Mexican president’s popularity soars even as country faces persistent turmoil
Amlo’s pension program helped boost his approval rating, but critics point to his various shortcomings as his term nears its end Life isn’t easy for...
Category : Mexico
Photographer shot dead in fifth journalist killing in Mexico in 2023
Body of Ismael Villagómez found in a car as the Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the killing to be investigated A photographer for a...
‘A painful loss for our community’: Mexico’s queer population demands answers in magistrate death
Queer activists protest after first non-binary magistrate in nation Jesús Ociel Baena and partner found dead in home Against the bland, beige backdrop of Mexico’s...
Mexico’s first openly non-binary magistrate found dead at home
Authorities look into Jesús Ociel Baena’s cause of death as activists urge full investigation into gender identity-related threats Mexico’s first openly non-binary magistrate and a...
Netflix’s movie Hurricane Season stirs debate over violent depiction of Mexico
Based on the prize-winning book by Fernanda Melchor, film depicts brutality stemming from ‘war on drugs’ that began in 2006 A group of children find...
On mute: Tijuana passes law banning ballads praising Mexican drug trade
Politicians have long sought to silence the genre, but previous clampdowns have only boosted its popularity A typical song by Peso Pluma, one of Mexico’s...
Mexico authorities find 123 people trapped in locked trailer
Majority of migrants rescued in Matehuala were from Central and South America and included 34 children Authorities have found 123 people from Central and South...
‘The children screamed for hours’: horrors of Hurricane Otis leave devastation for Acapulco’s poorest
Mexico’s Pacific coast was battered by 165mph winds and torrential rain on 25 October. Thousands lost their homes and many now have too little food...
Acapulco: nearly 100 dead and missing after Hurricane Otis, officials say
Governor of Guerrero state says 45 confirmed dead and 47 others missing after ferocious storm hit Mexican city on Wednesday The number of people dead...
Death toll rises to 39 after Hurricane Otis strikes Mexican coast
Government says further 10 people unaccounted for in wake of storm that hit Acapulco with 165mph winds The death toll from a devastating hurricane that...
