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Damian Lazarus: Countdown to Day Zero
To celebrate the ‘end of the world’, Damian Lazarus – head of record label Crosstown Rebels – is organising a 24-hour festival, called Day Zero. Featuring appearances from a variety of electronic music acts, along with spiritual awareness classes, meetings with Mayan descendents, special ceremonies… and all taking place in an awe-inspiring site in Mexico. I caught up with Damian recently to talk about the Mayans and his forthcoming event.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Saturday, 8 December 2012 at 2:14 pm
The Feather Headdress of Ancient Mexico might visit its roots soon
The feather headdress, commonly known as the Feather Headdress of Ancient Mexico – housed at the Museum of Ethnography in Vienna – is a cultural good that represents the feather craftsmanship of Mesoamerica, unique in that it evinces the quality and mastery of Mexican artisans.
By Alfonso de Maria y Campos | Notebook | Thursday, 6 December 2012 at 2:13 pm
As the Mexican economy takes off, new president Enrique Pena-Nieto has a shot at redemption
Sleek and telegenic, Mexico’s Enrique Pena-Nieto was sworn in as president for a six-year term on Saturday. It’s been five long months since Mr Pena-Nieto won the presidential elections amid allegations of fraud and protests.
By Maria Tadeo | Notebook, The Foreign Desk | Monday, 3 December 2012 at 6:09 pm
Free press in Mexico: Impunity for Lydia Cacho
Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to work as a journalist – since 2006, 67 journalists have been killed and 14 have disappeared in the country.
By Lucy Popescu | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 23 August 2012 at 2:00 am
The prohibition of drugs has been an abject failure with a devastating human cost
In 1972, President Richard Nixon signed his “war on drugs” into law. Drugs were “public enemy number one,” said Nixon, and action was necessary because addiction to narcotics had “assumed the dimensions of a national emergency”. Four decades on, and the global clampdown on drugs continues unabated.
By James Bloodworth | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 29 February 2012 at 11:54 am
The World Cup this far…
As all 32 teams in the World Cup enter the final stages of the first round, only a few can with confidence say that they will be making the second round; teams like Argentina, Brazil and the Netherlands. While for the rest their fates will unfold in the next couple of days.
This afternoon at 4pm [...]
By Nkosazana Zuma | Sport | Tuesday, 22 June 2010 at 2:46 pm
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