<![CDATA[EL PAÍS]]>https://english.elpais.comSat, 04 Apr 2026 21:22:17 +0000en1hourly1<![CDATA[US says oil deliveries to Cuba will be made on a ‘case-by-case basis’]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-31/us-says-oil-deliveries-to-cuba-will-be-made-on-a-case-by-case-basis.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-31/us-says-oil-deliveries-to-cuba-will-be-made-on-a-case-by-case-basis.htmlTue, 31 Mar 2026 10:58:55 +0000The United States will decide on a case-by-case basis whether foreign oil enters Cuba. This was announced Monday by the White House, which asserted that authorizing a Russian oil tanker to deliver fuel to the island does not represent a change in Washington’s policy of maintaining an energy embargo against Havana since January 29.

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]]>Juan Carlos Hernandez<![CDATA[Mexico’s economy secretary: ‘Our vision in the USMCA is to reduce dependence on other regions’]]>https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-03-18/mexicos-economy-secretary-our-vision-in-the-usmca-is-to-reduce-dependence-on-other-regions.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-03-18/mexicos-economy-secretary-our-vision-in-the-usmca-is-to-reduce-dependence-on-other-regions.htmlWed, 18 Mar 2026 21:15:49 +0000The review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) began Wednesday in Washington with a meeting between Mexico’s Secretary of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard, and the U.S. Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer. Ebrard shared a photo of the two countries’ teams at the U.S. Trade Representative’s office on his social media accounts. The Mexican Secretary explained that the purpose of this first meeting was to discuss the countries’ expectations for the future of the trade agreement.

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]]><![CDATA[Mexico avoids giving details about oil shipments to Cuba]]>https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-01-29/mexico-avoids-giving-details-about-oil-shipments-to-cuba.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-01-29/mexico-avoids-giving-details-about-oil-shipments-to-cuba.htmlThu, 29 Jan 2026 13:45:25 +0000Oil tankers traveling from Mexico to Cuba have captured the world’s attention in the last month. Following the United States’ intervention in Venezuela and its takeover of the country’s energy sector, Mexico became the de facto largest supplier of hydrocarbons to the island. While Mexico has been doing this since 1993, as of 2024 these shipments have been carried out diligently as humanitarian aid in response to the island’s energy crisis. Recent criticisms of these shipments by some U.S. members of congress have complicated the Mexican government’s position. President Claudia Sheinbaum has offered some explanations, but the state-owned oil company, Pemex, has not provided a clear picture of the ships departing from its terminal in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, bound for Cuba.

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]]>Norlys Perez<![CDATA[Clash between US and Canada puts Mexico on high alert on the eve of USMCA review]]>https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-01-22/clash-between-us-and-canada-puts-mexico-on-high-alert-on-the-eve-of-usmca-review.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-01-22/clash-between-us-and-canada-puts-mexico-on-high-alert-on-the-eve-of-usmca-review.htmlThu, 22 Jan 2026 19:13:29 +0000Mexico is waiting expectantly on decisions from its two most important trade partners, the United States and Canada. At odds over their positions on global trade, the countries are navigating the fine line between cooperation and rupture. The future of the free trade agreement between them, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), is currently the subject of much dialogue and debate from their leaders. U.S. President Donald Trump has declared that he considers the agreement “irrelevant” to his country’s industry. Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has begun to look to China to diversify his own nation’s trade balance, and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is calling for calm, insisting that the USMCA will not be broken under any circumstances.

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]]>Nayeli Cruz<![CDATA[Mexico, in Trump’s sights over its oil exports to Cuba]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-11/mexico-in-trumps-sights-over-its-oil-exports-to-cuba.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-11/mexico-in-trumps-sights-over-its-oil-exports-to-cuba.htmlSun, 11 Jan 2026 04:00:00 +0000The oil tanker Ocean Mariner departed Coatzacoalcos, in the Mexican state of Veracruz, on Monday. It was bound for Havana, and was scheduled to arrive on the island Thursday afternoon. It might seem like just another one of the thousands of vessels that transport crude oil daily around the world, but this Liberian-flagged ship is carrying a cargo of Mexican oil that could provide Cuba with the energy it needs to survive another day. Following the United States’ attack on Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced that his country would take over the export of Venezuelan oil, effectively ending shipments from that country to Cuba. In a matter of days, Mexico and the Ocean Mariner have become one of the few remaining options for supplying fuel to the island.

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]]>Dario Lopez-Mills<![CDATA[80,000 barrels of Mexican oil sent to Cuba: Havana drawn into the US–Mexico clash]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-29/80000-barrels-of-mexican-oil-sent-to-cuba-havana-drawn-into-the-usmexico-clash.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-29/80000-barrels-of-mexican-oil-sent-to-cuba-havana-drawn-into-the-usmexico-clash.htmlMon, 29 Dec 2025 10:33:22 +0000While Mexico was calling for a peaceful solution to the crisis between the United States and Venezuela at the United Nations, two oil tankers flying the Liberian flag were sailing near Cuba. Both vessels had departed from the port of Coatzacoalcos in the Mexican state of Veracruz, specifically from the Pajaritos terminal owned by the Mexican state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), which is tasked with delivering barrels of oil to the island to help alleviate the energy crisis that Cuba has been facing for months. The United States quickly viewed the shipment as a sign of support for the Cuban regime, intensifying the already strained and complex relations between Mexico and the U.S.

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]]>Susana Gonzalez<![CDATA[Mexico’s Sheinbaum relies on the power and influence of business leaders to boost investment]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-04/mexicos-sheinbaum-relies-on-the-power-and-influence-of-business-leaders-to-boost-investment.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-04/mexicos-sheinbaum-relies-on-the-power-and-influence-of-business-leaders-to-boost-investment.htmlThu, 04 Dec 2025 12:32:29 +0000Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum met on Wednesday with a dozen business leaders at the National Palace to discuss the creation of a private sector council to promote investment. The group was headed by the magnate Carlos Slim, president of the conglomerate Grupo Carso (which includes telecom giant Telmex), and Bernardo Gómez, president of Grupo Televisa. Faced with the stagnation of the Mexican economy — which contracted 0.3% in the third quarter of the year — the president outlined a national agreement with business leaders from across the country to explore and accelerate investments that can pull Mexico out of its economic slump.

