Lydia Cacho

«El machismo es la idealizaci n de la violencia como medio, como fin, como instrumento educativo coercitivo; es una trampa que normaliza lo inaceptable. Con estas palabras Lydia Cacho define el punto de partida de este libro imprescindible. #EllosHablan son testimonios de diversos hombres que hablan de su infancia y ponen en evidencia la violencia que vivieron en su entorno. Ellos nos dejan ver c mo en el ambiente hogare o y hostil, los ni os normalizan aquello que m s tarde detonar en relaciones verticales, violentas y discriminatorias que avalan un sistema de impunidad y paternalismo salvaje. Lydia Cacho va a contracorriente de nuevo; acompa a a los hombres a mirarse al espejo en busca de un di logo abierto para entender los or genes de la violencia. La autora nos invita a pensar desde otro lugar para desmenuzar esto que llamamos #el hombre normal#. Una investigaci n que busca replantear el liderazgo masculino; cuestionar la sumisi n ante la violencia a fin de que ni os y j venes tengan nuevos asideros para construir su identidad sin atavismos. «El machismo es como una prisi n bajo tierra. Un lugar rabioso, sobrepoblado y solitario a la vez. En ese sitio, todo se trata de romper a otros o que te rompan. Y uno descubre que est all abajo un d a, que est desde ni o. Y entonces, a veces, uno decide escalar, rasparse, golpearse, ara arse y alejarse todo lo posible. Porque si hay una mejor vida que esa, seguro que est en otro lado. - Antonio Ortu o, escritor "Una mujer valiente e inteligente que s sabe de qu habla." -Arturo P rez-Reverte ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "Male chauvinism is the idealization of violence... a trap that normalizes the unacceptable." This is how Lydia Cacho defines the starting point in this must-read book. #MenSpeak are the testimonies of several men regarding their upbringing, showcasing the violence they experienced in their own environment. These testimonies let us know how in such a homely and hostile environment, children normalize that which will later detonate vertical, violent, and discriminatory relationships, supporting a system of impunity and savage paternalism. Lydia Cacho invites us to think from a different standpoint, to unravel what we call "the normal man." An investigation that wants to reframe masculine leadership and question submission in the face of violence so that children and young people get a new hold to build their identity without atavisms. "Male chauvinism is like an underground prison. A rabid, over-crowded, lonely place. Here everything is about breaking others or getting broken. And one day you discover that you are down there, that you have been there since childhood. And then, sometimes, you decide to climb the wall, get scraped, beaten, scratched, and as far away as possible. Because if there is a better life than this, it is surely somewhere else." --Antonio Ortu o, writer

Cu ntas veces les preguntamos a las ni as y ni os c mo viven la guerra en su cabeza y en su coraz n? Obsesionado con los cinco tesoros de Ukrai, Brutus Robaplanetas desea acumular m s poder sin importarle provocar una guerra que, de pronto, sacude la vida de Sof a, Andr i, la abuela Babu, la perrita Cora y de todos los habitantes del peque o astro. De qu forma el amor y la esperanza ayudan a salir adelante en medio de la devastaci n? Lydia Cacho ofrece un conmovedor relato que nace a partir de la convivencia que tuvo con ni as y ni os luego de su primer viaje a Ucrania, semanas despu s de la invasi n rusa. "Lydia Cacho escribe como habla. Y eso es una inmensa virtud en nuestro gremio, donde se tiende a la exageraci n y al barroquismo. Y habla magistralmente de la guerra, sentada en la antigua fogata donde se tejen todas las historias del mundo para recordarnos, de manera clara y sencilla, que, afortunadamente, todav a hay lugar para la paz." Benito Taibo, escritor ENGLISH DESCRIPTION How often do we ask children how they experience war in their minds and in their hearts? Obsessed with the five treasures of Ukrai, Brutus Planet-Stealer wants to amass more power, without caring that in doing so he carelessly starts a war that suddenly shakes the lives of Sof a, Andrei, Grandma Babu, Cora the dog, and all the inhabitants of the small star. How can love and hope help people move forward amid devastation? Lydia Cacho offers a moving story born from her time spent with children during her first trip to Ukraine, weeks after the Russian invasion. "Lydia Cacho writes as she speaks. And that is a great virtue in our profession, where exaggeration and embellishments are common. And she speaks masterfully about war, sitting by the ancient campfire where all the world's stories are woven, to remind us, clearly and simply, that fortunately, there is still room for peace." -Benito Taibo, writer

