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 News Around the Republic of Mexico
Calderon to Seek US Immigration Reform
 Will Weissert
Mexico's president-elect says he will try to do what his predecessor couldn't in six years: Win an immigration accord that will let millions more Mexicans work in the United States legally.more »»»
Mexican Tycoon Slim to Give Away Part of Fortune
 Cyntia Barrera Diaz
Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, the 3rd richest man in the world according to Forbes, will give away a chunk of his fortune by matching donations to health, education and social programs in Mexico.more »»»
Supplies Reach Mexican Coastal Town Pummeled by John
 Sandra Dibble
By land and by air yesterday, supplies of fresh food and water reached the Gulf of California coastal community of Mulege, which was left isolated and devastated by Tropical Storm John.more »»»
Obrador Rejects Court's Decision
 Will Weissert
Defeated leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rejected a court decision awarding Mexico's presidency to Felipe Calderon, insisting he will never recognize his rival's legitimacy and vowing to create a parallel government from the streets.more »»»
Calderon Calls for Unity
 Will Weissert
Newly declared President-elect Felipe Calderon began building his government Wednesday and his supporters called on backers of leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to end weeks of national protests over the disputed July 2 election.more »»»
Calderon Named Mexico's President-Elect
 Will Weissert
Felipe Calderon was declared president-elect Tuesday after two months of uncertainty, but his ability to rule effectively remained in doubt with rival Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowing to lead a parallel leftist government from the streets.more »»»
Hurricane John Leaves Four Dead in Mexico
 AFP
Hurricane John and the floods it spawned over the weekend killed four people, including an American, and left two people missing, Mexican authorities in Baja California said late on Monday.more »»»
Vicente Fox Faces Chaos in Final Months in Office
 Julie Watson
A day after protesting leftist lawmakers forced President Vicente Fox to abandon his state-of-the-nation speech, many Mexicans were concerned Saturday that the electoral dispute was spiraling out of control and threatening the stability of their still-fragile democracy.more »»»
City Gov’t Says it Can’t Assure Security on Sept. 15
 El Universal
Looking tired and a bit bloated, Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Saturday declined to respond to President Vicente Fox’s televised address on Friday night. “I don’t even want to talk about that traitor to democracy,” he said.more »»»
Obrador's Supporters Silence Fox
 Miguel Angel Gutierrez
Mexican President Vicente Fox was forced to abandon his last state of the nation address to Congress on Friday after leftist lawmakers alleging election fraud seized the podium and refused to let him speak.more »»»
Protests Anger Catholic Leaders
 Greg Brosnan
Mexico's leftist presidential candidate, whose mass street protests over alleged vote fraud have put him at odds with much of the country, has now fallen afoul of the influential Roman Catholic church.more »»»
Emergency in Mexico's Baja California as Hurricane Nears
 AFP
With a stronger and meaner Hurricane John threatening to make landfall, three towns in Mexico's Baja California peninsula have been placed under a state of emergency, and 15,000 people have been evacuated to safety.more »»»
Mexican Leftists to Disrupt Fox Speech
 Catherine Bremer
Mexican President Vicente Fox faces a rough ride at his last state of the nation speech on Friday, with leftist lawmakers planning to hijack the ceremony to protest at what they say was election fraud.more »»»
Mexico: Is the Election Finally Over?
