Better Lives for Mexicans Cut Allure of Going North
AGUA NEGRA, Mexico — The extraordinary Mexican migration that delivered millions of illegal immigrants to the United States over the past 30 years has sputtered to a trickle, and research […]
Tiger Track and Field standouts Webb, Morse named Mexico’s top athletes
On a night when Mexico traditionally honors its finest athletes and pays respect to the accomplishments of every Tiger team, a record-setting sprinter broke away from the pack and a champion high jumper leaped out of the crowd. Senior track and field standouts Amos Webb and Kaylea Morse were named the Lawrence […]
Carstens Says Mexico GDP Growth May Reach 4%-5% Forecast for This Year
Mexico’s central bank Governor Agustin Carstens said that the country’s economy can still expand as much as 5 percent this year even after the first quarter’s slower-than-expected growth. The combination of a stronger U.S. economy, the recovery of domestic consumption and private investment “may help us reach the central bank forecast,” […]
Xrays show 513 US-bound migrants in trucks
Police in Mexico’s southern Chiapas state found 513 migrants on Tuesday inside two trailer trucks bound for the United States, and said they had been transported in dangerously crowded conditions. […]
Violence Suffocated a Father’s Poetry, but Not His Voice
As a poet, novelist and essayist, Javier Sicilia tapped a deep strain of Catholicism to obsess over “the mystery of God in a broken world,” as he put it two […]
Guatemala: Massacre work of Mexico drug gang Zetas
SAN BENITO, Guatemala – One of Guatemala’s worst massacres since the end of the country’s decades-long civil war was the work of the brutal Mexican drug cartel the Zetas, Guatemalan […]
Obama: US will seek oil in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico
The US will seek to expand domestic oil production in an attempt to reduce dependence on imported oil and bring down fuel prices, President Obama says. New leases for exploration […]