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An activist carries a sign with a message reading in Spanish: “Enough institutional violence; femicides, a national emergency,” as women calling for an end to gender violence form a “human chain” on the eve of International Women’s Day, in Mexico City, March 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

How political polarization informed Mexico’s protests against femicide

Protests against femicide led by feminist groups have gained increasing attention in recent years. However, the polarized political climate in Mexico has undermined the demands of these demonstrations.
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum has hardened her stance on Donald Trump’s rhetoric. Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty Images

Faced with Trump’s tariffs − and crackdowns on migration and narcotrafficking − Mexico is weighing retaliatory options

The incoming US president is intent on pushing through policies that may provoke Mexico to respond with tariffs of their own − or other measures that would hurt American consumers and US interests.
A section of the US-Mexico border fence is seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Oct. 21, 2024. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s plans for tougher border enforcement won’t necessarily stop migrants from coming to US − but their journeys could become more costly and dangerous

Fluctuating rates of illegal migration to the US over the past few decades show that the government’s approach of trying to stop migrants with more security has not worked.
Beef dominates American diets. In 2022, Americans consumed almost 30 billion pounds of beef. Johnrob/E+ via Getty Images

How beef became a marker of American identity

On July 4, 1891, Oklahoman farmer Oscar Weber Bilby served his neighbors the very first hamburgers on buns.
Demonstrators make graffiti reading ‘Columbus Out, Long Live the People’ on a fence protecting a statue of Christopher Columbus in Mexico City on Oct. 12, 2020. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images

Columbus who? Decolonizing the calendar in Latin America

Many US states and cities have renamed Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day. But wrestling over the explorer’s legacy has a longer – and even more fraught – history in Latin America.

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