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]]><![CDATA[Mexico reaches security, migration and trade agreement as Trump’s tariff deadline looms]]>https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-10-27/mexico-reaches-security-migration-and-trade-agreement-as-trumps-tariff-deadline-looms.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-10-27/mexico-reaches-security-migration-and-trade-agreement-as-trumps-tariff-deadline-looms.htmlMon, 27 Oct 2025 09:21:41 +0000Mexico is facing a crucial week for its economy. Thursday marks the end of the 90-day deadline that U.S. President Donald Trump gave the Mexican government to evaluate their trade relationship and define the tariffs that will remain in place between them. The Latin American country is the United States’ main trading partner; however, it has failed to contain the protectionist onslaught that Trump has launched globally. With some concessions, and anchored to the free trade agreement (USMCA), the Republican leader has imposed 25% tariffs on all products not covered by the agreement, 25% levies on automobiles, and 50% tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper.

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]]>Mark Schiefelbein<![CDATA[Tulum falters: Tourism declines in the jewel of the Riviera Maya]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-26/tulum-falters-tourism-declines-in-the-jewel-of-the-riviera-maya.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-26/tulum-falters-tourism-declines-in-the-jewel-of-the-riviera-maya.htmlSun, 26 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000On the white sands of Tulum’s beaches, some seaweed still lingers as a handful of tourists stroll along the shore, carefully stepping around it. The restaurants and hotels along the Riviera Maya’s golden mile in Mexico have a few visitors, but nothing is crowded. It’s the low season — that’s the mantra repeated by hoteliers, shopkeepers, and even the mayor. The situation would be typical for this time of year — the end of hurricane and seaweed season — were it not for the official tourism figures showing that hotel occupancy dropped by more than 10% in September. The number has set off alarm bells across all sectors in this destination in the state of Quintana Roo, which until now had seemed unstoppable and, if anything, destined to die of its own success.

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]]>Paola Chiomante<![CDATA[Mexico and Canada deepen ties ahead of USMCA trade talks with Trump]]>https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-09-19/mexico-and-canada-deepen-ties-ahead-of-usmca-trade-talks-with-trump.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-09-19/mexico-and-canada-deepen-ties-ahead-of-usmca-trade-talks-with-trump.htmlFri, 19 Sep 2025 08:06:06 +0000Neither partner is going anywhere. Mexico and Canada are committed to renewing and improving the USMCA free trade agreement with the United States in 2026, according to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, following their meeting this Thursday at the National Palace in Mexico City.

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]]>Nayeli Cruz<![CDATA[Clean customs, strong consulates and the fight against fentanyl: Sheinbaum prepares Mexico for Trump’s return]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-02/clean-customs-strong-consulates-and-the-fight-against-fentanyl-sheinbaum-prepares-mexico-for-trumps-return.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-02/clean-customs-strong-consulates-and-the-fight-against-fentanyl-sheinbaum-prepares-mexico-for-trumps-return.htmlThu, 02 Jan 2025 10:31:36 +0000The Mexican government is working fast to get its homework done before January 20, when Donald Trump will be sworn in as president of the United States. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has anticipated the elements of the bilateral relationship that could represent a headache for her Administration. In recent weeks, Mexican officials have been working at full speed in three specific sectors: cleaning up customs agencies, reinforcing Mexican consulates on U.S. territory, and cracking down on illegal trafficking of fentanyl. These three topics have historically proven to be the most sensitive for the U.S. government, regardless of its political orientation.

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]]><![CDATA[‘El Mayo’ Zambada’s lawyer claims Sinaloa Cartel leader was ‘kidnapped’ by Joaquín Guzmán and handed over to US authorities]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-07-29/el-mayo-zambadas-lawyer-claims-sinaloa-cartel-leader-was-kidnapped-by-joaquin-guzman-and-handed-over-to-us-authorities.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2024-07-29/el-mayo-zambadas-lawyer-claims-sinaloa-cartel-leader-was-kidnapped-by-joaquin-guzman-and-handed-over-to-us-authorities.htmlMon, 29 Jul 2024 13:44:33 +0000Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was betrayed by one of the sons of his partner in crime, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. This is the version of events that the Sinaloa Cartel leader’s lawyer has propounded following the drug lord’s arrest last Thursday at a small airport in El Paso, Texas. Frank Perez told The Los Angeles Times that his client was “kidnapped by force” by Joaquín Guzmán López. “My client did not turn himself in or negotiate any deal with the U.S. government,” he insisted. On the morning of July 25, Zambada met with Guzmán López and — according to the lawyer’s account — was subdued by six men “dressed in military uniforms” and El Chapo’s son, who tied him hand and foot, threw him into the bed of a pickup truck and took him to a clandestine airstrip. “They forced him onto the plane, Joaquin tied his legs to the seat and brought him to the United States against his will. Only the pilot, Joaquín, and my client were on the plane,” Perez said.

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]]><![CDATA[Mexico overtakes Brazil as top car manufacturer in Latin America]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/07/17/inenglish/1405605087_317920.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/07/17/inenglish/1405605087_317920.htmlThu, 17 Jul 2014 14:39:04 +0000Asian and European car brands are investing heavily in Mexican-based assembly plants, catapulting the country’s auto industry to unknown heights.

