World Jul 26 AP report: Powerful Mexican cartel leader was lured onto airplane before U.S. arrest Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada got on an airplane to the U.S. believing he was going somewhere else, said the official, who spoke on the condition on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.
World Jun 04 Mexico's next president faces money and dialogue challenges, plus the U.S. election A top economic challenge will be whether Sheinbaum will have the money to continue her predecessor’s popular social programs, considering the government has a big deficit of almost 6% that the Treasury has vowed to reduce.
World Jun 03 Mexico picks Claudia Sheinbaum for president, first woman to hold the job The climate scientist and former Mexico City mayor was the favored successor of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
World May 30 Mexico to choose between two women in presidential election amid violence and polarization The battle lines are drawn: the ruling Morena Party already holds the governorships of 23 of the country's 32 states, and is going for them all. It already has a simple majority in both houses of Congress, and wants a…
Science May 23 'Heat dome' leads to sweltering temperatures in Central America and the U.S. South Meteorologists say the conditions have been caused by what some refer to as a heat dome — an area of strong high pressure that blocked clouds from forming and caused extensive sunshine and hot temperatures.
World Dec 27 Mexican, U.S. officials to convene over surge of migrants at border Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said he is willing to help, but he wants to see progress in U.S. relations with Cuba and Venezuela, two of the top sources of migrants, along with more development aid for the…
World Dec 17 Chile rejects conservative draft of new constitution in 2nd referendum vote Chilean voters have rejected a conservative constitution to replace the country’s dictatorship-era charter, a little over a year after turning down a proposed leftist charter that many characterized as one of the world’s most progressive.
World Oct 26 At least 27 people are dead and 4 are missing after Hurricane Otis, Mexican authorities report Hurricane Otis roared ashore in Acapulco early Wednesday, unleashing massive floods and setting off looting, the resort city of nearly 1 million descended into chaos, leaving residents without electricity or internet service.
World Oct 25 Hurricane Otis weakens over southern Mexico after battering Acapulco as a Category 5 storm Otis rapidly intensified Tuesday, growing from a tropical storm to a Category 5 monster in 12 hours.
World May 19 Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano threatens 22 million people as it rumbles awake Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano rumbled to life again this week, spewing out towering clouds of ash that forced 11 villages to cancel school sessions.