The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In addition to affecting hundreds of homes, more than 95 percent of businesses in Acapulco were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Otis, which intensified from a storm to a category five cyclone just 12 hours ahead of making landfall on October 7.
With 25 percent less rainfall than expected this year, three-quarters of Mexico is now experiencing some level of drought, according to the National Water Commission (Conagua).
The speed at which Otis developed into a catastrophic hurricane has left many scientists debating whether climate change could be to blame.
Jesús Ociel Baena, the first openly non-binary person to assume a senior judicial position in Mexico, was found dead last weekend in their home in Aguascalientes.
Mexico’s chief representative at the United Nations has called for an immediate and lasting cessation of hostilities in all Palestinian territories, and the release of all the hostages currently in the hands of Hamas.
Six out of ten Mexicans over 18 years of age—67.4 percent of women and 54.1 percent of men—feel unsafe in the cities where they live, according to the latest study undertaken by the National Urban Public Safety Survey (ENSU).
It was pretty much a foregone conclusion that the aftermath of Hurricane Otis - the catastrophic category five cyclone that decimated Acapulco on October 25 - would turn political.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has taken the first steps to bring passenger trains back to Mexico’s railroads.
The death toll in the state of Guerrero in the wake of one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit Mexico’s Pacific coast has risen to 48, with 43 people still missing, according to federal civil protection authorities.
