Summer has not yet begun in the southern hemisphere, and countries such as Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina are already suffering the effects of unusual ‘heat bubbles’. Extreme temperatures that the cities of southern Europe were well aware of in July, with peaks which rose above 40 °C. And we already know that, in summer issues, … Read more
The west of Mexico City opens a new cultural complex: the Cineteca de Chapultepec, alternate headquarters of the most important non-commercial exhibition space in the country, the Cineteca Nacional. Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Claudia Sheinbaum inaugurated the venue on September 24. In the words of the president of Mexico, “Chapultepec belongs to all Mexicans” … Read more
The last time we heard anything about Alejandro Muyshondt was in February of this year, when two photos circulated of his corpse with crude serpentine needle stitches clumsily joining folds of his scalp; and others running along his neck and chest. We hesitate. We wonder if that evidence of fatal damage, that clumsy forensic intervention, … Read more
All the news about drug trafficking in Mexico is happening in the United States. The Attorney General’s Office of the Eastern District of New York requested this Thursday that Genaro García Luna, the anti-drug czar of the Felipe Calderón government, be sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of five million dollars for the crimes … Read more
At the beginning of Tuesday night, during the inauguration of a new magistrate in the Superior Council of the Judiciary, President Gustavo Petro has left the main negotiation of his policy of total peace in suspense. “The consequences of the actions and the flow of history today bring us a dramatic event, repeated in our … Read more
Formula 1 returns to the Baku street circuit with the final third of the World Championship still to play for. After 16 of 24 Grands Prix, the drivers’ standings have Max Verstappen (Red Bull) at the top with 303 points, the result of ten podiums and seven wins. In second place is Lando Norris, the … Read more
They are not doing well. The Brazilian soccer team fell 1-0 to Paraguay on Tuesday in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, a defeat that worsens the agony of trying to get a place in the Cup that will be hosted by North America and deepens the crisis that the Canarinha is … Read more
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the global economy and geopolitics have faced various disruptive processes, which are shaping an increasingly complex and interconnected world. These include the accelerated digital transition, the worsening effects of climate change, financial crises that forced modern economies to reformulate their financial and industrial strategies, frictions between global trade … Read more
Mexico City’s mayor, Martí Batres, presented to the public this week a reform to the local Constitution on private, public and social property. The modification, which had already been unanimously approved in the capital’s Congress on August 22 and was published in the official gazette on Monday, has fueled the controversy that private property is … Read more
The standoff between Brazil’s most powerful judge and Elon Musk over the blocking of user accounts on X, a network that the magistrate is threatening to close, has escalated several notches. It no longer affects only the social network, but also Starlink, which is successful in many isolated corners of this giant country with its … Read more