Mexico's Crisis and the Movement Against the Drug War
Year
2011 - Los Angeles, CA
Speakers
Facilitator: Ted Lewis, Human Rights and Mexico Program Director, Global Exchange, San Francisco, CA
Miguel Alvarez, President, Serapaz, Mexico City, Mexico
Susie Byrd, City Representative, El Paso, TX
John Gibler, Journalist and Author, To Die In Mexico, San Francisco, CA
Zulma Mendez, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at El Paso; Director, Pacto por la Cultura, Juarez, Mexico
Diego Osorno, Journalist and Author, El Cartel de Sinaloa, Mexico
Victor Quintana, Former Congressman, Chihuahua, Mexico
Javier Sicilia, Poet, Mexico
Brisa Maya Solís Ventura, Executive Director, National Center for Social Communication (CENCOS), Mexico City, Mexico
The war on drugs has inflicted enormous harms on Mexico in recent years, generating extreme violence, crime, corruption and human rights abuses. What is behind this drug war and what are its national and regional implications? What effects has it had on border and migrant communities? Can drug legalization change the dynamic? How can people in the US make drug policy reform efforts an integral part of supporting Mexico's national peace and justice movement?