The interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, is consolidating her power and has signalled a willingness to work with the Trump administration.
- Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
US interventions in the region have led to coups, revolutions and what some analysts are now calling illegal extrajudicial killings.
Los opositores mexicanos temen que la elección de jueces pueda politizar los tribunales, promover a magistrados inexpertos o corruptos y erosionar el equilibrio de poderes.
Opponents fear electing judges could politicise the judiciary, promote inexperienced or corrupt judges, and erode Mexico’s system of checks and balances.
Aquellos que buscan comprender el sufrimiento causado por las desapariciones forzadas en México deberían ver estas cinco películas.
Those seeking to understand the suffering caused by enforced disappearances in Mexico should watch these five films.
Los esfuerzos de Trump por frenar una supuesta “invasión” de migrantes podrían poner en peligro las relaciones con el mayor socio comercial de Estados Unidos: México.
Trump’s efforts to stop a so-called ‘invasion’ of migrants could imperil relations with the US’s biggest trading partner, Mexico.
About 63% of Latino and Hispanic voters in a recent survey said they do not ‘feel like he is talking about me’ when Trump discusses immigration.
What can Mexico expect from the former mayor of the capital after an historic election?
Nearly all countries in the region have criminalised either femicide or feminicide, which has had a tremendous impact on society.
Thirty-six candidates were murdered since campaigning began in Mexico last September, including numerous members of the president’s own Morena party.
A pesar de los límites de la iniciativa, la legalización de la marihuana sería un hito simbólico de gran importancia para un país inmerso en una cruenta guerra contra el narco.
Mexico would not fully legalize cannabis; its new regulation plan makes recreational use legal. However modest, that would be a symbolic milestone for a country immersed in a long, deadly drug war.
The House passed a bill creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children. Here’s what you need to know about the Dreamers and DACA.
Women in Mexico are lashing out against rampant sexual violence, police abuse and policies that hurt working mothers.
The conviction of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán Loera, who evaded justice in Mexico, is a win for US officials. But it’s a pyrrhic victory in the war on drugs.
Mexico is the second most dangerous country for women in Latin America. Yet the new government is slashing funding for programs meant to protect and empower women.
Mexico says it emerged from tariff negotiations in Washington with its ‘dignity intact.’ But that dignity comes at great cost to the migrants fleeing extreme violence in Central America.
Mexico’s new president has reduced his own salary and demanded that all federal workers
– including lawmakers and judges – take a massive pay cut, too. That may be illegal.
Con el testimonio de violencia extrema, corrupción política, intriga internacional e innovación empresarial, el juicio ha revelado cuán poderosos son realmente los carteles de México.
With its tales of bloody violence, corruption, international trade and entrepreneurial innovation, Guzmán’s trial offers a telenovela-style explainer on Mexican cartels and their American clients.
Mexicans want leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador to transform the country. But the months leading up to his inauguration sent worrying signs about how he he will use the massive power of his office.
Two trucks carrying migrants have gone missing in Veracruz, Mexico. A witness says that ‘65 children and seven women were sold’ to a band of armed men. Other caravan members have reached the border.
Hace 50 años, militares mexicanos dispararon contra cientos de estudiantes que se manifestaban en la Ciudad de México. No fue la última vez que las fuerzas armadas de México matarían a ciudadanos.
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