Born in Venezuela, she is the first Latin American woman to head the Washington-based human rights advocacy group WOLA. In this interview, she talks about democratic backsliding in the region
A Spanish-Mexican study reveals the reasons that led the population of this impressive Mayan civilization city to flee to safer places in the year 650
The attack on the Mexican Embassy in Ecuador highlights a turbulent panorama in which diplomatic crises and bilateral tensions threaten regional integration
Mexico will take Ecuador embassy raid to the International Court of Justice and asks the United Nations to suspend the Andean nation
EL PAÍS travels along the border of the poorest state in Mexico, a region dominated by criminal groups. From the city of Tapachula to the Lacandon Jungle, passing through the towns of Frontera Comalapa and Chisomuselo, this story illustrates the fight between cartels, the abandonment of the state, the murders, forced displacements, kidnappings and extortions, along with the efforts made by the local and migrant populations to survive
Judges deemed the arrest ordered by President Noboa to be arbitrary, but they also denied a request by Glas’ defense to take him out of La Roca prison and send him back to the diplomatic mission
From Colombia’s north coast to Mexico, corals, mangroves and turtle nests are threatened by the massive influx of floating seaweed
More than 44,000 refugees from the Caribbean country requested asylum in Mexico in 2023. Many of them have found employment in the food industry and in the large markets of the capital
It will be a little more than 20 years before such a phenomenon can be seen in North America again
The interposition of the moon between the Earth and the sun becomes a mass spectacle followed by millions of people across North America
Mazatlàn (Mexico), Cleveland (United States) and Montreal (Canada) are some of the cities where the Sun will be completely hidden behind the Moon
Millions of people in search of experiences have traveled to spots along the path of the rare event, which will be visible from parts of Mexico, the US and Canada
Congress is rearming itself around an opposition bloc, arising from its rejection of President Daniel Noboa’s decision to order the raid to detain former vice-president Jorge Glas
The executive says that construction of a plant with the capacity to produce 300,000 vehicles will begin this year. The firm is continuing to analyze the best spot for this new factory
The ruling means the Department of Homeland Security must quickly process the children and place them in facilities that are ‘safe and sanitary’
Around 9,000 Guatemalans traveled to the United States with temporary work contracts in one year, still a negligible number compared to the hundreds of thousands of those detained and deported for trying to cross the border irregularly
A reconstruction of the last hours of the woman who wanted to be the next mayor of Celaya reveals an improvised tour in a community plagued by violence
The politician was attacked at a campaign event in Celaya right after she presented her strategy to tackle violence in a municipality that is in the grips of a security crisis
Fear that cocaine and ecstasy will be laced with lethal doses of opiates or other dangerous substances has unleashed a wave of hysteria among drug users
The Mexican capital’s housing crisis has given rise to a wave of xenophobia that absolves the real culprits
The victims have been identified as Alejandro Hernández Fuentes and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera. Four other Hispanic workers are still missing, but U.S. authorities said it is no longer safe for divers to continue searching the accident area
A 6,500 square foot building protects recent findings from excavations carried out during the construction of the Maya Train route, which have shed light on life in the famous Mexican civilization
New documentary ‘Toshkua’ follows this Honduran woman as she works to find her son, Marco Antonio Amador. He disappeared 11 years ago between Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa, two cities in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas
Many of the more than 1 million who have left the Caribbean nation feel helpless when they call terrified family members who can’t leave
The organization 1800 Migrante claims that a police raid caused the migrants to flee and regain their freedom. The criminal group tried to get money from the families of the people being held
Experts will analyze the Codices of San Andrés Tetepilco to unravel the history of Mexico’s old imperial capital
EL PAÍS has accessed dozens of internal documents from El Yunque, which explain the doctrine behind the ultraconservative Mexican sect. Various far-right lobbying and action groups — having infiltrated political parties and civil society organizations — are united in a strategy to impose an agenda against abortion, equal marriage and the fight for LGBTQ+ rights
