Mexican Crime Reporter Gumaro Pérez Aguilando Shot To Death
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RAY SUAREZ, HOST: Mexico is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist. That fact was underscored yesterday. Gumaro Perez Aguilando, a local...
View ArticleNumber Of Journalists Killed In Mexico Reaches 'Historical High,' Report Says
A new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists says that at least 42 journalists worldwide were killed in 2017 in retaliation for their work — which marks a drop from the 48 killed last year. But...
View ArticleBlood Avocados No More: Mexican Farm Town Says It's Kicked Out Cartels
This Sunday it's estimated that Americans will consume more than 200 million avocados. After all, what's a Super Bowl party without guacamole? Avocados have rapidly become a staple in many U.S. diets,...
View ArticleA Town In Mexico Sees Guitar Sales Soar Thanks To The Movie 'Coco'
Fresh off its Golden Globe award for best animation, the Disney-Pixar movie Coco is a favorite to win an Oscar next month. It's a sweet story of a small boy, Miguel, who dreams of becoming a musician...
View ArticleIn Mexico, Candidates Move Away From Cambridge Analytica
Candidates in Mexico's volatile presidential race are scrambling to distance themselves from the disgraced big-data firm Cambridge Analytica. Executives of the company boasted on tape, secretly...
View ArticleMexico's #MeToo Faces Backlash After Celebrities Air Accusations Of Rape And...
As sexual harassment complaints mounted in the United States against powerful men in Hollywood, politics and the media, Mexico's entertainment industry largely remained silent. At least, that was the...
View ArticleCaravan Of Central American Migrants Attracting A Lot Of Attention After...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A caravan of Central American migrants is traveling through Mexico this week. More than a thousand people are participating, most of them...
View ArticleCentral American Migrants Stalled In Southern Mexico
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: And we start in Mexico, where a caravan of hundreds of migrants from Central America has stalled. The migrants had banded together for...
View ArticleCuba Will Soon Be Led By Someone Who Is Not A Castro
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: An historic transition is underway in Cuba. Tomorrow, for the first time in decades, Cuba's president will not have the name Castro. Though...
View ArticleWhat Cuba's New President Hopes To Accomplish
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Cuba has sworn in a new president, one whose last name is not Castro. Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez is an electrical engineer and party-faithful....
View ArticleCentral Americans From Migrant Caravan Arrive At U.S. Border To Find Crossing...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Roughly 200 people from Central America are in Tijuana, Mexico. They're hoping to cross the U.S. border and apply for asylum here. They...
View ArticleHow Mexico's López Obrador Has Become The Man To Beat In His 3rd Run For...
If the polls are right, Mexico's next president will be a veteran leftist for whom the third time may very well be the charm. Andrés Manuel López Obrador is running for president once again. But this...
View ArticleIn Mexico's Elections, Women Are Running In Unprecedented Numbers
Along with picking a new president in this Sunday's election, Mexicans will also replace every member of Congress and will elect thousands of state representatives and hundreds of new mayors. In that...
View ArticleMexico's Next President Gets 'Respectful' Call From Trump After Huge Win
President Trump says he called Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador Monday and spoke for 30 minutes about trade, border security and the fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement....
View ArticleDeported Guatemalan Man Desperately Awaits Return Of 9-Year-Old Son From U.S....
The Trump administration has one week left to meet a court-ordered deadline to reunite over 2,000 children separated at the border from their families suspected of entering the U.S. illegally....
View ArticleMeet Mexico City's First Elected Female Mayor
Mexico's hard swing to the left in this month's national elections also swept in some other historic firsts. Women won key positions across the country, including, for the first time ever, the mayor of...
View Article200 Nicaraguans Claim Asylum Daily In Costa Rica, Fleeing Violent Unrest
A refugee crisis is growing in Central America as tens of thousands of Nicaraguans pour into neighboring Costa Rica seeking safety from the political crisis at home. For more than four months,...
View ArticleNicaragua's Embattled Government Tries To Silence Independent Media
As the months-long crackdown on opponents of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega drags on, the small independent press in the country is coming under harsh attack. One reporter has been killed, and...
View ArticleMexico City Keeps Sinking As Its Water Supply Wastes Away
Around the world, people are struggling for access to drinking water. All Things Considered is examining the forces at play in separating the haves from the have-nots — from natural disasters to...
View ArticleMexico's Morgues Are Overflowing As Its Murder Rate Rises
Rising rates of homicides and drug violence have created an overflow at Mexico's morgues. So much so, that several cities have resorted to storing dead bodies in refrigerated trailers. This sparked a...
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