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Carlos Fuentes discuses Mexico’s Drug War. Come read a review of his just translated vampire novel “Vlad” in our Book Reviews section and learn more about the Mexican Drug War in our March 2012: The Mexican Drug War Issue of Words without Borders. 

“Los Invisibles”, a conversation with Gael García Bernal, León Krauze and Fabrizio Mejía Madrid (in Spanish). Come read Fabrizio’s non-fiction piece The Mystery of the Parakeet, the Rooster, and the Nanny Goat in the March 2012: Mexican Drug War Issue of Words without Borders. 

Archaeology and Literature: Carmen Boullosa in Cantona: II (in Spanish). Come read Carmen’s poem, Sleepless Homeland, in the March 2012: Mexican Drug War Issue of Words without Borders. 

Luis Felipe Fabre reads, smokes and discuses poetry (in Spanish with English subtitles). Come read his poem “Notes on a Zombie Cataclysm” in the March 2012: The Mexican Drug War Issue of Words without Borders.

Saint Jesus Malverde, the patron saint of narcos. Read about his strange legacy and other ways the Mexican cartels have infiltrated Mexican culture in Fabrizio Mejía Madrid’s essay “The Mystery of the Parakeet, the Rooster, and the Nanny Goat” http://wordswithoutborders.org/article/the-mystery-of-the-parakeet-the-rooster-and-the-nanny-goat

Jorge Volpi discusses and reads fragments of his work ”EL JARDÍN DEVASTADO”(in Spanish). Come read his non fiction piece “Death Count” in the March 2012: The Mexican Drug War Issue of Words without Borders.