The Irish Times

As one drug cartel is cleared in Mexico, others storm in

Some cartels are planting orchards and opening avocado plants to diversify revenues

Sun May 08 2022 - 14:00

A young woman’s disappearance and death sparks outrage in Mexico

Case of Debanhi Escobar (18) triggers protests over gender violence in country where 24,000 women are missing

Thu Apr 28 2022 - 13:51

Mexican president wins 90% backing in leadership vote he sought

Opposition leaders condemn plebiscite as propaganda and a costly distraction

Mon Apr 11 2022 - 07:24

Spate of violence threatens to shatter Cancún’s tourist bubble

Mexican island booming despite pandemic and shadow of shootouts between rival gangs

Fri Dec 10 2021 - 14:46

Pope caught up in dispute over Spanish colonial legacy

Conservatives angry at calls for apology over Mexican conquest

Sun Oct 03 2021 - 17:20

Mexico City to replace Columbus statue with one of indigenous woman

Mayor says new monument will deliver ‘social justice’ for role of women in Mexico

Mon Sept 06 2021 - 07:41

Haiti braces for storm Grace as PM warns earthquake death toll could rise

Tropical depression could pass over areas already hit by Saturday’s quake that killed at least 1,297

Mon Aug 16 2021 - 19:40

Mexico sues US gunmakers in unprecedented bid to stop weapons crossing border

Country seeking over €8.4 billion in damages in Massachusetts lawsuit

Thu Aug 05 2021 - 09:29

Some Mexicans fear crime cartels are tightening their grip on politics

Governor of violence-plagued state claims link between president’s Morena party and organised crime

Mon Jul 19 2021 - 16:48

Mexico’s president loses congressional supermajority in elections

López Obrador says he is ‘happy, happy, happy’ after winning most governorships in midterms

Mon Jun 07 2021 - 19:27

Political violence engulfs Mexico ahead of elections

32 candidates for office murdered as violent crime soars and government strategy fails

Mon May 24 2021 - 12:25

Biden reunites separated families but immigration challenges remain

Volume of arrivals at US-Mexico border putting extreme pressure on system

Sat May 08 2021 - 01:00

Biden proclamation paves way for month’s focus on Irish-American affairs

Launch of heritage month precedes virtual St Patrick’s Day celebrations due to Covid

Mon Mar 01 2021 - 22:44

Democrats push for stimulus deal before Trump impeachment trial

Republican senator says deal possible if Democrats drop bid to raise minimum wage

Sun Jan 24 2021 - 19:11

Latin America faces major hurdles in Covid vaccine roll-out

Home to 8% of world’s population the region accounts for 30% of all deaths from Covid-19

Sat Dec 26 2020 - 01:00

Xi Jinping congratulates Joe Biden on US election victory

China’s president releases statement leaving Russia’s Putin among handful of leaders remaining

Thu Nov 26 2020 - 10:39

US allies express hope for fresh start after four years of Trump

World leaders congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in presidential election

Sun Nov 08 2020 - 10:09

Argentina defuses default crisis with ‘massive’ debt deal

Restructuring could set precedent for future sovereign crises

Tue Sept 01 2020 - 07:38

Coronavirus: Mexican towns try to stop Americans crossing border

Donald Trump claims improved ties as he hosts Mexico’s president

Thu Jul 09 2020 - 09:32

Trump administration clamps down on international students

Foreign students whose classes have been switched online ordered to leave the USA

Tue Jul 07 2020 - 18:51

Coronavirus: How Latin America became global epicentre of the pandemic

Virus is raging across a region with political, social and economic conditions to help it thrive

Wed Jun 24 2020 - 13:39

Coronavirus: Countries end lockdowns despite cases skyrocketing

Crisis is ‘far from over’, says WHO’s director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Thu Jun 11 2020 - 07:14

Coronavirus: UK death toll is now above 40,000

World round-up: Brazil surpasses Italy as country with third-highest fatalities

Fri Jun 05 2020 - 17:27

Latin America’s uneven response to coronavirus tells a tale

Pandemic bearing down on region that spent 2019 racked by political crises and social unrest

Mon May 11 2020 - 16:07

Mexico’s president doesn’t let facts derail good Covid-19 story

Andrés Manuel López Obrador says virus curve flattened despite data showing otherwise

Mon May 04 2020 - 17:32

‘Worse than any horror film’: Inside a Los Zetas cartel ‘kitchen’

An estimated 60,000 disappeared in Mexico’s drug wars. Some were ‘cooked’ in ovens

Thu Apr 09 2020 - 20:18

Day of the Dead offers little solace for families of kidnapped students

Mexico’s communion with souls of deceased confounds relatives of Ayotzinapa missing

Fri Nov 08 2019 - 20:42

Mexico releases son of ‘El Chapo’ after bungled raid

Security forces overwhelmed by fire power of Sinaloa cartel after arrest of Ovidio Guzmán

Fri Oct 18 2019 - 20:02

Mexico: Fourteen police officers killed in ambush

Messages attributed to drugs cartel left at site of shooting in state of Michoacán

Mon Oct 14 2019 - 21:01

Trump scores legal victory with move to limit asylum rights

Supreme court decision likely to severely curb number of people who can seek asylum

Fri Sept 13 2019 - 07:00

‘Horrendous’ Mexican bar attack leaves at least 25 people dead

Dozens killed as suspected gang members set bar on fire in port of Coatzacoalcos

Wed Aug 28 2019 - 17:55

Texas shooting: Man (21) charged with capital murder after 20 people die

Texas governor calls shooting ‘a hate crime’, as FBI open domestic terror investigation

Sun Aug 04 2019 - 21:53

A portrait of despair: shocking image of father and daughter drowned in the Rio Grande

Warning: this story contains graphic image

Wed Jun 26 2019 - 09:53

Mexico’s president leads ‘celebration’ after US drops tariffs

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rallies country in ‘defence of national dignity’

Sun Jun 09 2019 - 20:55