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news El Financiero 2026-05-18

CIDH: Mexican State's Acquiescence to Disappearances Echoes 'I Would Prefer Not To'

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) report criticizes the Mexican state's passive approach to over 128,000 disappearances, likening its inaction to the literary character Bartleby's refusal to act.


A partir de la figura literaria de Bartleby, Marlene Mizrahi cuestiona la omisión institucional frente a más de 128 mil personas desaparecidas y plantea la necesidad de legislar claramente la responsabilidad de funcionarios que “prefieren no ver”. <p>“I would prefer not to” o “preferiría no hacerlo”, es la frase con la que Bartleby, el protagonista del cuento de Herman Melville declina cada tarea hasta morir a causa de ello.</p><p>Bartleby es contratado por un abogado de Wall Street como copista...

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