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  • Protesters charge at police during a youth anti-government march in Mexico City, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025.North America

    Gen Z protests spread from Nepal to Mexico as thousands take the streets to protest crime, corruption and impunity

    By María Verza and The Associated Press
  • Protesters charge at police during a youth anti-government march in Mexico City, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)North America

    Gen Z protests hit Mexico City as revolts over crime and corruption gain momentum — ‘you can be murdered and nothing happens’

    By María Verza and The Associated Press
  • Claudia SheinbaumNorth America

    ‘It is very important to vindicate her’: Mexico’s president want to reclaim the story of Malinche, 16th century translator for the conquistadors

    By María Verza and The Associated Press
  • Mexican scientistsEnvironment

    Mexican scientists are creating mass graves of pigs in the hope they’ll someday lead to cartel victim discoveries

    By María Verza and The Associated Press
  • Members of various anti-gentrification collectives in Mexico City hold a protest in Parque Mexico in the Condesa neighborhood, demanding that the capital’s authorities halt what they call a new proliferation of foreigners that leaves current and future generations homeless and causes high rents for apartments and houses, in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 4, 2025. (Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Travel & Leisure

    Mexico President Sheinbaum calls anti-tourism march over flood of American digital nomads ‘xenophobic’: ‘Gringo: Stop stealing our home’

    By Megan Janetsky, María Verza, and others
  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives her morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 2, 2025.Politics

    One country spared from Trump’s reciprocal tariffs: Mexico—but it’s still fighting other fees

    By María Verza, Fabiola Sánchez, and others
  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announcing that Mexico will hit back at US President Donald Trump's tariffs during a briefing conference at the National Palace. on March 4, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico.Politics

    Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to reveal trade counterpunch as tensions with Trump escalate

    By Megan Janetsky, María Verza, and others
  • Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum speaksPolitics

    ‘No one wins with this’: Claudia Sheinbaum fires back at Trump’s tariffs, saying Mexico will answer with its own

    By María Verza and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 31: Honoree Carlos Slim Helú walks to the stage during the Sophia Awards of Excellence of the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute on March 31, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)Finance

    Mexico’s richest man Carlos Slim says the ‘United States’ situation isn’t good’ because it outsourced too much manufacturing abroad just to save money

    By María Verza and The Associated Press
  • GERMANY, BONN – JULY 25: The photo illustration shows a medical syringe and an AIDS ribbon in the background on July 25, 2024 in Bonn, Germany. For 40 years, AIDS research has been searching for a vaccine in vain. Lenacapavir, which has been used in HIV therapy to date, is said to provide 100 percent protection abainst HIV infection. However, study results are still lacking. (Photo by Ulrich Baumgarten via Getty Images)Health

    A twice-yearly shot of this drug could help end AIDS — ‘it’s unprecedented’

    By Maria Cheng, María Verza, and others
  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the High Level Summit between Mexican and US leaders and businessmen at the National Palace in Mexico City on October 15, 2024. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) (Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Mexico’s second run-in with Trump looks ominous for U.S.’s southern neighbor

    By Mark Stevenson, María Verza, and others
  • This combo of images provided by the U.S. Department of State show Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, left, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another infamous cartel leader, after they were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday, July 25, 2024. (U.S. Department of State via AP)Politics

    A Mexican drug kingpin was tricked into getting on a plane to Texas, where he was just arrested

    By Alanna Durkin Richer, María Verza, and others
  • Merrick GarlandHealth

    Mexican cartel leaders Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and the son of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman arrested in Texas after years on the run

    By Alanna Durkin Richer, María Verza, and others
  • MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – JUNE 03: Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum of ”Sigamos Haciendo Historia” arrives to give a speech after the first results released by the election authorities show that she leads the polls by wide margin after the presidential election at Hilton Hotel on June 03, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. According to the Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) over 100 million people were allowed to vote on the 2024 Presidential Election in Mexico. Claudia Sheinbaum of ‘Sigamos Haciendo Historia’ coalition will become the first woman president of Mexico. (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images)Politics

    Mexico has elected its first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum—by a landslide

    By María Verza, Mark Stevenson, and others