<![CDATA[EL PAÍS]]>https://english.elpais.comWed, 03 Jun 2026 16:53:30 +0000en1hourly1<![CDATA[Kim Rivers, the ‘queen of marijuana’ who rewrote the industry’s rules ]]>https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-05-10/kim-rivers-the-queen-of-marijuana-who-rewrote-the-industrys-rules.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-05-10/kim-rivers-the-queen-of-marijuana-who-rewrote-the-industrys-rules.htmlSun, 10 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000Kim Rivers, 48, founder and CEO of the cannabis company Trulieve, will never forget December 18, 2025. The Florida entrepreneur was among the guests in the Oval Office when U.S. President Donald Trump signed the historic order to reclassify marijuana in the United States as a lower‑risk drug, moving it from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. The president’s order, which recently took effect, does not legalize recreational marijuana nationwide, but it allows companies like Trulieve to operate with far better tax treatment and opens the door to scientific and medical research in an industry valued at more than $30 billion.

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]]>José Manuel Esteban<![CDATA[A new interactive atlas reveals the human body in unprecedented detail]]>https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2026-03-11/a-new-interactive-atlas-reveals-the-human-body-in-unprecedented-detail.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2026-03-11/a-new-interactive-atlas-reveals-the-human-body-in-unprecedented-detail.htmlWed, 11 Mar 2026 18:43:33 +0000After five years of research and several failed attempts, an international team led by doctors and scientists from University College London published the Human Organ Atlas on Wednesday. The project, a kind of Google Earth of the body, promises to revolutionize biomedical research and the study of diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, cancer and COVID-19, by linking multisystem failures, anatomical variations and patterns associated with complex pathologies in organs of the same patient.

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]]><![CDATA[Dancing to remember: Moving to the rhythm of music improves mental and cognitive health]]>https://english.elpais.com/health/2025-06-13/dancing-to-remember-moving-to-the-rhythm-of-music-improves-mental-and-cognitive-health.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/health/2025-06-13/dancing-to-remember-moving-to-the-rhythm-of-music-improves-mental-and-cognitive-health.htmlFri, 13 Jun 2025 12:59:28 +0000Dancing has many positive effects on the body and mind: it strengthens the heart, improves blood circulation, helps tone muscles, reduces stress, releases endorphins, and even helps improve interpersonal relationships. Now, a recently published review and meta-analysis determines that dancing is also just as effective as exercise in terms of psychological and cognitive outcomes. This means that dancing can help improve the quality of life of people with early stages of Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; and it also helps reduce anxiety and improve depressive symptoms. “Like exercise, dancing has a positive effect on mental health,” says Alicia Fong Yan, study coordinator and researcher at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney (Australia).

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]]>Jaime Villanueva<![CDATA[The math gap between boys and girls appears just four months after starting school]]>https://english.elpais.com/education/2025-06-12/the-math-gap-between-boys-and-girls-appears-just-four-months-after-starting-school.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/education/2025-06-12/the-math-gap-between-boys-and-girls-appears-just-four-months-after-starting-school.htmlThu, 12 Jun 2025 11:48:14 +0000Boys and girls who reach primary school have similar math skills at the beginning of their schooling, yet it has been proven that over time, a gap develops in favor of boys, which influences their performance and participation in class, compared to those of their female peers. This phenomenon, known as the math gender gap, appears around age six and is attributed to cultural stereotypes and educational practices that can reinforce inequalities and provoke anxiety from a very early age.

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]]>ÓSCAR CORRAL<![CDATA[More than 1 billion young people will suffer from health problems by 2030]]>https://english.elpais.com/health/2025-05-21/more-than-1-billion-young-people-will-suffer-from-health-problems-by-2030.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/health/2025-05-21/more-than-1-billion-young-people-will-suffer-from-health-problems-by-2030.htmlWed, 21 May 2025 13:51:27 +0000The health and wellbeing of young people worldwide is at a turning point that will shape future generations. Lack of funding, shortcomings in public policies, changes in consumption habits, and challenges caused by climate change, among other factors, have resulted in unequal care for adolescent health and the emergence of conditions related to obesity and mental health disorders on a global scale.

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]]>Guy Smallman<![CDATA[Eight women take on sexism in the Americas]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/women-leaders-of-latin-america/2025-03-10/eight-women-take-on-sexism-in-the-americas.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/women-leaders-of-latin-america/2025-03-10/eight-women-take-on-sexism-in-the-americas.htmlMon, 10 Mar 2025 16:01:04 +0000The Americas approached International Women’s Day on March 8 with a sense of urgency. On Saturday, thousands of women took to the streets to demand their right to live free from violence, to be free from discrimination, to have control over their own bodies, and to close the gaps of poverty and inequality.

