Topic: Oaxaca

Cover Story Immigration reform: What the last 'path to citizenship' did for immigrants

Congress is considering comprehensive immigration reform, including amnesty, work visas, and guest worker programs. What this path to citizenship  could mean for 11 million illegal immigrants can be seen in the 1986 amnesty of 3 million legalized in the last major immigration overhaul.

A 'like' for linguistics: Can social media save Mexico's unwritten languages?

Many indigenous languages alive in Mexico today don't have formal written systems, but a growing number of computer-savvy young people want to Facebook and tweet in their native tongue.

Latin America Monitor Day of the Dead: Mexicans mourn loved ones

Families in Oaxaca remembered their lost loved ones last night in the traditional way.

Latin America Monitor Mexico's election violence-free: a turning point?

As the death toll has surged in Mexico, many have feared the impact on the electoral process. But the 2012 presidential race has been quiet, though not necessarily for good reasons, argues InSight Crime.

Earthquake in Mexico: Powerful, destructive but not deadly (+video)

Earthquake in Mexico: The magnitude 7.4 quake was the biggest since 1986, when at least 10,000 died. But improved construction and where this earthquake hit, say officials, has left Mexico with limited damage, and no fatalities. 

7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes southwestern Mexico

A major earthquake shook the country near the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco Tuesday. There are no early reports of injuries or major damage.

Latin America Monitor A case of Big Wind bullying in Mexico?

Follow-up on a Monitor cover story: A local activist is arrested days before a planned confrontation with a Mexican wind power company.

The 'wind rush': Green energy blows trouble into Mexico

Green energy's big success is a rude awakening in the isthmus of Mexico.

Latin America Monitor Is Mexico's economy really driving down illegal immigration to the US?

A big drop in illegal immigration seems to be taking place along the US-Mexico border. Some attribute this to rising prosperity in Mexico, but other more influential factors are in play.
10/21/2011 10:11 am

Latin America Monitor Will violence in Mexico impact immigrant pool in US?

Seven top immigration officials in Mexico have been fired in states where migrants have been victimized. Recently, a group of rescued kidnap victims accused officials of delivering them to drug gangs.
05/17/2011 05:34 pm

Unlike Arizona shooting, violence against politicians rarely has Mexico mourning

Three Mexican mayors have been assassinated this year, but such killings draw little attention as they are increasingly common and many Mexicans believe slain politicians often have drug ties.
01/14/2011 03:29 pm

When mudslides threaten

A Christian Science perspective.
10/01/2010 09:35 am

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In Pictures Mexico landslide

Mexico landslide: Dire predictions prove to be false alarm

Mexico landslide fears of large number of deaths, turned into relief Wednesday when officials said there were no confirmed deaths - contrary to initial reports of as many as 1,000.
09/29/2010 01:06 pm

Oaxaca, Mexico, mudslide buries town, leaves hundreds of people missing

Oaxaca, Mexico, was inundated with heavy rain Monday night, causing a hill to collapse and swallow the rural town of Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec.
09/28/2010 04:03 pm

Fed up with plague of kidnappings, Mexicans turn to mob justice

In the latest example of vigilantism in Mexico, townspeople near Ciudad Juarez killed two suspected kidnappers Tuesday.
09/22/2010 03:42 pm

Hurricane Frank spins away from Mexico west coast

Hurricane Frank formed in the Pacific Wednesday off the southwestern coast of Mexico but was headed out to sea, the National Hurricane Center said.
08/26/2010 10:24 am

Drug violence mars Mexico election

Voters brave enough to cast ballots for governors amid gruesome drug violence in the run-up to Sunday's Mexico election helped the former ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to win nine states handily.
07/05/2010 01:43 pm

Mexico earthquake shakes buildings as far as Mexico City

A Mexico earthquake, magnitude 6.0, centered in the southern state of Oaxaca and shook buildings 300 miles north in Mexico City. One person died in a quake that was shallower and weaker than the Haiti and Chile earthquakes.
06/30/2010 02:55 pm

After elections, will Mexico's drug war return opposition to power?

On July 4, Mexico holds elections for governorships in 12 states. Some polls show that the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) – which ruled Mexico for seven decades – could win every state. Could Mexico's drug war unseat President Felipe Calderón and put the PRI back in power?
06/30/2010 11:04 am

Mexico earthquake registers magnitude 6.2

Mexico earthquake sent people fleeing into the street in Pacific coast towns and in Mexico City.
06/30/2010 10:28 am

Hurricane Celia churns toward open ocean off Mexico's Pacific coast

Hurricane Celia, the season's first, was centered about 365 miles from Acapulco Sunday, and is moving westward into the open Pacific, said forecasters.
06/21/2010 01:14 pm

Arizona immigration law prompts Mexico to extend repatriation aid program

In response to the controversial Arizona immigration law, Mexico extended a repatriation program to help ease the transition of illegal migrants back home. The governments says the Arizona law could lead to a flood of returnees when it goes into effect, but most Mexicans are skeptical.
06/01/2010 01:15 pm

Cancun mayor Gregorio Sanchez's arrest: A case of biased law enforcement?

This week's arrest of Cancun mayor Gregorio Sanchez, who was running for governor, is prompting accusations that Mexico's President Felipe Calderon is targeting opposition party officials in his war against corruption and drug cartels. What does the record show?
05/28/2010 10:28 am