Mexico Peace Caravan’s Long Road Ends (Begins) With Pact Signed in Juárez
In a darkened plaza at the foot of the Monument to Juárez, Javier Sicilia, civic leaders and scores of victims signed the National Civil Pact for Peace with Justice and Dignity. Hundreds of participants in the caravan and Juarez citizens gathered for the event cheered as pen was finally put to paper.
Read more →Caravan for Peace: Audio Interview with Chihuahua Autonomous University Professor Roberto Ransom
By Clayton Conn
Audio interview with Chihuahua Autonomous University Professor Roberto Ransom. Ransom was an organizer with the welcoming committee for the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity, which arrived in Chihuahua June 9th.
Read more →Peace Caravan Encounters Massacres, Military Abuses and Disappearances in Torreón
Gunmen armed with AR-15 and AK-47 assault rifles massacred thirteen people in a Torreón drug rehabilitation center on Wednesday. The massacre occurred less than twenty-four hours before poet Javier Sicilia and his Citizens Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity were scheduled to arrive in Torreón for a rally against the drug war. The rehabilitation center is located just three blocks from the rally site.
Read more →Javier Sicilia Warns Against a Military/Police State in Mexico: “This is the last chance to save democracy”
In this second part of the Americas Program interview with Javier Sicilia on the road with the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity, we talk about the federal government’s response to the peace movement. Sicilia notes that President Calderon seems to be heading toward a military/police state and responding to the call for peace with violence.
Read more →In Bloody Durango, Civilian and Police Families Unite to Protest Drug War
The murder rate in Durango skyrocketed after President Felipe Calderón declared war on organized crime in late 2006. The number of executions soared 1,401 percent from 67 in 2005 to 939 in 2010. With 910 murders so far in 2011, Durango is set to surpass 2010′s murders by the end of June. When the Citizens Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity arrived in Durango on Monday night to protest the drug war, thousands of locals turned out to greet it.
Read more →Javier Sicilia: ‘The United States Imposed This War on Us, It Should Change the Strategy”
In an interview with Americas Program director Laura Carlsen, Javier Sicilia called on the U.S. government to change its strategy and criticized the Merida Initiative as “an initiative that only has imagination for violence and war.”
Read more →Refugee Crisis Deepens in Mexico
Mexican human rights activists have issued an emergency appeal to apply international humanitarian standards in providing relief to more than 150 refugees- including at least 77 children-who have been camped out in the mountains of southern Mexico for more than a month.
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