Teachers’ union hits out at educational reforms
The controversial head of Mexico’s National Teachers’ Union (SNTE) has voiced opposition to President Enrique Peña Nieto’s proposals for educational reform.
The controversial head of Mexico’s National Teachers’ Union (SNTE) has voiced opposition to President Enrique Peña Nieto’s proposals for educational reform.
Mexico’s daily minimum wage will increase by 2.43 pesos as of January 1, 2013.
National Action Party (PAN) Senator Jorge Ruiz Preciado Rodriguez proposed a bill last week that would raise the drinking age in Mexico from 18 to 21.
As the United States veers ever closer to the dreaded “fiscal cliff,” should Mexicans also be bracing themselves for an economic fall?
President Enrique Peña Nieto gave the first indication of how he plans to fulfill a campaign pledge to reduce drug-related violence in Mexico this week.
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.
In a potential landmark decision for gay rights in Mexico, this country’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of three couples seeking same-sex marriages in Oaxaca.
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.
President Enrique Peña Nieto unveiled a wide-ranging reform package this week that seeks to mend Mexico’s broken education system while limiting the power of the Teacher’s Union (SNTE) and its dominant leader Elba Esther Gordillo.