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North America’s biggest city is running out of water
North America’s biggest city is running out of water Mexico City is staring down a water crisis. It won’t be the last city to do so. Mexico City is being threatened by a water crisis after the main reservoirs remain under 40 percent of their full capacity due to low rainfall, geography, and lack of […]
Popocatepetl Violently Erupts, And Authorities Warn A Bigger Eruption Could Threaten More Than 20 Million People In Mexico City
Popocatepetl Violently Erupts, And Authorities Warn A Bigger Eruption Could Threaten More Than 20 Million People In Mexico City Mt. Popocatepetl is one of the most important volcanoes on the entire planet, and yet most Americans are not familiar with it. In ancient Aztec, Popocatepetl means “smoking mountain”, but to the locals the 5,426-meter-high volcano […]
The Morning After: Mexican Earthquake Leaves Over 248 Dead, Millions Without Electricity
The Morning After: Mexican Earthquake Leaves Over 248 Dead, Millions Without Electricity Across central Mexico, rescue workers including soldiers and volunteers worked late into the night Tuesday to free the living who were still trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings following Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in more than 30 years. The death toll from the […]
At Least 47 Dead, Many Trapped After Powerful Quake Rocks Mexico City
At Least 47 Dead, Many Trapped After Powerful Quake Rocks Mexico City Update 2 (4:38 pm ET): The governor of the Mexican state of Morelos said at least 42 people have died in the central Mexican state, which shares a border with Puebla, the state that contains Mexico City. Counting the five confirmed deaths in […]
Mexico’s War on Journalists
Mexico’s War on Journalists Earlier this summer, Ruben Espinosa fled Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Veracruz after receiving death threats. His work as a photojournalist there had made him an enemy of the state’s governor, who presides over one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a reporter. On July 31, Espinosa was found […]
The Great Change: Revolucíon
The Great Change: Revolucíon. We arrived to rural México in time for the 104th anniversary of Dia de la Revolucíon.The dirt streets of this small village whose central plaza we sit in to write this were lined with people waving flags and singing Cielito Lindo to their children, dressed as revolutionaries, on parade. Ay, ay, ay, ay, Canta […]
Thousands march in Mexico over students – Americas – Al Jazeera English
Thousands march in Mexico over students – Americas – Al Jazeera English. Tens of thousands of people angered by the presumed massacre of 43 students are marching in Mexico City as part of another day of nationwide protests. Protesters on Thursday waved blackened flags of Mexico and many chanted for the resignation of President Enrique […]
Violent protests over Mexico student massacre – Americas – Al Jazeera English
Violent protests over Mexico student massacre – Americas – Al Jazeera English. Furious protesters tried to break into Mexico City’s National Palace during nationwide demonstrations over the apparent massacre of 43 students that has angered the nation. Protesters on Saturday slammed metal barricades against the door and briefly set it on fire but could not get […]
