Topic - Current Affairs

National football team manager Javier Aguirre resigned swiftly after Mexico’s disappointing performance in the 2010 World Cup. The decision is hardly surprising given the expectations that had been built up going into the tournament, what with Mexico’s record number of players currently in European club sides. With a draw, a win (against what turned out [...]

Mexico’s World Cup hopes came to an abrupt end when the national team lost 3-1 to Argentina in the round of 16. The first goal was a disgraceful decision by the referee and linesman to allow the goal to stand when it was clearly offside. The two consulted following protests from the Mexican players who [...]

Mexican fans weren’t too happy about the way their team made it through to the round of 16 in the World Cup. The 1-0 loss to Uruguay in the third match of Group A leaves the Tricolor facing Argentina in Sunday’s second-round showdown. For a few minutes, with South Africa up 2-0 against a disastrous [...]

Mexico’s World Cup team stepped up the level a couple of notches and beat a sluggish French side 2-0 with goals by Javier Hernandez and veteran Cuauhtemoc Blanco, moving into second place of Group A behind Uruguay on goal difference. The victory, which wasn’t quite as surprising as some may think, makes it difficult but [...]

Group A of the World Cup ended all square after the first two games, with Mexico tying host South Africa 1-1, and France battling Uruguay to a goalless draw. After dominating the first half, the Mexicans found themselves a goal down on a break by the home team, which ended with Siphiwe Tshabalala firing smartly [...]

For the third time in its history, Mexico will be playing the inaugural match of the World Cup. Mexico hosted the tournament in 1970 and in 1986, and in 2010 was drawn against the host team South Africa. With just hours to go before the kick-off, the millions of Mexican would-be “coaches” are mostly wondering [...]

An unusual thing happened the other day. The cost of a Mexico City Metro ticket went up from 2 pesos to 3 pesos. At less than 25 U.S. cents for any distance, the Metro is one of the cheapest in the world – if not the cheapest – thanks to heavy subsidies applied by successive [...]

An exercise by BBC Mundo showed the most annoying expression across the Spanish speaking world is “me entiendes?” – do you understand me? – which certain speakers will inject into their conversation when trying to make a point. The article, reported on by a local newspaper, drew a rush of web postings sympathetic to the findings of the survey, [...]

The Mexican government has been getting a head start on celebrations of the bicentennial anniversary of the Independence from Spain, and the centennial anniversary of the 1910-1917 Revolution. Preparations are already under way for major events next year. Among them is the construction of the Bicentennial Monument which began this week with the ceremonial laying [...]

A weekend walk from the Palacio de Bellas Artes to the Zócalo in Mexico City has become easier as Av. Madero is has been closed to vehicles. The decision came somewhat out of the blue, although with the levels of traffic downtown it’s improbable that advance warning would have led  motorists to queue up for “one [...]