Human-caused climate change made the devastating heat wave across Central America and the southern U.S. in May 35 times more likely, and is set to happen way more often in the coming decades, according to an analysis by a global weather attribution research group. CBC | World News
Read More »Tag Archives: Mexico’s
Mexico’s next president will be a woman after historic election, but will she be a feminist?
Many feminists have the impression that the earlier struggles for greater representation of women in Mexican politics have been used by the two leading candidates to advance their campaigns for the presidency without actually committing to real change for women. CBC | World News
Read More »Mexico’s Obrador considering raffling off presidential jet
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Friday the latest in a series of desperate ideas to sell off his predecessor’s official jet, which he says is too luxurious for a country where half the people live in poverty. CBC | World News
Read More »8 killed in gun battles in capital of Mexico’s Sinaloa state after troops locate El Chapo’s son
Mexican authorities say eight people were killed in gunbattles in the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacan in what is being described as a failed operation to detain one of the sons of convicted Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzman. CBC | World News
Read More »Aftershocks slow relief work after Mexico’s deadly 8.1 magnitude quake
Government cargo planes flew in supplies and troops began distributing boxes of food to jittery survivors of an earthquake that destroyed a large part of Juchitan and killed at least 37 people here — more than half the nationwide total. CBC | World News
Read More »Tropical storm Lidia leaves 7 dead in Mexico’s Baja California
Tropical storm Lidia’s death toll rose to at least seven people, including two children, as the storm doused various states in Mexico with heavy rain on Saturday and left a severe trail of damage in the Baja California peninsula, authorities said. CBC | World News
Read More »Where Mexico’s El Chapo Guzman Beats El Mencho, The Reportedly Most Powerful Cartel Leader [Opinion]
El Chapo Guzman and El Mencho are two drug lords who have been making headlines in relation to Mexico’s cartel underworld. Both came from humble backgrounds and rose to power through sheer ruthlessness and determination. Currently rumored to be the most powerful drug lord in Mexico, El Mencho has significant experience as a kingpin. His cartel, the Jalisco New Generation ...
Read More »