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]]>Bloomberg<![CDATA[What does Mexico celebrate on Cinco de Mayo?]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-04/what-does-mexico-celebrate-on-cinco-de-mayo.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-04/what-does-mexico-celebrate-on-cinco-de-mayo.htmlThu, 04 May 2023 19:11:55 +0000

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]]><![CDATA[Fentanyl experiments, crypto payments and feeding people to tigers: A look inside the criminal empire of El Chapo’s sons]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-04-17/fentanyl-experiments-crypto-payments-and-feeding-people-to-tigers-a-look-inside-the-criminal-empire-of-el-chapos-sons.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-04-17/fentanyl-experiments-crypto-payments-and-feeding-people-to-tigers-a-look-inside-the-criminal-empire-of-el-chapos-sons.htmlMon, 17 Apr 2023 10:52:33 +0000The Sinaloa Cartel has entrusted its future to a second generation. Three of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s sons have taken the reins of the drug trafficking business in Mexico. They are now building up an efficient corporate structure, perfecting the model that was founded by their father 30 years ago.

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]]><![CDATA[Todd Robinson: ‘The United States and Mexico have shared responsibilities in the fight against fentanyl’]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-04-06/todd-robinson-the-united-states-and-mexico-have-shared-responsibilities-in-the-fight-against-fentanyl.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-04-06/todd-robinson-the-united-states-and-mexico-have-shared-responsibilities-in-the-fight-against-fentanyl.htmlThu, 06 Apr 2023 02:23:43 +0000Todd Robinson – assistant secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs at the US State Department – is convinced that the growing demand for synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, must be tackled at great speed in both Mexico and the United States.

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]]><![CDATA[Ibero-American Summit focused on ‘results that have a positive impact on quality of life’ ]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-03-25/ibero-american-summit-seeks-results-that-have-a-positive-impact-on-quality-of-life-in-the-region.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-03-25/ibero-american-summit-seeks-results-that-have-a-positive-impact-on-quality-of-life-in-the-region.htmlSat, 25 Mar 2023 11:43:09 +0000The XXVIII Ibero-American Summit being held this weekend in the Dominican Republic kicked off Friday night with the objective of seeking “concrete results that have a positive impact on the quality of life of Ibero-Americans.” Former Chilean foreign minister Andrés Allamand, head of the Ibero-American Secretariat, called on the 22 countries that comprise the bloc to take advantage of the regional context which, he underlined, “as seldom before mixes opportunities and challenges.” One of these opportunities, Allamand said, is the upcoming Spanish rotation of the presidency of the Council of the European Union, from July to December 2023. Allamand described Madrid’s presidency as an opportunity to generate an agenda for the future between Latin America and Europe “to work together to solve problems such as climate change, which is an existential threat to humanity.” The upcoming meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, convened for July 17 and 18 in Brussels, will finalize a package of European investments in the region, as announced by Spain’s King Felipe VI in Santo Domingo on Friday.

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]]><![CDATA[Energy reforms set out to open up petrochemical industry in Mexico]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/08/14/inenglish/1376503682_685878.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/08/14/inenglish/1376503682_685878.htmlWed, 14 Aug 2013 18:08:02 +0000On Monday President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico announced an initiative in energy reform that would open up the field of petrochemistry. With the proposal to modify Article 28 of the Constitution, this sector, in its most basic form, would cease to be an area exclusive to Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex). The text set before Congress this Monday would allow the private sector to participate in the post-extraction processes under a scheme which will be established with further legislation and regulated through licenses administered by the executive branch.

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]]>Marco Ugarte<![CDATA[Explainer: A practical guide to the US midterms]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-11-08/explainer-a-practical-guide-to-the-us-midterms.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-11-08/explainer-a-practical-guide-to-the-us-midterms.htmlTue, 08 Nov 2022 13:14:26 +0000Americans are going to the polls on November 8 to decide the direction that their government will take in the next two years. The midterm elections focus primarily on selecting candidates for seats in the Senate and House of Representatives. In a two-party system, the outcome impacts the ability of the incumbent administration to take action through Congress in the last two years of its term in office. Also this year, 36 state governorships out of 50 are being contested, and the voters of those states will be able to make decisions on key issues like abortion, cannabis, taxes, the electoral system and more through ballot measures that are coming up for a vote on Election Day.

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]]>Anadolu Agency<![CDATA[New attack in Mexico’s tourist paradise: One dead and six injured in Cancún shooting]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-05-09/new-attack-in-mexican-tourist-paradise-one-dead-and-six-injured-in-cancun-shooting.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-05-09/new-attack-in-mexican-tourist-paradise-one-dead-and-six-injured-in-cancun-shooting.htmlMon, 09 May 2022 14:18:29 +0000At least one person has died and six more have been injured in a shooting that occurred Friday night in Cancún, a resort city in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The shooting began at around 9pm on Kabah Avenue, the nightlife hub of the popular tourist destination. According to local press reports, two bars on this avenue – Déja Vu and Las Micheladas de la Kabah – were simultaneously attacked.

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]]><![CDATA[Mexico’s new international airport gets ready for takeoff]]>https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-02-15/mexicos-new-international-airport-gets-ready-for-takeoff.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/international/2022-02-15/mexicos-new-international-airport-gets-ready-for-takeoff.htmlTue, 15 Feb 2022 18:05:50 +0000Mexico’s new airport, Felipe Ángeles International (AIFA), now has an opening date: March 21. The moment marks the culmination of the first large-scale project of the Mexican government, which invested $2.6 billion in the project. Against all odds, the airport was finished in two years and 10 months. The new facility is located in the municipality of Zumpango and is aimed at easing the air traffic to Mexico City, which is 45 kilometers away.

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]]><![CDATA[Mexican drug cartels take aim at journalists]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-08-17/mexican-drug-cartels-take-aim-at-journalists.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-08-17/mexican-drug-cartels-take-aim-at-journalists.htmlTue, 17 Aug 2021 11:34:50 +0000The Mexican press lives under constant threat. The latest episode took place last Monday: a group of armed members of the drug organization Jalisco New Generation Cartel stood in front of a camera, displayed their firepower and issued death threats against three national media companies – El Universal newspaper, Televisa broadcaster and Milenio daily – naming journalist Azucena Uresti in a video that swiftly flooded social media. The leader of the group, who all wore masks, spoke about the way his criminal organization was represented by these media outlets. He felt, he said, that what was being talked about did not reflect reality. With an assault rifle in his hand, he asked for fair coverage. Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, according to international watchdogs, but the message relayed on August 9 has set alarms bells ringing over an escalation of the dangers facing those who work in the press.

