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Cuba is bracing for yet another storm, just days after Hurricane Oscar wrought havoc in the eastern province of Guantanamo and the country’s entire grid collapsed last month. Civil defense authorities issued an alert Sunday for central and western Cuba as tropical storm Rafael is expected to strengthen and cross western Cuba as a Category […]
Mexico’s Supreme Court is about to consider partially invalidating the election of judges by popular vote, setting the stage for a potential standoff with President Claudia Sheinbaum, who says the contentious reforms are irreversible. The constitutional amendment making Mexico the world’s only country to allow voters to choose judges at all levels — starting next […]
Claudia Sheinbaum has accused the country’s supreme court of overstepping its functions and “trying to change what the people of Mexico decided” as it prepares to discuss whether to strike down parts of a transformative judicial reform. The court is expected to vote today Tuesday, November 5th, on whether the controversial reform violates other parts of […]
At the end of September, Yucatán had a job employment rate of 98.6 percent, which advanced it to second place (after occupying fourth place last month), among the states with the best employment rate. According to the results of the National Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE) of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography […]
Nearly 130,000 Méridans, Méridans, and visitors celebrated the Day of the Dead together as a family in an atmosphere of peace and harmony, said Municipal President Cecilia Patrón Laviada. “Cultural identity is an important factor for peace and security, and from the City Council we will work to promote it permanently with activities that reach […]
Musical titan Quincy Jones, the composer and producer who added his tasteful polish to recordings by everyone from Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, has died, according to his representatives. He was 91. (CNN).- Mr. Quincy Jones died on Sunday, November 3rd, at his home in Bel Air, California, surrounded by his children, […]
Tropical Depression Eighteen formed in the Caribbean on Monday and is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm, the National Hurricane Center said. When it becomes a tropical storm, it will be named Rafael. It is expected to become a hurricane by Wednesday, November 6th. Its maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph. The system […]
Last month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned five people and two entities for links to “a violent Mexico-based drug trafficking organization.” (US DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY).- The Treasury said that two of the five Mexican nationals sanctioned on Friday, October 25th for their ties to La Linea have previously been indicted in the […]
Sitting atop a natural hill high above the banks above the confluence of the Macal and Mopan rivers lay the ruins of one of Belize’s most ancient and unique archaeological sites.
Politicians in Mexico and across Latin America are anxiously watching the outcome of Tuesday’s U.S. Presidential contest in light of GOP candidate Donald Trump’s campaign promise to “deport 11 million criminal aliens” if he is elected. While considering the implications of a Trump presidency, Mexicans are also trying to navigate how a new U.S. president […]