Deep-sea mining, a murky business for the Global South
The global shift towards green energy has countries scrambling to extract valuable resources in international waters
The global shift towards green energy has countries scrambling to extract valuable resources in international waters
Travel companies in France, England and Belgium are suspending trips to the Lacandon Jungle in response to increased cartel violence, while in Guatemala, authorities have arrested two members of a Mexican cartel following a shootout with the military
A judge ruled in favor of Javier Gutiérrez and José Guadalupe Valdés over a case involving executives from CFE in Mexico and Whitewater Midstream in the US, where the business dealings are also being probed
The country has had an exceptional year in terms of exports, business activity and the strength of its currency, but for ordinary families, the needs remain notable
Community police in the state of Guerrero have recruited 20 minors to redress the authorities’ inability to contain the violence
Known for its colorful gondolas, the nature reserve south of Mexico City is home to an endemic amphibian called the ‘axolotl’
The attorney talks about this week’s historic ruling, the next stage of the legal battle and how the elections on both sides of the border could affect the case
The declines were most notable in dry regions with extensive cropland, said researchers whose work was published Wednesday in the journal ‘Nature’
The unprecedented tone of attacks on one of Washington’s closest allies when Trump was president left a bitter taste, and most Canadians were relieved that he was defeated in 2020
Housing nearly 2,000 animals, the zoo was the first ‘safari park’ in Latin America
In a historic ruling, a three-judge panel reversed the decision of a Massachusetts court to dismiss the claim against some of the heavyweights of America’s arms industry
Cartels have bragged about the U.S. weaponry. Mexico’s army is finding belt-fed machine guns, rocket launchers and grenades that are not sold for civilian use in the United States
The Getty Research Institute digitized and translated the 12 books, providing a fresh perspective on the Spanish conquest of the New World
A campaign by animal rights activists won the four-year-old giraffe a transfer to an animal park in Puebla state, where he will join a group of resident giraffes and enjoy a more suitable climate
The concertina wire along roughly 30 miles of the Rio Grande is part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s broader fight with the administration over immigration enforcement
Only about 20% of the extortion cases are attributable to gangs, while the rest are gang ‘imitators,’ Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez said
Maintaining the notion that the war on drugs is the solution is borderline insulting in light of the overwhelming evidence accumulated from decades of failure
EL PAÍS has reconstructed the battle to control the institution that will oversee the upcoming presidential elections in Mexico. This report examines the role of the magistrates, the political power they wield, as well as the slow-motion fall of Judge Reyes Rodríguez, the head of the court who was forced to resign
The controversial politician will leave office this year, but history’s assessment of his presidency will be affected by the national dichotomy he amplified
Experts say that the Mexican capital’s high position in The Economist’s ranking is due to gentrification in the city center, the strength of the peso against the dollar and inflation
Negotiators are deciding whether to preserve the president’s authority to allow in certain immigrants at certain times
U.S. President is convening the lawmakers at the start of an election year when border security and the wars abroad are punctuating the race for the White House
The Texas National Guard denied the Border Patrol access to attempt a rescue in the Rio Grande last Friday, where a mother and her two children had drowned earlier the same night
Javier Gutiérrez’s initial hearing has been postponed five times, delaying the process in Mexico, while in the United States the case moves forward
The roughly $78 billion in tax cuts would be paid for by more quickly ending a tax break Congress approved during the Covid-19 pandemic
It’s the big threat. A cheap, white powder — 50 times more powerful than heroin — which kills more than 70,000 people each year in the United States and countless others across the rest of the Western Hemisphere. EL PAÍS, in a long-term investigation that spanned two continents and included interviews with anti-drug czars in the U.S. and China, visited the clandestine laboratories in Sinaloa, where fentanyl is manufactured. In the vicinity of these Mexican labs, addicts serve as guinea pigs for drug traffickers. This newspaper has gathered testimonies about how this lethal substance crosses the border to the north and spreads like a plague through the streets of the most powerful country in the world. The trafficking of fentanyl is part of a global network with one foot in China, which the White House has declared war on
The countryside is losing millions of hectares of crops due to land being abandoned. Violence and extortion add to the ravages of climate change and the lack of subsidies