Mexico

That's the message that Didi Chuxing, China's dominant ride-hailing company, is sending potential drivers and passengers in Mexico. ... Uber, which shifted much of its attention and resources to Latin America after retreating from China, is the biggest player in Mexico, with Mexico City one of its largest ...

In March 2018, the United Nations and AFP launched a new award to recognise journalists who lost their lives to cover human rights abuses in Mexico. Since 2000, more than 100 journalists have been murdered in Mexico, which was considered the most dangerous place to be a journalist in 2017 - ahead ...

In Guanajuato and across Mexico, immigration has slowed since the turn of the century and even reversed in recent years, with more people returning to Mexico than leaving for the U.S., according to the Pew Research Center. But some fear that trend could change if NAFTA is scrapped or a trade war ...

Mexico's five presidential candidates have faced off in the first of three televised debates ahead of the country's elections on July 1. The presidential hopefuls focused on issues of governance and security, as well as corruption and democracy. Here's all you need to know about the event, held in Mexico City ...

Perez was born in Mexico and legally came to the United States at age 8 when his father, Miguel Perez Sr., a semi-pro soccer player, moved the family to Chicago because of a job offer, Perez told CNN earlier. He has two children born in the United States. His parents and one sister are now naturalized ...

Ending a 16-month quest to stay in a country where he was raised and that he fought to defend, Miguel Perez Jr., a veteran with a green card and a felony drug conviction, has been deported to Mexico, where he has not lived since childhood. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Sunday ...

A group of skateboarders in Medicine Hat, Alta., is learning all about prom dresses as their clubhouse is being flooded with dozens of sparkly gowns — which they're planning to take all the way to Mexico and donate to exploited teen girls to help them celebrate their quinceanera. By Monday morning, the ...

Fox was a member of Mexico's opposition party, the PAN and was the first representative of that party to crack the ruling party's grip on power and win the presidency. During the campaign, the rumor among reporters was that Fox was being protected by a private security detail made up of former Israeli ...

Germany has returned two 3,000-year-old pre-Hispanic wooden statues from the Olmec civilisation to the Mexican authorities. Mexico says the artefacts were taken illegally from an Olmec archaeological site in eastern Mexico. They were seized from controversial Costa Rican art collector Leonardo ...

Trump promised from the day he began his campaign in June 2015 that he would build a “great wall” to keep out illegal immigrants from Mexico. “I would build a great wall, and ... But having Mexico pay for a wall that that country does not even support was never a realistic possibility. A planned meeting ...

Women working in Mexico's entertainment industry have started coming forward with accusations of sexual harassment, inappropriate behavior and even rape. The Me Too movement appears to have arrived in Mexico. Several actresses told their stories in a series of recent TV interviews. But within days ...

In the early 2000s, the Mexican government launched an ambitious effort to build affordable housing for millions of the country's most impoverished citizens. The government ultimately spent more than $100 billion on hundreds of sprawling housing developments, but the program was plagued by corruption ...

“If someone were to say, 'Jay, should I go to Mexico?' First thing is, I would ask them, 'Why?'” says Enwere. “For a little vacation? Five, seven days? There are lots of other places you can go.” According to Mexican press reports, officials there are investigating Enwere's allegations but have made no arrests ...

MEXICO CITY — In the United States, authorities and journalists currently investigate the potential effects on the 2016 elections of so-called “fake news” — a popular term to define fabricated or misleading information. But in Mexico, several organizations have united to try to stop its negative effects on local ...

Not in Mexico. There, the initial contact between the two tectonic plates – which collide off the country's southern Pacific coast – starts off normally enough, with the ... Then, underneath Puebla state – just south of Mexico City – at a depth of about 30 miles below ground, the subducted plate abruptly changes ...

Mexico, too, has seen its water fall prey to cronyism in too many cities. I interviewed 180 engineers, politicians, business leaders, and residents in eight Mexican cities for my book on politics and water. I was startled to discover that Mexican officials frequently treat water distribution and treatment not as ...

Mexico city overwhelms your senses, with colourful churches, luscious green parks filled with unique tropical plants, and street vendors offering tasty tacos. Historians seeking cultural 'food for the soul' will find an abundance of historic architecture and stunning cathedrals here. Visit the pretty districts such ...

FILE PHOTO: Relatives pose with images of some of the 43 missing Ayotzinapa College Raul Isidro Burgos students in front of a monument of the number 43, during a march to mark the 41st month since their disappearance in the state of Guerrero, in Mexico City, Mexico February 26, 2018.

