Latin America: Hotbed of diplomatic strife
The attack on the Mexican Embassy in Ecuador highlights a turbulent panorama in which diplomatic crises and bilateral tensions threaten regional integration
Mexico-Ecuador diplomatic row escalates to the international stage
Mexico will take Ecuador embassy raid to the International Court of Justice and asks the United Nations to suspend the Andean nation
Chiapas, captive territory
Pablo Ferri / Alejandro Santos Cid / Beatriz Guillén|Frontera Comalapa / Lacandon Jungle / Tapachula|
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
Ecuador court says the detention of Jorge Glas inside the Mexican embassy was illegal
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
A decade of sargassum damage is suffocating Caribbean ecosystems
From Colombia’s north coast to Mexico, corals, mangroves and turtle nests are threatened by the massive influx of floating seaweed
Work and peace: A growing number of Haitians, dreaming of a better future, make their home in Mexico City
Diego Gómez Pickering|Ciudad de México|
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
When will the next total solar eclipse happen in the United States?
It will be a little more than 20 years before such a phenomenon can be seen in North America again
Solar eclipse: A shadow beam crosses America
The interposition of the moon between the Earth and the sun becomes a mass spectacle followed by millions of people across North America
The path of the total solar eclipse on April 8, live stream
Mazatlàn (Mexico), Cleveland (United States) and Montreal (Canada) are some of the cities where the Sun will be completely hidden behind the Moon
Excitement over Monday’s total solar eclipse grips North America, from prison cells to cruises
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
Assault on Mexican Embassy in Quito plunges Ecuador into political chaos
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
Jorge Vallejo, general director of Chinese auto company BYD: ‘We want to democratize the use of electric cars in Mexico’
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
Border Patrol must care for migrant children who wait in camps for processing, a judge says
The ruling means the Department of Homeland Security must quickly process the children and place them in facilities that are ‘safe and sanitary’
The benefits of circular migration in Guatemala: A round-trip to the American dream
Simona Carnino|Sumpango / Santiago Sacatepéquez|
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
The murder of Gisela Gaytán: A Mexican candidate without bodyguards and at the mercy of hitmen
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
Gisela Gaytán, candidate for mayor of violence-plagued town in Mexico, is shot dead
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
Dewormer, rat poison and suspected fentanyl: What adulterated drugs in Mexico City are hiding
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
‘Gringo go home’: Mexico City’s housing crisis precedes digital nomads
The Mexican capital’s housing crisis has given rise to a wave of xenophobia that absolves the real culprits
The bodies of a Mexican and a Guatemalan recovered after Baltimore bridge collapse
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
The great museum that houses the newly discovered treasures of Chichén Itzá
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
Mary Martínez, a mother searching for her missing son: ‘I am not prepared to find him dead’
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
For Haitian diaspora, gang violence back home is personal as hopes dim for eventual return
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
Kidnapping and escape of 95 Ecuadorian migrants in Chiapas: ‘If you continue informing we will return them in bags’
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
Mexican government acquires long-lost Aztec manuscripts about the rise and fall of Tenochtitlan
Experts will analyze the Codices of San Andrés Tetepilco to unravel the history of Mexico’s old imperial capital
From secret sects to street protests: Mexico’s extreme-right targets women
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
Mexico City deals blow to deep-rooted organized crime group with arrest of El Chori
The authorities said the detained capo was ‘one of the main generators of violence’ in the Mexican capital and suggested La Unión Tepito has imploded after the capture of several leaders
Sheinbaum brings a message of economic calm to the middle class in northern Mexico
Morena’s presidential candidate schedules an intense campaign tour of Nuevo León, Coahuila and Durango, states traditionally resistant to the political left