Tag: <span>Mexico</span>
February 11, 2015 > Staff
Ex-Governor’s Brother Latest Mexico Corruption Arrest
Top Story — Mexican officials arrested the brother of former Guerrero state Gov. Ángel Aguirre on Tuesday, accusing him of taking some $19 million in kickbacks for construction contracts. Carlos […] Read More >
February 9, 2015 > Staff
Forensic Report Casts Doubt on Government Account in Mexico’s Missing Students Case
Top Story — An investigation conducted by a world-renowned team of forensic experts called into question the Mexican government’s verdict on the fate of the 43 students missing since September […] Read More >
January 29, 2015 > Cleuci de Oliveira
Two Confirmed Dead as Latest News on Mexican Maternity Ward Explosion Emerges
An explosion caused by a gas leak at a Mexico City maternity and children’s hospital killed two people and injured dozens more, according to the Borough Chief of Cuajimalpa, where […] Read More >
January 28, 2015 > Staff
Mexican Attorney General Officially Declares 43 Missing Students Dead
Top Story — Evidence in the case of the 43 students missing from Iguala, Mexico, since Sept. 26 conclusively proves that they are dead, Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam announced […] Read More >
January 26, 2015 > Cleuci de Oliveira
Missing Mexican Journalist Found Dead, Mayor Accused of Orchestrating His Death
The body of Veracruz journalist José Moisés Sánchez Cerezo, missing since Jan. 2, has been found on the outskirts of Medellín de Bravo, Mexico, state prosecutor Luís Angel Bravo announced […] Read More >
January 22, 2015 > Cleuci de Oliveira
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
In the year since TIME magazine billed him as the savior of Mexico, President Enrique Peña Nieto has watched his public image unravel. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto spent this […] Read More >
January 21, 2015 > Staff
Mexican President’s Conflict-of-Interest Scandal Deepens
Read More: Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto Has Had a Horrible Year Top Story — Further evidence of favoritism involving Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s administration and real-estate developers emerged […] Read More >
January 14, 2015 > Cleuci de Oliveira
As World Looks to Paris, Violence Against Journalists Rages on in Mexico
On Jan. 2, sometime after 7 p.m., a group of heavily armed men stormed the modest house of journalist José Moisés Sánchez Cerezo in Medellín de Bravo, in the Mexican […] Read More >
January 11, 2015 > Staff
Great Reads Round-Up: Jan. 4-11
Latin America News Dispatch is happy to announce the latest addition to our weekly newsletter — Great Reads Round-Up. Here, you can see some of the week’s best feature articles […] Read More >
January 7, 2015 > Staff
Mexico’s Peña Nieto Meets With Obama Amid Missing Student Crisis
Top Story — Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto visited the White House on Tuesday, where he and U.S. President Barack Obama praised one another’s recent efforts on immigration reform while […] Read More >