Dec 31 Mexico, Venezuela resume repatriation flights amid U.S. pressure to curb migration By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press Mexico and Venezuela announced Saturday that they have restarted repatriation flights of Venezuelans migrants in Mexico, the latest move by countries in the region to take on a flood of people traveling north to the United States. Continue reading
Dec 28 Mexican officials clear border camp as U.S. lays on pressure to stop migrants from crossing By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press The operation using bulldozers and workers with machetes across from Brownsville, Texas continued this week as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico City. Continue reading
Dec 27 Mexican, U.S. officials to convene over surge of migrants at border By María Verza, Associated Press Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said he is willing to help, but he wants to see progress in U.S. relations with Cuba and Venezuela, two of the top sources of migrants, along with more development aid for the… Continue reading
Dec 26 Mexico’s army-run airline takes to the skies, with first flight to the resort of Tulum By Associated Press The airline combines Lopez Obrador's reliance on the military — which he claims is the most incorruptible and patriotic arm of the government — and his nostalgia for the state-run companies that dominated Mexico's economy until widespread privatizations were carried… Continue reading
Dec 25 Caravan of migrants in southern Mexico marks Christmas Day by trudging onward under hot sun By Edgar H. Clemente, Associated Press This year's caravan started moving a few days before U.S. officials are to meet with their Mexican counterparts to explore ways of stemming the number of migrants showing up at the U.S. southwest border. Continue reading
Nov 25 ‘Adopt an axolotl’ campaign in Mexico aims to help save critically endangered species By Daniel Shailer, Associated Press Ecologists from Mexico's National Autonomous university on Friday relaunched a fundraising campaign to bolster conservation efforts for axolotls, an iconic, endangered fish-like type of salamander. Continue reading
Nov 14 Mexican government sends conflicting messages over death of LGBTQ+ magistrate By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press Baena and their partner had already received death threats and hateful messages and had protection from state security, prompting many across the country Monday to call their death a hate crime. Continue reading
Nov 14 After a Mexican LGBTQ+ magistrate was found dead, thousands in Mexico City marched for justice By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press Jesús Ociel Baena was the first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial post in Mexico, becoming a magistrate in state electoral court, and broke through other barriers in a country where LGBTQ+ people are often targeted with violence. Continue reading
Nov 06 Mexico’s Zapatista indigenous rebel movement says it is dissolving its ‘autonomous municipalities’ By Edgar H. Clemente, Associated Press The Zapatistas led a brief rebellion to demand greater Indigenous rights. Since then, they have remained in their "autonomous" townships in the southern state of Chiapas, refusing government aid programs. Continue reading
Oct 29 Mexico officials raise death toll from Otis to 48, dozens missing as search efforts continue By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press At least 48 people died when Category 5 Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, most of them in Acapulco, Mexican authorities said Sunday as the death toll continued to climb and families buried loved ones. Continue reading