Mexico

La carta de AMLO al Presidente Trump

“El lema ‘Estados Unidos primero’ es una falacia…”

  • May 31, 2019
  • 8:33 AM

Mexico’s #MeToo (PODCAST)

How is the movement growing?

  • Apr 12, 2019
  • 1:27 PM

This Small Mexican Border Town Prizes Its Human and Environmental Links With the US

A local vision for the border that is strikingly different from the prevailing U.S. view.

  • Apr 12, 2019
  • 9:19 AM

Mexican War on Drugs Has, in Places, Decreased Life Expectancy

In Mexico, life expectancy increased for more than six decades, but as we found in our new research, this rate slowed down between 2005 and 2015, and in some states even reversed.

  • Apr 3, 2019
  • 9:35 AM

Mexico’s Women’s Movement Confronts Gender Violence as Thousands Post #MeToo

A new Latin America News Dispatch podcast episode.

  • Apr 1, 2019
  • 8:02 AM

A GoPro Walking Tour of the Playas de Tijuana Border (VIDEO)

From José Angelo Gallegos

  • Mar 29, 2019
  • 4:45 PM

Abren La Pequeña Haití en Tijuana

Los haitianos que ahora viven en Tijuana se llaman “haitiajuanenses”.

  • Mar 29, 2019
  • 3:06 PM

How Mexican Advertising Featuring Rich White People Perpetuates Racism and Classism

My recently published research examines how this aspirational advertising demonstrates racial and social inequalities in Mexico, and reinforces colonial thinking in the country.

  • Mar 26, 2019
  • 9:19 AM

5 Facts About the Mexican Community in the US

The country’s youngest population is of Mexican origin.

  • Mar 22, 2019
  • 12:59 PM

Mexico’s Frontera Sur: Life Carries On in This Place of Permanent Mobility

The day we arrive in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, the southern Mexican state that borders Guatemala, all is quiet.

  • Mar 16, 2019
  • 10:25 AM

Mexico Is Being Held to Ransom by Oil Thieves and Systemic Corruption

People in Mexico have been generally supportive of the president’s measures to prevent theft, despite widespread shortages and explosions at pipelines where oil has stopped and tapping has occurred.

  • Mar 2, 2019
  • 8:21 AM

How Smallpox Devastated the Aztecs and Helped Spain Conquer a Civilization 500 Years Ago

Within just two years, Aztec ruler Montezuma was dead, the capital city of Tenochtitlan was captured and Cortés had claimed the Aztec empire for Spain.

  • Feb 19, 2019
  • 2:39 PM

Migrant Shelter on the Border to Close

The shelter, located across from Eagle Pass, Texas, in the Mexican town of Piedras Negras, will likely close Wednesday because it has “served its purpose,” according to Coahuila State Public Safety Secretary José Luis Pliego.

  • Feb 18, 2019
  • 11:10 AM

Don’t Mess With Yalitza Aparicio

Because every time someone throws shade Yalitza’s way, her light shines brighter.

  • Feb 17, 2019
  • 1:12 PM

El Chapo in Prison Changes Nothing

If it’s a waste of time for Mexico, then it’s a waste of money here.

  • Feb 14, 2019
  • 10:50 AM

Despite El Chapo Arrest, Powerful Sinaloa Cartel Marches On

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — Those heaping bags of fentanyl and plastic tubs of crystal meth, heroin and cocaine offer no sign that the cartel has been weakened, lost sway over its traditional territory in northwestern Mexico or seen its international reach curtailed by the loss of its notorious leader.

  • Feb 13, 2019
  • 12:37 PM

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