Mexico's early frontrunner formalizes presidential bid

2011-11-27T14:30:11Z

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The frontrunner in Mexico's 2012 presidential race on Sunday pledged to break past decades of political paralysis and deliver the country from a deepening spiral of drug violence and sluggish economic growth.

Thousands of cheering supporters rallied around Enrique Pena Ni...

Attorney general fires back on gun scandal

2011-10-07T16:00:07Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under fire for a botched operation to track guns smuggled to Mexican drug cartels, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday his critics seek to score political points, but will not try to stem the flow of weapons across the border.

He lashed back at Republican criticism in the Congress over when and ...

Trying to fix ties with Mexico after gun sting

2011-10-05T15:30:15Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will have to work to restore frayed ties with Mexico after a bungled operation allowed guns to illegally cross the border to violent Mexican drug cartels, a top U.S. official said on Wednesday.

The acting head of the Reuters) - The head of the U.S. agency that oversaw a botched attempt to track arms flowing to drug cartels in Mexico is being reassigned to the Justice Department headquarters, the Obama administration said on Tuesday.

United States will discuss the idea of US armed agents operating inside Mexico, which is being rocked by deadly drug violence, when President Barack Obama meets his Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon, a senior US official said Wednesday.

Obama welcomes Calderon...

Mexican history: Agustn de Iturbide, the liberator

2010-11-04T14:51:16Z

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Napolitano urges House to pass $600 million border bill

2010-08-06T14:00:23Z

PHOENIX (Reuters) The Obama administration on Friday urged the U.S. House of Representatives to approve a border security package as soon as possible, potentially as early as next week when lawmakers convene for a special session.

Dollar vs. Peso: Stabilizing

2010-10-22T12:46:25Z

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La Reforma

2010-10-22T09:33:48Z

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What is your outlook?

2010-10-26T20:56:31Z

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CNN's Gupta turns down Obama, on top of flu story

2010-04-16T12:23:26Z

"Don't drop me," CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta said as he hopped on the back of a motorcycle for a ride down a dusty Mexican street. He was looking for the boy believed to be the first person diagnosed with swine flu, armed with a picture on his Blackberry.

Gupta would not have been in La Gloria, Mexico, if ...

US confirms 160 cases of swine flu

2010-06-12T12:02:48Z

The United States has confirmed 160 cases of the A(H1N1) influenza virus in 21 US states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said.

Most of the cases were mild, said Anne Schuchat, the CDC's interim deputy director for science and public ...

US confirms 160 cases of swine flu in 21 states

2010-06-12T12:02:51Z

The United States has confirmed 160 cases of the A(H1N1) influenza virus in 21 US states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday.

Most of the cases were mild, said Anne Schuchat, the CDC's interim deputy director for science and pub...

Oh, Joe: VP's off-base flu advice needs do-over

2010-04-16T12:37:57Z

Oh, Joe.

Vice President Joe Biden — with a well-deserved reputation as someone who shoots from the lip — made it through the first 100 days of the Obama administration without any major gaffes. But on Day 101 the vice president, well, took a nosedive when it came to the government's talking points on air travel during the swine flu outbreak.

At 7:05 a.m. Thursday, Biden w...

Heavy security surrounds Obama's Mexican visit

2010-04-16T15:31:52Z

Police out in force for Obama's first visit to Mexico

Heavily armed police are patrolling a wealthy neighborhood near Mexico's presidential residence as President Barack Obama heads to the capital on his first visit to the country.

During his visit of less than 24 hours, Obama's view will be limited to a helicopter ride over the city, the presidential residenc...

Obama slaps drugs sanctions on Mexican organizations

2010-04-16T15:33:14Z

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday slapped sanctions on three Mexican organizations he designated as cartels at the center of the violent drugs war, on the eve of his visit to Mexico.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the groups, the White House: Obama travels to Mexico, Caribbean to re-engage with Western Hemisphere nations

Barack Obama slammed George W. Bush's policies in the Americas as negligent to friends, ineffective wit...

Trade War with Mexico?

