A series of explosions ripped through a major open-air fireworks market outside Mexico City Tuesday, killing at least 33 people.

Far from saving consumers money, the lifting of government controls on the retail cost of gasoline next year could see pump prices rise by 22.5 percent, according to analysts at Citibanamex.

In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our December editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

While Christmas festivities in the Lake Chapala area are wrapped in modern day secular glitter, most folks still cling to long-held customs focused on the reason for the season.

A U.S./Mexican citizen charged with the strangulation murder of a 22-year-old woman in 1983 in Austin, Texas has been named to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, and a reward of up to US$100,000 is being offered for information leading to his capture.

Mexican senator and Olympic silver medalist Ana Gabriela Guevara has posted on social media photographs of injuries she sustained during a road rage attack by four men on the outskirts of Mexico City last weekend.