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]]>Hector Guerrero <![CDATA[Haiti: a country in permanent crisis ]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-08-16/haiti-a-country-in-permanent-crisis.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-08-16/haiti-a-country-in-permanent-crisis.htmlMon, 16 Aug 2021 12:44:12 +0000Haiti is the patient that never quite has the chance to recover. The poorest country in the Americas was hit by an earthquake on Saturday that registered 7.2 on the Richter scale, leaving at least 1,200 people dead. But this comes as just another blow for a nation that has yet to recover from the devastating earthquake of January 2010, when a quarter of a million people died. And only last month, Haiti’s president Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, leaving this nation of 11 million souls in a permanent state of confusion and fear.

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]]>Joseph Odelyn<![CDATA[Why Mexico is taking on the US arms industry for illegal trafficking of weapons]]>https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-08-05/why-mexico-is-taking-on-the-us-arms-industry-for-illegal-trafficking-of-weapons.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-08-05/why-mexico-is-taking-on-the-us-arms-industry-for-illegal-trafficking-of-weapons.htmlThu, 05 Aug 2021 12:26:29 +0000The Mexican government is seeking those responsible for the wave of violence that has had the country on a knife-edge for the past 17 years, and has focused its attention on the US arms industry, from manufacturers to end-product sellers. “They know very well that these weapons are among those favored by the drug cartels,” states a historic 139-page lawsuit targeting the illegal arms trade, which was presented by Mexican authorities in a Massachusetts court on Wednesday. It is an all-too-familiar reality for Mexicans and US citizens, with an estimated 340,000 firearms made in the US ending up in the hands of Mexican prosecutors as evidence in cases of violent crime every year.

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]]>Gilles Mingasson<![CDATA[US to maintain 25% tariffs on Spanish cheese, wine and other products ]]>https://english.elpais.com/economy_and_business/2020-08-13/us-to-maintain-25-tariffs-on-spanish-cheese-wine-and-other-products.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/economy_and_business/2020-08-13/us-to-maintain-25-tariffs-on-spanish-cheese-wine-and-other-products.htmlThu, 13 Aug 2020 13:09:37 +0000The United States government announced on Wednesday that it will maintain tariffs imposed on exports from the European Union last year – a decision that will affect Spanish cheese, wine, olive oil and pork products.

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]]><![CDATA[Mexico’s demand for an apology creates political stir in Spain]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/03/27/inenglish/1553674382_937112.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/03/27/inenglish/1553674382_937112.htmlWed, 27 Mar 2019 11:39:08 +0000A letter sent to Spain’s King Felipe VI by the president of Mexico, seeking an apology for abuses committed during the Spanish conquest 500 years ago, has triggered numerous political reactions.

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]]>Pedro Martin Gonzalez Castillo<![CDATA[Mexican women in politics: no glittering careers and no real power]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2018/03/07/inenglish/1520434930_190837.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2018/03/07/inenglish/1520434930_190837.htmlWed, 07 Mar 2018 15:56:36 +0000Tonantzin Cárdenas nearly lost her chance to run in an election because she is a woman. The 24-year-old was unable to register as the replacement for Roberto Castillo, an independent candidate to represent Mexico City in Congress, because voting laws say that both nominees must be of the same gender.

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]]>Saúl López<![CDATA[From captivity to cloning: the fight to save vaquita porpoise from extinction]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/06/01/inenglish/1496316391_463644.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/06/01/inenglish/1496316391_463644.htmlFri, 02 Jun 2017 13:20:30 +0000“It’s a desperate measure,” says Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, president of the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (Cirva), which has put together a four-phase plan costing $4 million – including the cryopreservation option – on behalf of the Mexican government.

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]]>Nicklin Minden<![CDATA[Jalisco, Mexico’s very own Silicon Valley]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/03/13/inenglish/1489403756_441981.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/03/13/inenglish/1489403756_441981.htmlWed, 15 Mar 2017 17:50:48 +0000After being deported from Silicon Valley in 2008 when his visa ran out, Parra says he has no intention of returning to the United States: “Life here is very good,” he says. Like Parra, hundreds of young Mexican engineers, developers, mathematicians and computer programmers have found a thriving ecosystem in Guadalajara.

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]]>Karlo Reyes<![CDATA[The spider web of federal funds that go to fighting the drug war in Mexico]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/12/28/inenglish/1482938012_959028.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/12/28/inenglish/1482938012_959028.htmlWed, 28 Dec 2016 15:36:30 +0000Over the following years, various crime scenes throughout Mexico revealed some of the pieces of that bloody puzzle. In the last decade, both countries have financed operations to combat drug trafficking on the Mexican side. Despite their lack of success, the US and Mexico keep adding zeros to the budget for the war against drugs.

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]]>Isaac Esquivel<![CDATA[Mexico readies for liberalization of its gasoline market in 2017]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/12/23/inenglish/1482504545_773695.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/12/23/inenglish/1482504545_773695.htmlMon, 26 Dec 2016 12:35:22 +0000On March 30, 2017, gasoline stations in Baja California and Sonora will begin selling fuel at the going rate on the international market. The CRE said it chose to start in this area because of its proximity to the United States and its many oil import routes. The border region accounts for 25% of all oil consumed in Mexico, while its extensive industrial sector will encourage competition, says the regulator.

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]]>Saúl Ruiz<![CDATA[Aeroméxico and Delta to form largest joint airline venture in North America]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/12/22/inenglish/1482413806_659723.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/12/22/inenglish/1482413806_659723.htmlThu, 22 Dec 2016 14:39:10 +0000The deal is an important step forward in Delta’s bid to acquire 49 percent of Aeroméxico shares, and is positive news for US–Mexico business relations after a US election campaign during which President-Elect Donald Trump consistently attacked Mexico.

