• Home
  • News
    ▼
    • Coronavirus
  • Opinion
  • Life
  • People
Skip to content
Sunday, March 7, 2021

CLICK HERE FOR ALL CORONAVIRUS NEWS
Chicoloapan Mayor Gómez

The number of women holding elected office in Mexico has soared 71% in 5 years

Gender parity is almost a reality in state and federal legislatures

  • tijuana restaurant

    CDMX hospital occupancy continues to drop; Baja California to go yellow

    The capital will remain at the high risk level on the coronavirus stoplight map next week even though hospital occupancy continues to decline.

    March 5
  • One of the cable cars suspended above the borough of Gustavo A. Madero.

    Mexico City begins operating first leg of new cable car line

    The city government has opened the first section in the north of the capital that officials say will cut travel time and reduce inequality.

    March 5
  • Dog washes start at 60 pesos at youngster's new business.

    Boy, 7, launches dog wash service to pay for veterinary studies

    Jonathan Oziel, 7, of Nuevo León wants to be a veterinarian when he grows up. His new business venture is helping fund his future studies.

    March 5
  • A scene from the award-winning film,

    Mexican filmmaker’s Cop Movie wins Silver Bear at Berlin festival

    A film by acclaimed Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios has garnered a Silver Bear for editing at this year’s festival.

    March 5
  • Cartel shows off its tank in Aguililla.

    Jalisco cartel shows off its fire power, parades narco-tank in Michoacán

    Six heavily-armed men and one women rode on the tank as it was paraded in broad daylight in El Aguaje, a town in Aguililla.

    March 5
  • Youths toke up at the pot market adjacent to the Senate building in Mexico City.

    Federal lawmakers expected to vote next week to legalize recreational use of pot

    A bill that would legalize possession of up to 28 grams and the cultivation of up to six plants could be approved next Tuesday.

    March 5
  • A health worker in Jalisco dispenses gel

    Jalisco to implement special measures to combat Covid during Holy Week

    Authorities in Jalisco will implement a range of special measures over the Easter vacation period to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

    March 4
  • Aleida Ruiz: a 15-year-old in Oaxaca takes on violence against women

    An activist, feminist, dancer and writer is living proof that it’s never too soon to start working toward a more peaceful and equitable world.

    March 4
  • Security Minister Rodríguez

    ‘The crime party:’ 7 states at higher risk of criminal elements interfering in elections

    The federal government has identified those states with an elevated risk of interference by organized crime in the electoral process.

    March 4

MEXICO LIFE

  • Historian Francisco Gallegos Franco wrote down stories that have been repeated by locals for hundreds of years as part of Tepatitlán, Jalisco's oral history.

    An 1800s mechanic who ‘could fix anything’ left his mark on a Jalisco city

    He was so renowned in his city that the street where a grateful textile manufacturer once gave him a free home is named after him.

    March 5
  • Mezcal Rambhá's founder Rosario Ángeles came from a family of tomato farmers in Oaxaca who thought she was crazy to start a distillery.

    In an unstable, uncertain year, these folks dared to live their dream

    Lydia Carey features five Mexican businesses that opened in 2020 after Covid-19 created the most unstable economic environment in decades.

    March 4
  • Chipileña baker Dominga Zanella prepares small loaves of pintha.

    Italian bread brought here 140 years ago still a staple in one Puebla town

    Families in Chipilo treasure their recipes for this adaptation of an Old World sweet cornbread that’s been made in this community since 1882.

    March 3
  • Whales of Guerrero educates Zihuatanejo-area locals about the value of marine conservation and ocean health while promoting sustainable tourism projects.

    Marine protection fundraiser takes its annual concert virtual this year

    The NGO Whales of Guerrero teaches Zihuatanejo locals marine conservation but also helps them find environmentally sustainable income streams.

    March 2
  • A fish chowder made with salmon is truly decadent.

    Salmon: as many ways to make it as there are fish in the sea

    In chowder, burgers, salad, rice bowls, — the variety of delicious ways you can use this fish will definitely keep your mealtimes interesting.

    March 1
  • “De Isla” by América Rodríguez, who studied at UNAM, then stayed on in Mexico City.

