By , Slideshow MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The names of women victimized by violence were painted late on Saturday on metal barriers erected around Mexico’s national palace ahead of a major women’s march as activists turned the fencing into a makeshift billboard for their movement.Near the front of the colonial-era building that serves as both the president’s offices and his residence, activists wrote: “Victims of Femicide” in huge letters across the top of the 10-foot-tall (3-m) barriers, with the names of many women scrawled underneath.Last year, at least 939 women were victims of femicide,...…By , Slideshow MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The names of women victimized by violence were painted late on Saturday on metal barriers erected around Mexico’s national palace ahead of a major women’s march as activists turned the fencing into a makeshift billboard for their movement.Near the front of the colonial-era building that serves as both the president’s offices and his residence, activists wrote: “Victims of Femicide” in huge letters across the top of the 10-foot-tall (3-m) barriers, with the names of many women scrawled underneath.Last year, at least 939 women were victims of femicide,...WW…

By MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s president said on Wednesday he was ready to provide coronavirus vaccines to undocumented migrants in the United States, after the governor of the U.S. state of Nebraska said they would likely not get vaccinated due to immigration status.“It’s a universal right. We would do it,” President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told a regular government news conference when asked if Mexico would vaccinate undocumented migrants in the United States, many of which are Mexican nationals.He did not elaborate on how his government would execute such a plan, or which...…By MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s president said on Wednesday he was ready to provide coronavirus vaccines to undocumented migrants in the United States, after the governor of the U.S. state of Nebraska said they would likely not get vaccinated due to immigration status.“It’s a universal right. We would do it,” President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told a regular government news conference when asked if Mexico would vaccinate undocumented migrants in the United States, many of which are Mexican nationals.He did not elaborate on how his government would execute such a plan, or which...WW…

By MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The overflowing crowds and lavish pageantry surrounding a centuries-old annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Mexico’s Virgin of Guadalupe, among the world’s biggest religious gatherings, will be another pandemic casualty this year.Slideshow The country’s top Roman Catholic leader said closing the shrine for the first time was a painful but unavoidable decision as coronavirus infections intensified in Mexico City.Nearly 11 million devotees of the Virgin of Guadalupe streamed into the Mexican capital’s basilica and its adjacent plaza last year in the days leading up...…By MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The overflowing crowds and lavish pageantry surrounding a centuries-old annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Mexico’s Virgin of Guadalupe, among the world’s biggest religious gatherings, will be another pandemic casualty this year.Slideshow The country’s top Roman Catholic leader said closing the shrine for the first time was a painful but unavoidable decision as coronavirus infections intensified in Mexico City.Nearly 11 million devotees of the Virgin of Guadalupe streamed into the Mexican capital’s basilica and its adjacent plaza last year in the days leading up...WW…

By MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican Catholic Church’s highest-ranking bishop agrees with recent comments by Pope Francis in support of legal protections offered by civil unions for gay couples, the prelate told Reuters, stressing that no family member should ever be rejected.Mexico is the second-biggest Catholic country after Brazil with around 80% of its nearly 130 million people affiliated with the church. It has historically been conservative-leaning on social issues.Cardinal Carlos Aguiar, archbishop of Mexico City, said in an interview that he backs the pope’s comments from a...…By MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican Catholic Church’s highest-ranking bishop agrees with recent comments by Pope Francis in support of legal protections offered by civil unions for gay couples, the prelate told Reuters, stressing that no family member should ever be rejected.Mexico is the second-biggest Catholic country after Brazil with around 80% of its nearly 130 million people affiliated with the church. It has historically been conservative-leaning on social issues.Cardinal Carlos Aguiar, archbishop of Mexico City, said in an interview that he backs the pope’s comments from a...WW…

By , MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s president is expected to congratulate U.S. President-elect Joe Biden next week on his victory once it is certified, three officials told Reuters, after weeks of waiting that have upset allies of the incoming U.S. leader.President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is among a handful of world leaders yet to recognize Biden’s election victory over Republican President Donald Trump, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro.Lopez Obrador aims to send Biden his congratulations the day after the U.S. Electoral College on Dec. 14 votes to certify...…By , MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s president is expected to congratulate U.S. President-elect Joe Biden next week on his victory once it is certified, three officials told Reuters, after weeks of waiting that have upset allies of the incoming U.S. leader.President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is among a handful of world leaders yet to recognize Biden’s election victory over Republican President Donald Trump, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro.Lopez Obrador aims to send Biden his congratulations the day after the U.S. Electoral College on Dec. 14 votes to certify...WW…

By Slideshow MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Among the new cardinals formally installed by Pope Francis on Saturday is an outspoken Mexican cleric who has spent decades ministering to the mostly poor, indigenous communities near the country’s southern border with Guatemala.Felipe Arizmendi, known for progressive views on indigenous rights and migrants as well as a staunchly conservative stance on sexuality, was presented with the ring and scarlet red biretta of the so-called princes of the Catholic church at a scaled-down ceremony at the Vatican due to pandemic precautions.One of 13 prelates to...…By Slideshow MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Among the new cardinals formally installed by Pope Francis on Saturday is an outspoken Mexican cleric who has spent decades ministering to the mostly poor, indigenous communities near the country’s southern border with Guatemala.Felipe Arizmendi, known for progressive views on indigenous rights and migrants as well as a staunchly conservative stance on sexuality, was presented with the ring and scarlet red biretta of the so-called princes of the Catholic church at a scaled-down ceremony at the Vatican due to pandemic precautions.One of 13 prelates to...WW…