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]]><![CDATA[Mexico prepares for the worst ahead of a Trump presidency]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/11/17/inenglish/1479387089_015364.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/11/17/inenglish/1479387089_015364.htmlFri, 18 Nov 2016 12:11:43 +0000The Mexican government fears the Trump presidency’s economic impact most of all. The value of the Mexican peso has fallen by 15% against the dollar since November 9, while Ildefonso Guajardo, Mexico’s economy minister, has said that now is not the time to discuss NAFTA, which among other things lifted import tariffs with its two northern neighbors.

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]]>Christian Palma<![CDATA[The economic border not even Donald Trump can block]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/11/02/inenglish/1478097919_972174.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/11/02/inenglish/1478097919_972174.htmlWed, 02 Nov 2016 15:32:54 +0000From the US-Mexican border, the horizon looks like a postcard. Tall glass towers rise up behind the factories. The manufacturing plants are in Mexico and the corporate offices are on American soil.

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]]>Russell Contreras<![CDATA[Mexico’s lethal gasoline smuggling problem]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/10/28/inenglish/1477641915_944866.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/10/28/inenglish/1477641915_944866.htmlFri, 28 Oct 2016 09:28:33 +0000Around 9.40 pm on October 24, the Mexican-US border city of Ciudad Juárez was shaken by a huge explosion.

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]]>Sonia Corona<![CDATA[When Donald Trump blusters, the Mexican peso trembles]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/10/21/inenglish/1477045525_701579.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/10/21/inenglish/1477045525_701579.htmlFri, 21 Oct 2016 11:58:02 +0000The Mexican peso has become the barometer of Donald Trump’s presidential election campaign, falling when the Republican Party’s hopeful has done well in the polls and then rising as he drops in popularity.

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]]>Saúl Ruiz<![CDATA[Retiring at age 36: A civil servant’s dream?]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/10/07/inenglish/1475832327_653795.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/10/07/inenglish/1475832327_653795.htmlFri, 07 Oct 2016 12:03:16 +0000It must be every government employee’s dream: to retire at the age of 36 with a monthly check of more than $1,000. Lizbeth Alonso Carreón, a municipal worker in Ciudad Juárez, in northern Mexico, is close to making that dream come true.

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]]>Twitter<![CDATA[Mexico bumps up interest rate in bid to rein in inflation]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/30/inenglish/1475238849_686553.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/30/inenglish/1475238849_686553.htmlFri, 30 Sep 2016 14:30:30 +0000The Bank of Mexico has announced it will hike borrowing costs from 4.25% to 4.75% in a bid to check inflation and stop the peso’s fall in value against the US dollar.

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]]>Sáshenka Gutiérrez<![CDATA[Why the Mexican peso continues to plunge against the US dollar]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/16/inenglish/1474035969_997088.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/16/inenglish/1474035969_997088.htmlFri, 16 Sep 2016 14:51:32 +0000The Mexican peso has been in freefall for a week as its value plummets against the US dollar. By Thursday, one dollar was worth 19.65 pesos, one of its highest levels in the last few years. Falling oil prices and tensions caused by the upcoming presidential election in the United States have accelerated the depreciation of the Mexican peso over the last few days.

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]]><![CDATA[Latin America and Caribbean see sharp rise in internet use]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/13/inenglish/1473774348_614340.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/13/inenglish/1473774348_614340.htmlTue, 13 Sep 2016 14:29:42 +0000Internet use is soaring in Latin America and the Caribbean. Nearly 55% of people in the region went online in 2015, representing a 20% rise from 2010, new figures from a United Nations agency show.

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]]>EFE<![CDATA[Legendary Mexican showman Juan Gabriel dies of a heart attack]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/08/29/inenglish/1472479612_609817.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/08/29/inenglish/1472479612_609817.htmlMon, 29 Aug 2016 15:20:18 +0000Mexico has lost its “Divo de Juárez,” the singer-songwriter who expressed the joys and pains of Mexicans and of many other Latin American fans over the last four decades. Alberto Aguilera Valadez, who found success under the stage name Juan Gabriel, died of a heart attack on Sunday around 11.40am in Santa Monica, California. The 66-year-old singer was in the United States to give a series of concerts in Los Angeles as part of his “MeXXico es todo” tour. His last concert was at the Los Angeles Forum. Two hours of sheer energy pouring out on stage, critics say. Juan Gabriel was scheduled to take the tour to El Paso, Texas.

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]]><![CDATA[Tarahumara runners return to Mexico’s Copper Canyon]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/30/inenglish/1459345993_518145.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/30/inenglish/1459345993_518145.htmlWed, 06 Apr 2016 15:47:54 +0000Their feet barely touching the ground, members of the Tarahumara tribe were once again competing in the 80-kilometer Caballo Blanco ultramarathon at Copper Canyon in northern Mexico's Chihuahua state on the first Sunday of March. Running in handcrafted huarache sandals made from used tires and wearing everyday clothes, the indigenous athletes take no dietary supplements and their prize is a few sacks of corn and black beans, along with the honor of upholding an ancient tradition.

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]]>Saúl Ruiz<![CDATA[How a Mexican cockfight impresario took his revenge on six housebreakers]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/09/inenglish/1457526090_860625.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/09/inenglish/1457526090_860625.htmlWed, 09 Mar 2016 13:56:51 +0000Jorge Aduna Villacencio is a tough guy, someone who commands respect. He is an old-school rancher. He has to be – otherwise he could never have efficiently managed a palenque – a cockfighting arena where disputes over wagers are often resolved with guns.

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]]><![CDATA[How a Mexican city discovered its long-forgotten ancient tunnels]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/01/20/inenglish/1453294423_378920.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/01/20/inenglish/1453294423_378920.htmlWed, 20 Jan 2016 16:11:11 +0000It was a legend that was often told at the dinner table or during discussions in bars. Under the city of Puebla, there was a network of tunnels connecting churches with ancient buildings, and they were used as escape routes by Mexican revolutionaries during the war.