(CNN) — Isla Holbox is a small, slender island just north of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico. Mexicans have long been in the know about this laid-back, go-everywhere-in-flip-flops getaway, but the news of Holbox's beauty and ease of living has started to get out. Though it's in the state of ...

There's finally a way to fly nonstop from Philly to Mexico City — a change that will make a monumental difference in the lives of Mexican immigrants living here. American Airlines and Philadelphia International Airport announced the new route last week. The once-daily service, which begins July 5, will ...

MEXICO CITY -- Authorities said Sunday that a crude explosive device caused a ferry blast that injured more than two-dozen people last month in Playa del Carmen, where the U.S. Embassy has warned travellers to stay away from the ferries and parts of the Caribbean resort city. Prosecutors said they ...

A mentally ill, Nashville man disappeared from his group home only to be found in Mexico, forcing his mother to find a way to get him back to Music City. Everett Washington is 23 years old. According to his mom, Jackie Washington, he suffers from Schizophrenia and could be a danger to himself or others.

I've based myself in the long-overlooked central state of San Luis Potosi, halfway between Mexico City and Monterrey. It has neither beaches nor Mayan ruins. Instead, it boasts untouched turquoise rivers, still-thriving Wixaritari and Teenek cultures, and a terrain riddled with deep sinkholes, like a block of ...

Since the damaging quake, we have been analyzing data from the national network of seismological sensors, as well as high-quality GPS stations around the country. Together, these instruments measure shaking across Mexico. We wanted to know what caused this magnitude 7.1 earthquake and whether ...

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico has narrowed its travel warning for the Caribbean resort city of Playa del Carmen amid what it calls an unspecified "ongoing security threat" just as the spring holiday season is kicking into high gear. In a notice posted Friday on its website, the embassy also said the U.S. ...

Despite the travel advisory, CBS News' Travel Editor Peter Greenberg doesn't think anyone should cancel their plans. “I have never felt unsafe or threatened in Mexico,” he told Inside Edition. “I was just there last week. Tourism is the No. 1 industry in Mexico. It is in their best interest to make the environment ...

On a recent Wednesday morning in Mexico City's International Airport, family members gathered anxiously for the latest slew of arrivals. The cordon can be a place for joyful reunions, but on three days each week a more somber drama unfolds: Here, every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, about 130 ...

In his first major act as White House senior adviser, Jared Kushner set out to repair relations between Donald Trump and Mexico, which his father-in-law had spent the better part of two years assailing on the campaign trail as a seedbed of rapists, drug dealers, and other criminal types. Within the first days ...

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico has issued a travel warning for a popular tourist hotspot, following a “security threat” alert and an explosion aboard a ferry last month. The embassy is barring U.S. government employees from travelling to Playa del Carmen, in the state of in Quintana Roo. The U.S. Consular ...

The White House says that President Donald Trump, in a phone call with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has emphasized his commitment to a free trade agreement among the U.S., Canada and Mexico that is "fair to all three countries." The two leaders talked Monday in the midst of ongoing ...

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico -- What appeared to be undetonated explosives were found on a ferry that runs between the Caribbean resorts of Playa del Carmen and the island of Cozumel, authorities in Mexico said Friday, less than two weeks after a blast shook another ferry plying the same route.

After two years on the job, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson has announced that she will retire on May 5, 2018 — the latest in a growing list of career diplomats to step down under Donald Trump. Jacobson has worked in Latin America diplomacy for three decades, including in the Obama ...

Mexico, too, has seen its water fall prey to cronyism in too many cities. I interviewed 180 engineers, politicians, business leaders and residents in eight Mexican cities for my book on politics and water. I was startled to discover that Mexican officials frequently treat water distribution and treatment not as ...

Their status in the United States hangs in the balance as the Trump administration has moved to cancel an Obama-administration initiative that temporarily allowed hundreds of thousands of undocumented Dreamers — the overwhelming majority from Mexico — to remain legally in the United States.

President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs may not apply to Canada and Mexico as the U.S. negotiates deals with those countries, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday. Testifying at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Mnuchin faced increasing opposition from fellow ...

The frontrunner in Mexico's presidential election is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a left-leaning politician who has repeatedly railed against President Donald Trump and his policies. "His candidacy is largely a byproduct of an anti-establishment movement and souring sentiment towards the U.S.," says ...

Madison, Wis. - It's officially spring break season, but the excitement of having a week off to travel may be marred by concerns about safety in Mexico. Verona couple Melissa and Thomas Costello are heading off to Playa Del Carmen early next month. “We just plan to lay out a lot, read a lot,” Thomas ...