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Latin America | Mexico | Medicine

Women-Led Team of Mexican Scientists Develop Cure for HPV

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Researchers at Mexico’s National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) are celebrating a major scientific achievement: a new treatment that they claim can completely cure the human papillomavirus (HPV), helping to curb a leading cause of deadly cancer among women. Led by scientist Eva Ramon Gallegos, the team was able to eradicate HPV in 29 patients through a non-invasive technique known as photodynamic therapy, according to El Universal. The treatment involves the use of a drug called a photosensitizer or photosensitizing agent, alongside a wavelength of light that is used to treat affected are
Latin America | Mexico | Sports

Teenager baseball pitcher to break Mexico gender wall

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With her 78-mile-per-hour fastball, teenager Rosa Maria del Castillo became the first female pitcher in a Mexican semi-pro men's baseball league, breaking the gender barrier in a notoriously macho society. The right-hander's pitch repertoire includes a fastball, a curveball and a change-up -- not bad for an 18-year-old who stands barely 1.72 meters (5.6 feet) tall. "I want to believe that more doors will begin to open for women in baseball, although it won't happen quickly," she told AFP, her dark curly hair flowing behind her blue baseball cap.
Latin America | Mexico | Activism

Leading Mexico City women draw up ‘manifesto’ to improve the city

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Tackling gender-based violence and unsafe public spaces are the main priorities for women in Mexico City, according to a diverse group of distinguished women who were invited to take part in a special discussion by the Guardian. The group – which included actors, singers, political analysts, human rights activists, journalists and students who live and work in Mexico City – debated the biggest issues and challenges facing women in 2015. The event was held in the garden of Casa Azul where Kahlo, arguably one of the world’s most influential feminists and female artists, lived and create
Latin America | Mexico | Crimes

Captured Fugitive: Mexican Female Drug Lord Bribed Feds in Texas

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Mexican authorities arrested a top female drug lord wanted in the United States for bribing federal officers. The female drug trafficker, known for her glamorous photographs on social media, was a common sight in this border city and in the Mexican cities of Reynosa and Miguel Aleman. Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (PGR) announced this week, the arrest of 38-year-old Ana Marie Hernandez, better known as “La Muneca.” She was arrested at the request of the Interpol and the U.S. Marshals Service, information provided to Breitbart Texas revealed.
Latin America | Mexico | Activism

Rapper’s lyrical fight for Mexican women’s rights

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Rain spattered against the taxi's window during the uphill drive to the Colonia Jardín neighbourhood on the outskirts of Oaxaca City, the capital of one of the country's poorest states. "Storms turn the mud up here into chewing gum," Mare Advertencia Lirika, a local rapper, told Al Jazeera. Mare, 28, an indigenous Zapotec, has made a name for herself on the Latin American hip-hop scene. Her rap stands out in part because of her indigenous roots, the poverty she's endured, as well as her politicised upbringing. Most of the homes in the neighbourhood are single-storeyed and cobbled to
Latin America | Mexico | Crimes

Politician Says Homeless People Should Be Put Down By Lethal Injection

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A Mexican councillor has provoked outrage after that homeless people should be put down like animals to keep the number of them on the streets down. Olga Gutierrez Machorro believes that beggars should be culled with lethal injection, believing it to be in their best interests. She said: “Yes they’re a little crazy, but they’re harmless. “Which is why I think to myself wouldn’t it be kinder to just give them a lethal injection?” Unbelievably, Machorro, who is a member of the local government in Tecamachalco, Mexico, is also the councillor responsible for the Vulnerable Groups C
Latin America | Mexico | Activism

I Am Revenge: The Unheard Stories Of Female Vigilantes

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For the most part, the stories of women enacting punishment on others have been whispered—not adapted for the silver screen like their male counterparts. Below, we explore some of the women who, moral issues aside, have lived and breathed vigilantism: Since 2013, Mexico has seen an increase in grassroots movements led by women, sparked by a decades long battle with gruesome femicide, increased presence of drug cartels, and ineffective law enforcement. Many of these women-led vigilante gangs have been successful in removing leaders of drug cartels from their cities, and creating all-fe
Latin America | Mexico | Arts

