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Mexico's president says he won't seek an unconstitutional second term

4:17pm February 03, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

His comments are important, because democracy in Latin America is in retreat. The president of El Salvador has announced he will defy constitutional term limits and run again for president next year.

Talks on Monday between President Biden and Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador got off to a bumpy start.

Talks between Biden and Mexico's López Obrador got off to a bit of a rough start

11:24am January 10, 2023

The two leaders set out to talk about working together on migration, fentanyl interdiction and the economy. But first, they sparred over the history of U.S. support in Latin America.

President Joe Biden speaks about border security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on Thursday. Vice President Kamala Harris stands at left. Biden plans to visit the southern U.S. border next week.

Politics & Government

Biden announces new border control measures and legal pathways to some migrants

1:25pm January 05, 2023

The White House is expanding a pandemic-era program allowing the administration to quickly expel people from Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti who illegally cross into the country from Mexico.

World News

At least 10 people are dead and 20 escaped after a prison riot in Juárez, Mexico

7:26pm January 01, 2023

by Giulia Heyward

The riot occurred at the notorious Cereso state prison in Juárez. The mayor, Cruz Pérez Cuéllar, told local media that armed gunmen had entered the prison.

A long row of double-stacked shipping containers provide a new wall between the United States and Mexico in the remote section of San Rafael Valley, Ariz., on Dec. 8, 2022.

National

The U.S. is suing Arizona over shipping containers on the border with Mexico

3:19am December 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The U.S. government sued Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and the state Wednesday over the placement of shipping containers as a barrier on the border with Mexico, saying it is trespassing on federal lands.

This "100" on a fence marks the site of the 100th victim of femicide in France in 2019.

Mexican authorities are investigating Shanquella Robinson's death as a femicide

6:00am December 04, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

It's the latest development in a homicide case that continues to capture attention both in the U.S. and abroad.

An altar for Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his wife Mercedes Barcha is set up in the studio of their home in Mexico City on Oct. 27, 2021. Day of the Dead, or Día de Los Muertos, the annual Mexican tradition of reminiscing about departed loved ones with colorful altars, or ofrendas, is celebrated annually Nov. 1. Garcia Marquez died on April 17, 2014 and Mercedes died on Aug. 15, 2020.

How to make an ofrenda for Día de los Muertos

10:41am November 01, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Día de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday that commemorates loved ones who have died. It is believed their spirits return to their families, who put up ofrendas, or altars, on Nov. 1.

Momos are steamed or fried dumplings stuffed with minced meat or vegetables — a popular dish in Abdul Kareem Bhat's native Tibet. He fled after the failed uprising against China in 1959. Now living in Kashmir, Bhat says that serving the dish at his restaurant not only connects him to his roots but has "brought us closer to our Kashmiri brothers."

Health & Safety

PHOTOS: If you had to leave home and could take only 1 keepsake, what would it be?

9:33am October 29, 2022

by NPR Special Report

We asked refugees around the world to tell us of a memento they brought to connect them to their old life even as they embarked on a new and uncertain future.

Mexican fashion designer Benito Santos said the Barbie doll's design is inspired by traditional charro outfits.

Arts

Mattel releases three Barbie dolls for Día de Muertos

9:23am October 29, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

One of the dolls, a collaboration with Mexican fashion designer Benito Santos, has already sold out.

This satellite image shows Hurricane Roslyn approaching the Pacific coast of Mexico on Saturday.

World News

Hurricane Roslyn, a Category 4 storm, heads for Mexico's Pacific coast

8:25pm October 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Roslyn's maximum sustained winds had increased to 130 mph and it was expected to grow still further.