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Ross: Countdown to Mexico's Bi-Centennial
Znet Article, September, 09 2010
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The clocks are literally ticking as Mexico starts the final leg of the countdown to the 200th anniversary of its independence from Spain. Dozens of huge, solar-powered timepieces have been installed in this monster city's great Zocalo plaza and 31...
Ross: A Funny Thing Happens On The Way To The Bicentennial: Mexico Loses Its History
Znet Article, September, 16 2009
John Ross
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On the eve of the Bicentennial of its Independence from the Spanish Crown and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, this distant neighbor of a republic is awash with patriotic colors. The official countdown to the twin Centennials begin...
Ross: Agrarian Apocolypse Looms in Mexico
Zmag Article, March, 01 2008
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At the stroke of midnight this past January 1, 100 or so farmers and day laborers from both sides of the border converged on the Cordoba Las Americas bridge that connects El Paso and Ciudad Juarez to mark the demise of Mexican agriculture.
Ross: From the Folks Who Brought You Plan Colombia
Znet Article, June, 19 2007
John Ross
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From the Folks Who Brought You Plan Colombia
Ross: Have Elections Split the APPO?
Znet Article, June, 04 2007
John Ross
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On the first anniversary of the beginning of last summer's feverish uprising here, the city's jewel-box plaza which had been occupied for seve...
Ross: Taking Back the Southwest
Znet Article, March, 18 2007
John Ross
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Taking Back the Southwest
Ross: Earning Millions from the Misery of the Poor
Znet Article, November, 03 2006
John Ross
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Earning Millions from the Misery of the Poor
Ross: In Mexico, a Class War Looms
Znet Article, September, 09 2006
John Ross
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Mexico City - The seven-judge panel known as the TRIFE, charged with deciding the legitimacy of Mexico's murky July 2 election and confirming the new president, is the nation's court of last resort. What the judges decree is literally the last wor...
Ross: Mexico Approaches The Combustion Point
Znet Article, August, 25 2006
John Ross
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Mexico City. The Congress of the country is ringed by two-meter tall grilled metal barriers soldered together apparently to thwart a suicide car bomb attack. Behind this metal wall, 3000 vizored, kevlar-wearing robocops -- the Federal Preventative...
Ross: Ten Years Into the Rebellion
Znet Article, November, 05 2004
John Ross
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It’s been ten years since the Zapatistas of Chiapas, Mexico, launched their rebellion to create ‘a world where many worlds fit’. Once the darlings of progressive movements around the world, the continuing struggle and devel...
Ross: In defense of maiz
Znet Article, February, 28 2002
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Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Mexico City: The contamination of Indian maiz in Mexico by US-grown genetically modified corn touches a common nerve for 57 distinct corn-growing indigenous cultures here whose struggle for justice and against 500 years of ins...
