An exhibit on climate change in Mexico City's Papalote children's museum aims to raise awareness of global warning in one of the world's top oil producers. Although Mexico has led global efforts to combat climate change, the issue is still new at home.
Mauricio Fernandez was being sworn in again as mayor of San Pedro Garza Garcia, one of northern Mexico's most exclusive communities, when he announced to his cheering supporters: "Black Saldana, who apparently is the one who was asking for my head, was found dead today in Mexico City."
However, speculation that Mr Fernandez might have had something to do with the death of Hector Saldana arose when it emerged that the barefoot, blindfolded corpse of "Black Saldana" had not been found until three and a half hours after the mayor's speech, according to Mexico City prosecutors. The body - which was found hundreds of miles away - was not identified until two days later.
Freedom of the press in the United States has improved under the Obama administration, but in Europe, Israel, and in many countries around the world reporters are having a tougher time doing their jobs.
The report issued by Reporters Without Borders (RWB) is positive for the U.S., however, the issue of national security, seems to be one of the biggest problems for United States reporters seeking information from the government.
But that pales when you compare the problems Mexican reporters have in covering the news, especially in the border areas with the United States.
Reporter Angela Kocherga gave this first hand report: "Mexico is one of the most dangerous places to work as a reporter these days, we see that by the ranking and see that played out in the field. Now the Majority of the murders go unsolved. The investigations go nowhere. That includes the killings of reporters. A year ago a police reporter was killed in his driveway picking up his daughter, taking her to school. That case remains unsolved and the investigator who was looking into it was murdered this Summer," he said.
Kocherga reports more than 1,800 murders this year by the drug cartels in Cuidad Juarez alone. Kocherga said the killings have a chilling effect on news coverage.
U.S. weather forecasters say tropical storm Patricia is strengthening as it approaches Mexico's Baja California Peninsula.
The Mexican government issued a tropical storm watch for the southern portion of the peninsula Monday.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Patricia is 425 kilometers south of Baja California's southern tip. Forecasters expect the storm's center to be very near the peninsula by Tuesday.
The storm has sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour, with higher gusts, and is moving north-northwest at 13 kilometers per hour.
A river - and an international border - separate the city of Juarez in Mexico and El Paso in the United States. Even though they are in many respects worlds apart - Juarez is poor and crime-ridden and El Paso is prosperous and relatively safe - the two cities are bound by powerful ties. One of them is the family of Jesus and Maria Ruiz and the charity they have started.
Interstate 10 is a major thoroughfare in the city of El Paso, Texas, bustling with traffic night and day. Just several hundred meters to the south, on the hilltops overlooking the interstate, sit the concrete houses of Juarez, Mexico.
Jesus and Maria Ruiz and their 19-year-old daughter Liz and 13-year-old son Jesus Jr. live in a quiet suburb of El Paso. Like 80 percent of the city's residents, they're Latin American.
Read the full article in Color Daily Magazine.
Mexican officials say at least 19 people have been killed in a riot that erupted in a prison in the northern Mexican state of Durango. Authorities say another 26 were injured in Friday's fighting. Mexican public safety officials say the fighting at the prison in the city of Gomez Palacio was the result of rivalries among prison gangs.
Playing in the famed Azteca Stadium in Mexico City Wednesday, where they have never lost to the United States,the Mexican national team came from behind to beat their northern rivals. In a game they needed to win to continue their dream of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, Mexico overcame an early deficit to take a crucial win against the visiting United States , 2-1. The Americans had never won in 23 tries in Mexico City . But the visitors took a shocking early lead that quieted the capacity crowd of over 100,000 screaming fans when Charlie Davies curled home a shot in just the ninth minute. The goal gave the U.S. their first ever lead at the fabled Azteca Stadium.
Seven hours south of the US/Mexican Border lies the small town of Alberto, where the local community, like many pueblos across Mexico, has lost 80 percent of its population to migration into the United States. But Alberto has a plan to revive their community, the creation of a theme-park event - a simulated border crossing, complete with balaclava-clad “coyotes” as guides and “border patrol” that chase “migrants” up and down rough terrain through the night. They call this event the Caminata (translation: journey, hike, trek). The organizers designed the experience as a tool for compassion and consciousness-raising, showing the largely middle-class Mexican tourists who attend the difficulty and dangers faced by those crossing the border. Through an exploration of this unique journey, La Caminata adds a fresh perspective to the ongoing debate on immigration: that of Mexicans actively fighting poverty, joblessness, and desolation in their home communities.
Lucha Mania - 5th anniversary
A great event celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Magazine Lucha 2000 dedicated to the sport of wrestling in Mexico in the Arena of Mexico City – El Coliseo, an unforgettable night . The farewell to El Matematico, friends and colleagues pay homage to his great career in his last fight. The film also showcases Generation Wars and many other fights:
La Familia de Tijuana vs. Sus Verdugos
Halloween, Damian 666 and Rey Misterio Sr. vs. Shocker,
L.A. Park and Dr. Wagner Jr.
Generation Wars: Dos Caras and Dos Caras Jr. vs. Canek and Canek Jr. vs. Kiss and Kiss Jr. vs. Psycodelico and Psycodelico Jr.
El Matematico, Kung Fu Jr. Gallo Tapado Jr. and Matematico Jr. vs. Fuerza Guerrera, Black Terry, Talisman and Talisman Jr.
Triangular women’s fight presenting: La Sirenita, Dark Angel and Apollo.
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