By MARK LORENZANA Valeria Jasso bagged first place in this year’s edition of the Welcome Sessions band contest at Mexico City’s Foro Indie Rocks on Wednesday, Sept. 7. Two other bands played in the grand finale, aside from the grand-prize winner: Mexico City-based Melts, which opened the contest and bagged second place, and Ulises Dávila, a soloist from the Mexican
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By MARK LORENZANA The military has long been on the list of untouchables in Mexico. The Mexican National Guard (GN) might soon be added to that list. On Friday, Sept. 9, the Mexican Senate approved a legislation transferring control of the GN to the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), a contentious move that has sparked outrage from human rights groups
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By MARK LORENZANA Club América is already one of the most popular — and most decorated — soccer clubs in the history of the Liga MX, but the Mexico City-based team added another feather to its cap: It just notched its ninth consecutive win, 2-1, on Saturday, Sept. 10, against home team Club Necaxa at the Victoria Stadium in the
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By MARK LORENZANA Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, Sept. 8, after 70 years on the throne, giving the United Kingdom its new monarch, her son King Charles III. Buckingham Palace said that the 96-year-old monarch died at her residence in Balmoral, Scotland. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement. Her son Charles,
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By MARK LORENZANA President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Wednesday, Sept. 7, accused businessmen in Mexico of increasing their profits especially in times of crisis, claiming that the Mexican Treasury will now ask them for an explanation. In his Wednesday morning press conference, López Obrador said that private businesses should instead help control price increases. He specifically mentioned the
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By MARK LORENZANA Northern Mexican states recently experienced a reprieve brought about by August rainfall that exceeded the country’s historical average and alleviated — at least temporarily — the drought that has plagued, in particular, the northeastern part of Mexico. According to the Mexico Drought Monitor, in the second half of August of this year, above-average rains were observed in
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By MARK LORENZANA In March of this year, the government of El Salvador, headed by President Nayib Bukele, declared a state of emergency after police recorded a total of 62 homicides in a single day. It marked the most violent day in 30 years for the Central American country, which has contended with criminal gangs for decades. El Salvador has
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OPINION By MARK LORENZANA Mexican Undersecretary of Public Health Hugo López-Gatell has a problem with medical clinics attached to pharmacies. The clinics are a common sight throughout Mexico — and for good reason. They fill a need, especially for patients who want to see a doctor to help treat minor illnesses such as colds or diarrhea, or for a quick check-up.
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By MARK LORENZANA Ana Gabriela Guevara, head of Mexico’s National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports (Conade), has filed a lawsuit against five-time world racquetball champion Paola Longoria. Conade filed the civil lawsuit against Longoria on Monday, Aug. 29, with Guevara publicly declaring that Longoria had to repay unliquidated expenses that the athlete had incurred from 2015 to 2018, to
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By MARK LORENZANA Four justices of Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) on Monday, Sept. 5, refused to approve, as presented, a proposal that seeks to eliminate forced preventive detention (jail without bail) in the country. The judges who categorically rejected the proposal were Justices Yasmin Esquivel, Loretta Ortiz and Alberto Pérez Dayan, while on the last
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