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PEN Appeal: María Esther Aguilar Cansimbe

February 4, 2010 Felipe De Jesús Calderón Hinojosa Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Residencia Oficial de los Pinos Casa Miguel Alemán Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850 DISTRITO FEDERAL, México Fax: (+ 52… More

Crime Reporter Missing

Background Information The following press release was issued by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on November 20, 2009: A Mexican reporter who had recently covered corruption and organized crime was reported missing… More

Time of Sky

1.Blood always bloodAs blue is blueIncessant explosion of a thirst-ripened orange2.A kiss on the fountain that grows pigeon-like anywhere upon the trembling mirror that exposes itself3.The innocent windowFlung inwardsAnd… More

Idyll

Grasshoppers sprang aside in her path as she walked, and thick stems of clover bowed devotedly, swept by the fringe of the long silk cloak; soft, pale yellow patches… More

The Golden Age

The IslandThe island is about twenty kilometres in diameter and lies in the Atlantic Ocean on the Tropic of Cancer between Cape Verde and the Canary Islands. In the… More

The Remnants

“If someone hasn’t eaten any, his breath doesn’t smell.” This on the pattern of the proverb about onions, the idea being that doubt was in order. “If her mouth weren’t… More

Homesick

It can’t go on like this. There’s the smell of breaking up in the air of the apartment, like the smell of potatoes cooking. Noa puts on her tracksuit… More

On Elegance While Sleeping

December 4, 18 …At birth, I felt the desire to correct the human tendency to feel fragile and imperfect. I’ve therefore sanctified my life to this sole endeavor. Logic… More