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An activist teachers’ union with a history of disruptive protests has threatened a national strike that could block access to Mexico City’s main public square just 10 days before the World Cup opening ceremony, some 15 kilometers away. In calling for the strike over what they considered an inadequate 9% salary raise offer from the Education Ministry, the National Coordinating Committee of Education Workers (CNTE) left no doubt that the threatened action’s proximity to the World Cup opener is no coincidence. Teachers took over the Zócalo, Mexico City’s main public square, as recently as March 19. They are threatening to do it again with the World Cup just three weeks away. (Victoria Valtierra/Cuartoscuro) “As has been announced, the national strike coincides with the World Cup,” one CNTE member told the press. “The eyes of the world will be on Mexico City, and we will be there, showing our discontent and fighting for justice.” The strike announcement appears to be as much a ne...

From adrenaline-filled competition to community creativity, culinary celebration and commemorative cataloging, the Bay of Banderas is alive with a string of must-see events in the month of May. Before the month runs out, get out there and see photos documenting PV’s history, sample the region’s most popular high-end restaurants at reduced prices, build sandcastles for a good cause and more! Restaurant Week Puerto Vallarta 2026 in full swing (Azafrán Restaurant Puerto Vallarta/Facebook) Restaurant Week Puerto Vallarta 2026 has officially begun and will continue through June 10, transforming the Bay of Banderas region for more than three weeks into a showcase of culinary talent. The annual festival features participating restaurants across Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit that offer three-course menus at fixed prices, giving area diners the opportunity to experience some of the region’s top cuisine at affordable prices. Although traditionally called “Restaurant Week,” ...

The CIA story that has shadowed Mexican-U.S. relations since late April took a new turn this week. On Wednesday, CNN published a report alleging that the CIA had orchestrated the assassination of a cartel figure on Mexican soil — a claim Mexico’s government  rejected in unequivocal terms , calling it false, unverified and based on anonymous sources. At her mañanera, Sheinbaum went further,  suggesting the report was part of a coordinated media campaign targeting her government — at the same time that a separate report identified Mexico as a target in an alleged U.S.-backed influence operation aimed at destabilizing left-leaning Latin American governments. The week’s economic signals were mixed but consequential. S&P downgraded Mexico’s credit outlook from stable to negative and  cut its 2026 growth forecast to just 1%  — a blow that Finance Minister Edgar Amador quickly pushed back on,  insisting Mexico is ready to grow  and that the downgrade misreads the count...

Soccer’s world governing body FIFA on Thursday formally received full control of Mexico City’s Banorte Stadium — better known as Azteca Stadium — only to learn that there remain logistical issues related to the arena’s box seats. With the handover, the venue has now been officially renamed Mexico City Stadium for the duration of the World Cup as FIFA prohibits corporate-sponsored names, a long-standing policy intended to prevent sponsors not affiliated with the organization from receiving exposure. Banorte Stadium management announced the administrative transfer in a social media post . “Throughout the 2026 World Cup, the stadium will be known as ‘Estadio Ciudad de México,’ as mandated by FIFA. … [T]he stadium’s operation and communications will be handled through FIFA and its official channels,” it said. The reassignment occurred two days later than originally planned as the stadium obtained special permission to delay the handover to allow Cruz Azul — one of the two Mexico ...

For residents of Mexico’s cities, potholes remain the primary concern, followed by the supply and delivery of drinking water, insufficient public lighting and traffic congestion. According to the latest National Survey of Urban Public Safety conducted by the national statistics agency INEGI, 82.7% of those surveyed considered street potholes to be the most important problem in Mexican cities. The survey was carried out by interviewing adults in more than 27,000 homes across 91 urban areas from Feb. 23 to March 13. Although Security Minister Omar García Harfuch and others focused on the reduction of the perception of insecurity when the survey was first published in late April, a deeper dive into the data by the newspaper El Economista examined how other details might impact the country’s economy. The fact that more than eight out of 10 adults expressed such concern about potholes while worries about crime fell from 56.6% to 52.1% should be instructive for authorities, who tend to...

The Mexican Navy sank a donated Japanese ship off the coast of Tamaulipas this week, expanding a growing artificial reef system in the Gulf of Mexico that officials say will boost marine life, fishing and tourism. The former oceanographic research vessel Onjuku, donated by Japan in the late 1970s and used for more than four decades by Mexico’s navy, was sunk Tuesday in a controlled operation about 15 nautical miles (27.8 kilometers) off the coast. After holes were cut in the ship’s hull, small explosive charges were applied. The sinking was also shown during President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Tuesday morning press conference. Admiral Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles described the broader initiative as “the vision of a country that transforms steel into life.” An artificial reef is a human-made structure placed on the seafloor to mimic some functions of a natural reef — giving fish, various types of coral and other organisms hard surfaces to colonize where the bottom was previously fla...