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Applicants dissatisfied with the new exam are called to mobilize

In this new stage of the movement of candidates selected in the admission exam of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), young people called for a mobilization for this Monday.

Army Special Forces Unit turns 40 years old

Murciélago, that is what the Mexican Army calls each member of the Special Forces Unit, the body with the greatest training and training to carry out, for 40 years, tasks in the field of national security and combating criminal groups by the Secretariat of National Defense (Defense).

Demand for admission to the Faculty of Medicine is growing, but the available places are decreasing

In the last 17 years, the demand for admission to the career of surgeon at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) – one of the most sought after by applicants for higher education – has grown 40 percent, while the supply of available places has been reduced by the same proportion.

App taxi passenger died after arguing with the driver

An elderly taxi passenger lost his life in the middle of an argument, presumably due to cardiac arrest, after the driver took the wrong route, which caused the victim's annoyance.

Mixed contracts at Pemex give certainty to investors

Although the provisions of the T-MEC may limit elements of the energy model after the constitutional reforms of 2024, the implementation of mixed contracts has generated certainty for private investment, said José María Valenzuela, professor at El Colegio de México.

Alia Lira Hartmann: From other cities

One of the main objectives of The Great Hall of the People or Great Hall of the People in Beijing is to symbolize the unity of the people of the People's Republic of China. A complex task considering that it is the second most populated country in the world (after India), whose current figures report 1,412 million inhabitants in an area of ​​9,596,900 square kilometers, placing it in its area as the fourth country behind Russia, Canada and the United States.

Trial begins against former treasurer of Apaseo

Guanajuato, Gto., The former treasurer of the municipality of Apaseo el Alto, Jaime Aguirre Mejía, was linked to proceedings for the crimes of embezzlement, illicit use of powers and powers, as well as illicit enrichment, to the detriment of the public administration, with proven property damage of 107 million 982 thousand 343 pesos, reported the Attorney General's Office of the State of Guanajuato.

With more than 170 victims, sexual predator poses as a psychologist

“He is a predator and he belongs to my family,” says Perla, recounting the sexual abuse she suffered from her brother Ulises Portillo Barroso during her childhood and adolescence.

Las Dunas tourist complex closed in Yucatan

Chuburná, Yuc., The Federal Environmental Protection Agency (Profepa) temporarily closed the Las Dunas tourist real estate development, located in Chuburná, town of Puerto Progreso, where more than 90 thousand square meters of sand and coastal vegetation were dismantled.

Ceuta: number of recovered migrant bodies rises to 67

Madrid. The Spanish Civil Guard, which recognizes the probability that more will appear in the coming hours, has recovered the mortal remains of 67 people on the coast of Ceuta, making it one of the worst migratory tragedies of recent decades. Continental governments focus their concern and “indignation” on the absence of strict controls on the Spanish border, to the point that 22 countries, led by Italy, Germany and Denmark, called an urgent meeting of Interior Ministers of the European Union (EU), which will be held next Tuesday.

Jaime Ortega*: A forum for the people

It was the spring of 2019, and a significant event was happening in New York City: in a downtown cafe and cultural center, the famous geographer David Harvey gave lessons on Karl Marx's Capital for two months.

Romina Hinojosa finishes the first stage of the Tour de France

The cyclist Romina Hinojosa (Lotto-Intermarché Ladies) debuted as the first Mexican in the modern era of the women's Tour de France in its fifth edition. The Dutch Lorena Wiebes took the yellow jersey for the lead, while Kim Le court and Demi Vollering, monarch in 2023, came second and third, respectively.

Yuriria Iturriaga: Not only bread...

In order for us to continue climbing the levels of living and legitimate satisfaction of the majority of our population, it is necessary to have a long-term project that, and if for now it appears with the acronym 4T as a “desired floor”, it could also be translated into a 5T, whose motto could be “you will love your neighbor as yourself”, because the degradation of human coexistence is based on the fact that “there is no neighbor”, only potential enemies and competitors at all levels and senses, while “the family” has been degraded, especially in the middle and upper classes, to positions of ruthless competition between generations with possessions and positions based on scales of purchasing power and public image that could be defined with the phrase: “I am and I am here because I can”, without explaining how it could and arrived...