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]]>EL PAÍS <![CDATA[Gabriela Salas, the Indigenous scientist who brought Nahuatl to Google: ‘It is important that girls study to be freer’]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/women-leaders-of-latin-america/2025-03-10/gabriela-salas-the-indigenous-scientist-who-brought-nahuatl-to-google-it-is-important-that-girls-study-to-be-freer.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/women-leaders-of-latin-america/2025-03-10/gabriela-salas-the-indigenous-scientist-who-brought-nahuatl-to-google-it-is-important-that-girls-study-to-be-freer.htmlMon, 10 Mar 2025 18:03:36 +0000Gabriela Salas is a 28-year-old Mexican scientist, originally from Puerto del Caballo, Hidalgo, a small locality of some 20 inhabitants. Her story is not only an example of dedication and effort, it is also proof of the importance of the right to education for women and their need to train in scientific careers. “It is important that girls study so that they continue learning, continue fighting, and become freer,” she says from Madrid, where she is now studying a master’s in data science at the Polytechnic University. Two years ago, Salas was recognized nationally for incorporating the Nahuatl language, spoken by 1.6 million people in Mexico, into Google Translate.

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]]>Jaime Villanueva<![CDATA[Steel and aluminum tariffs hit the economies of Canada and Mexico and the free trade agreement]]>https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-02-11/steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-hit-the-economies-of-canada-and-mexico-and-the-free-trade-agreement.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-02-11/steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-hit-the-economies-of-canada-and-mexico-and-the-free-trade-agreement.htmlTue, 11 Feb 2025 11:52:23 +0000Donald Trump’s latest move in the global tariff war deals an unprecedented blow to the USMCA, the treaty in force since 2020 that regulates trade relations between the United States, Mexico and Canada. The imposition of a 25% tax on all steel and aluminum imports announced on Monday — a measure welcomed by American manufacturers who oppose cheap foreign metals — has not only called into question the North American free trade market, but is a full-blown tsunami for the economies of the main steel exporters, namely Canada and Mexico as well as Brazil, which in 2024 became the second supplier of this alloy. The future of the USMCA, which must be renegotiated next year, is now in question while diplomatic tensions multiply.

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]]>Ricardo Moraes<![CDATA[Secrecy, discretion and fear of a new crisis: The first deportation flights to Mexico in the Trump era]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-31/secrecy-discretion-and-fear-of-a-new-crisis-the-first-deportation-flights-to-mexico-in-the-trump-era.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-31/secrecy-discretion-and-fear-of-a-new-crisis-the-first-deportation-flights-to-mexico-in-the-trump-era.htmlFri, 31 Jan 2025 11:47:52 +0000“Promises made, promises kept. Deportation flights have begun.” This is how the White House announced the beginning of mass expulsions of immigrants by air on January 24, just four days after Donald Trump took office, along with a photograph of a line of people, handcuffed and shackled, boarding a plane. These images were at the center of the diplomatic crisis between the United States and Colombia two days later, amid complaints about the conditions of the transfers and trade threats. In Mexico, on the other hand, repatriation flights have maintained a low profile. President Claudia Sheinbaum broke the silence last Monday and acknowledged that four planes had been received during Trump’s first week in the Oval Office. Little else has come to light. The state in which migrants arrived in Mexican territory, how long they had been living in the United States, and where they have been transferred are unknown.

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]]>Matt Rourke<![CDATA[These are the families who had the door to asylum slammed shut in their faces]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-26/these-are-the-families-who-had-the-door-to-asylum-slammed-shut-in-their-faces.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-26/these-are-the-families-who-had-the-door-to-asylum-slammed-shut-in-their-faces.htmlSun, 26 Jan 2025 04:30:00 +0000On the afternoon of January 20 in downtown Ciudad Juárez, Sol and Dayane were in tears. They had an appointment in a few short days to request asylum in the United States through the CBP One application, until Donald Trump shut down the system in the first few minutes of his presidency. The action has left thousands of migrants stranded in Mexican territory with no chance of seeking shelter on the other side of the border. Sol and Dayane waited nearly a year for the platform to confirm their appointment. Meanwhile, they cleaned, worked at a printing company and sold candy. They never begged to survive, they insist. The appointment was their reward. For Sol, it was also the chance to reunite with her underage children, who are on the other side of the wall. But from one moment to the next, the future was shattered for thousands of people.

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]]>Nayeli Cruz<![CDATA[Migrants trapped on the Mexican border: ‘I don’t know what will become of us’]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-21/migrants-trapped-on-the-mexican-border-i-dont-know-what-will-become-of-us.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-21/migrants-trapped-on-the-mexican-border-i-dont-know-what-will-become-of-us.htmlTue, 21 Jan 2025 13:06:09 +0000For just one day, Odalys Fundicheli and her granddaughter Lía have been trapped in a limbo from which almost no one yet knows how to escape. Fundicheli, 62, comes from Cuba and had an appointment to cross the border into the United States through Tijuana this Tuesday. On the other side, her family was waiting for her. But CBP One, the application that the U.S. government opened to manage entries in a regulated manner, has ceased to exist after the inauguration of Donald Trump. One day before her turn, everything has collapsed and all appointments have been canceled. “We feel very frustrated and helpless,” says Fundicheli, while her 14-year-old granddaughter cries next to her. “We were going to meet up with my daughter who lives in Dallas, but they say the application is canceled. I don’t know what will become of us, it is the first time we have left Cuba.” Like them, thousands of people have been left stranded since Monday on the border between Mexico and the United States.

