National Autonomous University

It is one of Latin America's best-known and biggest schools, with five times more students than UCLA and a treasured spot in Mexican life as the people's house of higher learning. But to prove it really matters, the 100-year-old National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM, is placing its work on the Internet. All of it. In an effort of staggering scope, UNAM hopes to upload everything it has — from 18th century newspapers and vintage films to hundreds of thousands of student theses and a still-to-be-gauged sea of classroom teaching items — and let the world have it free of charge.

It is one of Latin America's best-known and biggest schools, with five times more students than UCLA and a treasured spot in Mexican life as the people's house of higher learning. But to prove it really matters, the 100-year-old National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM, is placing its work on the Internet. All of it. In an effort of staggering scope, UNAM hopes to upload everything it has — from 18th century newspapers and vintage films to hundreds of thousands of student theses and a still-to-be-gauged sea of classroom teaching items — and let the world have it free of charge.

A strike by workers at Mexico's huge National Autonomous University shut down the institution, leaving more than 300,000 students locked out of classes. About 23,000 union members went on strike after rejecting a 10% wage increase offered by the university. Union officials are demanding a 50% increase. The National Autonomous University, Mexico's largest, was hit by a three-week student strike in 1987 after administrators tried to implement a series of reforms.

For decades, Mexico's National University was a Latin blend of Harvard and UCLA, educating both the elite and the masses. Its alumni include past presidents and Mexico's three Nobel laureates, as well as the country's most famous rebel, Subcomandante Marcos. But the university is now at the center of the country's most bitter strike in years. It threatens to damage the university's already fading reputation--and could provoke violence.

A student-led strike that has crippled Mexico's largest university threatens to indefinitely suspend much of the nation's scientific research, a prominent researcher said Friday. The strike illustrated the vulnerability of Mexico's fledgling research efforts, many of which are based at the sprawling, 268,000-student National Autonomous University, or UNAM, one of the world's largest universities.

Curanderos no longer recommend drinking jaguar blood for strength, but the medicine men still use herbs to induce abortions. The prescriptions and procedures are in the first known book of medicine written in North or South America. The book has returned to Mexico after more than 400 years, a gift of Pope John Paul II. "It is very important because it provides a series of prescriptions that allow us to study indigenous medicines," said Dr.

For decades, Mexico's National University was a Latin blend of Harvard and UCLA, educating both the elite and the masses. Its alumni include past presidents and Mexico's three Nobel laureates, as well as the country's most famous rebel, Subcomandante Marcos. But the university is now at the center of the country's most bitter strike in years. It threatens to damage the university's already fading reputation--and could provoke violence.

MEXICO CITY —Former Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid, who led the country amid economic meltdown and natural disaster in the 1980s but laid the groundwork for freer markets and political opening, has died. He was 77. De la Madrid died Sunday morning at a Mexico City hospital where he was admitted several weeks ago for lung disease. A smoker, he died of complications from the disease, the semi-official Notimex news agency reported. His death was also reported by President Felipe Calderon and the Foreign Ministry, as condolences poured in from politicians across the political spectrum.

Elizabeth Catlett, a sculptor and printmaker who was widely considered one of the most important African American artists of the 20th century despite having lived most of her life in Mexico, has died. She was 96. Catlett, whose sculptures became symbols of the civil rights movement, died Monday at her home in Cuernavaca, Mexico, said her eldest son, Francisco. Her imposing blend of art and social consciousness mirrored that of German painter Max Beckmann, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera and other artists of the mid-20th century who used art to critique power structures.

An earth tremor measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale was recorded early Thursday off the Mexican Pacific coast near the resort of Mazatlan, the National Autonomous University of Mexico said. The tremor caused no damage or injuries, it said.

A student-led strike that has crippled Mexico's largest university threatens to indefinitely suspend much of the nation's scientific research, a prominent researcher said Friday. The strike illustrated the vulnerability of Mexico's fledgling research efforts, many of which are based at the sprawling, 268,000-student National Autonomous University, or UNAM, one of the world's largest universities.

Curanderos no longer recommend drinking jaguar blood for strength, but the medicine men still use herbs to induce abortions. The prescriptions and procedures are in the first known book of medicine written in North or South America. The book has returned to Mexico after more than 400 years, a gift of Pope John Paul II. "It is very important because it provides a series of prescriptions that allow us to study indigenous medicines," said Dr.

A strike by workers at Mexico's huge National Autonomous University shut down the institution, leaving more than 300,000 students locked out of classes. About 23,000 union members went on strike after rejecting a 10% wage increase offered by the university. Union officials are demanding a 50% increase. The National Autonomous University, Mexico's largest, was hit by a three-week student strike in 1987 after administrators tried to implement a series of reforms.

The curly-haired suspect in the sweatshirt faced the flash of news cameras, looking impossibly small. "When did you start to kill?" he was asked. "How much did you earn?" "How many did you execute?" He said he began killing at age 11. A drug cartel paid him $200 a week. He'd killed four people. "How?" came the final question. "I cut their throats," he replied. Then masked Mexican soldiers hustled him off, the way they do other drug suspects. The detainee's name was Edgar Jimenez Lugo, but everyone knew him as Ponchi.

A moderate earthquake centered off Mexico's Pacific coast shook the tourist resort and fishing village of Zihuatanejo but caused no damage, officials said Thursday. The seismological laboratory of the National Autonomous University of Mexico said the temblor at 10:47 p.m. Wednesday measured 4.5 on the Richter scale. It said the epicenter was 241 miles southwest of Mexico City.