Resurgent Zapatistas turn out in silence
Having kept a low profile in recent years, the EZLN reminded Mexico of its existence when 40,000 supporters marched in silence across Chiapas on December 21.
The Guadalajara Reporter
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Having kept a low profile in recent years, the EZLN reminded Mexico of its existence when 40,000 supporters marched in silence across Chiapas on December 21.
Mexico’s new President Enrique Peña Nieto is the world’s ninth most popular leader on social networking site Twitter, according to a study by the Digital Policy Council from December 2012.
Mexico’s daily minimum wage will increase by 2.43 pesos as of January 1, 2013.
Residents of Onavas, Sonora made a startling discovery while digging irrigation channels in a 1,000-year-old cemetery.
As the United States veers ever closer to the dreaded “fiscal cliff,” should Mexicans also be bracing themselves for an economic fall?
For those of you with time on your hands, try checking out www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012 to see what kind of information Americans and Mexicans were scouring the web for this year. Here’s a sampler of some top searches. Yes, there are cultural differences!
British weekly The Economist ran a special edition focused on Mexico last month, examining the problems, challenges and the potentially bright future facing the country.
The controversial head of Mexico’s National Teachers’ Union (SNTE) has voiced opposition to President Enrique Peña Nieto’s proposals for educational reform.
Although newly installed as a lecturer at Harvard, Felipe Calderon will be entitled to a larger pension than any former president of other Latin American, U.S. or European states.