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]]>Roberto Antillón<![CDATA[Last chance in Tijuana: Hundreds of migrants cross border before Trump’s immigration crackdown]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-20/last-chance-in-tijuana-hundreds-of-migrants-cross-border-before-trumps-immigration-crackdown.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-20/last-chance-in-tijuana-hundreds-of-migrants-cross-border-before-trumps-immigration-crackdown.htmlMon, 20 Jan 2025 09:20:41 +0000Luis and Alejandro, aged 19 and 21, have just arrived in Tijuana. They come from Honduras, and arrived in Mexico a month ago. Their journey is one shared by thousands of others. Like them, thousands of people have crossed Mexico in the past year, driven by the hope of reaching the United States for a better life.

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]]>Roberto Antillón<![CDATA[Elderly Mexican migrants: ‘When we grow old, neither Mexico nor the United States wants us’]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-13/elderly-mexican-migrants-when-we-grow-old-neither-mexico-nor-the-united-states-wants-us.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-13/elderly-mexican-migrants-when-we-grow-old-neither-mexico-nor-the-united-states-wants-us.htmlFri, 13 Dec 2024 08:49:37 +0000Mexican migrants in the United States are aging, and many of them do not have adequate pensions or sufficient savings to support themselves. After decades of hard work, many over the age of 65 reach retirement without being able to stop work. While some receive pensions, the majority do not. Others receive amounts too small to cover basic expenses, such as rent or health insurance. It is estimated that around two million elderly Mexican migrants live in the United States. Of these, some 500,000 are undocumented.

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]]>Aggi Garduño<![CDATA[Migrant caravans continue despite Trump’s threats]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-04/migrant-caravans-continue-despite-trumps-threats.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-04/migrant-caravans-continue-despite-trumps-threats.htmlWed, 04 Dec 2024 12:04:08 +0000A fifth migrant caravan of around 1,500 people has set out this week from the southern border of Mexico, in Tapachula, Chiapas. Like the previous ones, its objective is to take people as far north as possible. However, in recent weeks the Mexican authorities have reinforced their measures to try to break up these groups of people. Despite Donald Trump’s threats, thousands of people continue to cross the border with Mexico with the aim of reaching the United States before the Republican takes office on January 20. Everyone fears that the president-elect will close the border and fulfill his promise of mass deportations against undocumented people.

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]]><![CDATA[The mystery of the Gelman collection: Mexico does not know where some of its most famous artworks are]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-11-26/the-mystery-of-the-gelman-collection-mexico-does-not-know-where-some-of-its-most-famous-artworks-are.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-11-26/the-mystery-of-the-gelman-collection-mexico-does-not-know-where-some-of-its-most-famous-artworks-are.htmlTue, 26 Nov 2024 15:19:53 +0000Somewhere, one of the most important collections of Mexican art of the 20th century lies hidden. The treasure is made up of paintings by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, María Izquierdo, Rufino Tamayo, Carlos Orozco, Juan Soriano and Gunther Gerszo, among other great artists. It is called the Gelman collection after its creators, Jacques and Natasha Gelman, great patrons of the arts who amassed a large fortune during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. After the couple’s death, the collection passed into the hands of an executor and was exhibited around the world: London, New York, Madrid... until in 2008, after a complicated legal battle, all traces of it were lost. The museum where it was exhibited closed and no one heard from the paintings again, until a few days ago, when an auction at Sotheby’s set off all the alarms.

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]]><![CDATA[Far from home: The tragedies faced by migrant children who cross Mexico]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-10-27/far-from-home-the-tragedies-faced-by-migrant-children-who-cross-mexico.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2024-10-27/far-from-home-the-tragedies-faced-by-migrant-children-who-cross-mexico.htmlSun, 27 Oct 2024 04:05:00 +0000Dafne wants to be a chef, while Roberto wants to be a soccer player. Emiliano likes cookies and cakes. Desireé misses her bunny, Copito. And Marco hopes that his new school will have lots of parks where he can play.

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]]>Nayeli Cruz <![CDATA[Surviving Ciudad Juárez: The last obstacle before seeking asylum in the United States]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-10-18/surviving-ciudad-juarez-the-last-obstacle-before-seeking-asylum-in-the-united-states.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2024-10-18/surviving-ciudad-juarez-the-last-obstacle-before-seeking-asylum-in-the-united-states.htmlFri, 18 Oct 2024 10:49:42 +0000Only two miles separate the center of Ciudad Juárez from El Paso, Texas, yet crossing one of the bridges that connect Mexico and the United States can become an ordeal for thousands of people — especially those who arrive after traveling nearly 1,900 miles from Chiapas, on the border with Guatemala. The long journey is fraught with kidnappings, extortion, disappearances, and murders of which they are victim. The Paso del Norte bridge serves as the final hurdle in a long obstacle course that began months or even years ago in Venezuela, Honduras, Cuba, El Salvador, or even farther away. Getting there has also turned into a race against time, as the United States is about to hold its presidential election on November 5. The fear of a Donald Trump victory has compelled thousands to hasten their pace to cross the Rio Grande as quickly as possible.

