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When Mexico overhauled its judiciary in 2024, it made history — but a messy first election has prompted Sheinbaum to propose a significant rewrite of the rules.


Sheinbaum confirmed the approval of Mexico’s new ambassador to the United States at her Thursday morning presser, ahead of a planned meeting with the visiting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security.

With the 2026 World Cup three weeks away, we look at the Mexican national team’s past World Cup performances — the wins, the losses and the fifth-game curse.

Mexico City’s international airport is racing to finish a year-long renovation, with 2,000 workers on site and the June 11 World Cup kickoff closing in.

Authorities arrested a mayor, a former mayor and four other officials in Morelos as part of federal anti-corruption operation, alleging ties to the Sinaloa Cartel.

Moody’s joins Fitch and S&P in giving Mexico a barely investment-grade rating, and all three lay a share of the blame on Pemex’s subsidies.

President Sheinbaum issued a decree in April that opened the door for major ship activity in and around the small Baja Peninsula port town.

Even teams with one or more games scheduled in Mexico chose to stay elsewhere, citing logistics, infrastructure and travel considerations.


Just as “The Office” was hilarious in English, “La Oficina,” the Spanish language version of the hit series set in Mexico, is too.

Restoring green spaces through urban reforestation on the periphery of Mexico City is no easy matter. But climate activists are making a difference, one tree at a time.


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