    Former Caribbean art students’ careers thrive across the sea in Mexico

    A short-lived UNAM program meant to open its doors to foreign art students left behind a legacy of artists with careers here.

    February 27

OPINION

  • migrants in tapachula

    Mexico’s increasingly complicated immigration policy (dilemma)

    The president nimbly dealt with the issue of Mexican workers in the US last week but punted on the thornier issue on its southern border.

    March 5
  • Average Mexicans' easy access to a wide variety of high-quality foods is one of the everyday signs of its slowly but steadily growing affluence.

    Despite visible reminders of poverty, Mexico’s affluence trends upward

    Late-model cars and well-stocked supermarkets are everyday signs proving what statistics show: Mexico’s poverty rate is mostly declining.

    March 4
  • When Mexico's kids go back to school, it won't look like this.

    When that green stoplight sends our kids back to school, we must be ready

    A plan for safe in-person classes, vaccines for teachers, and keeping schools out of bankruptcy will all be crucial. Just how ready are we?

    March 3

MORE NEWS

  • Pochutla police

    Cops suspended after violent arrest of couple not wearing face masks

    March 4
  • Cancún airport

    In Cancún, international travelers can clear immigration in less than 2 minutes

    March 4
  • woman and children

    Census data shows narco violence widowed 45,000 women between 2010 and 2020

    March 4
  • The Sinovac vaccine

    Vaccine was shipped without paperwork; 800,000 doses remain in storage

    March 4
  • Women march in Guadalajara last year.

    Authorities used excessive force, sexual violence to silence protesting women: Amnesty

    March 3
  • la parisiense bakery

    Century-old bakery is Covid victim in San Luis Potosí

    March 3
  • Operators at the C5 Command Center in Zapopan.

    In Jalisco, panic buttons protect over 500 women from domestic violence

    March 3
  • Ana Lilia López Torres

    Wife of ex-governor wanted for corruption pleads for halt to ‘political persecution’

    March 3
  • cfe

    AMLO insists electricity bill doesn’t violate constitution but a court challenge is likely

    March 3

MORE RECENT STORIES

  • Aristeo Baca

    Chihuahua priest sentenced to 34 years for sexual assault of altar girl, 8

    March 3
  • Candidates for vaccination await their turn.

    Covid vaccinations give Morena party a shot in the arm for Congressional elections

    March 3
  • economic growth forecasts

    Analysts see rule of law, crime, corruption as biggest barriers to investment

    March 3
  • mexican beach

    Tourism businesses hope for Holy Week visitors but some beaches will be closed

    March 2
  • Nearly 11 years of rising remittances.

    Remittances spike 26% in January to nearly US $3.3 billion

    March 2
  • López Obrador and Biden

    AMLO invited Joe Biden to visit newly-constructed roads in Oaxaca

    March 2
  • coronavirus patient

    Another 25,000 Covid deaths forecast by June 1 but Easter could be negative factor

    March 2
  • continental factory

    German auto parts maker to invest US $72 million in San Luis Potosí

    March 2
  • hospital

    Fear of Covid blamed for massive decline in reports of common ailments

    March 2
  • López Obrador and senior officials during Monday's meeting with the US president.

    Mexico-US summit: ‘Lucky Mexico, so close to God and not too far from the United States’

    March 2
  • cfe

    CFE reverses decision to withhold information about power blackout

    March 1
  • mayan woman

    ‘Living tourism:’ new kind of experience is the vision for Maya Ka’an region of Quintana Roo

    March 1

MOST POPULAR

  1. Jalisco cartel shows off its fire power, parades narco-tank in Michoacán
  2. An 1800s mechanic who ‘could fix anything’ left his mark on…
  3. Federal lawmakers expected to vote next week to legalize recreational use of pot
  4. Boy, 7, launches dog wash service to pay for veterinary studies
  5. Mexico City begins operating first leg of new cable car line
THE MND POLL

What do you think?

THE STORY: Electricity law could represent another blow for foreign investment: analysts

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

Mexico's English-language newspaper

© 2021 Laughing Gecko Holdings SA de CV

    MENU

    • Home
    • News
      • Coronavirus
    • Opinion
    • Life
    • People

    MND

  • Log in or subscribe
  • Subscription FAQs
  • Email newsletters
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Jobs
  • Privacy
Send this to a friend