomes an activist of those themes he/she writes about, Jens tells us, "I don't…

The Embroidering for Peace Movement in Mexico had a major challenge  on the 1st of December of 2012.  A group of participants happened to be in the middle when the acts of vandalism -and repression by the federal and local police- to protest against Enrique Peña Nieto’s swearing office took place, 67 people were arbitrarily jailed that day and were only released a week ago.   The embroiderers were not protesting against Peña Nieto, but were rather bidding former President Calderón a farewell that would remind him of the 80,000 dead and 25,000 missing which have been the result of an ill-conceived war against drugs.  The dire situation startled those who attended the protest, which included embroiderers from Cordoba, Argentina, and…

by Cordelia Rizzo Background The Embroidering for Peace (Bordando por la Paz) project began with Fuentes Rojas (Red Fountains), a collective of artists who introduced a unique way of protesting against the current strategy of the war on drugs by coloring a number of Mexico’s City’s most visible fountains' water red.  NAR’s Menos Días Aquí’s stories are embroidered in red thread, each one onto a white handkerchief.  The activity is carried out in public spaces.