All articles from Sara Miller Llana
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Modern Parenthood Parenting in Mexico: Concern versus prescriptive advice
Parenting styles in Mexico City versus Berkeley bring about a whole new set of questions for our correspondent. Despite the millions of parenting books available, there is no perfect approach to parenting, and cultural differences can add even more confounding layers.
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Hugo Chávez vs Henrique Capriles: Venezuelan vote will have regional impact
Whether Chávez or Capriles wins will affect national issues like fighting crime, but will also impact regional neighbors like Cuba and the Dominican Republic that depend on Chávez's oil diplomacy.
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Latin American nations push UN to drop zero tolerance on drugs
Former and sitting Latin American presidents have issued calls against the status quo on drug policy, but Colombia, Mexico, and Guatemala's petition to the UN could push the drug war debate to a new level.
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Latin America Monitor View from Mexico: The presidential debate on immigration
On the eve of the first US presidential debate, Mexicans weigh in on where President Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney stand on immigration – and offer policy proposals of their own.
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Modern Parenthood Warm tortillas: There’s no competing with rural Mexican mothers
An American mother and disciple of “Super Baby Food” realizes – with one whiff of these warm tortillas – that she can’t compete with rural Mexican mothers when it comes to homemade food.
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Latin America Monitor Mexico stops the Taliban - 'El Taliban,' that is
Mexico arrested 'El Taliban,' one of its most wanted drug traffickers, on the same day that the country's president urged the UN to reassess narcotics prohibition.
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Can Mexico reclaim title as region's largest economy from Brazil?
Mexico was once Latin America’s darling, but in the past decade Brazil has far surpassed it as commodities drove economic growth. President-elect Peña Nieto is eager to reposition Mexico.
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Change Agent Preserving Mexico's folk art masks
Bill LeVasseur has collected hundreds of Mexican masks from remote villages that now hang on the walls of his museum in San Miguel de Allende. He's singlehandedly preserving a piece of Mexican culture that few realize is still thriving today.
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Latin America Monitor In earthquake-ready Costa Rica, quake size rattles (+video)
The powerful quake surprised locals and foreign retirees alike. Damage appears to be limited, although two related fatalities have been reported.
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Focus Obesity weighing on America – Latin America, that is
The fattening of Latin America mirrors a global pattern that has left some 1.5 billion adults overweight. Now, from Mexico to Chile, it's triggering a political response.
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Central American peace accord celebrates 25 years, but has it brought peace?
The Esquipulas peace agreement succeeded in ending political and ideological strife, but it failed to create peaceful societies. Today Central America is one of the world's most violent regions.
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Venezuelan fencer rides wave of Olympic-gold-glory – on public transportation
At a time when the Olympic games are criticized for turning into a billion-dollar affair, Venezuela's Ruben Limardo's choice to take the Tube, instead of a chauffeured car, received praise.
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Cover Story How Latin America is reinventing the war on drugs
Frustrated with US dictates, countries across the region are floating new ideas to curb drug trafficking, from 'soft' enforcement to legalization.
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Despite bloody headlines, Americans still flock to Mexico
Last year, a record 22.7 million visitors chose Mexico as a tourist destination, and only 7 percent of American retirees who live there or travel to Mexico have been scared off by violence.
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Getting to the Olympics on borrowed shoes
Marathoner Gladys Tejeda, who grew up in a poor family in the mountains of Peru, will be representing her country in London even though just four years ago she had never heard of the Olympics.
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Latin America Monitor Mexico: victory of president-elect Peña Nieto challenged in court
Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who lost Mexico's July 1 presidential election, officially challenged the results last night. He accuses the victorious party of buying votes.
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Presidential election 'deja vu' in Mexico? (+video)
In 2006, presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declared election fraud. Today, the electoral committee is once again in the thick of a recount at his party's request.
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In returning PRI to power, Mexicans put faith in young democracy (+video)
Enrique Peña Nieto won Sunday's presidential vote, returning the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, to office. Mexicans are betting their democracy is strong enough to warrant giving the once-authoritarian party another chance.
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Global News Blog Mexicans at polls talk of jobs, drug violence
Mexico's presidential election today is a choice between four candidates – and not voting at all.
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Mexicans vote: 4 key reforms the next president must tackle
"Mexico has not lived up to [its] potential," says Lorenzo Lazo, a political analyst in Mexico City who served in several PRI administrations. And if it is going to, here are the key reforms the next leader must tackle, according to observers across the political spectrum:
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