 Geri Smith
Mexico's too-close-to-call presidential election finally appears to be reaching resolution: Although the tribunal has until Sept. 6 to officially declare a winner, it's all but certain that Felipe Calderón will be inaugurated Dec. 1 as the new President of Mexico.more »»»
Mexican Park's Patrons Try to Outwit 'La Migra'
 Marion Lloyd
Welcome to one of Mexico's strangest tourist attractions: A park where visitors pay $15 to hike across fields and through treacherous ravines, a grueling experience aimed at simulating an illegal journey across the U.S.-Mexico border.more »»»
First Efforts Fail, but Oaxaca Negotiations to Continue
 E. Eduardo Castillo
Striking teachers and state officials finished their first day of federally mediated negotiations Tuesday without an agreement to end the violence that has driven tourists away from the colonial city of Oaxaca for more than three months.more »»»
Lopez Obrador to Create Parallel Gov't
 Mark Stevenson
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, convinced he won't be awarded the presidency, has vowed to create a parallel leftist government and is urging Mexicans not to recognize the apparent victory of the ruling party's Felipe Calderon.more »»»
Lopez Obrador Rejects Court Decision
 Eduardo Castillo
Mexico's leftist presidential hopeful rejected a court decision to uphold his rival's slim lead and urged his supporters not to recognize a government that will likely be led by the ruling party candidate.more »»»
Calderon Nears Win as Court Backs Vote
 Chris Aspin & Kieran Murray
Mexico's top electoral court threw out leftists' allegations of massive fraud in last month's presidential election on Monday, handing almost certain victory to conservative candidate Felipe Calderon.more »»»
Lopez Obrador Threatens to Form Resistance Government
 Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Mexico's leftist presidential candidate said he will form a resistance government if election authorities acknowledge his conservative opponent as the winner of last month's election.more »»»
Mexico's Apparent Winner Looks Ready to Rule
 BBC News
With a winner in Mexico's 2 July presidential election yet to be declared, the BBC's Duncan Kennedy in Mexico City speaks to supporters of the conservative Calderon, who despite being given a narrow lead in the official count seems to be attracting less attention than his rival.more »»»
Judges Rule on Mexico's Bitter Presidential Vote
 Kieran Murray
Mexico's electoral court rejected some of the left-wing candidate's legal challenges to last month's disputed presidential vote on Monday as it began a long session to rule on his allegations of massive fraud.more »»»
Leftist Candidate Wins in Chiapas State
 Manuel de la Cruz
A leftist candidate won the governor's race in Mexico's volatile southernmost state of Chiapas, edging out a hopeful backed by President Vicente Fox's party by about 6,300 votes, electoral officials said Sunday.more »»»
Mexico Election Court to Rule on Recount
 Catherine Bremer
Mexico's electoral court will give its verdict on Monday on claims of foul play in the July 2 presidential election, and is widely expected to reject leftists' allegations that the vote was rigged against them.more »»»
Hotels, Shops to Shut Doors in Oaxaca
 Reuters
Scores of restaurants, hotels and shops in the Mexican city of Oaxaca will close for a day next week to protest the federal government's failure to halt violent protests that have slashed tourist numbers.more »»»
Calderón Touts Law and Order
 Wire services
Conservative candidate Felipe Calderón, who holds a narrow lead in the still-disputed presidential race, struck a more law-and-order stance in the face of street protests that have tied up the capital and Oaxaca City.more »»»
In Juárez, Arrests Tempered by Unease
 Alfredo Corchado
Authorities recently announced the arrest of two men in eight murder cases and have identified a third suspect. But critics say the handling of the crimes is emblematic of the indifference, neglect and incompetence that local, state and federal officials have brought to the investigation of the killings, widely known as feminicidos.more »»»
Social Explosion Unlikely: Spokesman
 Xinhua
A Mexican government spokesman dismissed suggestions on Thursday that a social explosion would follow the Electoral Tribunal's ruling on the country's contested July 2 election, due within a week.more »»»
Leftist Mexican Protesters take Battle for Disputed Presidency to the Catholic Church
 Ioan Grillo
Leftist militants protesting Mexico's disputed presidential election have sparred with electoral officials, the courts and the president. Now some of them are appealing to a higher power as they pick fights with a particularly mighty adversary: the Roman Catholic Church.more »»»
Assailants Attack Newspaper in Cancun
 Jorge Dominguez
Assailants threw grenades at the offices of a newspaper in the resort city of Cancun in the latest in a series of attacks on news outlets across Mexico, police said Thursday.more »»»
Oaxaca Protesters Willing to Negotiate
 Will Weissert
Protesters said Thursday they were willing to enter negotiations to end the monthslong conflict that has paralyzed this colonial city — one of Mexico's premier tourist destinations — but insist the state's governor resign.more »»»
Shift of Power in Mexico Congress
 BBC News
Mexico's ruling National Action Party (PAN) has become the largest party in Congress for the first time. But the final results of the 2 July elections, released on Wednesday, saw the party fall short of the outright majority required to govern alone.more »»»
Violent Civil Unrest Tightens Hold on Oaxaca
 James C. Mckinley Jr.
