Tag: <span>Mexico City</span>
May 28, 2015 > Radio Dispatch
Podcast: Gentrification in Mexico City
– Look for us in the iTunes store. Gentrification is a hot topic in American cities right now, from New York all the way to San Francisco. But this phenomenon […] Read More >
March 2, 2015 > David Adler
The Fight for Mexico City’s Future
MEXICO CITY — Around the corner from two taco stands and a small cantina, in an otherwise nondescript section of Mexico City’s Doctores neighborhood, there is an unmarked storefront known […] 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 >
November 10, 2014 > Staff
Missing Iguala Students Incinerated, Attorney General Says, as Mexico Erupts in Protests
Top Story — The 43 students missing since late September were killed and their remains incinerated, Mexico’s attorney general announced in a press conference Friday. According to Murillo Karam, the […] Read More >
September 10, 2012 > Staff
Mexico’s Lopez Obrador To Start New Leftwing Party
Top Story — Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the leftwing candidate in the last two presidential elections in Mexico, announced Sunday he will start a new political party. Speaking at Mexico […] Read More >
August 13, 2012 > Staff
Mexico Violence Kills Mayor-Elect, Four Others
Top Story — Three people were murdered in Mexico City and two men, including the mayor-elect of the town of Matehuala, were killed in the central Mexican state of San […] Read More >
January 12, 2012 > Staff
Mexican Gov. Says Drug War Death Toll Over 47,500
Today in Latin America Top Story — The Mexican government released statistics Wednesday showing that more than 47,500 people have been killed in drug-related violence since Mexican President Felipe Calderón […] Read More >
October 18, 2011 > Erwin Cifuentes
Mexico City Legislators Push To Ban Bullfighting
Mexico City may soon follow the lead of the Spanish province of Cataluña and ban all forms of bullfighting. A pair of opposition politicians representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI, […] Read More >
September 3, 2011 > Roque Planas
Gay Couples Can Adopt In Mexico City, But They Aren’t Applying
Mexico City made history when the local government passed one of the world’s most liberal same-sex marriage laws. Now, the Mexican capital is one of the few places in the […] Read More >
August 17, 2010 > Staff
Gay Couples May Adopt Children In Mexico City, Supreme Court Says
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexico’s Supreme Court upheld on Monday a law allowing same-sex couples to adopt children in the country’s capital. The contested provision was contained […] Read More >