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]]><![CDATA[Violence shortening average life expectancy in Mexico]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/01/08/inenglish/1452264405_746712.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/01/08/inenglish/1452264405_746712.htmlFri, 08 Jan 2016 16:57:21 +0000The rise in the number of homicides in Mexico from 2000 to 2010 has reduced the average life expectancy of its citizens, a study conducted by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has discovered.

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]]><![CDATA[FARC guerrillas working with Mexican cartels to ship cocaine into US]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/11/06/inenglish/1446805362_627422.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/11/06/inenglish/1446805362_627422.htmlFri, 06 Nov 2015 11:55:18 +0000Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas have been working alongside Mexican drug cartels to transport high quantities of cocaine into the United States, according to a US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) report.

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]]><![CDATA[Mexico gears up for the return of Formula 1 after 23 years]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/10/29/inenglish/1446129775_602174.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/10/29/inenglish/1446129775_602174.htmlThu, 29 Oct 2015 18:16:19 +0000For the first time in 23 years, Formula 1 fever has returned to Mexico, but watching this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix live will be coming at a price for some.

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]]>Gran Premio de México<![CDATA[The sister spicing up Mexican ‘MasterChef’]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/09/23/inenglish/1443003538_974742.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/09/23/inenglish/1443003538_974742.htmlWed, 23 Sep 2015 13:17:25 +0000She is known as the “wonder nun,” and more than once she has been saved by a miracle from being eliminated from Mexico’s version of TV cooking contest MasterChef.

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]]><![CDATA[Egypt kills Mexican tourists by mistake]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/09/14/inenglish/1442237981_213366.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/09/14/inenglish/1442237981_213366.htmlMon, 14 Sep 2015 14:33:49 +0000Egyptian military forces mistakenly attacked a convoy of tourists on Sunday night, leaving at least 12 Mexicans and Egyptians dead and 10 others wounded, the country’s interior ministry has revealed.

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]]>AMR ABDALLAH DALSH<![CDATA[Is there a rift between Mexico’s president and first lady?]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/07/23/inenglish/1437658459_357648.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/07/23/inenglish/1437658459_357648.htmlThu, 23 Jul 2015 16:11:06 +0000Over the past few weeks, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and his wife Angélica Rivera have found themselves the subject of public speculation concerning their marriage after a series of recent videos appear to show the couple acting chilly towards one another.

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]]>IAN LANGSDON<![CDATA[Mexican capital becomes first Latin city to regulate Uber car-sharing]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/07/17/inenglish/1437124018_243684.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/07/17/inenglish/1437124018_243684.htmlFri, 17 Jul 2015 12:16:09 +0000After weeks of negotiations, the Mexico City government has agreed on a legal framework to allow car-sharing services such as Uber and Cabify to operate in the Mexican capital.

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]]>Eric Risberg<![CDATA[Mexicans lose thirst for soft drinks as so-called “cola tax” takes effect]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/06/23/inenglish/1435061435_179345.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/06/23/inenglish/1435061435_179345.htmlTue, 23 Jun 2015 16:05:21 +0000Mexico’s so-called “cola tax,” which went into effect in January 2014, is beginning to bear fruit.

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]]>Susana González<![CDATA[Mexico City cabbies come to blows with Uber ride-share driver]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/03/31/inenglish/1427799499_399233.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/03/31/inenglish/1427799499_399233.htmlTue, 31 Mar 2015 15:41:54 +0000Ride-sharing service Uber has become a troublesome competitor for Mexican taxi drivers. The ongoing dispute between cabbies and the users of the application reached a climax on March 20 in Mexico City.

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]]>KAI PFAFFENBACH<![CDATA[Mexico’s top human rights official calls for forced-disappearance laws]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/03/26/inenglish/1427376260_734062.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/03/26/inenglish/1427376260_734062.htmlThu, 26 Mar 2015 15:22:15 +0000Mexico’s top human rights official urged President Enrique Peña Nieto on Wednesday to act quickly to introduce new laws dealing with torture and forced disappearances in the wake of the recent massacres of 43 students and a group of suspected drug traffickers.

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]]>PRESIDENCIA MÉXICO<![CDATA[101 wild animals rescued from Mexican politician’s home]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/02/25/inenglish/1424871885_802477.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/02/25/inenglish/1424871885_802477.htmlWed, 25 Feb 2015 17:05:10 +0000Mexican authorities on Monday rescued 101 wild animals – including lions, tigers, bears and pumas – from a home in Puebla state where a local politician had been operating his own private zoo for 15 years.

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]]>FACEBOOK<![CDATA[Mexico’s defense chief rejects wrongdoing in civilian massacre]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/02/20/inenglish/1424442625_945153.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/02/20/inenglish/1424442625_945153.htmlFri, 20 Feb 2015 15:54:56 +0000Mexico’s defense chief on Thursday rejected a human rights report that blamed the military for the ambush of 22 alleged drug traffickers last June in an incident that has become known as the Tlatlaya massacre.

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]]>PRESIDENCIA DE MÉXICO<![CDATA[Mexico’s Pemex faces crucial budget cuts aimed at increasing profits]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/02/06/inenglish/1423233219_577760.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/02/06/inenglish/1423233219_577760.htmlFri, 06 Feb 2015 17:20:56 +0000Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), which has been restructured under the government’s far-reaching energy reform, will face one of the most crucial periods in its history next week when board members try to decide how to apply around $4.1 billion in cuts.

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]]><![CDATA[Rising fuel thefts spark gasoline shortages in Mexico]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/01/13/inenglish/1421156023_820788.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/01/13/inenglish/1421156023_820788.htmlTue, 13 Jan 2015 15:21:59 +0000Gasoline distributors in Mexico have complained about serious shortages in central and northern areas over the past two weeks as growing fuel-theft problems leave pumps dry at filling stations around the nation.

