Abortion in Mexico City

According to LifeNews:
The members of the legislative assembly of the federal district of Mexico City voted to legalize abortions in 2007. Since then, abortion business have done approximately 34,000 abortions and those numbers are likely set to increase — though they have prompted a backlash in other Mexican states.
The legislative assembly, in April 2007, approved [...]

Gay Marriage & Adoption Approved in the DF

The LA Times reports that
Mexico City on Tuesday formally put on the books a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children, with Mayor Marcelo Ebrard rejecting demands he veto the controversial measure.
The law was published in the official government newspaper, and will go into effect in 45 days. It was passed by a [...]

Professionalizing the Police

From the WSJ:
MEXICO CITY — When pressed about why Mexico is struggling in its battle with illegal-drug cartels, Genaro García Luna, the nation’s top police official, likes to put his inquisitors on the spot with a question: Would you encourage your child to become a Mexican cop?
I’ve heard of at least one student who wanted [...]

One Place in Mexico Where PDA is No Longer Acceptable

According to the Crónica, Guanajuato’s famous “street of the kiss” is to be regulated. On this narrow colonial street, two balconies that jut out from either side come so close that couples can kiss over the cobblestone. Naturally, folks can’t always get up to those balconies, but seeing them, and kissing near them, is a [...]

Ending Opacity

From the WSJ:
In the past, the way Mexico dealt with corruption was with eyes wide shut. Everyone knew a large number of government officials were taking bribes, but no one did anything about it. Transparency commissioners were set up, but given no teeth.
And Mexico’s drug traffickers used the lax law enforcement their bribes bought them [...]

Reporting the Red Tape

The LA Times reports on Mexican bureaucracy:
The often-Kafkaesque requirements encourage residents to offer bribes as a way around the labyrinthine tramites. A study last year by the nonprofit group Transparency Mexico found that Mexico’s 105 million residents annually pay bribes totaling more than $2 billion, often for basic services such as getting a water line [...]

The Magic Year

Apparently, the only used cars that can now be imported to Mexico are from 1998! Nothing older, nothing newer. Period.
Cars newer than that were banned from imports as unwelcome competition for Mexican car dealers, and anything more than 15 years old was seen as a potential environmental and safety hazard.
But now, under pressure from Mexico’s [...]