Mexico
Wildfires hit six U.S. states, small towns evacuated
Santa Fe, New Mexico - A wildfire burned out of control for a fourth day in the steep mountains of southwestern New Mexico on Saturday, one of several blazes that have consumed more than 200 square miles (520 square km) of rugged land in six U.S. states.
Ex-Mexico cop pleads guilty in U.S. to organizing cartel hit squad
- A former Mexican police officer accused of organizing a hit squad for the once-powerful Tijuana drug cartel pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court on Friday to racketeering and drug trafficking, prosecutors said.
Slow and steady Mexico draws equity bets over Brazil
MEXICO CITY - Mexican stocks are drawing investors away from Brazil as Latin America's biggest economy loses steam and Mexico's close ties to the United States render it a safer bet in unsettled times.
Mexico opposition party chides ex-governor in drug probe
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's opposition party, leading by double digits in presidential polls, on Wednesday said one of its former governors must face up to charges in the United States of accepting millions of dollars from drug cartels.
Mexico's PRI eyes jump-start to reforms if victorious-aide
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's main opposition faction hopes to secure support for energy, fiscal and labor market reforms by December if its candidate who is well ahead in the polls wins the presidency, a senior official in the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) said on Wednesday.
Mexico opposition party chides ex-governor in drug probe
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's opposition party, leading by double digits in presidential polls, on Wednesday said one of its former governors must face up to charges in the United States of accepting millions of dollars from drug cartels.
Mexico opposition party chides ex-governor in drug probe
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's opposition party, leading by double digits in presidential polls, on Wednesday said a former governor must face up to charges in the United States of accepting millions of dollars from drug cartels.
Mexico seeks new tourists despite drug wars
FRANKFURT - Mexico is relying on travelers from countries like Russia and Brazil to boost its tourism numbers this year after the drug war plaguing the country deterred U.S. visitors, its largest source of tourists.
Parents of Frenchwoman Cassez confident Mexico will free her
MEXICO CITY - The parents of a Frenchwoman imprisoned in Mexico for kidnapping said on Tuesday they are optimistic the Supreme Court will free her after reviewing the case that has caused a diplomatic rift between France and Mexico.
Mexico leftist moves into second in presidential poll
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's leftist presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pushed into second place behind opposition frontrunner Enrique Pena Nieto with just seven weeks to go before the vote, a poll showed on Tuesday.
U.N. says over 92 killed in Syria, 32 of them children
BEIRUT - The United Nations said on Saturday that more than 92 people were killed in what activists described as an artillery barrage by government forces in the worst violence since the start of a U.N. peace plan to slow the flow of blood in Syria's uprising. | Video
Greek debt – remember the goats
Greece's creditors have essentially let it off the hook by overwhelmingly agreeing to take a 74 percent loss. So what better time to remember one of the first times Athens got in trouble with paying its debts.
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