Mexico News Today Wednesday, April 7, 2021

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2021

Amnesty International report takes critical aim at human rights violations in Mexico The NGO's latest assessment of the government's record cited several concerns regarding Mexicans' basic freedoms. FULL STORY

AMLO's Teflon: an opposition divided, masterful PR sense and a common touch A 2019 diplomatic cable reveals that the US Embassy attributed the president's continuing appeal to disunited parties and to his political instincts. FULL STORY

Another empty Covid syringe; AMLO suggests incident was likely staged A Mexico City senior citizen received an unfilled coronavirus vaccination shot on Friday, the second such incident in less than two weeks. FULL STORY The battle for Aguililla: 27 believed killed in massacre by Jalisco cartel The Jalisco New Generation Cartel may have slain nearly 30 rival gang members in the Michoacán town, which it's been fighting to control. FULL STORY Funeral ceremony stunt makes for unique campaign kickoff in Ciudad Juárez A candidate for federal deputy launched a bizarre election season opening in Chihuahua: rising from a coffin after a staged funeral procession. FULL STORY Education Ministry's new textbooks seek to purge 'authoritarian discourse' The books, to be written by teachers and teaching students with no experience penning them, must be completed and proofread in two weeks. FULL STORY Carlos Slim tops Forbes' list of Mexico's richest people Despite the pandemic, the mogul with fingers in many economic feet saw his net wealth increase 7.4% over the past year to US $ 55.93 billion. FULL STORY Mercado Libre to invest US $ 1.1bn in Mexico this year The Argentina-based e-commerce company said it will grow its storage and service capacity due to the boom in online shopping. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE How an accident led to one Oaxacan woman's revival of a dying ancestral handcraft Barro negro , or black clay pottery, might have disappeared forever from San Bartolo, Oaxaca, if not for one woman's ingenuity and good timing, Leigh Thelmadatter writes. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE Mural project aims to educate residents about their town's unique history Zuri Merlo and Iván Galeazzi are on a mission to create 15 paintings in the Puebla town of Chipilo that illustrate the town's story, Joseph Sorrentino writes. FULL STORY Growth forecasts trending upwards: analysts predict 4.53% while IMF says 5% Both the International Monetary Fund and private-sector experts consulted by the Bank of México have revised their GDP predictions upwards. FULL STORY Remittances continue growing; February up 16% Remittances totaled US $ 3.17 billion in February, the 10th consecutive month in which payments sent to Mexico, mostly by migrants, have risen. FULL STORY Mexico's raw sewage still polluting California beaches As much as 151 million liters of contaminated water currently flows each day into the San Diego area via the Tijuana River. FULL STORY Ex-mayor of embattled Michoacán town arrested by Guatemalan authorities Following the detainment last week of the former Mexican politician, prosecutors in the United States unveiled an indictment against him. FULL STORY Court finds Catholic priest guilty of 2019 homicide Mexico City clergyman Francisco Javier Bautista Ávalos will be sentenced Thursday. The victim's family is seeking the maximum 50-year penalty. FULL STORY ADVERTISEMENT 16 dead after bus and van collide on Sonora highway Another 14 were also injured after a motor vehicle accident at dawn in the municipality of Caborca. FULL STORY  16-year-old loses leg after Guerrero police open fire  After the state officers shot at the youth Friday, doctors had to amputate the limb due to the severity of the wound. FULL STORY 'I didn't like to cook:' Chepina Peralta was first woman in LatAm to host television cooking show The TV, radio and YouTube celebrity chef, who never studied cooking yet was for years a household name, has passed away. FULL STORY OPINION Mexican women are sick of turning the other cheek. Who can blame them? Sarah Davies would argue that women have been playing nice to get equality and justice for millennia now. And just how well has that worked, she asks. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE Mexico's contemporary authors find fertile symbolic ground in ghosts Literary scholar Carolyn Wolfenzon's new book investigates how many of the nation's more recent writers share the theme of specters in their work, Rich Tenorio writes. FULL STORY