Es un viaje que nos permite acompa ar a la prestigiosa Lydia Cacho a trav s de su carrera, sus obst culos, sus querencias, sus fallas, sus deseos y sus pasiones. Es un libro que ense a desde lo m s humano hasta lo m s profesional a hacer de la vida una pasi n y que cada uno de nosotros persigamos lo que deseamos alcanzar. En el caso de Lydia, no s lo son historias: es la creencia plena de la justicia y del valor del ser humano. El nombre de Lydia Cacho es un nombre que resuena en cada uno de nosotros por distintos temas: b squeda de justicia, protecci n a mujeres, feminista, pero sobre todo por ser una luchadora social cuando de encontrar la verdad se trata. En este maravilloso libro, tenemos la oportunidad de andar el camino a trav s de los ojos de esta gran mujer y entender los recovecos tanto de su vida personal, como de esos encuentros con el periodismo cara a cara y todo lo que tuvo que enfrentar: desde un secuestro, hasta el fallo a su favor en 2019. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION This wonderful book is a journey that allows us to walk alongside the prestigious Lydia Cacho through her career, her obstacles, her dreams, her failures, her desires, and her passions. It is a book that shows, from the most human side to a professional one, how to have a life full of passion and one that pushes each one of us to pursue our goals. In Lydia's case, these are not only stories: they are the full belief in justice for all and the value of human beings. Lydia Cacho's name resonates with each one of us for different reasons: a search for justice, protection of women, feminism, but above all, a social fighter when it comes to uncovering the truths. In this wonderful book, we have the opportunity to walk the path through the eyes of this great woman and understand the ins and outs of both her personal life, those face-to-face encounters with journalism, and everything else she had to face: from a kidnapping, until the United Nations' Human Rights Committee ruling in her favor and against the Mexican government for violation to her human rights.

Es un viaje que nos permite acompa ar a la prestigiosa Lydia Cacho a trav s de su carrera, sus obst culos, sus querencias, sus fallas, sus deseos y sus pasiones. Es un libro que ense a desde lo m s humano hasta lo m s profesional a hacer de la vida una pasi n y que cada uno de nosotros persigamos lo que deseamos alcanzar. En el caso de Lydia, no s lo son historias: es la creencia plena de la justicia y del valor del ser humano. El nombre de Lydia Cacho es un nombre que resuena en cada uno de nosotros por distintos temas: b squeda de justicia, protecci n a mujeres, feminista, pero sobre todo luchadora social cuando de encontrar la verdad se trata. En este maravilloso libro, tenemos la oportunidad de andar el camino a trav s de los ojos de esta gran mujer y entender los recovecos tanto de su vida personal, como de esos encuentros con el periodismo cara a cara y todo lo que tuvo que enfrentar: desde un secuestro, hasta el fallo a su favor este 2019. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION This memoir is a trip that invites us to go along with prestigious Lydia Cacho through her career, her obstacles, her desires, her failures, and her passions. It is a book that teaches us, from a human and also professional aspect, to take life with great passion, and that we should all pursue anything that we wish to achieve. In Lydia's case, they are not only stories: it is the full belief in justice and the value of human life. Lydia Cacho is a name that resonates in each of us for different reasons: her search for justice, her ongoing defense of women, feminism, but especially her fight for social justice and getting to the truth. In this wonderful book, we are able to take this journey through the eyes of this great woman and understand the ins and outs of her personal life, as well as her face-to-face encounters with real journalism and every obstacle that she had to face: from her kidnapping through the court's ruling in her favor this 2019.