These young Mexican women artists are speaking up

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A new generation of bold visual artists is coming of age in the country that gave us the iconic Frida Kahlo. Meet Mexican artists Aline Herrera and Natasha Kroupensky. They’re young, opinionated, and most importantly, full of ideas. They’re using their voices, and creativity, to bring attention to indigenous communities in Mexico. Both find inspiration in Mexico’s pre-colonial heritage, and celebrate indigenous women in their vibrant paintings. Their artists’ collective, founded by 23-year-old Herrera, is called Tlatoa. It’s a word in the Nahuatl Aztec language that trans
Latin America | Mexico | History

Everyday Masters: Guadalupe Rivera Marín Forged A Pathway For Women In Politics

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You may know Guadalupe Rivera Marín as the eldest (and only surviving) daughter of muralist Diego Rivera, one of Mexico's — and the world’s — most renowned artists. However, few are aware that Dr. Rivera Marín stands as a powerhouse on her own merits. She’s an accomplished author, lecturer, economist, lawyer, cook, teacher, former senator and congresswoman in Mexico, and a loving mother and grandmother. Her many accomplishments, however, would never have been possible without her father. "My father and I shared a love of Mexico and the Mexican culture," she told us. "His passio
Latin America | Mexico | Crimes

Mexico declares 1st ‘alert’ over violence against women

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Activists on Wednesday hailed the Mexican federal government's first-ever "gender alert," declared for a central state in response to a high incidence of killings and disappearances of women. The Interior Department alert covers 11 municipalities in the State of Mexico, outside the capital, and cites "systematic violence against women" and "an atmosphere of impunity and permissiveness" toward such crimes. The "gender alert" triggers measures designed to spur investigation and prevention, though none have officially been announced. The mechanism has been on the books since 2007, but un
Latin America | Mexico | Activism

Women in Mexico rally against rampant domestic violence

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Dozens of women have demonstrated in front of Mexico's Interior Ministry in the capital to protest against domestic violence. Congresswomen and activists in Mexico City on Monday lay on the ground imitating a crime scene with chalk outlines around their bodies, while chanting "gender alert in the State of Mexico". The "gender alert"  was created in the city of Ciudad Juarez after reports of widespread violence against women. The initiative entails new funds to strengthen protection and help for the victims. The protesers called for the setting up of the "gender alert" mechanism in a
Latin America | Mexico | Politics

Former Mexican first lady to run for president

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Hilary Clinton isn’t the only former first lady to be running for president of a country. Margarita Zavala, wife of former Mexican president, Felipe Calderon, (2006-2012) and member of the National Action Party (PAN), announced on social media her intention to run in the 2018 presidential elections. “I am seeking the presidency of the Republic. I will rebuild the nation hand in hand with citizens through a national project that brings together all PAN members, and of course also those who voted for other political alternatives and who have ceased to believe in political parties,” Zava
Latin America | Mexico | Arts

Femininity in Kevlar: Nao Bustamante’s women of the Mexican Revolution

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On the surface, the lemon-colored outfit that resides on a mannequin in artist Nao Bustamante's studio is the very picture of femininity: a late-Edwardian ensemble, it consists of a floor-length skirt and a fitted jacket with dainty puff sleeves. It is the sort of fine frock you might expect to see on the subject of a late-Impressionist painting. Except for the fact that this graceful dress is made entirely out of bullet-proof Kevlar. For five years, Bustamante has been researching the role of women in the Mexican Revolution — in university archives and research facilities and thr
Latin America | Mexico | Culture

Mexican Mayor Says Women Should Be Watching Soap Operas, Not The News

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The mayor of the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua is taking heat for urging a crowd of women to watch soap operas instead of the news during a speech delivered Sunday. During an event to mark the Day of the Domestic Worker, Javier Garfio Pacheco of the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party led a raffle for a plasma-screen television and went on to praise them, saying they're the best units for watching soap operas -- or “telenovelas” -- during breaks from work. “No news -- because the news isn’t so good,” Garfio Pacheco said in the speech, while shaking his finger at a

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