Mar 23 U.S. Delegation in Mexico to Address Drug Violence By News Desk A top-level U.S. delegation met with Mexican officials Tuesday about the war on drugs, after a recent spate of violence in the border region. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch News Wrap: Clinton Visits Mexico to Address Drug Violence In other news Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton led a U.S. delegation to Mexico for talks on the escalating drug violence that killed two Americans in recent weeks and accusations of sexual abuse by Catholic leaders in the U.S. Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch Deaths of Americans Raise New Concerns Over Mexico's Drug War U.S. and Mexican authorities are investigating the possible drug cartel violence that left two Americans and a Mexican with ties to the U.S. consulate in Juarez dead over the weekend. Gwen Ifill talks to a journalist about the escalating violence… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch News Wrap: Toyota President Apologizes for Recall In other news Friday, Toyota's president Akio Toyoda apologized for the brake problems that triggered a worldwide recall, and at least 40 people are dead in Iraq from two bomb blasts targeting Shi-ite pilgrims. Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch News Wrap: Major Earthquake Strikes Haiti In other news, a major earthquake and aftershocks struck Haiti, and a bombing in Iran killed a nuclear physics professor who had been a supporter of the political opposition. Continue watching
Dec 29 Cash Incentives for Healthy Families in Mexico By Talea Miller Getting paid to keep your family healthy? That's the idea behind Mexico's innovative conditional cash transfer program, Oportunidades, which gives cash payouts to parents who take steps to keep themselves and their children well. The program is an effort to… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch In Mexico, a Plan to Beat Poverty With Health Care and Education In the next installment of his series on Mexico, Ray Suarez examines how the government is lifting people out of poverty and inspiring nations throughout the world to do the same. Continue watching
Dec 28 Preview: When Americans Head to Mexico to Avoid Healthcare Costs By Talea Miller Among the sidebars in the debate over health care reform is the trend of U.S. citizens without health insurance or comprehensive coverage making their way south of the border to Mexico, where major surgeries are often performed for a fraction… Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch Retirees Flock to Mexico for the Sun and the Health Care Thousands of Americans are increasingly traveling to resort towns like Puerto Vallarta, in Mexico, not for vacation, but for the cheap health care. In many cases, reports Ray Suarez, for care they couldn't afford in the United States. Continue watching
Dec 23 Gunmen in Mexico Kill Sailor's Family in Apparent Revenge Attack By Larisa Epatko Last week, a Mexican sailor, Melquisedet Angulo, died in a raid that killed a drug kingpin. This week, hit men shot dead the sailor's mother, siblings and aunt in an apparent revenge killing. Continue reading