After sharing his personal experience in the project known as “Don Quijote’s Leftwingers”, whose goal was to translate alternative texts into English in order to provide a counter-weight to the abundant translation of alternative articles from English, the author reflects upon the manipulative role played by the media for more than a century. This experience and his reflection upon both the role of the alternative media and the importance of translation for the media serves as an introduction to Tlaxcala, the network of translators for language diversity.