Government open to dialogue with Zapatistas
Mexico’s Interior Minister Miguel Osorio announced the creation of a Commission for Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples last week, raising the possibility of fresh talks between the government and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN).

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.
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.
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.
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.