2010-04-16T15:58:20Z

The Obama Administration, by putting an end to a program that allowed some Mexican long-haul trucks into the U.S., has triggered a slew of retaliatory tariffs from Mexico. The White House seems to be looking for a way to resolve a dispute that it failed to avert, despite...

Homeland Security chief readies first trips abroad

2010-04-16T16:11:28Z

US Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano will visit Germany next week in her first foreign trip, followed by visits to neighboring Canada and Mexico in April, her spokeswoman said Friday....

Correction: Mexico-US-Guns story

2010-10-22T13:06:50Z

Correction: Mexico-US-Guns story

In a Feb. 18 story about U.S. guns arming Mexico's violent drug cartels, The Associated Press reported erroneously that all 53 U.S. lawmakers who signed a letter urging President Obama to enforce an assaul...

Obama reverses Bush abortion-funds policy

2010-06-26T01:01:34Z

President Barack Obama on Friday struck down the Bush administration's ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information — an inflammatory policy that has bounced in and out of law for the past quarter-century.

Obama's move, the latest in an aggressive first week reversing contentious Bush policies, was warmly welcomed by liberal groups and denounced by abortio...

Bush to meet Mexican president in Washington

2010-12-14T07:37:06Z

In one of his last official acts, outgoing US President George W. Bush will meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on January 13, the White House said Saturday.

The meeting in Washington will allow the two leaders to discuss the US-

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Benito Juarez

2010-10-26T20:52:07Z

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Canal Border Deaths

2011-01-04T18:31:00Z

FOR STORY FRONTERA-CANAL - FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2002 file photo, the All-American Canal runs along the United States border with Mexico near Calexico, Calif. When crews finish lining the All-American Canal with concrete, the waterway will be deeper, faster and more dangerous for migrants crossing the border illegally f...

Mexico Drug War Saving Juarez

2011-01-02T21:31:51Z

In this photo taken Dec. 13, 2010, a police officer walks beside a cordon for a crime scene in a heavily guarded commercial "safe" zone in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. In this area once famous for its bars and nightclubs, new patrols by federal police have cut extortion and assaults on business owners to nearly zero but of 120 businesses there, 88 have closed in the last two years. Sign reads, "In thi...

Mexico Drug War Leaving Juarez

2011-01-01T23:01:13Z

In this photo taken Dec. 10, 2010, the parking lot of a once popular nightclub sits empty in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Many have moved not only their families but entire businesses out of the country due to the violence. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

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New Year

2010-12-31T20:31:33Z

Ariana Sanchez, left, and her sister Lizette Sanchez, second from left, both from Mexico City, Mexico, watch as the ball is raised during New Year's Eve festivities in New York's T...

Mexico Drug War

2010-12-30T16:01:29Z

A soldiers stands next to seized packages of marijuana as they are displayed to the media in Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday Dec. 30, 2010. According to the army, the marijuana was seized during an operation on Wednesday and that a total of 289 tons of marijuana were seized throughout the year of 2010 in Baja California state. (AP Photo/Guillermo Aria...

News on Mexico

Mexico's early frontrunner formalizes presidential bid

Attorney general fires back on gun scandal

Trying to fix ties with Mexico after gun sting

Mexican history: Agustn de Iturbide, the liberator

Napolitano urges House to pass $600 million border bill

Dollar vs. Peso: Stabilizing

La Reforma

What is your outlook?

CNN's Gupta turns down Obama, on top of flu story

US confirms 160 cases of swine flu

US confirms 160 cases of swine flu in 21 states

Oh, Joe: VP's off-base flu advice needs do-over

Heavy security surrounds Obama's Mexican visit

Obama slaps drugs sanctions on Mexican organizations

Trade War with Mexico?

Homeland Security chief readies first trips abroad

Correction: Mexico-US-Guns story

Obama reverses Bush abortion-funds policy

Bush to meet Mexican president in Washington

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Benito Juarez

Canal Border Deaths

Mexico Drug War Saving Juarez

Mexico Drug War Leaving Juarez

New Year

Mexico Drug War