Trump messages, at 100 thousand dollars

The early access service to the messages of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, on his Truth Social platform, went into operation yesterday with an initial fee of one hundred thousand dollars per month and in the midst of requests from Democratic senators to the markets regulatory commission to investigate whether the president would be involved in a crime of use of privileged information.

NGO: 574 people from the LGBT+ community were murdered in seven years

The LGBT+ Crime Observatory in Mexico indicated that 574 people belonging to this community were murdered in the past seven years. In addition, he detailed that the previous year it documented 59 of these crimes, that is, 34 less than in 2024, when the group recorded 93.

Milei's authoritarian decrees divide the cabinet in Argentina

Buenos Aires., The widespread political rejection of the announcements, decrees and actions that are increasingly authoritarian, undemocratic and submissive to the external powers of the far-right president of Argentina, Javier Milei, reached a good part of his associates and threatens to aggravate the internal situation of the ruling party La Libertad Avanza (LLA), when the chief of staff, Diego Santilli, publicly asked for the resignation of Vice President Victoria Villarruel, who like other former officials who left this administration, doubts of the president's mental state and the danger that this means for the country, to which is added an increasingly determined and organized social mobilization.

The Navy destroys 3 drug laboratories

Topolobampo, Sin., In Topolobampo, personnel from the Secretary of the Navy located and destroyed three drug laboratories and secured more than 3 thousand liters of chemical precursors, as well as accessories used to produce synthetic drugs and other implements.

Marcos Roitman Rosenmann: Ceuta and Melilla in Alawite geopolitics

The images of thousands of Moroccan citizens reaching El Tarajal beach in Ceuta shock the conscience. According to figures, there were 50 thousand who undertook the journey, of them, 67 lost their lives. According to sources, many were transferred and escorted in trucks by the Moroccan gendarmerie and taken to the border.

Shrimp boat explodes in Mazatlán; a dead

An explosion in a shrimp boat at the Parque Bonfil dock, in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, left a man dead yesterday, who was doing welding work, reported Municipal Civil Protection. Firefighters, Red Cross and Navy Secretariat personnel went to the site, who put out the incident on the Perseo boat. According to the authorities' report, the fire reached the deck, but they prevented the flames from spreading. Paramedics evaluated the 60-year-old man, who would have been thrown several meters by the explosion, so he was located on the floor, and confirmed that he no longer had vital signs. The causes of the accident are unknown.

US suspends attacks on Iran while allies prepare agreement

Haman. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, affirmed yesterday that his allies in the Middle East agreed on the parameters of a settlement that ends the war with Iran and indicated that, for now, he will refrain from ordering new Pentagon attacks against the Islamic republic.

With a last-minute penalty, Querétaro beats Tigres

Tigres is still adrift after a week in which they lost coach Guido Pizarro; now they fell 3-2 against Querétaro on matchday three of the 2026 Apertura Tournament.

Mexico dominates the JCC with more than 100 gold medals

Mexico is heading towards the best performance in its history at the Central American and Caribbean Games. With seven days of activity left in Santo Domingo, the tricolor delegation already has 102 gold medals, consolidating its total dominance in the region.

Publication of new government strategy to care for children stands out

After the National Early Childhood Care Strategy (Enapi 2026-2030) was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation, the Pact for Early Childhood collective stated that “it represents a fundamental step to consolidate a national public policy that places girls and boys at the center of State decisions.”

Lomas de Becerra arose among maguey trees, orchards, hills and sand mines

Between streets that wind along the slopes, staircases that connect their slopes and memories that survive among its inhabitants, Lomas de Becerra, in the Álvaro Obregón mayor's office, keeps the history of a colony that grew between water, hills and dirt roads. What is today a densely inhabited area once had maguey trees, orchards and sand mines.