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]]>SAÚL RUIZ<![CDATA[Mexico wants to import US oil]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/01/09/inenglish/1420825884_633831.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/01/09/inenglish/1420825884_633831.htmlFri, 09 Jan 2015 19:22:58 +0000Mexico is in talks with the United States as it anticipates making a shift in its energy policy. Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has asked the US Commerce Department to make an exception to its ban on US crude oil exports. In a role reversal, the Latin American country, the US’s third-largest provider after Saudi Arabia and Canada, would receive 100,000 barrels of light crude oil from its northern neighbor. According to US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, authorities are still evaluating the Mexican proposal.

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]]>SAÚL RUIZ<![CDATA[Four cartel hitmen arrested over disappearance of 43 students in Iguala]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/10/28/inenglish/1414513552_685300.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/10/28/inenglish/1414513552_685300.htmlTue, 28 Oct 2014 17:01:21 +0000Mexican authorities have arrested four members of the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel who admitted to being partly responsible for the disappearance of 43 student teachers on September 26. Prosecutor General Jesús Murillo Karam said the detainees had confessed that they received and held captive “a large group of people” and that they knew the whereabouts of the youths.

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]]><![CDATA[Mexican Prosecutor admits mistakes were made in exhuming Iguala graves]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/10/21/inenglish/1413915101_420752.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/10/21/inenglish/1413915101_420752.htmlTue, 21 Oct 2014 18:20:17 +0000The Mexican Prosecutor General’s Office has told the families of the 43 student teachers who disappeared in Iguala that mistakes were made when exhuming a number of mass graves found there three weeks ago. In a meeting with the students’ parents on Monday, Interior Minister Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong and Prosecutor General Jesús Murillo Karam blamed the errors on Guerrero’s state attorney’s office, which was initially in charge of the case.

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]]>MARCO UGARTE<![CDATA[Four more mass graves found in Iguala]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/10/10/inenglish/1412961475_008424.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/10/10/inenglish/1412961475_008424.htmlFri, 10 Oct 2014 17:46:36 +0000The Mexican Attorney General’s Office has discovered four more mass graves on the outskirts of Iguala (Guerrero State, southeast Mexico). Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam has announced the arrest of four more suspects in the massacre of a group of student teachers on September 26 at the location where the unmarked graves were found. “We cannot confirm whether these are the remains of the students,” he added.

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]]>REUTERS<![CDATA[Mexico opens up Chicontepec oilfields to foreign multinationals]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/09/22/inenglish/1411395118_595417.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/09/22/inenglish/1411395118_595417.htmlMon, 22 Sep 2014 16:00:54 +0000When it comes to Mexico’s oilfields, the jewel in the crown is the Chicontepec Basin. This region of 3,800 square kilometers that straddles the northern portions of Veracruz and Puebla contains 40 percent of the country’s hydrocarbon reserves.

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]]><![CDATA[US punishes Mexican sugar producers]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/08/29/inenglish/1409323485_324097.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/08/29/inenglish/1409323485_324097.htmlFri, 29 Aug 2014 14:51:12 +0000Mexican sugar is going through bitter times in the United States. The US Department of Commerce has imposed cash duty deposits ranging from 2.99 percent to 17.01 percent on sweeteners imported from Mexico, saying that the Latin American government is unfairly subsidizing its sugar production. These sanctions come as a result of an investigation requested by the American Sugar Coalition and its members, who complained that exporters from Mexico competed unfairly with domestic producers. The preliminary ruling will be reviewed at the conclusion of the investigation and a final decision will be made on January 7, 2015.

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]]>ELIZABETH RUIZ <![CDATA[Who killed 13-year-old José Luis Tehuatle?]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/07/29/inenglish/1406645842_349667.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/07/29/inenglish/1406645842_349667.htmlTue, 29 Jul 2014 22:56:17 +0000Three kids are standing on the street, arguing passionately as they share a snack of spicy corn chips. “Tear gas, billy club, shields,” they say. The kids are talking about the one topic of conversation in San Bernardino Chalchihuapan, a town in the state of Puebla, central Mexico: the demonstration against the relocation of the civil registry office that shut down the highway on July 9. The roadblock would have been just another protest if José Luis Tehuatle, an indigenous 13-year-old boy, had not died 10 days after getting hit in the head.

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]]>L. P. B.<![CDATA[Mexico fights for its forests]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/07/09/inenglish/1404920548_520208.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/07/09/inenglish/1404920548_520208.htmlWed, 09 Jul 2014 17:29:33 +0000Eight containers filled with cedar, mahogany, and passion fruit tree wood arrive in China. The cargo came across the Pacific Ocean from the port of Manzanillo in Colima state, western Mexico, but its journey started in the leafy forests of Michoacán. The precious woods, ready to become expensive furniture, are carrying falsified government certificates – it is just one of the ways that illegal loggers and wood traffickers are commercializing the country’s forests.

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]]><![CDATA[Mexico debates rules to open energy sector to private investment]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/05/01/inenglish/1398955734_002789.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/05/01/inenglish/1398955734_002789.htmlThu, 01 May 2014 16:40:35 +0000The Mexican government this week sent the Senate a proposal for legislative reform that will grant private companies access to the country’s energy market for the first time in more than 75 years.

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]]>Alex Cruz<![CDATA[Mexico changes its energy policy against the clock]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/12/13/inenglish/1386974101_808856.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/12/13/inenglish/1386974101_808856.htmlFri, 13 Dec 2013 22:50:42 +0000Mexico's Congress approved a historic energy reform bill at breakneck speed. In 72 hours the joint initiative from the ruling Institutional (PRI) Revolutionary Party and the right-wing National Action Party (PAN) has succeeded in opening up the energy sector to private investors. The reform call for amendments in Articles 25, 27 and 28 of the Constitution in order to allow the state to offer contracts for services, licenses, and sharing the product and production lines with private companies. Having passed both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies the measure now requires the approval of at least 17 of the 32 state legislatures before it is declared law.

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]]>MARCO UGARTE<![CDATA[Energy bill passes Chamber of Deputies after Senate approval]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/12/12/inenglish/1386864815_925556.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/12/12/inenglish/1386864815_925556.htmlThu, 12 Dec 2013 16:25:16 +0000Mexico’s historic energy reform, which will open the country’s oil industry to private investment, cleared another important legislative hurdle late Wednesday when Mexican deputies gave their approval to the bill just less than 24 hours after the Senate passed the controversial measure.

