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NPR, 05/21/2023
It’s an increasingly familiar sight on the streets of Mexico City, as American and European companies send TV and film shoots south of the border, taking advantage of lower costs and experienced Mexican crews.
The Lift, the Mexican production services company running this shoot, has made commercials for brands like Apple, Dr. Pepper, Doritos and Turbotax. Six of there 35 commercials aired during the 2023 Super Bowl were produced in Mexico.
ESPN, 05/16/2023
Mexico captain and all-time caps leader Andres Guardado announced his retirement from the national team on Tuesday.
Born in Guadalajara, Guardado made a name for himself as a pacey winger and youth academy product for local club Atlas. After a two-year run in Mexico’s top flight beginning in 2005, Guardado moved abroad to join Spain’s Deportivo La Coruna in 2007. The midfielder later played for Valencia (2012-2014), Bayer Leverkusen (2014), PSV Eindhoven (2014-2017), and now with Real Betis since 2017.
09/11/2022
Fuente: El Pais
El pasado 29 de octubre, Sergio Vázquez (su nombre ha sido modificado para proteger su identidad), un abogado de 33 años, recorrió más de 700 kilómetros desde Monterrey para acudir a un concierto en Ciudad de México. Había comprado su entrada con más de tres meses de antelación. No era un evento cualquiera, era uno que se alineaba con su ideología neofascista. El imperio contraataca, un concierto clandestino en el que se presentaron cinco bandas — dos españolas y tres mexicanas — reunió a más de 300 ultras en una noche salvaje donde se corearon consignas de odio y se hizo apología del nazismo. Esta no es la primera ocasión en la que colectivos de extrema derecha organizan una cita así en el país, sin embargo, es probablemente la que ha congregado un mayor número de asistentes.
Ya entrada la noche, tres hombres vestidos de rojo esperaban a las puertas del pequeño portal azul del Salón Pentatlón, en la colonia Santa María la Ribera. Era el indicador del sitio designado para la celebración de El imperio contraataca. Para evitar contratiempos, la ubicación se mantuvo en secreto hasta un día antes del evento. Todos los asistentes tuvieron que atravesar un riguroso filtro de seguridad para poder ingresar al recinto; su identidad era verificada con un código QR, una identificación oficial y una larga lista con más de tres centenares de nombres. Dentro de la sala, cientos de hombres (la mayoría con la cabeza rapada) y menos de una veintena de mujeres esperaban en los alrededor de 90 metros cuadrados del Pentatlón.
10/07/2022
Source: Reuters
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador denied on Tuesday that his administration spied on journalists or opponents after a report that the phones of at least three people investigating human rights abuses were infected with Pegasus spyware.
Digital watchdog Citizen Labsaid on Sunday it had found that phones belonging to two journalists and a human rights activist were infected with Pegasus between 2019 and 2021.
Lopez Obrador won office in 2018 after an election campaign in which he pledged to put an end to the government spying on its citizens and later said he would not use Pegasus.
Pegasus belongs to Israeli spyware firm NSO Group, which typically only sells the software to governments or law enforcement.
When asked whether he knew about the purchase of Pegasus, which can be used to remotely break into phones, Lopez Obrador said: “It’s not true that journalists or opponents are spied on.”
07/10/2022
Fuente: The New York Times
Un gran ataque cibernético dirigido contra la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional de México ha revelado muchos detalles sobre la institución más secreta y poderosa del país, documentando su influencia cada vez mayor sobre el gobierno civil, sus intentos de evitar cooperar en una investigación histórica sobre derechos humanos y el uso del software espía conocido como Pegasus para espiar a periodistas.
El hackeo detalla las investigaciones internas del propio ejército y las sospechas de que poderosos funcionarios del gobierno, como los gobernadores estatales y el actual secretario de Gobernación, están vinculados a redes del crimen organizado, incluidos cárteles de la droga.
Resolution criticizing president draws swift and unsubtle attack
Date: March 11th, 2022
Source: Mexico News Daily
The European Parliament (EP) condemned the harassment and killing of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico Thursday, drawing an extraordinarily blunt reply from the president’s office that likened European lawmakers to sheep.
The federal government responded by accusing European lawmakers of “corruption, lies and hypocrisy” and describing them as misinformed sheep following the lead of its adversaries.
07/30/2021
Source: Mexico News Daily
More than 100 columnists and other contributors to El Universal have put their names to an open letter to President López Obrador to defend themselves and the newspaper in the face of ongoing attacks by the federal government.
“The president of Mexico has mentioned El Universal and its columnists and contributors on several occasions, sowing the idea that all criticism of his administration has an interest unconnected to journalism,” the letter said.
07/30/2021
Source: The New York Times
Mexico, a country where soccer reigns supreme, has nonetheless produced former baseball stars like Fernando Valenzuela, Bobby Ávila and Vinny Castilla. None of them played in the Olympics.
Baseball has been absent from the Games for 13 years, and Mexico had never qualified for the tournament when it was played.
That changed on Friday, when Mexico made its Olympic debut against the Dominican Republic at Yokohama Baseball Stadium, instilling a sense of national pride back home and hope that the sport could assume a higher profile there as well.
02/24/2021
Source: The Guardian
A growing row over a gubernatorial candidate facing accusations of rape has once again pitted Mexico’s populist president against women’s rights campaigners.
Félix Salgado Macedonio has registered to run for governor in southern Guerrero state with the ruling Morena party, despite accusations of sexual violence and rape by five women dating back as far as 1998.
09/02/2021
Source: Yahoo! News
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented for public comment a proposed set of regulations on Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies, a move that drew criticism Tuesday.
The new law proposed Monday by López Obrador’s Morena party would open the companies to fines of up to $4.4 million for violating users’ right to free speech. The law would apply only to platforms that have over one million users in Mexico, apparently covering only sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok or YouTube.
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