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‘Mexico for Mexicans’: Hundreds protest against mass tourism; tourists harassed, windows smashed

Demonstrators hold posters that read in Spanish ¨Here we speak Spanish, Real Estate Regulation Now¨, during the protest (AP image) Hundreds of people marched in Mexico City on Friday to protest the influx of foreign visitors, especially Americans. They blamed them for rising rents that are pushing locals out of their neighbourhoods and forcing them […]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX faces legal threat from Mexican president over rocket debris and pollution | World News

In a sharp escalation of tensions with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has threatened to take legal action against SpaceX over rocket debris and environmental contamination near the U.S.-Mexico border. The warning comes after a SpaceX Starship rocket exploded during a ground test at the company’s Starbase site in South Texas, causing concern […]

Hurricane Erick: Category 3 storm nears Mexico; southern states on high alert

Hurricane Erick jumps to Category 3 storm Hurricane Erick has strengthened into a powerful Category 3 storm and is closing in on Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, the US National Hurricane Center said on Wednesday. The NHC has warned that the storm could bring “potentially destructive winds and life-threatening flash floods.”According to NHC, Erick had maximum […]

Katy Perry says Los Angeles belongs to Mexico; X users ask her to shut up, remind her she’s an ‘astronaut’, not a historian

Katy Perry was mocked on social media for saying that California was once Mexican land. Pop star Katy Perry supported the Los Angeles riots and said illegal migrants are being hunted like criminals in their ancestral home while Los Angeles is basically a Mexican city. Social media users asked her to shut up and reminded […]

Mexico President Sheinbaum denies inciting LA protests: Calls US claims ‘absolutely false’; says Mexico backs peaceful diaspora support

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday denied a claim by US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that she encouraged protests in Los Angeles against immigration raids, calling the allegation “absolutely false.”Responding via social media, Sheinbaum shared a video from her daily press briefing the previous day, in which she had explicitly urged Mexicans in the […]

12 dead in rehab center fire in Mexico, authorities suspect foul play

A fire at a drug rehabilitation clinic in central Mexico left 12 people dead and several others injured, according to officials from Guanajuato state’s prosecutor’s office.The cause of the blaze, which broke out over the weekend, remains under investigation. However, fears are growing that it may be linked to criminal gang activity. Drug cartels operating […]

Why Mexico’s Judicial Election is a Controversial Experiment

On June 1, Mexico will become the only country in the world to elect all of its judges and magistrates. Emiliano Rodriguez Mega, a New York Times reporter based in Mexico City, breaks down why this new approach is so controversial. Source link

Six soldiers killed in explosive attack amid ongoing drug cartel violence in Mexico

Six soldiers were killed and two others were injured after an explosive device tore through their armoured vehicle in Mexico’s violence-hit Michoacan state, a military report cited by AFP said.The blast occurred late Tuesday near a small town in the western region, where drug cartels have long battled for territory. The explosion was so powerful […]

Wildfire sweeps through historic Fort Stanton site in New Mexico

Smoke can be seen from the Camp Fire behind Fort Stanton (Image credits: AP) A fast-moving wildfire swept through the historic Fort Stanton site in southern New Mexico on Monday, burning more than half a square mile (1.4 square kms) of land and prompting evacuations of nearby campgrounds and a horse ranch.The blaze damaged three […]

Scientists in Mexico develop tortilla for people with no fridge | World News

MEXICO: Peering through a microscope, food scientist Raquel Gomez studies microorganisms that add nutrients and preserve tortillas for several weeks without refrigerators — a luxury in impoverished Mexican communities.The humble tortilla is a Mexican staple, consumed in tacos and other dishes by millions every day, from the Latin American nation’s arid northern deserts to its […]