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Powerful earthquake hits Mexico on fateful anniversary, killing at least 2

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck western Mexico on Monday on the anniversary of two devastating temblors, killing at least two people, damaging buildings, knocking out power and sending residents of Mexico City scrambling outside for safety.

Reuters

Mexico City's bells ring for Independence Day, in a massive celebration

"Viva México!" President Andrés Manuel López Obrador shouted repeatedly — calls that were loudly echoed by the massive crowd that packed Mexico City's Zócalo square.

WEKU

Mexican Independence Day 2022: What is the history of the day and how is it celebrated?

Several countries in Central and South America mark independence days during Hispanic Heritage Month

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange awarded ‘keys to Mexico City’

Assange’s brother says the move has reinvigorated the campaign to free the controversial figure.

The Independent UK

Mexican Independence Day 2022: The history of the day and how is it celebrated?

Several countries in Central and South America mark independence days during Hispanic Heritage Month

The Independent UK

Jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange awarded keys to Mexico City as family lobbies for his release

Mr Assange remains in London's Belmarsh Prison pending an appeal against his extradition to the United States.

ABC News

Boon or threat? Mexico City wrestles with influx of remote U.S. workers

In a trendy part of Mexico City, in a park surrounded by hipster coffeeshops and restaurants, stands a figure dressed in white with hands in prayer like a Catholic statuette: the so-called patron saint against gentrification.

Reuters

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Blinken Says Ukraine Forces Making 'Significant Progress'

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Ukrainian forces had made important progress in their counter-offensive against Russian troops, although it was too early to predict the outcome. "Clearly we've seen significant progress by the Ukrainians, particularly in the northeast, and that is a product of the support…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mexican deputies pass bill to militarize national guard

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies passed a bill late Friday that brings the national guard under control of the Defense Ministry in a move likely to be challenged in court.

Tribune News Service

As countries ranging from Indonesia to Mexico aim to attract digital nomads, locals say 'not so fast'

Should your community welcome digital nomads – individuals who work remotely, allowing them freedom to bounce from country to country?

The Conversation

MLB Reveals Teams, Dates for 2023 Series in Mexico City

The participants and dates for the first regular-season games in Mexico’s capital have been announced.

Sports Illustrated

Mexico City mayor narrowly leads ruling party presidential race, poll shows

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum holds a slight advantage over Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard in the race to be the ruling party's candidate in the presidential election of 2024, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.

Reuters

Beloved Zebra Dies After Being Gored By Antelope

A beloved zebra named Puga has died after it was gored by an antelope in its zoo enclosure.

Zenger

Quake-hit Mexico church with iconic Virgin image gets rehab

A devastating earthquake in 2017 caused severe damage to Mexico City's historic Our Lady of the Angels church, which is home to a much-revered image of the Virgin Mary

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6 of the 43 missing Mexican students were turned over to the army, official says

Six of the 43 college students "disappeared" in 2014 were allegedly kept alive in a warehouse for days and then turned over to the local army commander who ordered them killed, an official said.

Reuters

Parents of missing Mexican students see ex-official's arrest as step toward justice

Drenched by heavy rain, parents of the 43 Mexican students who went missing in 2014 held a somber procession through the streets of Mexico City on Friday, as they've done every month since their sons disappeared; but this time was different.

The Independent UK

How to throw an authentic Mexican taco party

Genevieve Ko takes inspiration from Mexico City’s taquizas for an end-of-summer get together with her friends

Zenger

Archaeologists Find 3,000-Year-Old Artifacts Under Three Feet Of Dirt Trampled On Daily

Archaeologists in Mexico City have discovered artifacts including arrowheads and human figurines that had laid buried for over 3,000 years under just over three feet of earth that is trampled on daily by hundreds of people.

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Former top prosecutor held in disappearance of Mexican students

MEXICO CITY: Authorities in Mexico have arrested a former attorney general who led a widely discredited investigation into the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 — one of the country’s worst human rights tragedies.

Daily Mirror

Mystery as missing influencer, 28, found dead on road after sharing post on Facebook

Yessica Hernandez Prado, 28, from the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, was found dead in Mexico City on the evening of August 17 as her last Facebook post was revealed

Los Angeles Times

Mexico's president vowed to end the drug war. Instead he's doubled the number of troops in the streets

MEXICO CITY — After cartels unleashed a wave of violence across Mexico last week, killing civilians, blocking roads with burning vehicles and setting dozens of stores on fire, the government here responded as it often does to an outbreak of lawlessness: It sent in the troops.

Reuters

Mexico records deadliest year yet for journalists, with 18 murders so far -report

MEXICO CITY - This year will be the deadliest on record for journalists in Mexico, with 18 killed so far, human rights organization Article 19 said in a report Thursday.

The Hindu

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Trans Citizens Fight for ‘the Right to Exist’ in Mexico

Unable to change their ID documents to reflect their gender, trans residents in Chiapas & 12 other Mexican states are denied certain rights.

Los Angeles Times

Murders at the border and attacks in Jalisco and Guanajuato stun Mexico

MEXICO CITY — Dramatic bouts of violence and mayhem in two regions of Mexico this week have left at least 12 dead and dozens of businesses torched, dramatizing the ability of crime gangs to wreak havoc and shatter the semblance of normality almost anywhere in the country without warning.

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