Category: North America
June 9, 2011 > Staff
Mexican Authorities Return Former Tijuana Mayor Jorge Hank Rhon To Baja As Federal Prisoner
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexican federal prosecutors formally charged Wednesday the former mayor of Tijuana with illegal possession of a large cache of firearms and ammunition and […] Read More >
June 8, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Juárez Police Chief Will Fire 400 Officers To Clean Up Force And Combat Drug Cartels
The new police chief of Ciudad Juárez announced that he plans to lay off 400 officers by the end of the year, during one of his first interviews since taking […] Read More >
June 8, 2011 > Mari Hayman
Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Threatened By New York City Budget Cuts
NEW YORK — City council members and leaders of New York City’s immigrant communities rallied Tuesday on the steps of City Hall to save the Immigrant Opportunities Initiative (IOI), an […] Read More >
June 8, 2011 > Staff
Obama Pressed To Submit Free Trade Agreements With Colombia and Panama For Vote
Today in Latin America Top Story — Leading Senate Republicans, a Fortune 500 company and a major newspaper are calling on U.S. President Barack Obama to send the proposed free […] Read More >
June 7, 2011 > John Sevigny
My Last Night In Mexico: Photographer Flees Country After Violence Erupts In Saltillo
John Sevigny, a native of Miami, is a photographer and writer who lived in Mexico for 10 years. He left the country last week because of the rising violence in Saltillo, an episode he […] Read More >
June 3, 2011 > Staff
Mexico Debates Drug War Death Toll Figure Amid Government Silence
Today in Latin America Top Story — With no official figure released for the death toll in Mexico’s drug war for the last six months, the country’s news media are […] Read More >
June 1, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Fate of Mexican Drug War Hinges on Monterrey, Report Says
The city of Monterrey has in four years become a main battleground in Mexico’s drug war and the fate of the Mexican state could hinge on what happens in the […] Read More >
May 31, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Mexico Investigates Grenade Attack On Newspaper In Saltillo
The Mexican Attorney General’s (PGR) office began an investigation into a grenade attack on a newspaper in the northern state of Coahuila. The attack occurred around midnight on Sunday in […] Read More >
May 27, 2011 > Staff
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Immigration Law Designed To Deter Undocumented Workers
Today in Latin America Top Story — The United States Supreme Court ruled Thursday to uphold Arizona’s controversial immigration law, which penalizes companies that knowingly hire undocumented immigrants. The ruling, which passed […] Read More >
May 25, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Mexico’s Agustín Carstens Bids To Head IMF; Faces Tough Competition From France’s Lagarde
Mexican central bank chief Agustín Carstens announced his bid Tuesday to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF), after former chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn stepped down earlier this month in the midst […] Read More >