Monthly Archives: December 2016
Mexicans face new year shock at petrol pumps
Mexico’s government has announced the biggest increases in petrol prices in almost two decades in a move that risks a backlash against its efforts to liberalise the country’s energy market. Read the complete article at The Financial Times
Women fall victim to violence in Mexico’s decade-old war on drugs
MEXICO CITY, Dec 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Denisse Velasco has been suffering from acute anxiety since spring, when she narrowly escaped being abducted from a busy street in Guadalajara, Mexico. She was waiting at a bus stop one morning when … Continue reading
Narco y futbol en Michoacán
En la dramática tanda de penaltis, Eduardo, el portero de Morelia, anotó desde los once pasos y atajó uno más para que su equipo se coronara campeón en un torneo juvenil en el estado de Michoacán, México. Eduardo tiene 15 … Continue reading
Mexico’s drug war as seen through the eyes of children
Guadalajara, Mexico – One image captures a fierce shoot-out between rival drug cartels, with several lifeless bodies slumped on the street in pools of their own blood. Another shows a gang member hurling a grenade at a police officer. A … Continue reading
The Mexican Labyrinth 