Killer smog returns to capital with a vengeance
Mexico City this week registered its worst levels of air pollution in 14 years.
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Mexico City this week registered its worst levels of air pollution in 14 years.
Mexico’s Education Secretary Aurelio Nuño has insisted that his decision to fire 3,360 teachers “is irrevocable.” The teachers were let go because they failed to attend mandatory evaluation tests, which were part of sweeping reforms introduced by President Enrique Peña Nieto, designed to significantly improve educational standards in the nation.
Pope Francis’ six-day visit to Mexico drew huge enthusiastic crowds and wide international coverage.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says delays to the confirmation of Roberta Jacobson as the new U.S. ambassador to Mexico are an “insult” to this country.
Pope Francis arrives in Mexico on Friday, February 12 for a week-long trip. It is four decades since Pope John Paul II began his papacy with a visit to Mexico, and the current pontiff has earned similar support among the citizens of the country. Francis will also begin his visit by praying at the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe but after that, his tour will take him into uncharted papal territory.
Mexico’s Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu aims to make history on Sunday by becoming the first director to collect back-to-back Oscars. Yet Inarritu’s revenge tale “The Revenant” has nothing to do with Mexico, unlike another nominated film.
One Mexican tourist has been overwhelmed by the generosity of a Good Samaritan in the United States, Spanish-language daily Mural told its readers this week.
The limited distribution of free tickets to see Pope Francis in Mexico spurred a temporary black market as scalpers cashed in on his trip by trading tickets online.
Kate del Castillo, the actress who helped Sean Penn secure his meeting with fugitive drug boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been granted an injunction to avoid arrest in Mexico.