Attack in the Russian capital: 3 dead

A bomb detonated yesterday in a restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people, including the perpetrator of the attack, local officials reported. The attack left about 21 injured. According to the National Anti-Terrorist Committee, an unidentified woman who tried to bring the explosive device into the establishment died, as did a security guard and a customer. The authorities are investigating the case.

Victims ask for administrative reform to prevent dispossession

The recently created civil association Víctimas de Pojo CDMX will present to the Congress of Mexico City a proposal that contemplates the implementation of the mandatory signature with biometric data in notarial deeds, digital files of each public registration and the creation of an intelligence unit in the capital's prosecutor's office that specifically investigates phenomena of fraud, corruption, criminal networks and registry manipulation, in order to advance against the dispossession of real estate.

Cutzamala System Storage is at 73.4%

Due to the intensity and frequency of rains in the Valley of Mexico, the storage of the Cutzamala System is at 73.4 percent with 561.48 million cubic meters of water as of July 31. His best level for these dates in nine years.

Government and opposition of Venezuela agree to a dialogue for the “democratic transition”

Caracas. The government and the opposition of Venezuela announced yesterday the beginning of a dialogue process that aims towards "the democratic transition and for the benefit of the country", whose first meeting will take place next week in Caracas.

Sonora: serious, man who inhaled gas after Ferromex train spill

Hermosillo, Sonora, Luis Arturo Ozuna Vázquez, 53, remains hospitalized in serious condition, after being affected by gas inhalation resulting from the spill of approximately 70 thousand liters of sodium hydrosulfide caused by the derailment of a Ferromex train in the municipality of Naco, confirmed the Secretary of Public Health of Sonora.

Joseph E. Stiglitz * /Special for La Jornada: Trump's new tariffs are an opportunity to fight back

New York. Here it goes again. US President Donald Trump is raising and lowering tariffs at will, violating international agreements that he himself signed and, almost certainly, breaking federal law. The only difference this time is that he has a new pretext for abusing tariffs: ending forced labor.

Petro advocates for international solidarity with Havana

Havana., The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, advocated yesterday for international solidarity with the island and urged the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, to engage in dialogue to avoid military action against the Caribbean nation.

To take into account

This week, economic reports will be released, such as the announcement of monetary policy, remittances, investment, inflation and consumer confidence.

Air of reality, “intermediate point between comics, literature and music”

In an era dominated by the ephemeral, the digital and the disposable, Mr. González proposes a necessary pause in Aire de reality, a project that is at an “intermediate point between comics, literature and music, betting on the value of the physical object, contemplation in detail and a declaration of aversion to the culture of the simple, in a time when we no longer know what is real and what is not,” he says in an interview with La Jornada.

Books

José Manuel Cuéllar Moreno builds an oppressive atmosphere where the past never ends dying. The plot intertwines spiritualism and the political power of the country. It reveals that among closed rooms, spiritualist sessions, discreet elite meetings and disturbing practices emerge that seem immune to regime changes and city transformations. A name returns with demonic insistence throughout the centuries: Nicolás de Rocabertí. In parallel, a child becomes obsessed with the Monster of Tacuba, a murderer from the 1940s who tried to carry out the “golden veil” ritual.

Amazonas crush the Pueblas 8-0

With four goals from Diana Ordóñez and a double from Maricarmen Reyes, Tigres debuted with a resounding 8-0 victory over Puebla, in the Apertura 2026 tournament of the Mexican Women's League, a duel played yesterday at the Universitario stadium.

Los Angeles Hall celebrates 89 years of life in a big way

At 89 years old, the Los Angeles Hall celebrated its longevity and a history that goes from tradition to modernity, with a range of rhythms such as mambo, salsa, cumbia, cha-chachá, as well as “his majesty” danzón, among other genres, which resonated on a Saturday night that was spectacular.