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]]>Nayeli Cruz<![CDATA[Thousands of migrants arrive in Chiapas, seeking asylum in the United States from Mexico’s southern border]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-10-13/thousands-of-migrants-arrive-in-chiapas-seeking-asylum-in-the-united-states-from-mexicos-southern-border.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2024-10-13/thousands-of-migrants-arrive-in-chiapas-seeking-asylum-in-the-united-states-from-mexicos-southern-border.htmlSun, 13 Oct 2024 04:05:00 +0000Yessica left Venezuela a year ago, when she was pregnant, to seek a better future far from the economic and political crisis in her country. Her destination was the United States… more than 3,000 miles away.

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]]>Nayeli Cruz<![CDATA[Cartel war in Sinaloa spreads fear to other states in Mexico: ‘You see fewer people on the streets and businesses close early’]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-09-24/cartel-war-in-sinaloa-spreads-fear-to-other-states-in-mexico-you-see-fewer-people-on-the-streets-and-businesses-close-early.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2024-09-24/cartel-war-in-sinaloa-spreads-fear-to-other-states-in-mexico-you-see-fewer-people-on-the-streets-and-businesses-close-early.htmlTue, 24 Sep 2024 10:40:44 +0000The war between factions of the Sinaloa Cartel has spread to other northern border states in Mexico, where Los Chapitos, led by the sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, and those loyal to El Mayo Flaco, the son of arrested capo Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, previously shared the business of smuggling synthetic drugs into the United States. The struggle between the groups has stirred up the country’s drug trafficking hornet’s nest and spread panic among the population, who fear new confrontations in the states of Sonora, Baja California, Chihuahua, and Durango. “You see fewer people on the streets and businesses close early,” says Eduardo López, a freelance journalist from Ciudad Obregon, in southern Sonora, near Sinaloa and one of the cities with the highest number of homicides in the country.

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]]><![CDATA[Teresa Ruiz, actress: ‘Migrants don’t go to the United States because of the American dream, but because of the Mexican nightmare’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-09-17/teresa-ruiz-actress-migrants-dont-go-to-the-united-states-because-of-the-american-dream-but-because-of-the-mexican-nightmare.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-09-17/teresa-ruiz-actress-migrants-dont-go-to-the-united-states-because-of-the-american-dream-but-because-of-the-mexican-nightmare.htmlTue, 17 Sep 2024 18:54:14 +0000Teresa Ruiz, 35, says that from the moment she stepped on stage, she knew she was going to be an actress until she was “an old lady.” Thanks to her talent, she has been able to carve a place for herself on the national and international scene, starring in film and TV productions in both Mexico and the United States. Her role in the TV series Narcos opened the door to stardom, but the actress already had a decade’s worth of work to her name at that point.

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]]>Iñaki Malvido<![CDATA[Mexicans rush to see the relics of Saint Jude, the ‘most miraculous’ saint]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-08-15/mexicans-rush-to-see-the-relics-of-saint-jude-the-most-miraculous-saint.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2024-08-15/mexicans-rush-to-see-the-relics-of-saint-jude-the-most-miraculous-saint.htmlThu, 15 Aug 2024 18:40:15 +0000“This saint is very miraculous,” says Doña Angela, 66, holding a holy card with the image of Saint Jude Thaddeus. She has come from Aguascalientes to Xochimilco, south of Mexico City, to visit the saint’s relic. She and her sister Isabel, 63, have traveled 310 miles by bus in the hope that Saint Jude will hear their prayers. The saint is thought to help with “impossible causes,” be it due to health, work or problems with the law. Isabel says that Covid-19 left one of her brothers bedridden, unable to speak or move. “They said he wouldn’t live more than three months, but three years have passed, and he is still with us,” she says. “I ask Saint Jude every day to restore his health and return him to us. We have not lost our faith,” she says.

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]]>Caitlin Cooper<![CDATA[Carlos Salcedo’s family entanglements: Murders, intrigues and a story full of loose ends ]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-08-12/carlos-salcedos-family-entanglements-murders-intrigues-and-a-story-full-of-loose-ends.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2024-08-12/carlos-salcedos-family-entanglements-murders-intrigues-and-a-story-full-of-loose-ends.htmlMon, 12 Aug 2024 15:45:09 +0000Soccer player Carlos Salcedo and his family are in the eye of the storm after the murder of Martha Paola Salcedo, the player’s sister, on June 29 in the State of Mexico. The death of the young woman during an alleged assault set off alarm bells after the player’s mother, María Isabel Hernández, directly accused her son and daughter-in-law of masterminding the crime. In the midst of the scandal, the case took an unexpected turn when the Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that Salcedo’s mother and sister are the primary suspects in another murder within the family.

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]]><![CDATA[Rita Bell, election official: ‘Political parties in Mexico continue to be controlled by men even if a woman comes to power’]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-06-03/rita-bell-election-official-political-parties-in-mexico-continue-to-be-controlled-by-men-even-if-a-woman-comes-to-power.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2024-06-03/rita-bell-election-official-political-parties-in-mexico-continue-to-be-controlled-by-men-even-if-a-woman-comes-to-power.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 15:53:29 +0000“Men never understood that women were valuable and had rights,” says Rita Bell López-Vences. The 45-year-old lawyer and academic is a member of the General Council of Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE), the body in charge of organizing elections and ensuring the electoral rights of citizens. Bell López-Vences sits down to talk about her career and the political rights of women in Mexico, but above all she talks about what she has learned throughout her life.

