General News

Bringing a high-profile case and seven years of controversy to a close, Mexico’s Supreme Court has ordered the immediate release of a Frenchwoman serving 60 years in prison for kidnapping.

Of Mexico’s 1.58 million domestic workers, 44 ​​percent have no medical insurance and receive no benefits, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). There are 692,614 people working as maids, cooks, chauffeurs and other domestic staff without social security, INEGI revealed this week.

Over 30,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the University of Harvard to cancel the fellowship of Mexico’s former president Felipe Calderon.

Mexican microbreweries increased production by 50 percent from 2011 to 2012, leading their share in the domestic beer market to rise from 0.46 to 0.65 percent.

Just how many people were killed in Mexico during President Felipe Calderon’s six-year war on organized crime?

Authorities in Mexico City have rounded up 54 stray dogs in a bid to find those they say were responsible for the deaths of five people over the last month.

Former President Vicente Fox (2000-2006) is to convert his San Cristobal ranch in Guanajuato into a luxury hotel, his wife Marta Sahagun announced last weekend.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that doctors in Mexico are too quick to prescribe antibiotics to their patients.