One day a year cemeteries in Mexico City burst with life. Jo Tuckman joins locals at one on the outskirts of the capital.
Mexico’s president told citizens to stay home from Friday for a five-day partial shutdown of the economy.
Former United States president Bill Clinton was to take centre stage at the International Aids Conference in Mexico on Monday.
Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has left for Mexico City to attend the United Nations XVII International Aids Conference.
A bomb exploded on a street near the security ministry in central Mexico City on Friday, killing one person and wounding two. No group claimed responsibility for the blast and…
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6,4 shook south-western Mexico on Tuesday, the latest in a series of temblors in recent days, but there were no reports of casualties or serious…
A magnitude 5,4 quake struck very close to the northern Mexican city of Mexicali in Baja California on Saturday morning, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, but…
Mexico City has started a women-only bus service to protect female passengers from groping and verbal abuse common on the city’s packed public-transportation system. Millions of…
An aspiring writer who left a horror scene of body parts in his apartment was arraigned last Thursday on charges of murder and desecrating a corpse after he allegedly cut up and…
Tropical Storm Kiko swirled along Mexico’s Pacific coast and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Saturday night, forecasters said on Friday. A tropical-storm watch was…
Mexican police have arrested a suspected cannibal after finding the severed limbs of his fiancée in the fridge and a pot of meat boiling on the stove, prosecutors said on Friday.…
Tropical Storm Barbara strengthened in the Pacific Ocean on Friday and was expected to make landfall near the border between Mexico and Guatemala on Saturday without becoming a…
Tropical Storm Barbara, the first Pacific cyclone to form close to the coast this year, swirled erratically off Mexico on Wednesday and may reach hurricane strength within four…
Two strong earthquakes shook Mexico early on Friday, sparking gas fires in Mexico City and sending residents into the streets around the sprawling capital and in the southern…
An economist and a journalist became the first couple united under Mexico City’s new gay civil-union law, kissing while a string orchestra played Besame Mucho and police cordoned…
The northern Mexican state of Coahuila became on Friday the third Latin-American jurisdiction to approve gay civil unions, but the new law bars same-sex couples from adopting…
Felipe Calderon took over as Mexico’s president on Friday and pleaded for an end to months of unrest over his narrow election win, but a huge brawl erupted in Congress where…
Tropical Storm Sergio became a hurricane off Mexico on Wednesday and was due to brush by Pacific coastal towns by the weekend, the United States National Hurricane Centre said.…
Tropical Storm Paul formed off Mexico’s Pacific Coast on Saturday and looked set to turn into a hurricane as it headed toward luxury resorts on the Baja California Peninsula, the…
Hurricane John grew into a powerful cyclone off Mexico’s Pacific Coast on Tuesday, threatening to trigger dangerous flash floods and mudslides as it neared Acapulco and other…