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]]>Gladys Serrano<![CDATA[A cry for help from a Mexican who survived an attempted femicide in Colombia: ‘I fear for my life’]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-01-31/a-cry-for-help-from-a-mexican-who-survived-an-attempted-femicide-in-colombia-i-fear-for-my-life.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2024-01-31/a-cry-for-help-from-a-mexican-who-survived-an-attempted-femicide-in-colombia-i-fear-for-my-life.htmlWed, 31 Jan 2024 16:53:23 +0000Valeria Casillas refuses to live in fear. She does not want the violence she endured, which almost killed her, to define her. Still bruised, physically and emotionally scarred, she emphasizes that other women are at risk. She seeks justice, not personal revenge, she stresses. In December she traveled from her native Mexico to Colombia to spend her vacation with the man with whom she had been in a long-distance relationship for three months. Jonathan Lynn Wright is a 39-year-old U.S. citizen living in Pereira, a city located 300 kilometers (186 miles) west of Bogotá. Two days after landing, the romance turned into a nightmare.

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]]>Nayeli Cruz<![CDATA[Researchers unveil the mysteries of the Florentine Codex]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-22/researchers-unveil-the-mysteries-of-the-florentine-codex.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-01-22/researchers-unveil-the-mysteries-of-the-florentine-codex.htmlMon, 22 Jan 2024 23:06:47 +0000The Florentine Codex, written nearly 500 years ago, continues to reveal hidden secrets and share knowledge about the Indigenous peoples who experienced the fall of Tenochtitlan in the 16th century. It is widely regarded as the most reliable source on Mexica culture, the Aztec empire and the arrival of Spanish conquistadors in what is now Mexico. Previously untranslated Nahuatl texts could potentially reshape the narrative of the Spanish conquest, offering intriguing insights into historical events and perhaps prompting a reevaluation of certain episodes.

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]]><![CDATA[Abuse and million-dollar lawsuits: The past comes knocking on Gloria Trevi’s door ]]>https://english.elpais.com/people/2024-01-08/abuse-and-million-dollar-lawsuits-the-past-comes-knocking-on-gloria-trevis-door.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/people/2024-01-08/abuse-and-million-dollar-lawsuits-the-past-comes-knocking-on-gloria-trevis-door.htmlMon, 08 Jan 2024 16:17:48 +0000Nearly 20 years after being cleared of luring minors into a sex ring, pop star Gloria Trevi is once again mired in controversy. Not only is Mexico’s answer to Madonna facing a new civil lawsuit resurrecting claims that she procured underage girls for her ex-producer Sergio Andrade, she herself has filed a complaint to sue Andrade as a victim of his abuse.

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]]>cordonpress<![CDATA[More than 3,000 women are murdered in Mexico each year: How violence affects the youngest victims]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-11-25/more-than-3000-women-are-murdered-in-mexico-each-year-how-violence-affects-the-youngest-victims.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-11-25/more-than-3000-women-are-murdered-in-mexico-each-year-how-violence-affects-the-youngest-victims.htmlSat, 25 Nov 2023 11:41:37 +0000Emilia was 14 years old when she disappeared on her way to school in Apatzingán, Michoacán. Her mother and family reported her missing, blocked roads in desperation and marched to demand that she be found. None of this worked, and the teen’s body was located six months later in a vacant lot. She joined a long list of girls and women who are murdered every year in Mexico with total impunity. Violence against women, far from ending or decreasing, has increased in the last 30 years, even though governments insist on highlighting some specific declines. Newly published data reinforces the theory that women in Mexico experience violence from birth.

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]]>Nayeli Cruz<![CDATA[Fátima Gamboa: ‘I am Mayan, lesbian and feminist’]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/women-leaders-of-latin-america/2023-11-24/fatima-gamboa-i-am-mayan-lesbian-and-feminist.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/women-leaders-of-latin-america/2023-11-24/fatima-gamboa-i-am-mayan-lesbian-and-feminist.htmlFri, 24 Nov 2023 19:38:34 +0000Fátima Gamboa is director of the organization Equis Justice for Women and her work as a human rights lawyer has made her a point of reference in Mexico. Originally from the state of Yucatan, she has witnessed firsthand the difficulty many women have in accessing justice and of living a life devoid of violence. Language barriers, sexism and social and economic inequality have turned Mexican courts into a luxury only a few can afford. At 38, Gamboa says she is convinced that another form of justice is possible in the country: a new, open and accessible system available to everyone regardless of their origin and resources.

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]]>Nayeli Cruz<![CDATA[Steve Wozniak hospitalized in Mexico due to a stroke]]>https://english.elpais.com/people/2023-11-09/steve-wozniak-hospitalized-in-mexico-due-to-a-stroke.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/people/2023-11-09/steve-wozniak-hospitalized-in-mexico-due-to-a-stroke.htmlThu, 09 Nov 2023 01:51:16 +0000Apple scientist and co-founder Steve Wozniak was hospitalized on Wednesday in Mexico City as a result of an ischemic stroke.