With contributions from seven of Mexico's finest journalists, this is reportage at its bravest and most necessary - it has the power to change the world's view of their country, and by the force of its truth, to start to heal the country's many sorrows. Supported the Arts Council Grant's for the Arts Programme and by PEN PromotesVeering between carnival and apocalypse, Mexico has in the last ten years become the epicentre of the international drug trade. The so-called "war on drugs" has been a brutal and chaotic failure (more than 160,000 lives have been lost). The drug cartels and the forces of law and order are often in collusion, corruption is everywhere. Life is cheap and inconvenient people - the poor, the unlucky, the honest or the inquisitive - can be "disappeared" leaving not a trace behind (in September 2015, more than 26,798 were officially registered as "not located"). Yet people in all walks of life have refused to give up. Diego Enrique Osorno and Juan Villoro tell stories of teenage prostitution and Mexico's street children. Anabel Hernández and Emiliano Ruiz Parra give chilling accounts of the "disappearance" of forty-three students and the murder of a self-educated land lawyer. Sergio González Rodríguez and Marcela Turati dissect the impact of the violence on the victims and those left behind, while Lydia Cacho contributes a journal of what it is like to live every day of your life under threat of death. Reading these accounts we begin to understand the true nature of the meltdown of democracy, obscured by lurid headlines, and the sheer physical and intellectual courage needed to oppose it.

El libro presenta c mo la cadena comienza con el abuso sexual infantil, la explotaci n sexual, el turismo sexual con menores, el comercio sexual con hombres de poder, la protecci n tanto polic aca como pol tica de los pederastas, la pornograf a, el lavado de dinero, el tr fico de influencias. Todos ellos englobados en una poderosa y peligrosa red mundial de crimen organizado. El libro se centra en el famoso caso de Jean Succar Kuri, un hotelero de origen liban s, residente norteamericano, que comete abuso sexual de menores en Canc n y es protegido tanto por autoridades locales como por pol ticos de gran envergadura, que incluso participan del delito de corrupci n de menores. Protegidos de las autoridades en un Refugio para V ctimas del delito de una ONG en Canc n, los menores denuncian los hechos que, contra toda predicci n, prueban los delitos ante la Procuradur a General de Justicia. Gracias a su valiente testimonio Succar Kuri es arrestado en Arizona y actualmente est pendiente de juicio por los delitos federales, respaldados por las pruebas aportadas por sus v ctimas. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION This book presents the chain reaction of child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, sexual tourism with minors, the sex business of powerful men, police and political protection of pedophiles, pornography, money laundering, and the trafficking of influence. All of this, encompassed in a powerful and dangerous global web of organized crime. The book focuses on the famous case of Jean Succar Kuri, a Lebanese hotelier residing in North America, who commits child sexual abuse in Cancun and is protected as much by local authorities as by influential politicians, who even take part in the crime of the corruption of minors. Protected from the authorities in an NGO safe house in Cancun, the minors report the facts that, against all predictions, prove the crimes before the Attorney General. Thanks to their brave testimony, Succar Kuri is arrested in Arizona and is currently awaiting trial for federal crimes, based on the proof provided by his victims.

Illegal, inhuman, and impervious to recession, there is one trade that continues to thrive, just out of sight. The international sex trade criss-crosses the entire globe, a sinister network made up of criminal masterminds, local handlers, corrupt policemen, wilfully blind politicians, eager consumers, and countless exploited women and children. In this ground-breaking work of investigative reporting, the celebrated journalist Lydia Cacho follows the trail of the traffickers and their victims from Mexico to Turkey, Thailand to Iraq, Georgia to the UK, to expose the trade's hidden links with the tourist industry, internet pornography, drugs and arms smuggling, the selling of body organs, money laundering, and even terrorism. Shocking and sobering, Slavery Inc. is an exceptional book, both for the colossal scope of its enquiry, and for the tenacious bravery with which Cacho pursues the truth.