Mexico has experienced a water crisis for the last decade due to a combination of factors. Drought, overexploitation, inadequate infrastructure, mismanagement of water supplies and contamination have all stolen the headlines at one point or another. Despite record dryness, however, poor rainfall and overexploitation of aquifers are far from the only issues facing the Mexican […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pets are not forgotten during Mexico’s famed Day of the Dead celebrations, when even Fido and Tiger get a place at the altars Mexican families set up to honor their deceased loved ones, complete with flowers, candles and photographs. Though the human dead usually get their favorite food or drink placed […]
In 2014, after the disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa normalistas in Mexico, Silván and other CentroGeo professionals joined the scientific advisory board on the case. During the search for the students, different civilian groups and government brigades detected dozens of illegal graves. In less than 10 months, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office counted 60 sites and […]
On the outskirts of Puebla in central Mexico sits an area on the Atoyac River known as Nueva Alemania, or “New Germany”. Between two factories, under-construction houses pepper streets with names such as Frankfurt, Hamburg, Kiel, Hanover and Berlin. New Germany is part of a broader region, an industrial district covering about 4,000 square kilometres […]
Police caution tape marks the area around a body lying on the street in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico. (AP pic) MEXICO CITY: Authorities in Mexico’s Sinaloa state said on Sunday that at least 14 people were killed the day before amid a wave of violence that erupted after drug trafficker Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada’s arrest […]
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has confirmed that her government will seek to enshrine a ban on e-cigarettes and vapes in the country’s constitution by the end of the year. Though the move is driven by public health concerns, it has prompted fears that it would only boost a thriving black market for vapes in the […]
Televisa Group achieved a net profit of 0.6665 billion pesos ($33.59 million) in the third quarter of 2024. This result contrasts sharply with the 0.9185 billion peso ($46.29 million) loss recorded in the same period of 2023. The turnaround reflects several key improvements in the company’s financial health. The company’s operating profit before other expenses […]
Perched in the foothills of the Sierra Madre, a day’s drive northeast of Mexico City, the village of Chicontepec keeps the lore of a Mesoamerican monster alive. Details of this ancient creature are shared only in hushed whispers, in stories told behind closed doors—doors that are, ideally, guarded by hanging garlic. Beware the teyollohcuani, a […]
President Claudia Sheinbaum asserted Tuesday that the recently enacted judicial reform — which allows citizens to directly elect all judges in Mexico — will be an “example to the world” in how to create a robust judiciary. “If [there is] something we’re doing in Mexico that is going to be an example to the world […]
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