Mexico is on the verge of enacting its first comprehensive law governing artificial intelligence — a sweeping federal framework that would classify AI violations in three tiers of severity, create new national regulatory institutions, and impose penalties ranging from fines to prison sentences. The legislation, drafted by the Senate's specialized AI committee, represents the … [Read more...] about Mexico’s Senate Drafts Landmark AI Law With Prison Time for Misuse
Politics
Sheinbaum’s Approval Holds Above 68% Despite 6-Month Slide
Mexico's most closely watched presidential poll shows President Claudia Sheinbaum's approval rating has dipped for the sixth straight month — but remains well above 68%, with informal sector workers and housewives still firmly in her corner. The monthly Mitofsky survey, conducted for the newspaper El Economista by polling nearly 60,000 Mexicans with smartphones and internet … [Read more...] about Sheinbaum’s Approval Holds Above 68% Despite 6-Month Slide
Backlash Follows When Juárez Mayor Arrests Artists Behind an Unflattering Mural
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
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