For three months, civil unrest has gripped this lovely colonial city like a hound with a rabbit, leaving two people dead, crippling the tourist industry and shuttering schools.more »»»
Chiapas Results Expected this Weekend
 AFP
Final results of the tight governor's race in Chiapas state, in which Mexico's main leftist party holds a slight lead over a candidate backed by President Vicente Fox, won't be available until the weekend, electoral officials said Wednesday.more »»»
Boiled Bones Show Aztecs Butchered, Ate Invaders
 Catherine Bremer
Skeletons found at the Tecuaque archeological site near Mexico City show Aztecs captured, ritually sacrificed and partially ate several hundred people traveling with invading Spanish forces in 1520.more »»»
Fox Criticizes 'Extremist' Politics
 Eduardo Castillo
President Vicente Fox said Tuesday that Mexicans do not support "extremist" and "messianic" politics, a thinly veiled slap at a leftist candidate who has launched street blockades to press for a full recount of last month's presidential election.more »»»
Oaxaca Teachers Extend Protests
 Duncan Kennedy
Striking teachers seized 12 private radio stations in the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca and set buses on fire, as a long-running protest worsened. They acted after unidentified gunmen opened fire on a government radio station already under their control.more »»»
Mexico Adds Sex to School Syllabus
 Marion Lloyd
When Mexican seventh-graders crack open their new biology books this week, they're in for a titillating surprise: Chapter four is all about sex.more »»»
Another Disputed Election
 Héctor Tobar
On Monday morning, Mexico awoke to a new election drama that mirrors the divisions in the country's still undecided July 2 presidential vote. The result from Sunday's vote to elect a new governor in the southern state of Chiapas was too close to call.more »»»
Mexican Deportations of Central Americans Continue
 Frontera NorteSur
Even as controversy broke out in Mexico about US immigration policy debates and the proposed construction of new border fences earlier this year, the Mexican government was busy increasing the deportation of Central Americans, especially Guatemalans.more »»»
PRD Holds Razor-Thin Lead in Chiapas Vote
 Julie Watson
A little more than 3,000 votes separated the candidates for governor in Mexico's volatile Chiapas state Monday as each side declared victory in the latest competition between Mexico's conservative ruling party and the party of leftist presidential hopeful Lopez Obrador.more »»»
Teachers Seize Oaxaca Radio Stations
 Rebeca Romero
Striking teachers armed with pipes, wood planks and clubs violently seized eight private radio stations in the southern state of Oaxaca to broadcast messages supporting their cause early Monday, while unidentified assailants shot up a government station already under the control of women instructors.more »»»
Civil Resistance to be Taken to 'Ultimate Consequences'
 Wire services
Left-leaning presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador vowed this weekend to continue to reject last month´s election result with increasingly radical tactics conducted "from the streets."more »»»
Mexico Left Holds Lead in Chiapas Vote
 Mica Rosenberg
Mexico's main leftist party was ahead by a hair on Monday in a governor's election in the largely Maya Indian state of Chiapas, adding to tension over a fiercely contested July 2 presidential vote.more »»»
New Ahumada Video Links Gov´t to Plot
 Wire services
A TV network on Friday aired a video montage in which an indicted construction mogul says he plotted in 2004 with government officials to discredit Andrés Manuel López Obrador.more »»»
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