Mexico

U.S. President Joe Biden, second from right, meets with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, second from left, in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 18, 2021.

U.S. adviser tries to talk Mexican president out of skipping Summit of the Americas

5:11am May 19, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador threatened to skip this year's summit in the United States if Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are excluded.

Protesters carry images of disappeared people on Mother's Day during an annual march by the mothers of missing people to demand the Mexican government step up efforts to locate the missing and prevent further disappearances, in Mexico City, May 10.

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Mexico's official list of missing people passes 100,000, with few cases ever solved

4:07pm May 18, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

Mexico marks a grim milestone: The number of people officially listed as disappeared now exceeds 100,000. Many are victims of drug cartels, journalists, human rights advocates and Indigenous people.

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Rick Martínez's regional Mexican cookbook Mi Cocina is out now.

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Rick Martínez brings 'rapture' to the kitchen with his new cookbook 'Mi Cocina'

12:23pm May 10, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Rick Martínez about his new cookbook Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico.

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Journalists protest to draw attention to the latest wave of journalist killings, at the Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City, May 9, 2022.

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3 journalists have been killed over 3 days in Mexico

10:14am May 10, 2022

by Ayana Archie

In 2021, seven reporters were killed in Mexico, making it the most dangerous country for journalists, according to data compiled by Reporters Without Borders.

Researchers estimate there are only about 10 vaquita porpoises still living in Mexico's Gulf of California.

Scientists say endangered porpoise isn't doomed — so long as humans stop killing them

2:19pm May 05, 2022

by Kendal Blust

Fishing in the Gulf of California has nearly wiped out the vaquita marina. But a new genetic analysis offers hope for the engandered porpoise: the species can make a comeback, if humans protect it.

An abortion-rights activist wears a mask with text that reads in Spanish "Legal Abortion" during a rally outside Congress as lawmakers debate a bill that would legalize abortion, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020.

As U.S. may restrict abortion, other nations are easing access

2:21am May 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

Recent legislative activities in countries show the U.S. risks being out of step with the progress that the rest of the world is making in protecting sexual and reproductive rights.

Claudia and Jesús Fierro of Yuma, Ariz., review their medical bills. They pay $1,000 a month for health insurance yet still owed more than $7,000 after two episodes of care at the local hospital.

Hit with $7,146 for two hospital bills, a family sought health care in Mexico

5:13am April 27, 2022

by Paula Andalo

A dad's COVID-19 and a mom's fainting spell cost thousands, so when their son dislocated his shoulder, they drove him to Mexicali, where facilities rival those in the U.S., and had him treated for $5.

Several dozen commercial trucks wait to cross the Pharr-Reynosa International bridge on April 13 in Pharr, Texas.

Texas governor repeals immigration order that caused border crossing gridlock

5:30pm April 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Texas governor has dropped his new rules that had required all commercial trucks from Mexico to undergo extra inspections.

Opposition members gather at the Angel of Independence monument, encouraging citizens not to vote in the upcoming presidential recall referendum, as a protest against Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in Mexico City, Sunday, April 3, 2022.

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Mexicans vote on whether president stays or goes

6:31am April 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

Mexicans vote Sunday on whether their popular president Andrés Manuel López Obrador should end his six-year term barely midway through or continue to the end, in a vote he instigated.

An advertisement in Mexico City for the referendum called by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, scheduled for Sunday.

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Here's why Mexico's president is launching a vote to recall himself

5:02am April 09, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

While recalls are a common political tool, normally it's the opponents of an unpopular leader who favor a recall. But Sunday's referendum is the president's own idea. And he's expected to win.