Friday, July 26, 2024
Pedro Casas Alatriste, CEO of AmCham

5 questions about the elections aftermath with Pedro Casas, CEO of...

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The peso, the court, the cabinet — what's next? Pedro Casas of AmCham breaks down the flurry of political and business headlines since Mexico's elections.
Mexican divers Alejandro Orozco and Gabriela Agúndez pose with the Olympic rings in Paris.

Who is representing Mexico at the opening ceremony of the Olympics...

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Mexico's top female diver and a promising modern pentathlete were selected to bear Mexico's tricolor banner.
Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda, 68, was an accomplished businessman and influential politician in Sinaloa.

Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda, former mayor of Culiacán, is murdered

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The federal deputy-elect and former mayor of Culiacán, Sinaloa, was attacked hours after leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel were detained in Texas.
Valeria Moy head shot

Opinion: What would a USMCA review look like for Mexico if Trump wins?

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Valeria Moy, an economist and director of IMCO think tank, tackles this question and the pitfalls Mexico could face in upcoming trade negotiations.
A massive sinkhole opened up along Guadalajara's main boulevard on Thursday morning

Huge sinkhole causes chaos in Guadalajara

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A 10-meter-wide sinkhole had traffic stopped throughout Guadalajara on Thursday, and authorities expect repairs to take at least 10 days.
Rain

¡The climate está loco!: Words to discuss Mexican weather

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From sol to lluvía to remembering your paraguas, what vocabulary do you need to discuss Mexico's changing climate?
Ismael El Mayo Zambada and Joaquin Guzmán López

Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and a son of ‘El Chapo’ arrested in Texas

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The two Sinaloa Cartel leaders were arrested after flying into an airport near El Paso in a private plane.
A well-lit avenue known as a "Sendero Seguro" in Condesa, Mexico City

Mexicans are feeling safer than (almost) ever as perception of urban insecurity nears record low

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Compared to the first quarter of 2024, there were statistically significant changes in perceptions of insecurity in 15 cities in Mexico.
Soraya Jiménez

The gold of gold: Mexico’s finest Olympic moment

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Weightlifter Soraya Jiménez shocked the world at the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, winnng what may be considered Mexico's finest gold medal of all.
animatronic pterodactyl in flight from Jurassic World exhibition in Mexico City

Police probe dino disappearance at CDMX ‘Jurassic World’ exhibit

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The one-of-a-kind animatronic pterodactyl—worth over US $100,000—vanished overnight from a Mexico City "Jurassic World" exhibit last week.
Lila Abed, director of the Mexico Institute and expert in Mexico-U.S. relations, speaks on stage at a Wilson Center event.

5 questions about Mexico-US relations with Mexico Institute Director Lila Abed

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Lila Abed dives into some of the toughest questions facing Mexico and the United States, as both countries prepare for major presidential transitions.
An Alaska Airlines plane taking off over the Los Angeles city skyline

New direct flight connecting Los Angeles and La Paz to launch this fall

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Alaska Airlines will begin offering two flights a week between the Baja California city and LAX in November, and increase to three in 2025.

The freedom seekers who fled the Trail of Tears for a better life in Mexico

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At the height of slavery in the United States, a group of Black Seminoles fled the Trail of Tears to fight for a new life in Coahuila, Mexico.
An Audi car body on a production line in a factory in Mexico

Mexican auto parts industry unshaken by Tesla gigafactory news

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"This has more to do with the global electric vehicles market falling below projections ... Tesla is seeing its market shrink," said the chief of the Mexican Auto Dealers Association.
A long line of Mexican men women and children from Chiapas marching on a highway, holding makeshift cloth signs saying they were forced by violence to flee into Guatemala

Over 500 Chiapas residents flee cartel violence into Guatemala

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Chiapas families displaced by violence between warring cartels this week sought refuge across the border in Guatemala, its president confirmed
Claudia Sheinbaum speaks at a press conference

Sheinbaum refutes Trump on cartels; casts doubt on Tesla’s real reasons for factory pause

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Sheinbaum defended "progress in reducing insecurity" in Mexico, and also said it's "very unlikely" that the U.S. would put tariffs on Mexican products.