By RICARDO CASTILLO MLK III at Guerrero Homage Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of U.S. civil rights activist MLK, Jr., was the keynote speaker Sunday, Feb. 14, at the homage paid to the memory of Mexico’s second president, Vicente Guerrero. Guerrero was killed 190 years ago at Cuilápa, Oaxaca. Guerrero, a descendant of African slaves brought to Mexico,
Read more
XINHUA The Mexican Army airlifted 15.2 tons of humanitarian aid to Honduras for those affected by Hurricanes Iota and Eta, the Mexican Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) reported Saturday, Dec. 12. In a statement, SRE said that a C-130 Hercules cargo plane from the Mexican Air Force had been responsible for taking the shipment of food and water to the Central
Read more
By RICARDO CASTILLO First Coronavirus Case in Mexico Mexico’s Health Secretariat was notified on Saturday, Feb. 1, by the Los Angeles International Airport medical authorities of the confirmed case of a 37-year-old Chinese national and Wuhan native who had visited Mexico as of Jan. 21. Taxi service company Uber acknowledged that the infected person used at least two of its
Read more
By RICARDO CASTILLO Happy Birthday, Carlos Slim Just as Mexico’s and Latin America’s wealthiest man, Carlos Slim, was gearing up to celebrate his 80th birthday on Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) delivered a special gift that surely the tycoon did not appreciate: a fine for nearly 1.39 billion pesos. The fine applied directly to mismanagement of accounting
Read more
By RICARDO CASTILLO Bolivia’s pro tempore president, Janine Añez, has very little governance experience, so she’s decided that to make her stay at the presidency she must pick a fight with other nations. Right after coming to power on Nov. 15, her first move was to break diplomatic relations with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Maduro was most happy with that
Read more
By RICARDO CASTILLO The conflicting crescendo of undiplomatic affairs between Mexico and Bolivia took unexpected proportions on Monday, Dec. 30, as interim Bolivian President Jeanine Añez Chávez expelled Mexican Ambassador María Teresa Mercado as a “persona non grata.” Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard immediately appointed the current head of the embassy Ana Luisa Vallejo as Mercado’s ad interim substitute.
Read more
By RICARDO CASTILLO ,,, A quick review of the most important news in Mexico over the last few days…
Read more
By RICARDO CASTILLO … Mexico has officially condemned what it considers to be a military coup against a duly elected president…
Read more
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … In the midst of violent protests, Mexico’s embassy in Quito has granted political asylum to leftist opposition leader Gabriela Rivadeneira…
Read more