The MEXSAT Bicentenario satellite sent its first signals from space December 19 following launch from Kourou aboard an Ariane 5 rocket.

Having kept a low profile in recent years, the EZLN reminded Mexico of its existence when 40,000 supporters marched in silence across Chiapas on December 21.

Mexico’s new President Enrique Peña Nieto is the world’s ninth most popular leader on social networking site Twitter, according to a study by the Digital Policy Council from December 2012.

Residents of Onavas, Sonora made a startling discovery while digging irrigation channels in a 1,000-year-old cemetery.

For those of you with time on your hands, try checking out www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012 to see what kind of information Americans and Mexicans were scouring the web for this year. Here’s a sampler of some top searches. Yes, there are cultural differences!

The controversial head of Mexico’s National Teachers’ Union (SNTE) has voiced opposition to President Enrique Peña Nieto’s proposals for educational reform.