Home » Topics » mexico (Page 2)
Call us Mexico, not ‘United States of Mexico’: president
President Felipe Calderon has one last wish before he leaves office next week: Please change the country’s name from “United States of Mexico” to just “Mexico.” The country has officially been named the United States of Mexico since 1824, but Calderon said Thursday it was time for the country to…
Moctezuma headdress stirs passions in Mexico and Austria
VIENNA — Steeped in myth and legend, the “Penacho”, a feather headdress supposedly worn by Aztec emperor Moctezuma II, continues to stir up passion in Austria and Mexico as it goes on display again after a years-long restoration. Some say it was brought to Europe by Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes,…
Attempt to cross U.S. border with car ramp fails
Hapless immigrants who tried a novel way of entering the United States — by driving a car over the US-Mexico border fence on makeshift ramps — failed when the vehicle got stuck on top. Two people fled back into Mexico after US border guards spotted the bold attempt to scale…
Mexico wants kids to slim down
Mexico, second in obesity in the world after the United States, wants its children to cut down on the soft drinks and fatty foods that have made them the chubbiest kids in Latin America. Worried about the growing waistlines in schools, the public education ministry has launched a campaign to…
Student protest in Mexico turns violent, 176 arrested
MORELIA, Mexico — Mexican students protesting a new curriculum threw homemade explosives, fired rockets and hurled stones at police in a melee that left 176 arrested and 10 police officers injured, officials said. The protesting students are preparing to become teachers in rural areas, and they are angry because the…
Mexico’s drug cartels target journalists in brutal killing spree
Scores of journalists have died in a country gripped by violence that has claimed an estimated 60,000 lives since 2006 He shakes as he speaks and at moments his eyes fill. “It’s certain that the people who killed my colleague were criminals,” he says. “The killing had the modus operandi…
Pizza deliverer killed in Mexico for being 40 minutes late
A furious client killed a pizza delivery man in Mexico for being 40 minutes late, authorities said Thursday. The victim’s body, eyes blindfolded and hands bound, was found Monday in the town of Tetla, some 140 kilometers (90 miles) east of Mexico City, said the public prosecutor’s office in Tlaxcala…
U.S. and Mexico in food fight over tomatoes
US, Mexico in food fight over tomatoes: How messy will it get? The tomato, one of America’s favorite vegetables, is the focus of a burgeoning cross-border food fight that Mexican officials say could escalate into a broader trade war. Mexican exporters currently supply about half the tomatoes consumed in the…
Police in Mexico identify body by DNA found in maggots
Police in Mexico have used DNA from the digestive tracts of maggots to identify the body of a woman who was burned beyond recognition. According to New Scientist magazine, this is the first time that human DNA recovered from a maggot’s gut has been used to successfully identify a victim…
Strong earthquake forces more than 1,000 tourists to flee hotels in Baja, Mexico
A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico’s Baja California peninsula Tuesday, forcing more than 1,000 tourists to flee their hotels and take refuge on beaches and in gardens. No damage or victims were immediately reported after the earthquake and an aftershock struck the west coast region. The quake was centered 75…
Brand new on Raw Story
- Jon Stewart mocks eccentric crack-smoking Toronto mayor Rob Ford
- Gun lobbyist Larry Pratt: They will take our guns if they pass immigration reform
- Senate committee approves comprehensive immigration reform bill
- Conservatives in Britain call for rejection of same-sex marriage bill
- Richard Wagner’s 200th anniversary reignites debate over controversial composer
- Sen. Leahy chides colleagues for killing LGBT equality in immigration bill
- CNN’s Wolf Blitzer tells atheist tornado survivor: ‘You gotta thank the Lord’
- Obama does not want Fox News reporter James Rosen prosecuted: spokesman
- Muslim religious leaders meet with Holocaust survivors in Poland
- Rescuers dig for life after tornado rips through Moore, Oklahoma
Commentary
The Orange Couch does Mad Men: S7E8, “The Crash”
By Amanda Marcotte
An open letter to the Center for Inquiry
By Amanda Marcotte
Stop whining about Millennials
By Pando Daily
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
