President Felipe Calderon has much work to do during his final six months in office if he wants to leave Mexico with a more favorable human rights record, following strong criticism from Amnesty International (AI) in its annual country-by-country report.

The world’s wealthiest man Carlos Slim suggested this week that people should work just three days a week but not retire until the age of 70.

The U.S. Embassy issued a security warning to U.S. citizens traveling and residing in Mexico on Tuesday, following arrests made north of the border earlier in the day.

Having recently slipped into third place in the polls, Josefina Vazquez Mota of the ruling National Action Party (PAN) came out swinging in Mexico’s second presidential debate at the Expo Guadalajara on Sunday.

The Ministry of Tourism revealed this week that 4,098,750 tourists visited Mexico from January to April this year, 5.3 percent more than in the same period in 2011.

Websites such as Twitter and Facebook have already had an impact on Mexico’s first presidential election in the age of the social network.