Tamara Pearson

Activists march through Xochimilco, Mexico, protesting against corporations

The urgent global climate revolt we need

Climate change is disrupting and harming our lives, writes Tamara Pearson, so we need to disrupt and force change.

Mama film by Xun Sero

Universal white male perspective is destructive, says Mexican Tzotzil filmmaker

Tamara Pearson spoke to Xun Sero, a filmmaker from Mexico’s southern Chiapas state on the release of his new film, ²Ñ²¹³¾Ã¡, which premiered in Mexico this month.

The convoy marching through Xochimilco

Indigenous Mexicans stand up to multinationals threatening their survival, climate

Indigenous groups and supporters have spent the past month travelling in a convoy to regions where Western corporations are plundering water and resources. Tamara Pearson took part in the convoy.

Bonafont pplant, Mexico.

Mexico: Indigenous activists launch global campaign against water bottling transnationals

Twenty Indigenous Nahua communities in Mexico, together with hundreds of other organisations, are calling for a boycott of water bottling companies, reports Tamara Pearson.

Journalists protest in Puebla Mexico. Photo: Tamara Pearson

'Its a big mistake to be a journalist in Mexico'

Last year, Mexico was named the most dangerous country in the world for journalists, after Afghanistan. A recent wave of assassinations has sparked nationwide protest action, reports Tamara Pearson.

‘Walmart Land’: US chains colonise Mexico, displace local culture

More and more US transnationals have opened up in Mexico over the past few decades, taking advantage of unfair trade agreements, super-exploitative labour conditions and cheap utilities, reports Tamara Pearson.

Mexico: Indigenous communities take over water-bottling plant to use as a social centre

Multinational beverage companies have been profiting off Mexico's precious drinking water resources for decades, while local communities have gone without. But communities in the state of Puebla have had enough, reports Tamara Pearson.

US concern for Cuba, Latin America is spin for intervention

The US government says it is going to help Central America fight corruption and free the Cuban people. But any help from the US comes with ulterior motives, writes Tamara Pearson.

The media is causing harm by reporting official COVID-19 figures from poorer countries

The media needs to stop misreporting COVID-19 numbers and minimising the hardships in those countries facing the worst of the global pandemic, writes Tamara Pearson.

Mexico: Communities want Bonafont water gone

US and European water bottling companies are making huge profits packaging and selling Mexico’s water resources, while leaving locals without, reports Tamara Pearson.Ìý

2018 abortion rights protest in Argentina. Photo: Lara Va/Wikimedia Commons CC: SA 4.0

Absence of abortion rights is depriving Latin America of agency and the right to thrive

While Argentina just legalised abortion rights, it is prohibited or limited in most of Latin America, writes Tamara Pearson. For those forced to continue a pregnancy deprives them of agency, autonomy and well being.

Guatemalan and Mexican governments use pandemic to turn back refugee caravan

Thousands of Honduran migrants and refugees have been beaten, arrested, threatened with prison and deported, as they tried to make their way through the closed borders of Guatemala and Mexico, reports Tamara Pearson.