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Elections in Mexico: What was said about diversity and rights in the three presidential debates
What proposals for diversity, migrants, and vulnerable groups appeared in the debates by the three candidates for the presidency of Mexico?
Rita Segato: “It is not power we seek, but the collapse of all power.”
Anthropologist and feminist activist Rita Segato spoke with Presentes about the anti-gender movement in Latin America and the continued power of feminist and diversity movements to erode patriarchy and capitalism.
March for historical trans-transvestite reparations, cornered by a disproportionate police operation
The 2nd Plurinational March for Historical Transvestite Reparation advanced, surrounded by a massive police operation. It managed to reach Congress, where the document was read and a music festival followed.
Dida Aguirre, Quechua poetry as resistance and Andean philosophy
Dida Aguirre, a Peruvian poet, began writing in Quechua as an act of resistance and to tell the world: it is possible to write poetry in indigenous languages, which speak of solidarity and a philosophy kept by old women around the hearth.
Matías Santana, from student activism to the Mapuche cause: "I am a political prisoner."
Matías Santana became known to the media through the Santiago Maldonado case, a crucial witness in a case that the courts recently ordered reopened. He was caricatured as "the Mapuche with binoculars," but his activism began several years earlier. He has been held in pretrial detention for three months at Unit 14 in Esquel. Mapuche communities are calling for his release.
Historical reparation for transvestites and trans people: Second march to Congress for the law for a dignified old age
The Second Plurinational March for Historical Reparations for transvestites and trans people will march from Congress to Plaza de Mayo. It hasn't made any progress for a year. Meanwhile, the layoffs of people who were admitted under the quota law continue.
New soldiers of gay fascism
The current rise in rejection of non-muscular bodies within the gay world is reminiscent of the brotherhood among men encouraged by the Nazi ranks, whose hatred of the feminine had an obvious racial component.
INADI: 120 people fired, many with trans or disability quotas, and Gender and Diversity areas dismantled.
Among the 120 layoffs are many transgender, travesti, and disabled workers, as well as others with over 15 years of service. Gender and Diversity departments are being dismantled, and almost all INADI offices across the country are being closed. They are demanding a halt to the dismantling and the reinstatement of those laid off.
Women's soccer teams spoke out against the triple lesbian murder in Barracas.
With the reaction of the Racing women's team to the triple lesbicide in Barracas, the players raised their voices once again.
How is the case progressing for the triple lesbicide and attack?
Presentes toured the Penna and Burn hospitals and the 14th court to update and check data and find out how the case is progressing.