Payroll payment monopolizes the INE budget for next year

Of the 14 thousand 36 million pesos planned for the operation of the National Electoral Institute (INE) next year, according to the proposal that will be delivered to the Ministry of Finance, 54.9 percent (6 thousand 564 million) will be allocated to the payment of payroll, including extraordinary compensation such as the "electoral bonus", equivalent to one month's salary.

Mobilizations in the country against the water agreement between Chihuahua and Israel

Chihuahua, Chih., Dozens of people demonstrated in the capital of Chihuahua and in Ciudad Juárez in rejection of the water cooperation agreement established between the Central Water and Sanitation Board (JCAS) of Chihuahua and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Milongas and tango begin in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires. August will be dedicated to tango in Buenos Aires, with a special program that will have as its star proposal a new edition of Tango BA Festival and World Cup, which will take place starting in the second half of the month.

Resistance in the courts weakens Trump's offensive against the media

New York., After his initial victories against the ABC and CBS networks, the judicial offensive of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, against the media lost strength in the face of the courts and journalistic organizations that resist pressures and demand freedom of the press.

Mexico sends more than 718 tons of supplies to Venezuela in 2 Navy ships

The Mexican government sent more than 718 tons of humanitarian aid to Venezuela on the Papaloapan and Huasteco ships.

Ángeles González Gamio: The Nest of Quetzalcóatl

One of the most relevant and complex myths of the pre-Hispanic world is that of Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent. The primary characteristic that distinguishes him is his dual nature as a deity and as a man. He was the god of wind and life, and also, Ce Ácatl Topiltzin Quetzalcóatl, a priest and king of Tula.

Editorial: Economy: balance and challenges

The balance of the Mexican economy upon knowing the data for the first half of the year shows encouraging signs that confirm the success of the policies implemented by the federal government, but it also reveals important challenges, both cyclical and structural.

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Patricia Dávila leaves the general secretary; Javier de la Fuente arrives

The general secretary of UNAM, Patricia Dolores Dávila Aranda, presented her resignation yesterday afternoon to the rector Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas, who accepted it and appointed Javier de la Fuente Hernández in his place.

There is a “clear vision” for the Spider-Man succession: Tom Holland

Tom Holland has revealed that plans for his eventual outing as Spider-Man have been in the works for several years, and has stated that there is already a “clear vision” of how the superhero mantle will be passed to another actor.

Six members of Semar appear for tax huachicol network

The defense of Vice Admiral Roberto Farías Laguna assured that during the investigation carried out in the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime (Femdo), six members of the Mexican Navy Secretariat (Semar) "provided testimonies that allow us to contrast versions, specify actions and open new lines of analysis" about the organization dedicated to the tax huachicol that involves naval elements, businessmen, customs agents and customs personnel.

Cruz Azul comes back and beats Atlas 3-1 at the start of the Women's League

Cruz Azul had a successful debut in the Apertura 2026 tournament of the Mexican Women's League after coming back from behind and beating Atlas 3-1 in the opening duel of matchday 1, played yesterday at the Unidad Deportiva Centenario stadium, in Cuernavaca, Morelos.

The UNAM will apply the in-person control exam to more than 58 thousand applicants

The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) will apply a control exam in person to around 58 thousand applicants, given the irregularities detected in the admission process for the 2026 degree. The Technical Commission on the matter explained that those selected in the recent edition, almost 22 thousand young people, and those who obtained a number equal to or greater than the minimum number of correct answers required in previous processes, will be called.

Chivas suffer and rescue a 1-1 draw on their visit to Puebla

Guadalajara rescued a draw from their visit to the Cuauhtémoc stadium. After a week marred by off-field controversies, related to the former national team Javier Hernández and the lack of success in the league, the Rebaño came from behind and rescued the final 1-1 against Puebla, in a match that was overdue, which launched the third day of the Liga Mx.