This article examines an approach to the vulnerability as an analytical category, moving beyond an impressionistic perspective that considers only certain actors as intrinsically vulnerable. We use the concept of ambivalent vulnerability to...

First ladies in Mexico —wives of municipal, state and federal rulers— have traditionally been perceived as playing a secondary, subordinate role, as a mere «decorative flower», as it might be said in a context of renewed misogyny. However,...

This article examines the persistence of diabetes as a public health problem in Mexico, with a particular focus on Chiapas. Despite the efforts made by health authorities since 1994, diabetes remains one of the leading causes of mortality. By...

This article aims to analyze how adolescent boys and girls from indigenous community of Tamulté de las Sabanas, located in the municipality of Centro, Tabasco, perceive psychological violence in dating relationships. It also seeks to identify...

This article explores women’s reproductive experiences as embodied learning processes, while also examining the impact of social class on these experiences. Using a qualitative methodology with a biographical-narrative approach, it analyzes the...

This article explores the experiences of bilingual teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the tactics and strategies they employed to address the challenges of distance education. The analysis is grounded in Michel de Certeau’s...

From the historiographical trend of the Inter-American Cold War and within a transnational framework, this article analyzes the Israeli military-industrial complex as a strategic actor in counterinsurgency efforts in Guatemala during the...

The aim of this paper is to provide a general overview of statistical sources on employment and access to medical care for the foreign population in Mexico. The review focuses on sources that capture stock, migration flows, and administrative...

The article aims to analyze how the recent tourist practices on the Tacaná volcano —located on the border between Mexico and Guatemala— contribute to the production of everyday geopolitics that transforms the experiences and representations of...

The Maya Train is an infrastructure project for southeastern Mexico aimed at boosting economic development. However, it is located in a region with significant structural inequalities, which could lead to adverse effects, such as gentrification...

This study analyzes the consequences of violence and forced displacement on reproductive health and maternity of women in Chiapas, Mexico, within a context marked by increasing armed conflicts and the presence of organized crime. The research...

A qualitative study was conducted with the aim of understanding the collective memory of a group of indigenous women living in the metropolitan area of ​​Monterrey (Nuevo León, Mexico) regarding the food they consumed when they lived in rural...

The article aims to analyze and describe the process through which youth, women, and teacher groups became active elements in the political system of Chiapas, Mexico, between 1925 and 1945. The assimilation of these groups into the control...

With the objective of reconstructing trajectories of ex-combatants of the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) as members of the National Civil Police (PNC) of El Salvador, this article discusses the concept of...

This text discusses how the Tsotsils of Chamula and Chenalhó, as well as the Tseltals in Oxchuc —all municipalities in Chiapas, Mexico— conceived and confronted the risks and causes that led individuals to become subjected to ak’bil...