Press ‘freedom’ in Mexico has been shaped by elite ambitions. Review: Mexican Watchdogs: The Rise of a Critical Press since 1980, Andrew Paxman, 2025, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Mexico
Pawns in print
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Tag: Press
Beasts in the shadows
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Dread has been a significant factor in the Mexican definition of childhood. The Fear of Robachicos in Mexico: Media, Childhood, and Child Kidnapping 1900–1968, Susana Sosenski, translated by Quentin Pope, 2024, Bloomsbury Academic
Categories: Mexico, North America
The fragile public sphere
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Porfirian Mexico may offer clues to the fate of press freedom in divided societies. Guardians of Discourse: Journalism and Literature in Porfirian Mexico, Kevin M Anzzolin, 2024, University of Nebraska Press
Categories: Mexico, North America
Boris versus Bolívar
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Backtracking on Bukele
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Biden’s policy reversal towards El Salvador’s ‘cool dictator’ exposes the cynical emptiness of the empire’s democratic vocation, writes Gavin O’Toole
Categories: Central America, El Salvador, North America, United States