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Monday, Sept. 1, is a landmark day in the history of Mexico’s judiciary, as hundreds of judges elected in the nation’s first-ever judicial elections will commence their new roles. Among the almost 900 new judges who start their duties today are nine Supreme Court justices elected by popular vote on June 1 . The nine new justices and 872 other judges and magistrates will be sworn in at a ceremony in the Senate on Monday night. The number of justices on the Supreme Court bench will thus decline from 11 to nine. Three of the nine incoming justices, Lenia Batres Guadarrama, Yasmin Esquivel Mossa and Loretta Ortiz Ahlf, served on the Supreme Court’s final 11-member bench. The other six justices who will be sworn in on Monday night, including incoming Chief Justice Hugo Aguilar Ortiz , have not previously served on the bench of the nation’s highest court. All of the nine people elected as justices on June 1 are affiliated with, seen as sympathetic to, or were at least tacitly supported...

Over the years, I have had countless family members and friends confidently tell me that I was crazy for spending so much time in Mexico. They first told me this nearly 30 years ago when I studied in Guadalajara and it has been a constant theme ever since. Why Mexico? Is it safe? Can you drive there? Can you drink the water? Can you have ice? Can you eat lettuce? Can you go out and walk at night? I feel like for the better part of my adult life I have been trying to explain to people that much of what they have heard about Mexico, or much of what they have read or seen in the media, isn’t necessarily all true or might not be totally accurate. That’s not to say that Mexico is perfect or doesn’t have its share of problems — of course it does and some big ones at that — but I am consistently surprised at how many people seem so confident in expressing strong opinions about Mexico based on information that is incomplete, incorrect, and in some cases, just plain hearsay. As our readers kn...

What's been going on in the news this week? Our weekly quiz is here to keep you on top of what’s happening in Mexico. Get informed, stay smart. Are you ready?  Let’s see where you rank vs. our expert community! Which Mexican creature is currently lighting up the Burning Man festival in Nevada? Ocelot Horny Toad Axolotl Feathered Serpent None Which Mexican racing driver was announced by the Cadillac team for the 2026 F1 World Championship? Pato O' Ward Esteban Gutiérrez Rafael Villagomez Jr. Sergio "Checo" Pérez None Pop star Selena Gomez has a new, Mexican inspired beauty line. What Mexican product has inspired her latest venture? Tajín chile powder Corona beer Chichén Itzá The Mexican flag None Mexico's sport teams are champions again — this time in Baseball. What tournament did they win? World Baseball Classic Pan American Games Baseball World Championship U-8s Cal Ripken World Seri...

Mexico’s first cold front of the season is expected to arrive this weekend, primarily affecting the northeastern states of the country, according to the National Meteorological Service (SMN).  In the northeast, temperatures are expected to drop to between 0 and 5 degrees Celsius (32-41 F) during the early morning hours accompanied by heavy rains and potential hail. Parts of the north can expect cold weather while much of the rest of Mexico will feel the heat. But rain is a threat everywhere over the next few days. (X) On Monday, when children in Mexico go back to school, heavy rains are expected in the states of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas. Meanwhile, whirlwinds or tornadoes are expected in the state of Coahuila on Sunday, spreading to areas of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas on Monday. Other states such as Puebla, Durango, and México state could see low temperatures and rain. The forecast predicts the rainy season will continue until Sept. 30, before the full onset of autumn. Wh...

Mexico and Brazil signed a plethora of agreements on agriculture, health and biofuels on Thursday, part of a plan to strengthen a trade framework inked more than two decades ago. However, the deals falls short of the trade pact the South American nation hoped to reach . President Claudia Sheinbaum hosted Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and a contingent of cabinet ministers and business leaders at the National Palace, where the sides negotiated cooperation and regulatory updates. In a social media post, Sheinbaum praised the “very productive meetings … held between Mexican and Brazilian authorities and businesspeople to strengthen cooperation in scientific, economic and environmental development.”  Sheinbaum had made clear that Mexico could not extend Brazil any arrangement comparable to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), while Alckmin admitted that Brazil is not free to negotiate a broader free trade agreement without going through the Mercosur trade b...

In an inspiring show of cross-border teamwork, Mexican scientists have been at the forefront of restoring the rare California red-legged frog to some muddy ponds in Southern California — highlighting Mexico’s pivotal role in the revival of a species teetering on the brink. From a small office in Ensenada, Baja California , biologist Anny Peralta and her team at the nonprofit Fauna del Noroeste have devoted years to boosting the numbers of the frog, listed as “endangered” in Mexico and “threatened” in the U.S. Through painstaking habitat restoration, they grew a frog population in Mexico’s borderlands from just 20 individuals to more than 400 — a lifeline for the species after it vanished from 95% of its original American range. Working with U.S. scientists, Mexican teams engineered wetland habitats in the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, a protected natural area in the Santa Ana Mountains in southwest Riverside County, California. By 2018, the Mexican team was prepared...