After two years on the job, United States ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson has announced that she will retire on FULL STORY
Opinion
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Growing violence hits once peaceful BCS
Reprinted from InSight Crime After years of flying beneath the organized crime radar, the state of Baja California Sur in FULL STORY
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Many water problems caused by corruption
When Cape Town acknowledged in February that it would run out of water within months, South Africa suddenly became the FULL STORY
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Dealing with Mexico: US has no idea how
“Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the United States,” Mexican president Porfirio Díaz once said around the FULL STORY
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The untold history of MX’s Afro-descendants
Until a few years ago, most Mexicans had no real idea about how many Afro-descendants existed, where they live or FULL STORY
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High tech in Jalisco: is it Mexico’s future?
Babies born today will be 32 years old in 2050 when the United States will not be the No. 1 FULL STORY
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Trump’s racist view of Russia and Mexico
I first came to Mexico in 1964 and have visited probably a dozen times. With each succeeding visit, I’ve seen FULL STORY
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How next president can tackle violence
Reprinted from InSight Crime Mexico enters the 2018 presidential campaign on the heels of the most violent year in its FULL STORY
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What event does MX celebrate February 5?
“What are we celebrating? The battle against the French in Puebla, right?” This was from a real conversation I overheard FULL STORY
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Want to be president? There’s an app for that
When Mexicans go to the polls to elect their next president in July, their choices will include — for the FULL STORY
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Deportees in Mexico: tales of disruption
Ray was born in Mexico and moved to the United States with family members at age 10. He told me in FULL STORY
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If Trump kills NAFTA he aids leftist AMLO
Mexico will be electing a new president in six months. Voting will occur days or weeks after we are likely to FULL STORY
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Why the year has been so terrible for Mexico
With three runaway governors, two deadly earthquakes and one Donald J. Trump – not to mention an average 69 murders FULL STORY
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People with white skin better off in MX: study
For centuries, the United States has been engaged in a thorny, stop-and-go conversation about race and inequality in American society. FULL STORY
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Making peace with the Mexican Revolution
My great-granduncle Aureliano Muñiz, whose identification card appears on this page, was a veteran of the Mexican Revolution, which began FULL STORY
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Zetas-Gulf Cartel fight continues in northeast
Reprinted from InSight Crime The ongoing decline of the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas has left northeastern Mexico without a single dominant criminal force. FULL STORY
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‘Missing’ friend found dead in his home
I received an email in September from someone who had not heard from a friend in San Miguel de Allende FULL STORY
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2018 presidential race is growing chaotic
Mexico’s 2018 campaign season has not officially begun, but the race for the presidency is already a nail-biter, featuring a FULL STORY
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Workers exploited by dental tourism in MX
The town of Los Algodones in Mexico is nicknamed “Molar City.” It has a population of just 6,000 people and, shockingly, FULL STORY
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Migrants delay travel to aid quake efforts
After two earthquakes that left more than 450 dead and 150,000 houses damaged, my home country of Mexico faces huge FULL STORY
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Obstructed justice: Ayotzinapa 3 years on
Reprinted from InSight Crime It remains unclear exactly how 43 students from a rural teachers’ college in Mexico disappeared three years ago. FULL STORY
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Earthquakes expose MX’s deep inequality
Early in the morning on September 16, 1810, priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the bell of his church in FULL STORY
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Why seismologists didn’t see it coming
Mexico has a long seismic history, so any given earthquake here does not necessarily come as a surprise. In the FULL STORY
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Is Trump holding ‘dreamers’ hostage?
Fulfilling one of United States President Donald Trump’s campaign promises, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently announced the end of FULL STORY
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Hurricanes, quakes — and 404 errors
What a week: hurricanes and earthquakes have dominated the news (rather than homicides, which I see as a marginal improvement). FULL STORY