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Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Trucks wait to cross the border in Ciudad Juárez.

Wait times worsen at the US border: 10 hours to cross at Ciudad Juárez-El Paso

Only crossings in Baja California are operating normally

  • This PETZ is gobbling garbage in Acapulco.

    PETZ devours plastic on beaches in Sonora, Colima and Guerrero

    Large fish-shaped containers have been showing up on several Mexican beaches as part of a campaign to promote the recycling of PET plastic bottles.

    April 3
  • The offending statue, on Paseo de la Reforma.

    Take down statues of Columbus, Cortés, Mexico City lawmaker urges

    Another politician is attempting to scrub away the centuries-deep stain of the Spanish conquest of Mexico by calling for statues to be removed.

    April 3
  • Smoke in the mountains of the Triunfo biosphere reserve.

    Fire consumes 130 hectares in Chiapas biosphere reserve

    Over 130 hectares of virgin pine and oak forest have been consumed by a week-long wildfire in a southern Chiapas biosphere reserve.

    April 3
  • cancun hotels

    Tourist industry declares crisis for lack of marketing, US tourism decline

    The Mexican tourism industry is in crisis due to a lack of marketing and insecurity, the president of the National Tourism Business Council said.

    April 3
  • Tobacco pickers in Nayarit.

    Nayarit leads in tobacco production but wants to see more

    Nayarit is easily the largest tobacco-producing state in Mexico, accounting for 84% of national production, but there is significant potential to grow more.

    April 2
  • The army-designed PAX-100 automatic pistol is about to go into production.

    Military working on 10 weapons projects, including automatic pistol

    The Mexican military is currently undertaking 10 high-tech weapons projects including the imminent manufacture of a new automatic pistol.

    April 2
  • Thousands of travelers have been affected by a labor dispute at Interjet.

    Interjet flight cancellations have affected 11,000 passengers

    The airline cancelled 75 flights between March 25 and 31 due to crew shortages triggered by a labor dispute, affecting 11,936 passengers.

    April 2
  • Orozco, left, and López Obrador present plans for the new cultural center.

    AMLO announces cultural center for site of Mexico City army barracks

    A new cultural center touted as the biggest in the world will be established on a military site in Mexico City, President López Obrador announced.

    April 2
  • Officials in Zihuatanejo prepare to remove crocodile.

    Crocodile captured while wandering in Zihuatanejo

    Dogs set off the alarm yesterday when an unwelcome visitor took an early-morning ramble in Zihuatanejo, Guerrero.

    April 2

OPINION

  • Sure, there are other pressing matters, but why shouldn’t Spain apologize?

    Apologies for things that happened long ago in which the perpetrators were entire countries are not unprecedented.

    April 2
  • Siesta time at the job site.

    Construction begins, and the first challenge is erecting the scaffolding

    The noise of rotohammers and the songs of laborers fill our crumbling house with a discordance only experienced during a Mexican construction project.

    March 29
  • Mexican soldiers will don a new uniform to form the national guard.

    National guard another costly institutional reform whose potential is uncertain

    The new force is another step closer to taking up arms, but the logic behind its creation and its potential for improving the security remain uncertain.

    March 22

MEXICO LIFE

  • Everyone’s a rock star. Felipe Reyes poses with his guitar.

    Tuesdays in Taxqueña, the flea market of musical brotherhood

    The Bazar Músico Cultural de Taxqueña is Mexico City’s mecca for used instruments and musical paraphernalia.

    April 3
  • A Mexico City VW bus fanatic offers roadtrips and even weddings in the iconic van.

    A Volkswagen bus roadtrip: ‘Don’t turn on the air — we’ll never make it’

    A trip from Mexico to Quebec changed everything for Jorge Reich and left him with his father’s passion for the Volkswagen bus.

    April 1
Swarms of monarch butterflies at the El Rosario Sanctuary.

Return visit to butterfly sanctuary reveals changes, not all of which are good

It had been over eight years since I last visited the El Rosario butterfly sanctuary located near the community of  FULL STORY

March 29

MORE NEWS

  • The mayor chats with the overweight student.

    Mayor causes a stir with comments about girl’s obesity

    April 2
  • President's hope is in green, actual since 2000 in red.

    Government reduces growth forecasts, but AMLO disagrees

    April 2
  • Mayor Castro was criticized by her party for planning to lease an armored GM Yukon.

    Morena criticizes lack of austerity by Los Cabos government

    April 2
  • Christopher Carr examines an ancient quarry in Campeche

    Evidence of extensive Mayan farms indicates more complex economy than thought

    April 2
  • Cuauhtocho, an archaeological site in Veracruz that received no visitors last year.

    Graffiti and garbage mark some of Mexico’s forgotten archaeological sites

    April 2
  • Medical supplies are running short at eight Chihuahua hospitals.

    Shortage of medications worsens for Chihuahua hospitals

    April 1
  • A long line of trucks waits to cross the border between Juárez and El Paso.

    After agents moved to deal with migrants, long wait times at border

    April 1
  • AMLO gets a warm reception in San Luis Potosí.

    New airport under consideration for San Luis Potosí

    April 1
  • bank of mexico

    Analysts reduce their inflation forecast—and growth

    April 1

MORE RECENT STORIES

  • Security Secretary Durazo: less corrupt times ahead.

    Security chief: corruption was protected, supported at highest levels

    April 1
  • Pre-Hispanic ceremony precedes a consultation on development in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

    Big plans for the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, but does the isthmus want them?

    April 1
  • On your knees: Puebla state police forced to kneel by an armed civilian.

    Armed civilians kidnap, detain 11 Puebla cops for 24 hours

    April 1
  • Cavallaro at work on his border wall.

    Message behind cheesy border wall is that it’s wasteful: artist

    April 1
  • Trucks carry Mexican exports into the US at a Juárez-El Paso border crossing.

    US repeats threat of border closure if Mexico doesn’t stop migrants

    April 1
  • A daycare with real children. Some have phantoms.

    Daycare audit finds 50,000 children who don’t exist

    March 30
  • A woolly mammoth's mandible on display at the new exhibition

    INAH opens Mexican paleontology exhibition in Mexico City

    March 30
  • Burning boats in Thursday's clash in San Felipe.

    Fishermen’s leader: ‘repression and persecution’ continue

    March 30
  • Thieves had got as far as putting a chain around the vault when police arrived.

    Backhoe bank heist foiled in Yautepec, Morelos

    March 30
  • The $25,000 taco.

    World’s most expensive taco is back, this time in Quintana Roo

    March 30
  • Volkswagen bugs at last year's Guayafest.

    Volkswagen enthusiasts gather this weekend in Nayarit

    March 30
  • A banana plantation in Michoacán.

    Banana exports up 7.9% last year, breaking a record

    March 30

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