The 1962 film Santoy las Mujeres Vampiro (Santo and the Vampire Women) was due to be screened for the first time last week at Mexico's Guadalajara...
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Presumed Guilty found innocent
The scandal caused by the banning of the documentary Presunto Culpable Presumed Guilty has given a shot of life to Mexicans. On Wednesday, after a...
Award-winning documentary “Presunto Culpable” banned
A Mexican judge has ordered a temporary ban of Presunto Culpable, Presumed Guilty, an independent documentary that depicts the faults in public...
Aristegui reinstated
Carmen Aristegui, the radio broadcaster who was forced off the air recently, hit the wave lengths again this week after MVS, the Mexican radio...
Top journalist sacked for reporting rumours Mexico’s president is an alcoholic
Mexico's latest media scandal is the dismissal of popular radio and television host Carmen Aristegui, an incisive journalist who worked for the MVS...
2012 will see Mexico’s Twitter election
In Mexico, politicians have began using social media to campaign. But they seem baffled as to how to deal with angry voters. State Governor Enrique...
Mental health in the Mexican press
Mexico City has introduced a new law that seeks to protect mental health patients. The law, issued in December 2010, will promote the rights of...
Social networks to play big role in Mexican elections
Online social networks will be serious players during the next year's Mexican presidential elections. Electoral reform pushed through in 2008 means...
Mexicans tweet against violence
The unrelenting violence in Mexico has provoked three well-known Mexican cartoonists --- Eduardo del Rio “Rius”, Jose Hernandez and Patricio Ortiz...
Catholic church targets Santa Muerte cult
Mexico's Roman Catholic church has taken a new target. Late last week church spokespeople called on Mexicans to stop following a cult that promotes...
Church demands freedom of expression
The fight between the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico and liberal sectors of society continues. A book “The Church against Mexico,” penned by 21...
Wikileaks is opening a window of transparency
As in every country affected by Wikileaks, Mexico is trying to figure out what to learn from the released cables that undress what U.S. officials...