No place for silence- freedom of expression in Mexico

This article is by Marcela Zendejas (@marcezendejas) and Darío Ramírez (@Dariormrs) – Article19 Mexico In Mexico, under the current president Enrique Peña Nieto, a journalist is attacked on average every 26 hours. This figure is double that of 48 hours under the former president Felipe Calderon. In the first two years of his administration, Peña Nieto was able to manipulate the official discourse to present a positive picture of Mexico on the international stage but a deepening human rights crisis has made it more difficult for the government to maintain its cynical grin.