Mexico

Mexico: Supreme Court extends same-sex marriage

Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) decided by a 9-2 vote that same-sex marriages performed in the Federal District (DF, Mexico City) are valid in all the country’s states.

Mexico

Oaxaca: land conflicts turn bloody

The long-ruling PRI lost its hold on power in Oaxaca last month, but violence is escalating in the state’s Mixtec region, where PRI-linked paramilitary groups terrorize peasant communities.

Mexico

Mexico: electrical workers end hunger strike

After 90 days, a mass hunger strike by laid-off electrical workers in the center of Mexico City came to an end on July 23 following a preliminary agreement between the government and the union.

Mexico

Mexico: court frees Atenco prisoners

A five-member panel of Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) announced that it had decided by a four-to-one vote to release campesino activist Ignacio del Valle Medina and 11 others.