William Booth
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 00:00
Fidel Castro returned to Cuban television Monday night, his first major appearance in years
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 00:00
President Felipe Calderon's center-right National Action Party (PAN) appeared from preliminary results to have fought back a surge by its main opponent, the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 00:00
Elections in 12 Mexican states Sunday are taking place across a tense landscape of escalating violence and widespread fear that drug cartels are burrowing ever deeper into Mexico's politics, using corruption, intimidation and murder.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 00:00
For months, maybe for years, feuding drug mafias have unloaded their bound-and-gagged victims from pickup trucks and car trunks and thrown them down a deep, dark hole.
Friday, June 18, 2010 - 00:00
Mexico's strict laws to protect the rights of illegal migrants are often ignored and undocumented migrants from Central America face a brutal passage through the country.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 00:00
As the Mexican government condemns a new immigration law in Arizona as cruel and xenophobic, illegal migrants passing through Mexico are routinely robbed, raped and kidnapped by organized criminal gangs that often work alongside corrupt police.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 00:00
An explosion of drug violence in Mexico has killed hundreds of people in the past five days and prompted the country's president to issue a 5,000-word manifesto.
Monday, June 7, 2010 - 00:00
Cancun Mayor Gregorio Sanchez, an amateur nightclub crooner and sometime evangelical pastor, was arrested a week ago and charged with aiding not one but two major drug trafficking organizations.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 00:00
His disappearance has rattled the political and business class here, stoking fears that the war against powerful crime syndicates might be escalating to more dangerous heights
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 00:00
In Mexico, the political class from right to left has closed ranks to deplore the Arizona measure, which has dominated front pages and TV news