Mexico’s Supreme Court endorses same-sex marriage
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.
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.
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.
As President Obama wrestled with the fiscal cliff standoff in the United States, Mexico’s newly elected chief executive flew the flag for “tripartisanship,” signing the “Pact for Mexico” within 24 hours of his inauguration.
British drinks giant Diageo will not be purchasing Jose Cuervo and will end its international distribution deal with the Jalisco-based company next year.
Mexico’s massive public healthcare institute isin a desperate financial situation with 88 percent of its budget destined for salaries and pensions.
Newly released official statistics show 60 percent of Mexico’s labor force work in the underground economy, paying no taxes and claiming no social security benefits.
State-owned oil monopoly Pemex has made the biggest discovery of petroleum in Mexico in the last decade, President Felipe Calderon announced on Sunday. Initial estimates suggest the Navegante 1 field in Tabasco will yield from 500 million to one billion barrels of crude oil.
Employees in Mexico will be expecting a little extra in their pay packet prior to Christmas. The aguinaldo (Christmas bonus) is a long-standing tradition in Mexico and is specified in Article 87 of the Federal Labor Law.
Upon leaving office on Saturday, President Felipe Calderon will be entitled to a larger pension than any former president in the United States, Europe or Latin America.