Meet the Muxes of Juchitán, Oaxaca
How a remote town in southern Mexico reinvented sex and gender
Marluu Ferretti climbs into a chair at the local beauty salon to get her hair done for the annual festivity known as Vela de la Santa Cruz de Los Pescadores, FULL STORY
Teacher talks stalled but protests halted
CNTE withdraws Oaxaca blockades as 3,000 security forces pour into the city
Negotiations between the CNTE teachers’ union and the federal government have reached a tense impasse, but at least Oaxacans can buy gasoline again. Those negotiations have been focused on an FULL STORY
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Mexico leads LatAm in luxury goods sales
Sales of luxury clothing, jewelry and other goods rose 11% last year
What sector of the economy grew five times faster than the economy itself last year? Sales of luxury goods. Those sales drove Mexico for the first time into the No. FULL STORY
Mexico, Canada want to impose sanctions
'Discriminatory' meat labeling rules in U.S. said to cost both countries over $1 billion
Mexico and Canada continue fighting rules governing the labeling of meat in the United States, rules the two countries say are discriminatory. In a joint statement, they said the so-called FULL STORY
Hurricane Blanca makes a comeback
Hurricane watch in effect for Cabo San Lucas, Santa Fe
A renewed Hurricane Blanca, which weakened yesterday to Category 1, is once again Category 4 this morning, prompting a hurricane watch for Baja California Sur, from Cabo San Lucas to FULL STORY
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Community dispenses own form of justice
Suspected thief lynched by mob of 300 men, women and children
A mob of at least 300 people — men, women and children — lynched a Guatemalan man last night after accusing him of committing various crimes. Quintana Roo state officials said FULL STORY
Forces train dogs for marine rescue work
Docky and SAR are the first two graduates of the program
The Mexican Armed Forces are pioneering the training of dogs in marine rescue, second only to Colombia in terms of the advances they have made. The Mexican Navy and Army FULL STORY
Teachers attack nine party HQs in Chiapas
Offices ransacked and looted; documents and furniture burned in the streets
While the state of Oaxaca has seen most of the anti-election activity by dissident teachers and other election protesters, Chiapas and Guerrero have also been targeted. CNTE union teachers attacked FULL STORY
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Oaxaca on its knees: CNTE tightens its grip
Teachers' shutdown of a Pemex facility has closed 95% of the city's gas stations
Anti-election protests continued today in various states but it is probably Oaxaca that is taking the brunt of aggression by members of the CNTE teachers’ union in their efforts to FULL STORY
Election time means ‘ley seca’ for many
Liquor sales suspended in bars, restaurants and stores to preserve peace, order
Prohibition goes into effect on Saturday and Sunday in many locations when liquor sales in restaurants, bars and retail stores are suspended for Sunday’s elections. Intended to maintain peace, order FULL STORY
IPN grads’ robot replaces guide dogs
Amepi is the creation of three computer engineering students at IPN
The lifetime cost of keeping a guide dog in Mexico has been estimated at about 300,000 pesos, but an electronic version might soon be available for far less. Three graduatesFULL STORY
Ann Coulter: a bigot with a new bestseller
Her new book could have been printed on a postcard
Ann Coulter to George Ramos: “Americans should fear immigrants more than ISIS.” Yes, immigrants, legal, illegal, but especially Mexican, are destroying the country, according to Coulter, who appeared on Fusion’s FULL STORY
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