Will Femicide Stop At The Mexican Border?
By Joe Guzzardi I cant even buy a piece of candy without being reminded of the filthy, corrupt Mexican government. Heres what happened. A few months ago, on a short trip to Las Vegas, I was walking along the forum shops at Caesars Palace when I stopped in at the extraordinary Vosges Haut-Chocolat I noticed that two of the stores biggest sellers, Le Grande Hat Box and the Aztec Collection donated 25% of its profits toward V-day, the international movement to end violence against women and girls. When I struck up a conversation with the clerk, she told me that since Mexico is a major chocolate producer, Vosges owner, Katrina Markoff, is particularly concerned about the violence perpetrated by Mexicans against young women on the border in Ciudad Juarez and in Chihuahua City. So there I was sampling the best chocolate I have ever tastedand instead of fully enjoying it, I was fuming about Mexico. When I returned home, I read that Amnesty International had just revisited Ciudad Juarez and Ch
