Mexican oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has opened its first gas station in the United States in Houston, Texas, with four more to follow later this month.

Courtesy of Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and your Congress, it is now law.  Those with “seriously delinquent tax debt” (greater than US$50,000) risk having their U.S. passports not renewed or revoked. The tax provision was part of the Transportation bill President Obama signed into law on December 4.

Can life in Lithuania be that bad?  Possibly, given that the small Baltic nation currently ranks as the “drunkest” of the 34 member countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, the 52-year-old Mexican filmmaker who won an Oscar in 2014 for directing the sci-fi epic “Gravity,” has taken an eloquent jab at business mogul Donald Trump, who is running for president of the United States.  

Without mentioning the Republican Party candidate by name, Gonzalez made his comments after being honored at the recent Art+Film gala of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

A local musician, spiritualist and activist for indigenous rights has been named among the victims of a mistaken attack on group of Mexican tourists by the Egyptian military that killed 12 people and injured nine.

The Mexican Attorney General’s Office has obtained a court order that would allow drug capo Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to be extradited to the United States if he is recaptured.