Mexico cartel attacks on press take toll on drug war coverage
The Mexican press, as evidenced in recent attacks on two newspaper offices, grapples with decisions about how — and whether — to cover the drug war in ways that won't endanger lives.read more
View ArticleGOP investigators fault five ATF officials in gun-tracking fiasco
Republican congressional investigators have concluded that five senior ATF officials — including the special agent in charge of the Phoenix field office and the bureau's top man in Washington — were...
View ArticleControversy in Mexico over changes to and use of Mayan palaces, Aztec pyramids
Mexicans are taught to revere their pre-Columbian roots. So some archaeologists are outraged by what they view as the government’s failure to safeguard the nation’s Mayan palaces and Aztec...
View ArticlePowerful earthquake reported in Costa Rica
A powerful, magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook Costa Rica and a wide swath of Central America on Wednesday, collapsing some houses, blocking highways and causing panic and at least one death from a heart...
View ArticleMexico's Pena Nieto takes power, begins new era for old ruling party
Enrique Pena Nieto took over as Mexican president on Saturday, offering a shot at redemption for the party that shaped modern Mexico if he can bring about an end to years of violence and economic...
View ArticleMexico moving forward with wave powered farms
Wave power is the oft-forgotten cousin of solar and wind power. It has huge potential, but it is not quite as far along as the better known sources of clean power, so it tends to be overlooked. But it...
View ArticleAs Mexico claws toward prosperity, some in middle class slide back
Thirty years ago, Lourdes Huesca and her husband moved to a tiny patch of land in the muddy bean fields at the edge of Mexico City. The young couple lived in a shack, with no water or electricity, in...
View ArticlePeña Nieto team decries past drug cartel strategy — and keeps it
Going after the cartel kingpins made the problem worse, say aides to Mexico's new president. But killing it would jeopardize significant U.S. funding.read more
View ArticleMexican towns without police forces start their own
When the law leaves town, the town makes their own law. At least that's the theory in two towns in southwest Mexico where several hundred civilians have taken up arms and are arresting people suspected...
View Article14 dead, 80 injured in Mexico oil company blast
Mexico's state-owned oil company says 14 have died and 80 are injured in an office building explosion at its headquarters in the capital.read more
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