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Catholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico's president
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Catholic leaders said Monday that the judicial reform pushed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador might not necessarily bring justice for victims of the crime wave that is rampant across the country. “The proposal promoted by the Executive does...
Fernandez is disappointed by O'Ward comparison amid IndyCar anger over Mexico City snub
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Mexican motorsports great Adrian Fernandez was disappointed to be compared to current IndyCar star Pato O'Ward in the discourse between IndyCar and its drivers over the series being beaten to a race in Mexico City by NASCAR. “It's never good to compare,...
Temple or museum? How Diego Rivera designed a place to honor Mexico's pre-Hispanic art
MEXICO CITY (AP) — In the 1940s, Mexican artist Diego Rivera had a dream: to build a sacred place to preserve and display his lifelong collection of pre-Hispanic art. The Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this month, is everything he hoped...
El Comandante Hernández leads ‘Tree Army’ in defense of Mexico City’s trees
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Scooting on his electric skateboard through a southern Mexico City neighborhood, Arturo Hernández spots a likely target for his next action and uploads a photo to social media calling his followers to help. A couple of days later, he and several of them are swinging...
Mexico's plan to make judges stand for election is indeed aimed at foreign firms, president says
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Foreign business chambers have been warning for weeks that a proposed overhaul of Mexico’s judiciary, that would make judges stand for election, will hurt foreign businesses and endanger investment in Mexico. And President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum has spent...
What’s at stake in Mexico's judicial system under sweeping overhaul pushed by the president
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s governing party says judges in the current court system are corrupt, and it wants to push through an extreme proposal to make the country’s entire judicial branch — around 7,000 judges — stand for election. While some countries like Switzerland...
Chinese migrants flock to Mexico in search of jobs, a future and, for some, a taste of freedom
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Despite her well-paying tech job, Li Daijing didn’t hesitate when her cousin asked for help running a restaurant in Mexico City. She packed up and left China for the Mexican capital last year, with dreams of a new adventure. The 30-year-old woman from Chengdu,...
Mexico's Congress advances a contentious bill to make all judges run for election
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The lower house of Mexico’s Congress passed contentious legislation Wednesday that would launch the most sweeping judicial overhaul of the century by requiring all judges to stand for election. In a marathon session in which legislators were forced to meet in...
As Mexican protesters block Congress over judicial overhaul, lawmakers head to vote in nearby gym
MEXICO CITY (AP) — After protesters blocked the entrance to Mexico’s Congress on Tuesday in an attempt to stop a controversial judicial overhaul, lawmakers took the first steps to jam through the proposal from a nearby gymnasium. The plan would make judges stand for election,...
Mexican Kansas City Chiefs fans are eagerly awaiting the start of the new season
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Wearing red jerseys and shirts, Kansas City Chiefs fans are doing the tomahawk chop. Not entirely unusual, except this scene isn't anywhere near an NFL stadium. It’s not even in the U.S. Nearly 200 Mexican fans of the Chiefs gathered last weekend on the...
