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Mexico is a territory inhabited by many cultures. It is a mosaic of regional languages and diverse stories. But it is also a space of violence. The markets are drenched in blood. Mexico is one of the countries with the highest rate of femicides in the world. Among the many localities bathed in women's blood, Ciudad Juárez stands out as a territory commanded by drug traffickers and heavily identified with capitalist business interests. It is not only the border between Mexico and the giant of the North but also the line between poverty and opulence, power and dispossession, and life and death.
Since 1993, there have been 1,773 murders of women who were also sexually tortured. Given these facts, the authorities have sought an
In Spanish, violencia a cielo abierto is an expression conveying blatant, out-in-the-open, exposed violence.
In Spanish, México lindo y que herido is a play on the lyrics of the well-known song “México Lindo y Querido,” which means “beautiful and beloved Mexico.” The altered phrase replaces querido (beloved) with herido (wounded), highlighting both the country's beauty and its hardships.
Helí Rafael Morales Ascencio, Founder of Escuela de la Letra Psicoanalítica (School of Psychoanalytic Writing); Founder of Fundación Social del Psicoanálisis (Social Foundation of Psychoanalysis); and Professor at Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico.
Gabriela Legorreta, Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst, Canadian Psychoanalytic Society and Institute; and Director of Institut Psychanalytique de Montréal.
Mina Levinsky-Wohl, Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst, Canadian Psychoanalytic Society and Institute; and Cofounder of the IPA Vermont Psychoanalytic Study Group.
Gabriela Legorreta, 603 Roslyn Avenue, Westmount, QC H3Y 2V1, Canada
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explanation for these painful events by alleging homicides of passion, sexual crimes, domestic violence, or interference by drug gangs.
Many discourses have tried to unravel