White House, business groups make push on trade pact

By VOA,

The White House and business groups are stepping up efforts to win congressional approval for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade accord. But prospects are u...

White House

‘El Chapo’s’ lawyers face tough choices at trial’s end

By Reuters,

With federal prosecutors expected to rest their case against Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on Monday, lawyers for the accused Mexican drug kingpin hav...

Eduardo Balarezo , Federal prosecutors , Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman , Sinaloa cartel

‘El Chapo’ paid former Mexican president $100 million bribe: trial witness

By Reuters,

Accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman once paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, a former associ...

Alex Cifuentes , drug trafficking , el chapo , Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto , Sinaloa cartel

Trump says asylum seekers to wait in Mexico, incoming government denies

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday that migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border would stay in Mexico until their asylum claims were individual...

Jenna Gilbert , Olga Sanchez Cordero , president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador , U.S President Donald Trump , U.S.-Mexico border

‘El Chapo’ Guzman trial begins under unprecedented security measures

By CNN,

While a US prosecutor painted for a jury the picture of Joaquin " El Chapo " Guzman Loera as the leader of a powerful and murderous drug cartel, his...

Felipe Calderón , Mexico , Sinaloa cartel , The United States of America

El Chapo is a scapegoat for drug lord who bribed Mexico’s president: lawyer

By Reuters,

A lawyer for accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin , El Chapo,  Guzman told a New York jury in opening remarks that his client was a scapegoat for the re...

el chapo , Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. , Jesus “El Rey” Zambada , Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel , U.S , Vicente Zambada.

A Trump-Bolsonaro bromance could be brewing after Brazilian’s big win

By Reuters,

He has vowed to drain the swamp, slash regulations and get tough with China. Evangelicals and gun-rights advocates love him. He has denounced the medi...

Brazil President , Donald Trump , Jair Bolsonaro

Mexico offers plan to keep U.S.-bound migrants in Mexico

By Reuters,

Mexico on Friday offered temporary identification papers and jobs to migrants who register for asylum in the country, stepping up efforts to halt the ...

Mexico , Pena Nieto , US

Trump threatens to send military, shut border as Central Americans migrate

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to deploy the military and close the southern U.S. border on Thursday as more Hondurans and Salvadorans joined ...

Donald Trump , US border

Mexico presidential election: Lopez Obrador scores landslide victory

By CNN,

Leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has declared victory in Mexico's presidential election, as preliminary results showed he had secured a landslide w...

Mexico , Mexico's presidential election , President Enrique Peña Nieto , President-elect Lopez Obrador , US President Donald Trump

US ambassador to Estonia resigns in frustration over Trump

By CNN,

The US ambassador to Estonia is resigning in frustration with President Donald Trump's comments about, and treatment of, European allies. James D. ...

Capitol Hill , EU , Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson , German Chancellor Angela Merkel , James D. Melville Jr , Jim Melville , NATO , President Donald Trump , US ambassador to Estonia

Huge Earthquake Rocks Mexico City

By VOA,

The death toll continues to rise following a massive 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico City Tuesday afternoon, collapsing buildings, killing...

Mexico quake kills 65, deadly storm strikes

By AFP,

"It was a very old building, over 200 years old, and unfortunately out of the seven people who were inside only four were able to be rescued. The othe...

MEXICAN POLICE , Mexico City , MEXICO DRUG CARTELS , MEXICO EARTHQUAKE , Mexico Wall

Mexico’s strongest quake in 85 years kills dozens in the poor south

By Reuters,

At least 61 people died when the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in over eight decades tore through buildings and forced mass evacuations in th...

Mexican Attorney General arrested on drug charges

By Reuters,

The attorney general of Mexico's Pacific coast state of Nayarit, hard hit by drug cartel violence in recent years, has been arrested in San Diego on U...

Mexico uncovers 15-hectare drug field

By Reuters,

The Mexican army has uncovered a 15-hectare field devoted to marijuana and poppy cultivation in Mocorito, in the northwestern Mexico state of Sinaloa,...

Australian PM describes frank call with Trump after Post reports angry exchange

By Reuters,

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday he had spoken candidly and frankly with U.S. President Donald Trump, but would not confirm...

Trump moves ahead with wall, puts stamp on US immigration, security policy

By Citizen Reporter,

President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered construction of a U.S.-Mexican border wall and punishment for cities shielding illegal immigrants while mu...

Donald Trump , mexican wall

Raila Odinga mourns Fidel Castro

By Citizen Reporter,

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has eulogized former Cuban President Fidel Castro as “one of the most outstanding personalities of the 20th century�...

Raila Odinga mourns Fidel Castro

Large Hispanic Turnout Could Change Election in Texas

By VOA,

Usually reluctant to vote, Hispanics have turned out in record numbers to vote early this election season leading to speculation that they may affect ...