/tags/mexico Mexico en-US WLRN Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:00:00 GMT /americas/2024-09-16/mexicos-contentious-judiciary-overhaul-judiciary-becomes-law Going forward, Mexican voters will now elect judges at every level, dramatically restructuring the third branch of government. Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:00:00 GMT /americas/2024-09-16/mexicos-contentious-judiciary-overhaul-judiciary-becomes-law James Wagner | The New York Times /americas/2024-09-13/mexico-will-amend-its-constitution-this-weekend-to-require-all-judges-to-be-elected Mexico is poised to amend its constitution this weekend to require all judges to be elected as part of a judicial overhaul championed by the outgoing president but slammed by critics as a blow to the country’s rule of law. Fri, 13 Sep 2024 17:00:00 GMT /americas/2024-09-13/mexico-will-amend-its-constitution-this-weekend-to-require-all-judges-to-be-elected Associated Press /americas/2024-09-04/mexicos-congress-advances-a-contentious-bill-to-make-all-judges-run-for-election The lower house of Mexico’s Congress has approved contentious legislation that would launch the most sweeping judicial overhaul of the century by requiring all judges to stand for election. Wed, 04 Sep 2024 16:52:50 GMT /americas/2024-09-04/mexicos-congress-advances-a-contentious-bill-to-make-all-judges-run-for-election Megan Janetsky | The Associated Press /americas/2024-08-28/mexico-puts-relations-with-us-and-canadian-embassies-on-pause-for-slamming-judicial-overhaul Mexico’s president says he has put relations with the United States and Canadian embassies “on pause” after the two countries voiced concerns over a proposed controversial judicial overhaul. Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:21:58 GMT /americas/2024-08-28/mexico-puts-relations-with-us-and-canadian-embassies-on-pause-for-slamming-judicial-overhaul Megan Janetsky | Associated Press /americas/2024-08-21/mexicos-truth-commission-reveals-new-evidence-of-death-flights-during-1965-1990-dirty-war More evidence has emerged that Mexican authorities disposed of the bodies of dissidents in “death flights” during the country's 1965-1990 “dirty war.” Mexico's governmental Truth Commission said in a report Friday that recollections by witnesses and documents leaked over the years describe the chilling last moments of the victims. Wed, 21 Aug 2024 14:00:00 GMT /americas/2024-08-21/mexicos-truth-commission-reveals-new-evidence-of-death-flights-during-1965-1990-dirty-war María Verza | Associated Press /commentary/2024-08-15/venezuela-maduro-democracy-election-lula-amlo-guillen COMMENTARY A generation ago, U.S. cold warrior Henry Kissinger coddled Latin America's right-wing monsters. Today the region's tyrants are left-wing — and so are their Kissinger-esque enablers. Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:00:00 GMT /commentary/2024-08-15/venezuela-maduro-democracy-election-lula-amlo-guillen Tim Padgett /americas/2024-08-13/mexican-prosecutors-consider-treason-charges-after-u-s-jails-drug-lord-el-mayo-zambada The United States managed to arrest Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord, but Mexican prosecutors — and the president — now say they are considering bringing treason charges against those who handed him over. Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:27:46 GMT /americas/2024-08-13/mexican-prosecutors-consider-treason-charges-after-u-s-jails-drug-lord-el-mayo-zambada The Associated Press /americas/2024-07-22/caterpillar-factory-in-mexico-draws-complaint-of-labor-abuses The Biden administration declined to pursue a union complaint of labor abuses in Mexico, raising new concerns about offshoring. Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:45:13 GMT /americas/2024-07-22/caterpillar-factory-in-mexico-draws-complaint-of-labor-abuses Noam Scheiber | The New York Times /americas/2024-07-17/with-haitian-migration-growing-a-mexico-city-family-of-doctors-is-helping-out Doctor Hernández Pacheco has turned her family-run clinic into a safe haven for Haitian migrants, whether they are planning to stay in Mexico or continue the journey north toward the U.S. Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:00:00 GMT /americas/2024-07-17/with-haitian-migration-growing-a-mexico-city-family-of-doctors-is-helping-out Mariana Martinez Barba | Associated Press /americas/2024-07-04/beryl-roars-toward-mexico-after-leaving-destruction-in-jamaica-and-eastern-caribbean Hurricane Beryl ripped off roofs in Jamaica, jumbled fishing boats in Barbados and damaged or destroyed 95% of homes on a pair of islands in St. Vincent and the Grenadines before rumbling toward the Cayman Islands and taking aim at Mexico’s Caribbean coast with at least seven dead in its wake. Thu, 04 Jul 2024 14:06:22 GMT /americas/2024-07-04/beryl-roars-toward-mexico-after-leaving-destruction-in-jamaica-and-eastern-caribbean The Associated Press