Latin American countries condemn Ecuador raid on Mexico embassy

[ad_1] Governments across Latin America have rallied around Mexico after security forces in Ecuador stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest a controversial politician who had been granted political asylum there. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Uruguay...

How one Mexican beach town saved itself from ‘death by tourism’

[ad_1] Puerto Escondido, Mexico – With its bucolic beaches, lush greenery and kaleidoscopic sunsets, it is not difficult to see why the remote tropical paradise of Puerto Escondido has become so popular. The coastline, tucked away on the southern Pacific...

Amid diplomatic spat, Mexico grants former Ecuadorian vice president asylum

[ad_1] Amid a developing diplomatic spat, Mexico has granted asylum to a former Ecuadorian vice president accused of bribery while in office. In a statement on Friday, Mexico’s foreign ministry said it had offered political asylum to Jorge Glas, who...

Mexican President Lopez Obrador responds to mayoral candidate’s slaying

[ad_1] The death of Bertha Gisela Gaytán has renewed concerns over violence in the lead-up to the nationwide election on June 2.Outgoing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has offered condolences to the family of a slain mayoral candidate who...

Four hundred years on, Mexico’s oldest Black community struggles to survive

[ad_1] Oaxaca, Mexico – Outside Mama Cointa’s home where she has lived for almost all her life, guests have gathered to celebrate her 101st birthday. Her friend Victor steadies her quivering hand with his own while she tilts a ribbon-wrapped...

Mexico debates a rising political party’s ‘New Deal’ for the poor

[ad_1] Mexico City – The fliers promoting the kickoff rally for Claudia Sheinbaum’s presidential campaign posted an official start time of four in the afternoon, but by 2pm, the main square here in this capital city – popularly known as...

Advocates gird for Texas migrant law that could upheave US immigration

[ad_1] Texas has upped its fight to make a controversial new law — which would allow local authorities to arrest and detain migrants — enforceable. The law has been the subject of an ongoing legal battle, with the United States...

‘Horrific’: US Supreme court allows Texas to detain, deport migrants

[ad_1] The United States Supreme Court has lifted a pause on a controversial law that allows Texas state authorities to detain and deport migrants and asylum seekers, a measure critics have dubbed the “show me your papers” law. The top...

Ayotzinapa protesters knock down door of Mexico’s presidential palace

[ad_1] Demonstrators used a truck to ram the palace door, as part of a protest for justice in the case of 43 missing student teachers.A group of protesters have knocked down a door to Mexico’s presidential palace during a demonstration...