Ranchera legend passes away
Mexican musical icon Isabel “Chavela” Vargas died at the age of 93 from heart and respiratory problems in a Cuernavaca hospital on Sunday.
Mexican musical icon Isabel “Chavela” Vargas died at the age of 93 from heart and respiratory problems in a Cuernavaca hospital on Sunday.
A federal judge jailed four generals and two Mexican Army officers without bail on Monday, ahead of their trial for aiding a major drug gang.
Insuring a car in the metro areas of Guadalajara, Monterrey or Mexico City costs double what it would in smaller cities like Merida or Aguascalientes.
70 percent of the 134,000 pre-school, primary and secondary school teachers that sat for the National Test for Abilities, Knowledge and Teaching Competency earlier this month scored less than 60 out of 100 points.
The June 5, 2009 fire at the ABC Kindergarten in Hermosillo, Sonora killed 49 children and severely injured many more. A Federal judge has ruled that nine state and city functionaries serve jail time for their negligence.
Cellular telephones reported stolen in Mexico will be blocked and unusable as of July 20.
Now in the “lame duck” period of his administration, President Felipe Calderon visited Jalisco on Wednesday, flaunting his record on public works in the state.
To avoid a fuel stop on the way to Europe, Mexico’s Department of Defense plans to replace current presidential Boeing TP01 and TP02 jets, with a new, as-yet-unnamed aircraft, costing 757 million dollars.
Two years after his departure from CNN, Larry King returned with a new online talk show last week in partnership with Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man.