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]]>Thomas Banneyer<![CDATA[From climate change to El Niño: Devastating power of Hurricane Otis surprises scientists]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-10-26/from-climate-change-to-el-nino-devastating-power-of-hurricane-otis-surprises-scientists.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-10-26/from-climate-change-to-el-nino-devastating-power-of-hurricane-otis-surprises-scientists.htmlThu, 26 Oct 2023 10:06:10 +0000Hotels and homes destroyed, impassable roads and thousands of people cut off. This is how Acapulco, in the Mexican state of Guerrero, has been left after the passage of Hurricane Otis, the most powerful Pacific storm to make landfall on Mexican territory in the last 30 years. The cyclone, which in 12 hours went from a tropical storm to a category 5 hurricane, the highest possible classification, has left the popular tourist destination resembling a war zone with uprooted trees, debris, roofs torn off and buildings without walls. Neither the National Meteorological Service (SMN) nor local and federal authorities were able to predict the intensity of the hurricane. Scientists were also caught by surprise. The speed with which the cyclone intensified was unusual and forced Mexican authorities to issue an evacuation alert for the area just hours before Otis made landfall.

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]]><![CDATA[Desperate mothers in Mexico negotiate with drug cartels in search of missing loved ones]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-07-12/desperate-mothers-in-mexico-negotiate-with-drug-cartels-in-search-of-missing-loved-ones.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-07-12/desperate-mothers-in-mexico-negotiate-with-drug-cartels-in-search-of-missing-loved-ones.htmlWed, 12 Jul 2023 14:18:29 +0000Ceci Flores and Delia Quiroa were leading ordinary lives until a few years ago, when their families became victims of organized crime. Faced with government inaction, Flores set out on her own to find her two children, while Quiroa tirelessly searched for her missing brother. The years gradually turned them into human rights activists in a country grappling with a dire crisis of missing persons – over 110,000 people. Motivated by desperation and the lack of government assistance, these mothers faced the tough decision of seeking permission from drug traffickers to find the remains of their loved ones. “All we want is to have our lives respected and be able to search for our loved ones. We need an end to the constant disappearances, and for the cartels to finally sit down and negotiate peace among themselves,” said Quiroa.

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]]>Daniel Sánchez<![CDATA[The worldwide offensive against the rights of LGBTQ+ people]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-06-28/the-worldwide-offensive-against-the-rights-of-lgbtq-people.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-06-28/the-worldwide-offensive-against-the-rights-of-lgbtq-people.htmlWed, 28 Jun 2023 15:22:08 +0000Whenever the rights of LGBTQ+ people move forward in the world, be it with laws that recognize same-sex marriage or the administrative identity of trans people, there is backlash, to a greater or lesser degree. The historical struggle of the LGBTQ+ community, which today celebrates Pride Day, is full of advances and setbacks, but now that dynamic is rapidly going backwards. And it is happening all over the world.

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]]>JASON CONNOLLY<![CDATA[Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano activity mobilizes the army in the event of a possible evacuation]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-22/mexicos-popocatepetl-volcano-activity-mobilizes-the-army-in-the-event-of-a-possible-evacuation.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-22/mexicos-popocatepetl-volcano-activity-mobilizes-the-army-in-the-event-of-a-possible-evacuation.htmlMon, 22 May 2023 23:24:45 +0000The Ministry of National Defense (Sedena) has deployed 7,275 Army troops to assist the more than 125,000 people living in the municipalities of Puebla, Tlaxcala, Morelos and the State of Mexico, in the center of the country, near the Popocatepetl volcano, in case an evacuation is necessary. At present, the volcano’s activity remains at Yellow Phase 3, which means that the population does not have to leave their homes yet.

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]]><![CDATA[Teresa Magueyal’s murder and the plight of hundreds of women in Mexico in search of their missing children ]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-05/teresa-magueyals-murder-and-the-plight-of-hundreds-of-women-in-mexico-in-search-of-their-missing-children.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-05/teresa-magueyals-murder-and-the-plight-of-hundreds-of-women-in-mexico-in-search-of-their-missing-children.htmlFri, 05 May 2023 17:37:44 +0000“Doña Tere’s whole life was about looking for her son, José Luis,” said a person who knew her. Teresa Magueyal was 65 years old and lived in San Miguel Octopan, a town in Celaya, in the state of Guanajuato. On Tuesday morning Doña Tere, as she was known in town, went out on her bicycle, never to return. Two men on a motorcycle shot her at point blank range and then fled. Teresa Magueyal was left for dead on the ground a few blocks from her home. Her murder reflects the horrific violence that is rocking Mexico, the failure of authorities who are overwhelmed and the danger that the relatives of the disappeared face because they are striving to find their children, their brothers and sisters, their fathers and mothers.

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]]><![CDATA[Human experiments in Tijuana and Mexicali: How cartels are testing fentanyl on drug addicts]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-03/human-experiments-in-tijuana-and-mexicali-how-cartels-are-testing-fentanyl-on-drug-addicts.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-03/human-experiments-in-tijuana-and-mexicali-how-cartels-are-testing-fentanyl-on-drug-addicts.htmlWed, 03 May 2023 12:11:37 +0000Tijuana and Mexicali have become the epicenter of fentanyl consumption in Mexico, according to Victor Clark, director of the Binational Center for Human Rights and professor of Latin American Studies at the University of San Diego in California. The two Mexican border cities have provided the perfect laboratory for the cartels to calculate the exact dosage a person can take, non-lethally, while reducing their own costs and taking advantage of the huge problem of drug addiction on the U.S.-Mexico border. “The cartels introduced the new product into the local market to generate demand,” says Clark. To do so, they distributed the drug mixed with other substances such as cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and crystal meth, until a certain tolerance to the fentanyl content was established.

