The former commander of the Special Forces Corps installed a bar at his barracks, used soldiers as waiters at private parties and charged the bill to the military budget
Mexico has just five glaciers left, spread over two mountains: Iztaccíhuatl and Pico de Orizaba. Covering less than one square kilometer of ice, none of them are likely to exist by 2050, according to experts, who blame global warming for this rapidly disappearing source of freshwater
A study of Ancient Egyptian paintings and genetic analysis point to the Kordofan melon, a wild variety with a white flesh that is still grown in the region of Darfur
The director of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain talks to EL PAÍS about the impact of human activity on the planet and the risk of a sixth extinction
EL PAÍS speaks to the president of Colombia in the midst of a violent crisis. ‘It’s our turn today, but this will be replicated in many parts of the world,’ he says of the unrest
Increasingly assertive regional powers in the north have combined with scandals and incidents of violence to create a difficult environment for Andrés Manuel López Obrador in upcoming elections
A decade on, a court has ordered her release, but because the public prosecution will appeal the ruling, she still remains behind bars
Forensic techniques applied to Jebel Sahaba, a prehistoric burial site in Sudan, shed new light on the death of men, women and children in inter-group battles during the Late Pleistocene
Almost five months after he took office, President Joe Biden has made no move to lift sanctions or open dialogue, while diplomacy has given way to the acrimonious rhetoric of the Trump era
The US has agreed to free rival narc bosses Vicente Zambada and Eduardo Arellano Felix in exchange for insider information about the Mexican underworld
The son of the author of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ has written an intimate portrait of his father’s struggle with memory loss, and the death of his mother Mercedes Barcha, who passed away last year
For the past four years, Carmen Carcelén has been working tirelessly to offer free food and shelter in her home in El Juncal, Ecuador to citizens fleeing the neighboring country
New research concludes the microscopic beings on a spacecraft that went down in 2019 did not survive the impact, but the findings help shed light on the origins of life in the universe
Crowned ‘the new Tom Cruise’ in the early 2000s after a run of hit films, he chose to leave fame behind. Now Guy Ritchie is bringing him back into the spotlight for his first mainstream feature in 14 years
The director of ‘Moonlight’ has crafted a TV series based on a Pulitzer-winning novel that is as beautiful as it is harsh in its depiction of living conditions on a southern plantation
The east coast of the country is bracing for the arrival of the insects, whose mating call can reach 90 decibels
The vice-president’s trip will be marked by a growing list of grievances regarding sovereignty, trade disputes, drug trafficking, migration and energy policy
More than half of rape victims in the country were under the age of 13, according to the Brazilian Forum for Public Safety, with four such assaults taking place every hour
A photograph of an indigenous girl suffering from malaria, pneumonia and malnutrition was authorized for publication by community leaders to draw attention to the plight of the country’s ethnic groups
Investigators are digging at the home of the 72-year-old suspect from Atizapán de Zaragoza after he confessed to having murdered around 30 women
Experience has taught us that once inflation is ingrained in an economy, getting rid of it is no picnic – even if you are an economic superpower
Nicolás Maduro and opposition leaders have opened up to the idea of negotiation to seek a path out of the country’s precarious situation with help from the international community
Archeologists have pieced together part of the history of finds made around the walls of a town that was a frontier fortress during the medieval wars between Muslims and Christians
Conservatives are criticizing Covid-linked state aid while progressives insist salaries must rise to stimulate a return to work
A recently released biopic explores how the leading lady of jazz lost her legal battle over drug possession, and how she was targeted for repeatedly performing a protest song
The confrontation between armed civilians and indigenous groups in Cali has highlighted unaddressed forms of violence that the state has yet to acknowledge
The death of Bo, the Obamas’ Portuguese Water Dog, unleashed sorrow and tributes from across the United States, but the Bidens will continue the long tradition of presidential pets