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]]>LIBRADO BAEZ <![CDATA[Pemex airs its complaints about poor benefits from Repsol stake]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/11/20/inenglish/1384972042_176124.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/11/20/inenglish/1384972042_176124.htmlWed, 20 Nov 2013 18:30:24 +0000Long-standing Repsol shareholder Pemex is unhappy with the management of the leading Spanish oil firm and is considering sounding out possible support among other shareholders to replace Chairman Antonio Brufau, according to sources aware of the situation.

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]]><![CDATA[Mexico’s leftists call for referendum on energy sector reforms]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/09/23/inenglish/1379959178_311398.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/09/23/inenglish/1379959178_311398.htmlMon, 23 Sep 2013 18:03:56 +0000Mexico’s fractured leftist movement has come together to spearhead an effort to prevent President Enrique Peña Nieto from carrying out his planned reform of the petroleum industry.

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]]>Mario Guzmán<![CDATA[Mexico’s teachers hold their ground in capital’s main square]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/09/12/inenglish/1379007467_008991.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/09/12/inenglish/1379007467_008991.htmlThu, 12 Sep 2013 17:50:46 +0000Tensions continue to flare in Mexico over President Enrique Peña Nieto’s education reform plans. Protesting teachers have been camped out at Mexico City’s main Zócalo square, and are refusing to budge, despite the fact that officials are expected to hold Independence Day celebrations there on Sunday night and a parade on Monday.

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]]>Alex Cruz<![CDATA[Ongoing teachers' protests cause chaos in Mexico City]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/08/29/inenglish/1377800387_331693.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/08/29/inenglish/1377800387_331693.htmlThu, 29 Aug 2013 18:23:08 +0000For two weeks, Mexican teachers have been adding more mayhem to the already chaotic Mexico City, thanks to a series of protests over President Enrique Peña Nieto’s plans for education reform. Thousands of educators were called out by the Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (CNTE), one of the country’s powerful teacher unions (the other one, SNTE, used to be run by Elba Esther Gordillo, who is currently in prison on corruption charges). The protesters voiced their claims in emblematic parts of town such as Congress, the Senate, the vast square known as Zócalo, the airport and the headquarters of television stations TV Azteca and Televisa. There was only one major place left for them to protest: the presidential residence of Los Pinos, which they attempted to access on Wednesday.

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]]>Mario Guzmán<![CDATA[Mexican left calls for referendum on oil shake-up]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/08/20/inenglish/1377022018_342929.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/08/20/inenglish/1377022018_342929.htmlTue, 20 Aug 2013 18:12:22 +0000The Mexican left knows that the battle for Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) could well be lost in Congress, which is why it has called for a referendum to prevent a reform to articles 27 and 28 of the Constitution, proposed last week by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, who is seeking to open the country’s energy sector to foreign investment.

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]]>YURI CORTEZ<![CDATA[Opposition calls Peña Nieto’s oil reform lackluster and unnecessary]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/08/13/inenglish/1376409721_507487.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/08/13/inenglish/1376409721_507487.htmlTue, 13 Aug 2013 16:09:37 +0000Just minutes after President Enrique Peña Nieto announced his proposed reforms for the oil industry, opposition political parties expressed their disappointment at plans to bring private investment into Mexico’s fledging state-owned energy sector.

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]]><![CDATA[Peña Nieto unveils his long-awaited petroleum reform plan]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/08/12/inenglish/1376334289_264891.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/08/12/inenglish/1376334289_264891.htmlMon, 12 Aug 2013 19:12:16 +0000Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Monday unveiled his long-awaited, far-reaching national petroleum strategy, which proposes a string of reforms to open the state-owned oil industry to private investment.

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]]><![CDATA[Surge in violence in Michoacán puts Peña Nieto’s security strategy to the test]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/07/24/inenglish/1374682629_607422.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/07/24/inenglish/1374682629_607422.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 16:50:33 +0000The Mexican state of Michoacán was the scene Tuesday of the worst violence to have taken place in a single day in recent months. Authorities said that at least 22 people were killed in different gun battles between police and organized crime gangs throughout the state.

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]]><![CDATA[Nine acts of religious faith]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/07/04/inenglish/1372960478_069457.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/07/04/inenglish/1372960478_069457.htmlThu, 04 Jul 2013 18:08:52 +0000Religion may not be a recommended subject for dinner conversation, but it is for cinema. To demonstrate the fact, Amores perros and Babel screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga has teamed up with eight well-known filmmakers to create Words with Gods, the first of four films about taboo topics. The Oscar nominee has also announced that musician Peter Gabriel and Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa will also be working on the project. The former will be in charge of creating the music for the opening and the close of the film, while the Peruvian novelist has designed the film’s narrative structure.

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]]><![CDATA[Mexico university chiefs unsure on police raid on rebel students]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/04/24/inenglish/1366822098_703873.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/04/24/inenglish/1366822098_703873.htmlWed, 24 Apr 2013 16:56:36 +0000Officials at Mexico’s National Autonomous University (UNAM) on Wednesday tried to decide whether to call in police to dislodge a group of about 15 hooded protestors who have been camped out at a dean’s office since Friday.

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]]>Sáshenka Gutiérrez<![CDATA[WikiLeaks reveals darker side of Echeverría’s rule in Mexico]]>https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/04/10/inenglish/1365613440_379095.htmlhttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/04/10/inenglish/1365613440_379095.htmlWed, 10 Apr 2013 17:11:03 +0000The United States thought that Mexico’s attitude to the 1973 coup in Chile was “cynical,” the latest batch of Wikileaks cables shows. The US State Department was worried about then-Mexican President Luis Echeverría’s sympathies for the government of Salvador Allende and about his concessions to Chileans – the country took in hundreds of refugees following the coup, including Allende’s widow, Hortensia Bussi, through its embassy in Santiago de Chile.

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