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]]><![CDATA[Paquita la del Barrio signs off at Feria de Texcoco: ‘I’ll always treasure your applause’]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-04/paquita-la-del-barrio-signs-off-at-feria-de-texcoco-ill-always-treasure-your-applause.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-04/paquita-la-del-barrio-signs-off-at-feria-de-texcoco-ill-always-treasure-your-applause.htmlTue, 04 Apr 2023 16:30:22 +0000Paquita la del Barrio was at it long before Shakira. Back when the Mexican artist began singing songs fueled by animosity, revenge and feelings of betrayal, the term ‘diss track’ was not yet part of our everyday lexicon. Born Francisca Viveros Barradas in Alto Lucero, in Mexico’s Veracruz state, Paquita celebrated her 76th birthday this weekend with a dazzling performance at the Feria de Texcoco – a Mexican cultural festival held just outside the nation’s capital, Mexico City. An event that includes bullfighting, horses, dances and concerts, the Feria was her opportunity to close a circle that has taken her across the country, to some of its remotest towns.

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]]><![CDATA[Surrogacy: Parenthood as a global industry ]]>https://english.elpais.com/society/2023-04-03/surrogacy-parenthood-as-a-global-industry.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/society/2023-04-03/surrogacy-parenthood-as-a-global-industry.htmlMon, 03 Apr 2023 15:34:00 +0000Pablo Porras, 28, recalls his husband Marc’s reaction when he proposed that they become parents using surrogacy, laying out for him options and destinations. “Marc took a look and told me it wasn’t going to happen,” he says. But over time he changed his mind and, after ruling out adoption, surrogacy was the path they took, an alternative that was illegal in their home country, Spain: “It was very important to me for the baby to have my genetic input,” Porras explains. In 2021, with the world still half paralyzed by Covid restrictions, the couple flew to Mexico City to meet Norma Nathaly Hernández, the 34-year-old woman who would undergo hormone treatment and become pregnant after signing a long and detailed contract. She gave birth five months ago and received around €15,000. The couple are now caring for their baby at home in Barcelona.

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]]><![CDATA[Whippings, beatings and sexual assault: The new lawsuit against Mexican pop diva Gloria Trevi and Sergio Andrade]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-01-09/whippings-beatings-and-sexual-assault-the-new-lawsuit-against-mexican-pop-diva-gloria-trevi-and-sergio-andrade.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-01-09/whippings-beatings-and-sexual-assault-the-new-lawsuit-against-mexican-pop-diva-gloria-trevi-and-sergio-andrade.htmlMon, 09 Jan 2023 18:08:19 +0000Mexican pop diva Gloria Trevi is facing a new civil lawsuit for child abuse in the United States, along with her former partner, producer Sergio Andrade, and a choreographer. The accusations are not new. In 2014, a Mexican judge acquitted Trevi of rape, kidnapping and corruption of minors. After four years in pre-trial detention, Andrade was convicted of the same charges, but only ended up spending another year in prison.

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]]>EVARISTO SA<![CDATA[Gloria Trevi faces new lawsuit for child abuse in the United States]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-01-06/gloria-trevi-faces-new-lawsuit-for-child-abuse-in-the-united-states.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-01-06/gloria-trevi-faces-new-lawsuit-for-child-abuse-in-the-united-states.htmlFri, 06 Jan 2023 15:13:51 +0000Mexican pop diva Gloria Trevi is facing a new civil lawsuit that revives claims she groomed underage girls to have sex with her ex-partner, producer Sergio Andrade, according to an article published in Rolling Stone magazine on Wednesday. The complaint comes almost two decades after a Mexican judge acquitted the singer of the same charges: rape, kidnapping and corruption of minors.

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]]><![CDATA[Françoise Mouly, the woman behind ‘The New Yorker’ covers]]>https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-10-28/francoise-mouly-the-woman-behind-the-new-yorker-covers.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-10-28/francoise-mouly-the-woman-behind-the-new-yorker-covers.htmlFri, 28 Oct 2022 17:03:12 +0000On September 11, 2001, Françoise Mouly, art director of The New Yorker, was at her home in SoHo when she heard about the first plane that had hit the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. After she and her husband, acclaimed cartoonist Art Spiegelman (creator of Maus), retrieved their two young children from school and the family was safe, she went straight to the magazine’s headquarters. David Remnick, the chief editor, had summoned her to release a special edition.

