General News

Mexico joined 140 other nations at the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday to demand that Russia stop its offensive in the Ukraine and immediately withdraw all of its troops.

Mexican citizens living and working abroad (mostly in the United States) are giving relatives back home much-needed financial support while the economy struggles to recover from the Covid pandemic.

Although the Mexican government has officially denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the tone of the censure is mild compared to the outrage expressed by many world leaders, some political observers have noted.

While citizens of many countries will express their love for each other on Monday, February 14, by recalling the exploits of a 3rd century Christian martyr, Mexico simplifies the matter, preferring to refer to this romantic occasion as El Dia del Amor y la Amistad (day of love and friendship).

Senior figures in the United States have started voicing their concerns at the targeted slayings of Mexican journalists, which rose to five this year following the killing of Heber López, director of the online news site NoticiasWeb, in Oaxaca on February 10.

At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday it was easy to imagine all Guadalajara hunkering down to watch Donovan Carrillo’s much-awaited final routine in the men’s free skate program beaming here from Beijing.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has hit out at U.S. authorities for suspending avocado imports from Mexico after U.S. officials said a plant inspector received an unspecified “verbal threat.”

Not for the first time, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has ignited a bitter feud with one of Mexico’s leading journalists and broadcasters.