A satirical mural in Ciudad Juárez depicting the city's mayor with the face of a pig probably would have been seen by a few thousand commuters and forgotten. Then the mayor's police force arrested the artists, and things got a lot more interesting. Officers detained Miguel Martínez — known as Mick Martínez — and his collaborator Chuchito Psy on April 11 in the Las Torres … [Read more...] about Backlash Follows When Juárez Mayor Arrests Artists Behind an Unflattering Mural
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Mexico’s Human Rights Watchdog Turns on the UN Over Disappearances
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission has taken a sharp turn, going from championing UN oversight of the country's disappearances crisis to denouncing it as foreign interference — a reversal that critics say leaves victims without one of their most important defenders. The commission, known as the CNDH, spent several years actively calling on the federal government to … [Read more...] about Mexico’s Human Rights Watchdog Turns on the UN Over Disappearances
Mexico’s London Embassy Scandal: A Ghost Company, Diverted Funds, and 40 Ignored Warnings
A former Mexican ambassador to the United Kingdom has formally accused a network of diplomats and foreign ministry officials of running a corruption scheme that diverted public funds through a fictitious cleaning company — and claims her warnings went unanswered for more than a year. Josefa González-Blanco Ortiz-Mena, who served as Mexico's ambassador in London from March … [Read more...] about Mexico’s London Embassy Scandal: A Ghost Company, Diverted Funds, and 40 Ignored Warnings
Mexico Moves to Ban Cash at Gas Stations and Toll Booths
President Claudia Sheinbaum announced this week that Mexico plans to make digital payments mandatory at gas stations and highway toll booths — a sweeping shift that would affect millions of drivers nationwide and mark one of the country's boldest moves yet away from a cash-based economy. Sheinbaum made the announcement during the opening of the 89th Banking Convention on … [Read more...] about Mexico Moves to Ban Cash at Gas Stations and Toll Booths
Mexico Walks a Diplomatic Tightrope With the US by Sending Aid to a Collapsing Cuba
As Cuba’s energy grid falters and its economy buckles under the weight of a tightened United States embargo, Mexico finds itself in an increasingly awkward position. It is dispatching ships full of food and aid to its Caribbean neighbor while trying not to anger the White House, just as critical trade negotiations are set to resume. In late February, the Mexican government … [Read more...] about Mexico Walks a Diplomatic Tightrope With the US by Sending Aid to a Collapsing Cuba