Category: North America

Great Reads Round-Up: March 9-15

U.S.-Born Students in Mexico Risk Becoming ‘Lost Generation’ Nina Lakhani. The Los Angeles Times. March 9, 2015. (1,052 words) In recent years, record-high deportation rates and a financial crisis saw […] Read More >

Great Reads Round-Up: March 2-8

Mexico Moves to Save Endangered Porpoise Elisabeth Malkin. The New York Times. Feb. 28, 2015. The Mexican Government will implement a new policy at the end of march to save […] Read More >

Mexico Arrests Zetas Boss, Latest Kingpin to Fall

TOP STORY — Mexican authorities on Wednesday arrested the alleged leader of the notorious Zetas drug cartel — the latest high-profile criminal to be targeted by the government’s “kingpin” strategy. […] Read More >

The Fight for Mexico City’s Future

MEXICO CITY — Around the corner from two taco stands and a small cantina, in an otherwise nondescript section of Mexico City’s Doctores neighborhood, there is an unmarked storefront known […] Read More >

Great Reads Round-Up: Feb. 23-March 1

José Mujica: The “World’s Poorest President” Set to Safeguard His Legacy of Change Declan McGarvey. Latin America News Dispatch. March 1, 2015. As Uruguayan President José Mujica steps down today […] Read More >

Great Reads Round-Up: February 16-22

Killing in Washington State Offers ‘Ferguson’ Moment for Hispanics Julie Turkewitz and Richard A. Oppel Jr. The New York Times. February 16, 2015. On the afternoon of Feb. 10, Antonio […] Read More >

Obama Reluctantly Complies With Judge’s Injunction on Immigration Order

Top Story — President Barack Obama was forced to suspend on Tuesday the first phase of his executive order on immigration, which would have gone into effect Wednesday, after a […] Read More >

Transcript: Obama’s Statement to the Press Over Immigration Ruling

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama was forced to suspend the first phase of his executive order on immigration, which would have gone into effect Wednesday, after a Texas federal judge […] Read More >

Great Reads Round-Up: Feb. 9-15

Homeward Brooke Jarvis. The California Sunday Magazine. February 12, 2015. When a Amazonian tribe found itself struggling against the oil interests encroaching on its land, the tribe’s leaders came up […] Read More >

Ex-Governor’s Brother Latest Mexico Corruption Arrest

Top Story — Mexican officials arrested the brother of former Guerrero state Gov. Ángel Aguirre on Tuesday, accusing him of taking some $19 million in kickbacks for construction contracts. Carlos […] Read More >