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On Monday, Education Minister Mario Delgado announced that this year, all public primary school students received the Rita Cetina scholarship: a one-off payment of 2,500 pesos (US $147) to put…


Banxico said that the upward revision to its 2026 growth forecast was due to “stronger-than-expected economic growth during the second quarter,” a period in which Mexico’s economy grew 1.4% compared…

The Jalisco capital’s metropolitan zone, which also includes Zapopan and Tlaquepaque, was battered hard Sunday by heavy rain and strong wind gusts.

Federal agents intercepted three gun-runners just south of the U.S. border, resulting in the seizure of 195 long guns, 15 short guns and an undisclosed amount of magazines.

For 30 years, one product category ruled Mexican exports without interruption: automobiles and auto parts. That era just ended. CEO of AmCham Pedro Casas reveals what’s coming down the conveyor…

On Friday, Governor Samuel García announced the construction of two new bridges at the Colombia-Laredo Port of Entry and reiterated plans for a viaduct connecting the Salinas Victoria industrial zone…

The stele features engravings alluding to a symbolic event in which two elite figures, seated and wearing elaborate attire, receive a fluid from a divine entity holding a vessel on…

Are popular cheeses like feta and manchego generic or region-specific? Mexico has already agreed with the EU that the latter is the case, which the U.S. claims threatens its US…

Zacatecas Attorney General Cristian Camacho said Monday that authorities were investigating whether the attack was linked to the capture on Saturday of an 18-year-old man who is allegedly a sicario…

If all goes according to plan, the Mexican team, under UNAM physicist Antonio Ortiz Velásquez, will contribue to an international project at the famous atom-smashing CERN Large Hadron Collider.



What makes a Charro? Why, just Mexico’s last emperor, some cowboys and centuries of Mexican history.

MND contributor Carolina Alvarado offers four reasons why “A Child of My Own” pushes past the traditional true crime formula.

Recent high-level talks between Mexico and the U.S. to curb illegal immigration came with an unusual request from the Trump administration.

Canadian cenote hunters David Palmer and Doris Demers have written a guidebook to the Yucatán Peninsula’s most spectacular sinkholes, and have shared tips on visiting some of their favorites.

MND contributor Katy Alivraz unravels the mystery behind Diego Rivera’s claims that he used an ancient encaustic painting technique in his mural, “La Creación.”

Baja California generally, and Los Cabos specifically, lead Mexico in foreign direct tourism investment. Writer Chris Sands looks at where the money is coming from, and what it’s being used…



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