Tag: Mexico
The stakes are high in Mexico's upcoming presidential election. The candidates will meet Sunday to debate the issues, but many in Mexico won't be watching as the two largest television networks have chosen not to air them, in favor of regular programming....
The Supreme Court heard arguments around the Arizona anti illegal-immigration law SB 1070 on Wednesday. The hearing comes amid new statistics showing a dramatic decrease in Mexican migration to the US, and reports of immigrants leaving Arizona....
Bentonville, Ark., is perhaps the best example of the modern company town. Wal-Mart dominates the town. But as Wal-Mart deals with allegations of bribery and cover-ups in its Mexican subsidiary, the scandal hasn't taken over discussion in the town....
A new investigation from The New York Times accuses Wal-Mart of a massive corruption scandal, stemming from a network of bribery in the company's Mexico stores in the early 2000s. The Times investigation alleges that payoffs allowed Wal-Mart de Mexico to grow at a record pace....
In Mexico this month, a cave was found with the remains of more than 160 people. As Mexico's drug war rages on, the immediate thought was this was a mass grave of people killed by drug dealers. It wasn't. And when officials determined that they swept the remains up in large trash bags and hauled them off without respect for the history they represent....
Pope Benedict XVI spent the weekend in one of Mexico's most conservative and deeply Catholic states, Guanajuato. But elsewhere in Mexico, the Catholic Church is battling to hold onto its followers as more Mexicans turn to evangelical Christianity....
Pope Benedict XVI is in the midst of an historic trip to Latin America. After a three-day visit to Mexico, he moved to Cuba, where the Catholic Church has been vocal in pushing the island nation to move toward greater freedom....
Pope Benedict XVi is travelling to Mexico this weekend to say mass and meet the faithful. But he's coming at a time of deep division among Mexican Catholics. Mexico City has passed liberal laws allowing for same-sex marriage and abortions — two practices banned by the Catholic Church and in much of the rest of Mexico....
In Juarez, Mexico, the once-bustling nightlife had been dead for years as violence erupted in the city. But, in recent months, as police have setup checkpoints and drug violence has stabilized and perhaps even subsided, the nightlife is returning....
Miss Bala won't be the most popular movie you ever see. It probably won't break box office records. But if you're looking for the sort of movie that turns an idea on its head, that challenges what you think you know about the Mexican Drug Wars, Miss Bala is it....
