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Mexico’s Rivera murals get restoration treatment

Mexico City’s Diego Rivera murals are undergoing restoration treatment.

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Mexico suspends diplomatic visa exemption for Canadians

Mexico’s foreign secretary has announced the suspension of a visa exemption for Canadian diplomats and officials working in Mexico the country.

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Canadian Embassy besieged by Mexicans

The Canadian Embassy in Mexico City’s posh Polanco neighbourhood has been descended upon by thousands of Mexicans since the Canadian government announced on Monday that Mexican nationals now need a visa to travel to Canada.

9:35 am | Posted in asylum,canada,ciudad de mexico,editorial,government,immigration,mexico,mexicoreporter.com,migrants,video | Read More »

Canada to require visas for Mexicans following surge in refugee claims

Mexican nationals will now need a visa to travel to Canada, that country’s minister of citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, announced Monday. Canada decided to stiffen the requirements due to what officials said has been a surge in claims for refugee status by Mexicans. In a news release, Canadian immigration officials said that for the first 48 [...]

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Mexican band mourns MJ with tribute

A Sonoran Norteño group in Mexico, Los Picadientes del Caborca, have come up with a purely Mexican version of MJ’s classic, “Billy Jean.”

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Blumpi: Annul the Vote?

How will you vote this Sunday? Jorge Flores-Oliver, Blumpi (1978). Mexican freelance illustrator, cartoonist and writer. Contributes for Milenio Semanal, La Tempestad and Tierra Adentro. Member of the board of Replicante magazine. http://www.flickr.com/photos/blumpi/ http://brutalblumpi.blogspot.com/

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Wives left behind by migrants in Mexico suffer poorer mental health

Mexican women left behind by husbands who migrate to the United States in search of work were one of the focuses of the documentary “Los Que Se Quedan,” or “Those Who Remain,” by Carlos Hagerman and Juan Carlos Rulfo, which we’ve mentioned a number of times here on La Plaza. In response to those posts, [...]

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Money from Mexican migrants to Mexico continues to fall

The money that Mexicans living abroad send home to their families here in Mexico fell again in May, in what the Associated Press calls the biggest monthly decline on record. “Money sent home by Mexicans working abroad fell by 19.9 percent in May, the biggest monthly decline on record as the U.S. recession slashed jobs. [...]