23Jul2018 |
Frida the Rescue Dog Honored With Statue for Earthquake Rescues Remezcla When Mexico was hit with back-to-back earthquakes in September, Frida the rescue dog became a symbol of hope. The 7-year-old Marina labrador saved 12 people from the rubble last year. Now, the heroic canine has a statue in her likeness in Puebla. |
20Jul2018 |
Deported By Trump, Migrants Press Mexico for Support Truthout In addition to stepping into a fraught relationship with Mexico’s most important trade partner, Lopez Obrador has inherited a litany of problems, including a sluggish economy, record levels of violence and a human rights crisis. |
19Jul2018 |
6th Sea Turtle Festival in Nayarit’s Marina Playa Platanitos Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau Playa Platanitos, a coastal village in the Riviera Nayarit, is preparing for its signature event: the VI Sea Turtle Festival 2018, which strives to promote environmental awareness and the conservation of these chelonians. |
18Jul2018 |
Lopez Obrador’s New Government to Consider Legalization of Drugs DW.com Mexico’s incoming president has granted his interior minister "carte blanche" to consider legalizing drugs. The new Mexican government has promised to respond to record-high violence with a package of judicial reforms. |
16Jul2018 |
Movement to Eradicate Plastic Waste in Banderas Bay Vallarta Daily News Concerned about the large number of plastics that reach the oceans and the pollution generated in Puerto Vallarta, a councilman has requested the support of the deputies to present an initiative through which the idea of “a state free of straws, plastic bags, and styrofoam†can be achieved. |
14Jul2018 |
Mexican President-Elect to Launch Public Peace Forums Reuters Mexico’s president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, will begin a series of “popular consultations†next month for people to discuss his proposals to fight drug crime through negotiation and amnesties, the program coordinator said. |
13Jul2018 |
Sea Turtle Internship Position Available in San Pancho The Science Exchange Join an important multi-year multi-national research project on climate change impacts on nesting turtles on the beaches of Mexico this fall. |
12Jul2018 |
Marichuy: Weaving Resistance Beyond the Mexican Elections Latin Dispatch Marichuy never really aimed to become president of Mexico. Instead, her campaign brought together resistance movements to focus attention on troubling realities facing Mexico’s Indigenous and dispossessed communities. |
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