Debbie Polhemus can include all of these OTM stories about Mexico in educating women and her colleagues.

OTM's efforts should be part of a curriculum for Spanish, Mexican, and Latino students in the US (and/or any country) giving Mexico another look.

Fabulous work. I think this reporting is Pulitzer Prize-level reporting.
It reinforces my thinking for some time that the U.S. is not paying enough attention to a failing state next door.

While protecting the border, undocumented workers and a failed effort to police gun trading to Mexican drug cartels are the focus of U.S. politicians, the real question is what the U.S. should be doing to help Mexico conquer drug cartels and develop healthy, growing economies and communities.

Also, as a journalist, I am awed by the courage and commitment of the journalists in Mexico, as highlighted in On the Media's reporting. Our troubles here with a declining industry pale in comparison. Perhaps sending U.S. journalists to Mexico to parachute in and report what local journalists cannot is one way to make our media worth sustaining in an increasingly global North America.

Again, fabulous work. Thank you.

Brooke -
If you really want a version of Cielito Lindo to blow your socks off- go find it on the first "3 Tenors in concert" album.(Placido Domingo, if memory serves, sings it)

This will never bring up the Frito Bandito - part of it is the tone/timber of the HurdyGurdy v, well, one of the finest tenors that have been.

As director of the non-profit Spanish Education for Women, I have worked with Mexican colleagues for years to help US women improve their Spanish, understand Mexican culture and prepare to serve Latino immigrants here. We have found the best way to deal with image problems (whether our stereotypes of Mexico or theirs of the US) is to get to know each other as human beings. We have come to see our southern neighbors as hard-working, politically-astute proud people committed to their families and vibrant culture. We applaud their courage in the face of drug-related violence and recognize that the cartels' power depends on continued US consumption of their deadly products.