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A controversial effort by Mexico’s president to reshape the nation’s research funding and governance system has reached a chaotic conclusion that clears the way for the bill to become law. Many scientists strongly oppose the measure, saying it will tighten government control over science. But it was approved in a rapid-fire series of votes last week, including one on 29 April when senators from the ruling party abandoned their chamber because of a protest and…

The Mexican government’s press conference from the Palacio Nacional on Wednesday looked like it was part of a late-night comedy skit. Standing behind a podium with the government seal, an official proudly announced that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had been named the top streamer in Mexico in the first quarter of 2023. The announcement wasn’t a joke, though.How Does Gerard Pique’s New Twitch Indoor Soccer League Work?López Obrador shocked the streaming world this week when he suddenly popped up in sixth place on…

MEXICO CITY —  Mexico’s leader has some advice for the United States.Take better care of your kids. Try more hugs.Cut down on the drugs and guns.Keep your cops, troops and spies off our turf.And leave Donald Trump alone.Those are some of the latest musings from Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who in recent weeks has been on a tear about the state of affairs north of the border. His riffs on the United States have veered from the bellicose to the bizarre, a barrage of muted threats, stern counsel and…

Cows grazing in a designated wilderness area in California’s Modoc National Forest. Though cows are permitted and allowed to graze here, in Gila Wilderness the animals are “unauthorized.”Photo: Lauren Leffer / GizmodoIf all has gone according to schedule, then today federal officials from the U.S. Forest Service climbed into helicopters with high-powered rifles and set their sights on cows. A planned “lethal removal” of about 150 un-owned cattle roaming New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness in Gila National Forest was set to begin…

MEXICO CITY—Companies from around the world are moving production and equipment to Mexico as they seek a manufacturing hub closer to the U.S., part of a broader shift in global trade.Some companies are relocating from Asia, while others are investing millions of dollars to raise output of goods that are exported tariff-free to the U.S. Economists and executives say supply-chain disruptions, prolonged Covid-related shutdowns in China, soaring shipping rates and geopolitical uncertainty caused by Russia’s invasion of…

A bulldozer clears an area of forest that will be the line of the Maya Train in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Tuesday, August. 2, 2022. Photo: Eduardo Verdugo (AP)Mexico’s government is building a new train project that could have big economic benefits, but the tracks are going to be laid at the expense of fragile ecosystems and indigenous artifacts, alarming the country’s environmentalists.The train system, which is known as Tren Maya (or Maya Train), will cut through pristine environments that have barely…

Luke Iseman, previously a director of hardware at Y Combinator and now the cofounder of a geoengineering startup, says he added a few grams of sulfur dioxide into a pair of weather balloons and launched them from an unspecified site somewhere on the Mexican peninsula last spring. He says he intended for the balloons to reach the stratosphere and burst under pressure there, releasing the particles into the open air.  Scientists believe that spraying sulfur dioxide or other reflective particles into the stratosphere in…

NEW YORK —  Just a few days into the trial of drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, a witness dropped a bombshell allegation: A Sinaloa cartel associate testified that he had personally given Mexico’s top drug cop briefcases full of cash — millions in bribes to let the cartel operate with impunity.Now, the man who had been considered an architect of Mexico’s anti-drug battle and a key partner of U.S. law enforcement is going on trial Tuesday in the same New York federal court. Genaro García Luna — head of Mexico’s version…

SAYULA DE ALEMAN, Mexico —  From the roadside stand in this muggy stretch of southern Mexico where Carmelo Morrugares sells coconuts for a living, the 45-year-old father of three says he can see his country changing for the better. There’s his pay, which has doubled from $5 to $10 daily thanks to a series of minimum-wage hikes. And there are the hefty welfare payments that his elderly father and student daughter now receive from the government.Then there’s the highway itself, repaved amid a boom of fresh investment…

The president of Mexico is attempting to rectify the Bad Bunny concert debacle.The Associated Press reports that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has implored the Puerto Rican superstar to host a free show in Mexico City for his fans. Bad Bunny played a sold-out show in Mexico’s capital last Friday, which unfortunately resulted in thousands not being able to attend due to an unprecedented amount of fake tickets.While Obrador can’t pay the singer to perform, he said the Mexican government can foot the bill for the…