Jorge Antonio Rocha

Mexico City, Mexico — Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, a scientist and engineer-turned politician, was sworn into office on Tuesday, becoming Mexico’s first woman president. As is customary, she started her six-year term with an inauguration ceremony in Mexico City’s main square,”El Zocalo,” home to the National Palace and the city’s government offices, which rest atop ancient […]

The new law now fully places the National Guard and its 120,000 troops under the command of the Defense Ministry

Mexico City, Mexico – Indigenous community members and civil society organizations held a rally in Mexico City on October 24 to denounce what they describe as an active war taking place in the southeastern state of Chiapas. In front of the National Palace, which houses the Executive Branch of government, protesters urged President Claudia Sheinbaum’s […]

Mexico City, Mexico – On November 5, the United States will elect its next president in a race that has come down to Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. For US voters, the issue of immigration has increased its importance in these elections, particularly amongst Trump supporters, according to a new Pew Research Center […]

Mexico City, Mexico — National Guard officers shot and killed two Colombian nationals in Baja California, northwestern Mexico, on November 2, according to a statement from Mexico’s Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA). It is the second time in a month that security forces have attacked migrants in Mexico. SEDENA released a statement saying that a […]

Mexico City, Mexico – Donald Trump has won the 2024 U.S. presidential election by landslide, and as the U.S. paves the way for Trump’s second term, leaders around Latin America react to his return. Leader of the largest economy in Latin America, Brazil’s Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, was among the first world leaders to […]

Mexico City, Mexico — Prosecutor’s Offices in Oaxaca and Veracruz are offering rewards for information about the disappearance of Mexican activist Sandra Domínguez, who was last seen along with her husband, Alexander Hernández, on October 4. Over a month after the disappearance of the 38-year-old activist, who belonged to the Ayuuk community in the Mixe […]

Mexico City, Mexico – A mayor from Mexico’s Guerrero state who was beheaded by a local drug gang on October 6, was allegedly murdered for refusing to incorporate gang members into his cabinet – which had reportedly already been infiltrated by the criminal group – according to state authorities. News of Mayor Alejandro Arcos Catalán’s […]

Mexico City, Mexico – With an overwhelming majority, members of Mexico’s ruling MORENA party in the lower house of Congress voted to broaden the list of offenses classified as grounds for automatic pretrial detention. With 335 votes in favor and 108 against, Lower House MORENA representatives and allies fast-tracked a bill that adds crimes such […]

Mexico City, Mexico—- During her first international trip as Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum advocated for what she called the largest reforestation program in history, proposing to use 1% of the world’s military budget to finance it. During her intervention at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Sheinbaum pushed for a reforestation program, […]