taxi drivers protest uber

Taxis will ‘hunt down’ Uber drivers in DF

Taxis' union leader warns of 'big trouble' ahead

Taxi drivers in Mexico City who have marched unsuccessfully against the new on-demand private car services in town have announced a new strategy: they’re going to hunt down the new FULL STORY
corona beer truck

Maker of Corona beer unveils can factory

Factory and new brewery will be built near Mérida

Beer maker Grupo Modelo has announced it will invest 2.8 billion pesos (US $182 million) in a factory to manufacture aluminum cans in the state of Yucatán. The firm’s generalFULL STORY
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Ivonne Álvarez and Luis Felipe Cantú

National Action Party expects gains June 7

The party is optimistic it will win governors' offices in seven states

The leadership of the National Action Party (PAN) is confident it will make gains in the mid-term elections on June 7, despite some scandals that have included accusations of corruption and FULL STORY
Tropical storm Andres

Offshore storm could become hurricane

Tropical storm Andres is located well off the Pacific coast

Forecasters are predicting more hurricanes for the Pacific coast this year and the first may be in the process of forming about 1,200 kilometers southeast of Manzanillo, Colima, and 1,285 FULL STORY
The halo seen last week from Mexico City

Sun halo seen again in DF, several states

Phenomenon reappears after dazzling Chilangos a week ago

The halo that appeared around the sun last week in Mexico City has been seen again today in Veracruz, Tlaxcala, Morelos and Puebla as well as the Federal District. TheFULL STORY
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Kansas City Southern de México

Rail cargo firm sees great promise in MX

Kansas City Southern de México investing $1.3 billion between 2012 and 2018

Moving cargo by rail is big business in Mexico and can only get bigger, judging by the investment activities of the second largest cargo rail service. Kansas City Southern de FULL STORY
Oaxaca teachers block access to INE offices

Teachers won’t allow Oaxacans to vote

Section 22 plans to occupy electoral institute offices on June 1

Section 22 of the radical teachers’ union CNTE is threatening to obstruct the elections on June 7 by any means necessary, taunting the National Electoral Institute (INE) and the government FULL STORY
A memorial ceremony for the victims of grenade attack

Judge frees 4 men jailed nearly 7 years

Ruling says they were tortured into confessing attack that killed 8

Four men who spent nearly seven years in jail for allegedly killing eight people in a hand grenade attack have been freed. A judge has ruled that three of the FULL STORY
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The current embassy building in Mexico City

US embassy costs are up by one-third

Increased bilateral activities means increase in staff needs

Cost estimates for the new United States embassy in Mexico City have gone up by one-third and construction has not even begun yet. Construction was expected to cost US $577 million, FULL STORY
Police at the scene of last night's shooting

2 campaign chiefs killed in three days

Both were working for PRI candidates, one in DF, the other in Puebla

An election campaign worker in the Federal District who was killed this morning was the second to die in three days. The campaign chief for a candidate for local deputy FULL STORY
'Baby lobsters' on beaches of Tijuana

Millions of lobsters on Tijuana beaches

Efforts began Tuesday to return the live ones to the sea

The big waves delivered by a Pacific groundswell and climate change are a couple of reasons that have been offered for the appearance of millions of small lobsters on beaches FULL STORY
activists blockade highway

Highway blockade urges spoiled ballots

But UNAM researcher suggests the strategy is flawed

The purpose of a partial blockade of the Autopista del Sol yesterday was to urge voters to spoil their ballots in the June 7 elections, a strategy that comes up at FULL STORY
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