Will Juárez and Mexico be an escape valve for the U.S. health care crisis?
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A new cluster of medical and other professionals is working to revitalize Juárez’s cross-border medical tourism industry. Continue Reading
After years of seeking asylum in U.S., a Mexican reporter and his son just narrowly escaped deportation
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A Mexican reporter who has sought asylum in the United States for nearly 10 years was, along with his son, were abruptly handcuffed and nearly sent back to Mexico on Thursday. Their attorney eventually halted the deportation, at least for now. Continue Reading
New Mexicans trek across the border for dental care in Palomas
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This small border town isn’t known in the United States only for its ties to Pancho Villa. Continue Reading
A prominent political leader is murdered in Mexico
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Authorities confirmed Sunday the death of leftist leader Ranferi Hernandez Acevedo in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. Continue Reading
The Las Vegas massacre viewed through Mexican lenses
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Sunday’s massacre drew ample attention and widespread commentary in Mexico. Continue Reading
The rubble, remembrances and reverberations of Mexican September
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Ironically, today’s political and economic landscape in Mexico, which was battered by an earthquake Tuesday, looks hauntingly similar to 1985, when another quake caused devastation on the same September day. Continue Reading
Farewell to an extraordinary border journalist
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Marisela Ortega Lozano, who died earlier this month, is one of the unsung heroines of border journalism. Continue Reading
With the number of seniors growing, the U.S. stumbles toward a day of reckoning
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The number of U.S. seniors will nearly double from 41.2 million in 2010 to 81.2 million in 2040. Continue Reading
With an aging population, the U.S. and Latin America are ‘in a race against time’
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Many nations of the Americas are contronting a defining, 21st Century dilemma: caring for the elderly amid turbulent social changes, economic uncertainties, mounting inequality and contentious politics. Continue Reading
The borderlands are three states, two nations, one people
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I don’t see how militarization and hard lines have ever made people here safer. Continue Reading
Worse than Russiagate? Spying scandal rattles Mexico
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The New York Times recently reported on the illegal use of a spyware program to target journalists and family members, lawyers, consumer advocates and human rights defenders in Mexico. Continue Reading
Mexico’s June elections may foreshadow stormy presidential transition in 2018
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Controversy marred the June 4 elections in four Mexican states that analysts consider a possible dress rehearsal. Continue Reading
Indigenous woman makes a run for the Mexican presidency
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Maria de Jesus Patricio Martinez would be the first indigenous woman to make the presidential ballot. Continue Reading
Peace flags, Juárez jazz and the world migrant crisis
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A recent gathering in Ciudad Juárez was dedicated to the cultural rights of migrants across the globe. Continue Reading
Another Mexican journalist is gunned down
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Javier Valdez Cardenas is the sixth journalist murdered in Mexico since the beginning of the year. Continue Reading