April is a hopeful month for policymakers, activists, and citizens around the globe aspiring to address the multiple problems surrounding the international drug prohibition regime. From April 19 to 21, the United Nations will convene its much-awaited...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia '18 is a world columnist from Mexico City, with an interest in humanitarian crises, social movements and political art. She enjoys late-night conversations, hitchhiking and oil paintings.
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April is a hopeful month for policymakers, activists, and citizens around the globe aspiring to address the multiple problems surrounding the international drug prohibition regime. From April 19 to 21, the United Nations will convene its much-awaited...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
On the night of February 11, the Topo Chico prison turned into a living inferno. An extremely violent riot broke out in the penal facility in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey and within an hour, a confrontation between two rival prison gangs tu...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
On the night of February 11, the Topo Chico prison turned into a living inferno. An extremely violent riot broke out in the penal facility in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey and within an hour, a confrontation between two rival prison gangs tu...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
In no other state is the price of truth as high as it is in Veracruz. With a record number of 16 journalists murdered since 2010, the state, which straddles the Gulf of Mexico, is turning into dangerous territory for journalists. At a national level...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
In no other state is the price of truth as high as it is in Veracruz. With a record number of 16 journalists murdered since 2010, the state, which straddles the Gulf of Mexico, is turning into dangerous territory for journalists. At a national level...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Waves of protests on college campuses across the United States have opened urgent conversations about the presence of racism in higher educational institutions. This fall, students at various universities, including Yale, Missouri, and Brown, have co...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Waves of protests on college campuses across the United States have opened urgent conversations about the presence of racism in higher educational institutions. This fall, students at various universities, including Yale, Missouri, and Brown, have co...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
On October 26, Jimmy Morales, an ex-comedian with no political background, was elected as Guatemala’s new president. Morales’ victory came as no surprise; a wave of popular support had positioned him as the electorate’s favorite in polls conduc...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
On October 26, Jimmy Morales, an ex-comedian with no political background, was elected as Guatemala’s new president. Morales’ victory came as no surprise; a wave of popular support had positioned him as the electorate’s favorite in polls conduc...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
On September 23, Colombians awoke to the unexpected news of a peace accord between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the guerrilla group better known as FARC. The agreement, which has the potential to bring an end to year...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
On September 23, Colombians awoke to the unexpected news of a peace accord between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the guerrilla group better known as FARC. The agreement, which has the potential to bring an end to year...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Today marks the first anniversary of the disappearance of 43 Mexican students from the Rural Teachers’ College of Ayotzinapa in the Mexican state of Guerrero. On the evening of September 26th, 2014, around 80 first-year students from Ayotzinapa hea...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Today marks the first anniversary of the disappearance of 43 Mexican students from the Rural Teachers’ College of Ayotzinapa in the Mexican state of Guerrero. On the evening of September 26th, 2014, around 80 first-year students from Ayotzinapa hea...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
From a country dripping with corruption has come Mexicoleaks, a media platform that seeks to engage Mexicans in the safeguarding of their country’s democracy. Launched on March 10th, the website is based on the principles and format of Wikileaks. ...
From a country dripping with corruption has come Mexicoleaks, a media platform that seeks to engage Mexicans in the safeguarding of their country’s democracy. Launched on March 10th, the website is based on the principles and format of Wikileaks. ...
As March is Women’s History Month, it marks a time for reflection on the state of human rights of women worldwide, especially those living in areas of entrenched violence. This topic is of particular relevance to what the United Nations has describ...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
As March is Women’s History Month, it marks a time for reflection on the state of human rights of women worldwide, especially those living in areas of entrenched violence. This topic is of particular relevance to what the United Nations has describ...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
On December 17, 2014, Presidents Raul Castro and Barack Obama announced the restoration of diplomatic ties between Cuba and the United States, ending half a century of severed relations. The simultaneously broadcasted announcements hinted at the poss...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
On December 17, 2014, Presidents Raul Castro and Barack Obama announced the restoration of diplomatic ties between Cuba and the United States, ending half a century of severed relations. The simultaneously broadcasted announcements hinted at the poss...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Civilians in Mexico and the United States have taken to the streets in recent weeks, protesting injustice and demanding reform On September 26th, 43 students from the rural training college of Ayotzinapa went missing after a confrontation with local ...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Civilians in Mexico and the United States have taken to the streets in recent weeks, protesting injustice and demanding reform On September 26th, 43 students from the rural training college of Ayotzinapa went missing after a confrontation with local ...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
A new chapter of Mexican history began in 2006, when former President Felipe Calderón declared war against the country’s powerful drug cartels. Thousands of military troops were sent to the streets of Mexico’s border cities, where drug cartel ac...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia
A new chapter of Mexican history began in 2006, when former President Felipe Calderón declared war against the country’s powerful drug cartels. Thousands of military troops were sent to the streets of Mexico’s border cities, where drug cartel ac...
Camila Ruiz Segovia
Camila Ruiz Segovia