Almost a year has passed since the US downgraded Mexico’s rating, and there are signs it won’t recover it after a new assessment in June.
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Oaxaca lagoon turns pink; locals blame lack of oxygen in water
A lagoon on the Oaxaca coast has turned bright pink, a phenomenon locals believe is related to a lack of oxygen in the water.
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Guerrero fishermen seek aid after thousands of dead fish appear in lagoon
Large numbers of fish have died in a Guerrero lagoon in recent days, leading local fishermen to appeal to authorities for financial support.
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‘There are no jobs:’ Doctors continue to insist there is no shortage of medics
A week after the federal government said it would hire 500 Cuban doctors, Mexican doctors continue to insist that there is already a surplus.
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Mexico’s best hospitals: located in Mexico City, Médica Sur ranked No. 1
Médica Sur made it to the top for the second year in a row. It was one of two Mexican hospitals on the list of the top 250 in the world.
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Families of the missing direct their pleas for help to crime gangs in Sonora
The families of Sonora’s missing are appealing directly to criminal organizations, a trend one expert says shows little trust in authorities.
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High-impact crime down in Mexico City; homicides see steady annual decline
A range of high-impact crimes have declined in Mexico City since the current federal government took office in late 2018.
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Indigenous communities get no help against constant criminal threats
Cartels kidnap and extort them and steal their natural resources, but their pleas to federal officials for intervention have gone unanswered.
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Fireworks ‘castle’ topples on crowd during state of México celebration
Five people, including two children, were injured when part of a fireworks “castle” fell into the crowd at a fair near Toluca, México state.
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Chief justice’s visit with inmates highlights the vices of preventative prison
Supreme Court head Arturo Zaldívar said after touring a women’s prison that pretrial detention should be the exception rather than the rule.
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Internal investigations by National Guard indicate extortion is a major problem
Hundreds of National Guard members have been investigated for extortion, suggesting that the practice is a significant problem.
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Teachers earning less than 20,000 pesos get 7.5% pay hike
Low earning teachers are set for a 7.5% pay hike, the education minister confirmed on Sunday at an event for Teachers’ Day.
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Firefighters attempt to beat record and climb 53 stories in 11 minutes
Climbing over 1,400 stairs as fast as possible was the goal for some 250 firefighters in a tower running race in a Mexico City skyscraper.
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Like his predecessor, new Guerrero bishops seeks dialogue with the narcos
A new bishop in Guerrero hopes to build working relationships with the region’s criminals, following in the footsteps of his predecessor.
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174 temporary shelters installed as BCS prepares for hurricane season
At least 65,000 people live in areas classified as vulnerable and susceptible to flooding due to hurricanes.
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Lunar eclipse: Yucatán tradition saves moon from ‘being eaten’
Some citizens of Yucatán on Sunday saved the moon from being devoured by an aggressive celestial creature.
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AMLO halts vehicle inspections, fears economic impact on citizens
A new inspection requirement for light vehicles appears doomed after President López Obrador rejected it due to the cost to motorists.
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Breaching whale lands on boat in Sinaloa, injuring 4
Several tourists in Topolobampo were injured on Saturday after their boat got too close to a breaching whale.
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Authorities have shut down 23 narco-labs in Michoacán since 2018
A freedom of information request has revealed the number of illegal drug laboratories that the army has busted in Michoacán since 2018.
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Uniting the states of America: the week at the morning press conferences
The president marked Mother’s Day, revealed a shiny pistol he was gifted by Cuba, and quoted Gabriel García Márquez.
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150 skulls in Chiapas were not narco victims after all
A cave full of skulls found near the southern border was the result of a pre-Hispanic ritual, not cartel violence as originally thought.
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Sheep jailed for grazing in someone else’s pasture
Two Oaxaca sheep did time in a municipal jail this week after they were found illicitly grazing on the grounds of a local school.
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Central bank ups interest rate to 7%; analysts expect it go higher still
The Bank of México has raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.5% yet again, citing high inflation and global financial trends.
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While AMLO looks after the bad guys, ‘Who looks after the rest of us?’
Politicians and civil society leaders took aim at the president after he said that his government looks after soldiers but also criminals.
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Respect for democracy a condition for attending Summit of the Americas: US official
The U.S. government appears unlikely to invite the presidents of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to the ninth edition of the regional forum.