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]]>Gladys Serrano<![CDATA[Two hitmen at the door: The killing of a Mexican journalist]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-02-18/video-the-killing-of-mexican-journalist-roberto-toledo.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-02-18/video-the-killing-of-mexican-journalist-roberto-toledo.htmlFri, 18 Feb 2022 12:59:22 +0000It was just seconds but it felt like hours. At 1pm on January 31, the Mexican journalist Roberto Toledo, 54, went out to the corner store to buy a soft drink and a few chocolate rolls. Toledo was doing work at a law firm in Zitácuaro, a city in the state of Michoacán that is also home to the local news site Monitor Michoacán. As he was walking into the building, Toledo was approached by two young men. One of them was wearing a grey-and-white sweatshirt and the other one had a black cap on, and they wanted to know if he was the person they were looking for. There was a brief conversation, the contents of which will forever remain a mystery. Toledo, who was still holding the bottle of soda pop in his hand, did not know he was about to be murdered. The hitmen waited until he opened the door, then followed him in and shot him in the back.

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]]><![CDATA[The ‘white gold’ dream: Why Mexico wants to control lithium exploitation ]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-10-21/the-white-gold-dream-why-mexico-wants-to-control-lithium-exploitation.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-10-21/the-white-gold-dream-why-mexico-wants-to-control-lithium-exploitation.htmlThu, 21 Oct 2021 13:01:28 +0000The administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has decided to take new steps over the control of lithium in Mexico with the intention of turning into a strategic resource like oil. This is what the president has laid out in his energy reform bill, which has been submitted to Congress for approval and which will depend on support from the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to be passed into law.

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]]>Teresa de Miguel<![CDATA[What went wrong? Questions and theories about what caused the metro tragedy in Mexico City]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-05-06/what-went-wrong-questions-and-theories-about-what-caused-the-metro-tragedy-in-mexico-city.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-05-06/what-went-wrong-questions-and-theories-about-what-caused-the-metro-tragedy-in-mexico-city.htmlThu, 06 May 2021 15:14:19 +0000The collapse of a raised section of Line 12 of Mexico City’s metro system has become the capital’s biggest tragedy since an earthquake hit in September 2017. With a death toll of at least 25 and dozens injured, the public has been left gripped by anguish and indignation, and is demanding answers. The authorities have promised an investigation and two official expert reports, one from the Attorney General’s Office and the other from a foreign company, but these will take time. So how did this vast structure costing 26 billion pesos to build – around $1.8 billion or €1.57 billion – collapse in a matter of seconds when its inauguration was celebrated only nine years ago? The terms “negligence,” “corruption” and “lack of maintenance” are currently dominating the public discourse.

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]]><![CDATA[What were the flashes of light seen during Mexico’s recent earthquake?]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-09-09/what-were-the-flashes-of-light-seen-during-mexicos-recent-earthquake.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-09-09/what-were-the-flashes-of-light-seen-during-mexicos-recent-earthquake.htmlThu, 09 Sep 2021 16:09:01 +0000A 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook central Mexico on Tuesday night, leaving at least one person dead and significant damage in Acapulco, in Guerrero State. But the earthquake also roused terror for another reason: huge flashes of blue light in the sky known as “earthquake lights.” Experts interviewed by this newspaper say the phenomenon is caused by the release of energy before, during and after the tremor, and the flashes can be triggered by seismic activity and volcanic eruptions.

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]]>Carlos Ramírez<![CDATA[Mali Kabs, the four-year-old British singer who’s a hit on TikTok]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-03-27/mali-kabs-the-four-year-old-british-singer-whos-a-hit-on-tiktok.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-03-27/mali-kabs-the-four-year-old-british-singer-whos-a-hit-on-tiktok.htmlSat, 27 Mar 2021 11:12:35 +0000Maliya Kabs, a four-year-old British girl who has become famous for her starring role in family car singalongs, has won over a whole new set of fans in Latin America by singing in word-perfect Spanish and Portuguese. Little “Mali,” as she is known, can be seen in a new TikTok video belting out renditions of the Queen of Tejano Selena Quintanilla’s ballads Bidi Bidi Bom Bom Bom and Como La Flor. Maliya doesn’t miss a beat before switching to Portuguese for Apollo G’s rap tune Tempo Antigo.

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]]>the kabs family<![CDATA[Who’s who in ‘Narcos: Mexico’?]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2018/11/21/inenglish/1542808241_600311.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2018/11/21/inenglish/1542808241_600311.htmlWed, 21 Nov 2018 17:19:50 +0000The hit Netflix show Narcos is back for its fourth season, and this time the action has moved to Mexico. The latest series on the streaming service charts the history of drug trafficking, starting from the 1970s. As it did with its first season, with the figure of Colombian drug dealer Pablo Escobar, these new episodes focus on the life of Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, played by Diego Luna, and who was nicknamed “The boss of bosses” for managing to bring together all of the Mexican drug families into a powerful organization that first monopolized the trafficking of marijuana to the United States, and then cocaine. This is the story of the Guadalajara cartel.

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]]><![CDATA[The difficulties of accessing a safe abortion procedure in Mexico]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/03/08/inenglish/1488965609_348675.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/03/08/inenglish/1488965609_348675.htmlWed, 08 Mar 2017 14:22:57 +0000After a six-hour bus ride from Zamora, in Michoacán state, a nervous Daniela – she would rather not reveal her last name – walked into a public health center in the capital and found a waiting room full of people. The 23-year-old says she was surprised to see “girls with their parents, and teens with their boyfriends.”

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