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News One concern cited in the report was the governments continued use of soldiers for everyday public security tasks despite the agencys recommendations. Mexico fell short on human rights file in 2020: international rights commission Report cites a gap between laws protecting human rights and Mexicans actual experience Published on Monday, April 19, 2021 15shares The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has criticized the Mexican government for failing to guara...

On April 22 and 23, U.S. President Joe Biden hosts the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate. The goal of the conference is to bring countries together to meet the long-term goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by capping greenhouse gas emissions. Overall, 40 countries are slated to participate in the Earth Day summit. Seven Latin American and Caribbean countries have been invited, including the five largest emitters of carbon dioxide in the region —Mexico, Brazil, Arg...

News The killing of Giovanni López by police for not wearing a face mask, which sparked protests, was cited in the Amnesty International Report. Amnesty International report critical of human rights violations in Mexico Unlawful killings, arbitrary detentions, gender violence among the violations cited Published on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 3shares Unlawful killings, arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances and violence against women and girls are among a range of huma...

News Carlos Slim (center) in 2017, hobnobbing with the rich and famous: former Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto (left) and actor Leonardo DiCaprio (right). Carlos Slim tops Forbes’ list of Mexico’s richest people Despite the pandemic, the moguls net wealth increased to US $55.93 billion Published on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 2shares Forbes magazine list of Mexico’s richest people. Forbes México said that the average wealth of the 36 Mexican billionaires on its 2021 ...

0share A dilapidated shed on a potholed road in the heart of Mexico’s Unesco-protected Calakmul biosphere is an unlikely war room.  But it is from here that the Regional Indigenous and Popular Council of Xpujil (Cripx), a local NGO, has launched a legal battle to stop President López Obrador’s $7.8-billion Maya Train project in its tracks.  Cripx and local farmers are worried about the environmental impact of running diesel engines through the habitat of endangered jaguars in a landscape...

The Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City is one of the country’s largest cultural centres. It is among several public arts institutions that has been employing staff members on more precarious freelance contracts Milton Martínez/Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México As Mexico’s cultural economy enters the second year of the pandemic, a funding crisis and accusations of favouritism towards a few projects are threatening the long-term survival of the country�...

Judge orders definitive suspension of Maya Train construction in Yucatán Two sections of the project have been suspended over environmental concerns Published on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 233shares A federal judge has ordered the definitive suspension of the Maya Train railroad project in three Yucatán municipalities. Yucatán-based Judge Karla Domínguez Aguilar ordered a halt to construction work in Mérida, Izamal and Chocholá in a decision handed down on Monday. The ruling, which a...

Coronavirus Masks should be obligatory in all federal and state facilities, say 400 signatories to a letter to the president. Letter to AMLO calls for mandatory face masks, other measures ‘to save lives’ Academics, scientists and others offer seven recommendations for handling Covid Published on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 105shares More than 400 academics, scientists, writers, lawmakers and others have signed a letter to President López Obrador that proposes making face ...

Chichén Itzá to open new site, new experience in 2022 Chichén Viejo is set deep in the jungle and vegetation will be left in its natural state Published on Monday, February 1, 2021 1.5Kshares A new section of the Chichén Iztá archaeological site will open to the public in 2022, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has announced. Called Chichén Viejo, or Old Chichén, the new section is set deep in jungle in an area 900 meters south of El Castillo, the towering pyra...

Mexico, China & the US: A Changing Dynamic Warmer relations between AMLO and Beijing could create a security conundrum for the U.S. The site of the Dos Bocas refinery project in Tabasco state, Mexico.Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg via Getty Images In the ancient Chinese game of Go, players gradually place black and white pieces on a wooden board, competing for strategic positioning. If China and the U.S. have recently been locked in something of a Go match over influence in Latin America, Chin...