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Benjamín Santamaría, “El Rey Mono,” born in Mexico City, is an accomplished writer, journalist, poet, actor, teacher and longstanding activist for the human rights of children. A recent Convention refugee in Canada, he fled Mexico in the summer of 2002. He published two books in Spanish aimed at raising youth awareness of social justice issues: Don't Forget, Mexico 68 and The Rights of Boys and Girls (Only For Those Under 18 Years Old), a friendly version of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. In 1997, he was appointed the first Ombudsman for the children of Mexico. Since coming... Read More
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Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2005
Price: $15.95
The first night I went to work at the shelter, the attendant said,
“You know they will not rest.”
I stood in the doorway of the dormitory crowded with children.
In the dark, the nightmares would come, but rest would not.
Empowering Mexico’s vulnerable street children is no easy task when the dangers... Read more >
