Tag: Mexico

NOVANEWS By Adan Plascencia UNAM main campus in Mexico City. Photo: Abel Pardo López On September 3, students from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) organized a peaceful rally outside the Dean’s office in Ciudad Universitaria, the location of UNAM’s main campus in Mexico City. Soon after rallying, the students were attacked by criminal gangs known as porros with knives, steel poles, stones, molotov cocktails, fists and firecrackers. The attack left 13 injured, one with an ear cut-off. Two students were gravely injured: Joel Meza Garcia, 21 years old, who was treated for right kidney injury, broken nose, head trauma and bruising in various parts of his body; and Emilio Aguilar Sanchez, wounded with a sharp object in his left gluteus and a damaged hypogastric artery. ...

NOVANEWS During his campaign, Lopez Obrador said he wanted to ‘reactivate’ the state’s role in petrol production. Protesters hold candles by a sign that reads in Spanish “Enough already!” outside the headquarters of the government-run PEMEX oil company in Mexico City, Jan. 8, 2017, after Mexico’s government stopped subsidizing and regulating prices for gasoline and diesel. Marco Ugarte | AP By teleSUR  Mexico’s president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) reaffirmed that his administration will spend more than US$2.63 billion to bring the state’s oil refinery company, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), up to date. AMLO said he plans to update the six Pemex refineries in order to reduce imports and increase the country’s crude production quality. The president-elect, who wil...

NOVANEWS During his campaign, Lopez Obrador said he wanted to ‘reactivate’ the state’s role in petrol production. Top Photo | Protesters hold candles by a sign that reads in Spanish “Enough already!” outside the headquarters of the government-run PEMEX oil company in Mexico City, Jan. 8, 2017, after Mexico’s government stopped subsidizing and regulating prices for gasoline and diesel. Marco Ugarte | AP by teleSUR Mexico’s president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) reaffirmed that his administration will spend more than US$2.63 billion to bring the state’s oil refinery company, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), up to date. AMLO said he plans to update the six Pemex refineries in order to reduce imports and increase the country’s crude production quality. The president-el...

NOVANEWS Reports disclose that approximately 3 minors are killed daily. | Photo: Reuters FILE Approximately three minors are killed daily. Mujica explained that many disappearances are related to organized crime or linked to family conflicts. More violence is being experienced by children in the Mexican states Guanajuato, Tamaulipas, Quintana Roo and Tlaxcala, than in other regions, executive secretary of the National System for the Integral Protection of Children and Adolescents (Sipinna), Ricardo Bucio Mujica, said. RELATED: Mexico: 'Three Children Murdered Every Day,' Says Rights Group Christian Skoog, a representative of the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) in Mexico, noted that the violence experienced by children and adolescents is widesp...

NOVANEWS By Kent Paterson NMPolitics.net A Cinco de Mayo tweet by Mexican journalist Ricardo Alemáninsinuating that presidential frontrunner Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the left-leaning Morena party could be assassinated created an uproar in Mexican media and on social media outlets: “A fan killed John Lennon. A fan killed Versace. A fan killed Selena. Let’s see when, lefties,” it read. Although Alemán quickly erased the tweet and rendered an apology, arguing in a video posted on his Twitter account that his statement had been misinterpreted and distorted, a torrent of outrage poured forth. The communicator lost two jobs and wound up in a heap of political and legal trouble. Personalities from across the Mexican political spectrum, including López Obrador campaign chief Tatian...

NOVANEWS By Rahul Manchanda Americans must demand that the super wealthy oligarchs of foreign nations like Mexico dumping their people illegally into the USA must be held accountable for the destruction that they wreak, not just the poor people who have no choice but to flee. The very sad news emanating out of San Antonio Texas today relates to a semi-tractor trailer filled to the brim with scores of illegal aliens from Mexico who literally died from heat exposure where their heart rates were reported to be over 130 beats per minute and their bodies were “hot to the touch” as reported by Texas law enforcement. How is this possible? Why do we read stories countless times per year about countries such as China, Vietnam, Mexico, or other nations having people who would literally risk d...

NOVANEWS Demonstrators hold up placards during a protest against the rising prices of gasoline enforced by the Mexican government at the Macroplaza in Monterrey, Mexico, Jan. 5, 2017. | Photo: Reuters Mexicans continue to rage against the president's neoliberal reforms and high gas prices. Protests over a double-digit hike in gasoline prices in Mexico continue in at least 22 states of the country, officials said on Friday, as they confirmed that the wave of violent lootings and blockades has left three people dead and at least 700 arrested. RELATED: Gasoline Hikes Lead to Food Shortages in Mexico Business leaders estimate that some 1,000 shops and companies have been looted or vandalized this week as others closed over fears of being robbed. Protesters argue that th...