Armando Durazo, senior editor for El Paso Times and University of Arizona (UA) graduate, talks about his journalistic education in Tucson, both at the UA and Pima Community College (PCC), and how that compares to other journalism programs today.…
A representative for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Mazzitelli, explains how the UNODC has been observing and analyzing the violence and organized crime in México, acknowledging that its is unprecedented how organized…
Journalist and activist Amalia Rivera discusses her work in the paper "La Jornada" and as an activist with her syndicate, Sitrajor. Rivera talks of the need to protect and defend journalists, human rights, and freedom of speech, addressing her…
Foreign correspondent for the Dallas Morning News, Alfredo Corchado discusses his experiences as a journalist in Mexico. Corchado also talks about the challenges of journalism in Mexico, the problems of censorship and freedom of speech. Corchado…
Aimee Vega Montiel and her organization AMEDI (Mexican Association of the Right to Information) specialize in laws and legislation related to freedom of expression, press, and communication. Montiel discusses AMEDI’s involvement in the reform of…
Adela Navarro Bello, co-director for the Zeta weekly, talks about her experiences and memories of Jesús Blanco Ornelas, coworker and mentor of hers. Navarro talks about the effects of the violence against journalists, about the measures used by Zeta…
Most automobile traffic crosses the Rio Grande at established bridge points at one of the fifteen sister cities. This "International Ferry" at Los Ebanos is the last hand-pulled ferry along the river. It can carry three vehicles per trip. Privately…
The character of the landscape along the Rio Grande is determined by its use, even if only as a place to cross. Millions of what were then pejoratively called"wet-backs," mojados, "illegal aliens," or more appropriately undocumented workers attempt…
Broadside printed as an editorial in the 9th issue of the Republicano Correspondiente the 27th of September 1855. Titled, The National Danger, this broadside informs the citizenry of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo between the United States and…
Original document containing eleven pages detailing the instructions and rules which must be observed in the government and administration, as well as the management of the Hacienda San Francisco Cuerámaro (Cuerámaro is one of the municipalities of…
Inside of door. Shows heavy cross pieces (4 in. in diam.), 4 across each door and fastened with heavy bolts or nails - riveted or bent over a firm iron fastening. Hinges do not show. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]