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Mexico opens controversial memorial for drug war victims
Mexico opened a memorial Friday honoring tens of thousands of victims of a brutal drug war, but the garden of towering steel walls has been rejected by some relatives of the dead and missing. Built with funds seized from drug cartels, the memorial was built during the administration of president…
Drug war leaves 20,000 missing people in Mexico: report
More than 20,000 people have disappeared in Mexico over the past six years of a brutal crackdown on drugs during the government of former president Felipe Calderon, a civic group said. Propuesta Civica (Civic Proposal) released a database on its website Thursday listing 20,851 people who went missing from August…
Mexico ‘risks corn damage’ if GM maize is planted
MEXICO CITY — Environmentalists are warning that Mexico, the cradle of corn, risks damaging its staple if the government gives US firms the green light to plant genetically-modified maize in huge swaths of land. The agriculture ministry is examining the possibility of allowing Monsanto, DuPont and Dow to plant GMO…
Mexico’s Pena Nieto seeks U.S. help on violence
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s presumed president-elect Enrique Pena Nieto expressed hope Monday for more US help in tamping a scourge of violence that has killed over 50,000 people in less than five years. While Washington is focused on cracking down on crime syndicates responsible for smuggling illegal drugs into the…
Mexicans pay tribute to novelist Carlos Fuentes
MEXICO CITY — Hundreds of Mexicans bade farewell to late novelist Carlos Fuentes on Wednesday, carrying books and flowers as they filed past the casket of one of the Spanish-speaking world’s best-known writers. During a public ceremony at the grand Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, President Felipe Calderon…
Mexico violence high on NAFTA summit agenda
US President Barack Obama welcomes the leaders of Mexico and Canada at the White House Monday for a North American summit, with talks expected to focus on rampant violence from the drug war in Mexico. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks are being held as presidential election campaigns…
Sex abuse scandals shadow Pope in Mexico
Pope Benedict XVI roused a crowd of young Mexicans and met with President Felipe Calderon on his second day in Mexico, overshadowed by complaints from victims of sexual abuse. Crowds waved yellow and white Vatican flags as the Popemobile arrived in the steep streets of the colonial city of Guanajuato…
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