Mark Stevenson

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)

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

By Mark Stevenson, María Verza, and others

06 December 2023, Mexico, Cancun: View of the future main station of the Mayan train, which is to be inaugurated on December 15. (to dpa-KORR “Scar in paradise: Mayan train rolls through Mexico’s rainforest”) Photo: Andrea Sosa/dpa (Photo by Andrea Sosa/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Mexico’s Maya Train could cost $30bn and so far draws only 5% of the passengers expected: ‘The uselessness of this project was foreseeable’

By Mark Stevenson and The Associated Press

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)

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

By María Verza, Mark Stevenson, and others

Avocados

Trouble for Super Bowl guac looms as Mexico ships 2,000 fewer tons of avocados to America on climate change struggles

By Mark Stevenson and The Associated Press

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico’s president, speaks during an event at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. AMLO unveiled a swath of long-shot constitutional reforms to pensions, workers’ wages and the Supreme Court on Monday, in a move seemingly aimed at energizing his base and baiting the opposition ahead of June’s elections. Photographer: Luis Antonio Rojas/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Mexico’s president wants country to be first to guarantee people pensions equal to their full salaries at the time they retire

By Mark Stevenson and The Associated Press

Impressions from Chiapa on the border between Mexico and Guatemala

Heading to Mayan ruin sites in Mexico? Drug gangs might demand your phone and passcode—and don’t be surprised if a gun battle breaks out

By Mark Stevenson and The Associated Press

Barbie taco

From ‘Barbie Dictator’ to ‘Genocidal Barbie,’ the hot pink mania sweeping Latin America has a dark political undertone

By Mark Stevenson and The Associated Press

File – A man works in a shoe maquiladora or factory, in Leon, Mexico, Monday, Feb. 7, 2023. While the USMCA’s broad impact has been slight, it has nevertheless been aiding workers on the ground and the main beneficiaries have been in Mexico. (AP Photo/Mario Armas, File)

Trump’s renegotiation of the NAFTA free trade deal is helping workers—in Mexico

By Paul Wiseman, Mark Stevenson, and others

Mexican army soldier

The Mexican cartel that apparently kidnapped and killed Americans says it self-policed 5 rogue members in scramble to limit fallout

By Alfredo Pena, Mark Stevenson, and others

Mexican troops

The Americans kidnapped by a cartel were found in days but over 112,000 Mexicans have been missing for years

By Mark Stevenson and The Associated Press