Category: Americas

Conservative Comeback This Year May Turn Latin America’s ‘Pink Tide’

A new door has opened for the right wing in Latin America. Conservative policies and leadership are back on the region’s radar as leftist regimes in the region have begun to lose their luster. Arriving on the heels of Paraguay’s conservative election win, Chile’s right-wing parties secured the majority of seats to draft the nation’s…


Tribe’s Land Cut Between US and Mexico Amid Border Crisis

The Pascua Yaqui Tribe is caught between the U.S. and Mexican border, as their land stretches beyond the border wall in Arizona. Raymond V. Buelna, a cultural leader for the tribe, has been separated from tribal members who are stuck living on the Mexican border side after being detained by border patrol agents. It was…


26 People Die in Fiery Crash of Freight Truck and Passenger Van in Northern Mexico

MEXICO CITY—A fiery highway crash involving a passenger van and a freight truck killed 26 people in northern Mexico on Sunday, authorities said. Prosecutors and police in the northern border state of Tamaulipas said the death toll was a preliminary count, apparently because of the sheer volume of the wreckage and the fire that consumed…


Libertarian Argentine Breaking the Leftist Mold in South America

Argentina is gearing up for a highly anticipated election in October, and with the country facing economic turmoil, voters are looking for a change. With an annual inflation rate of 109 percent, a rapidly depreciating black-market peso, and a severe drought affecting a large part of the country, the electorate has undergone a dramatic shift….


Medical Tourism Continues to Grow in Mexico Despite the Risks

A growing number of Americans continue to travel to Mexico for medical procedures or medication even though there are potentially many dangers involved while traveling through Mexico and during or after surgery. This is happening even though two of four Americans kidnapped in Matamoros in March were killed by suspected drug cartel members after traveling…


Mexico Arrests 2 More in March Kidnap, Killing of Americans

MEXICO CITY—Prosecutors in Mexico said Thursday they have arrested two more men in the March 3 kidnapping of four Americans and the killing of two of them. The Gulf drug cartel turned over five men to police soon after the abduction in the border city of Matamoros, and prosecutors said the two newly arrested suspects…


Weaponized Migrants: The Transnational Border Crisis

In this episode of International Reporters Roundtable, we go down to southern Texas and the U.S.–Mexico border, where tens of thousands of migrants from all over the world have been amassing and crossing illegally into the United States, roughly 10,000 per day now, as Title 42 finally expired. The law was enacted to protect the…


EXCLUSIVE: Migrants Discuss Plans to Race to US–Mexico Border as Title 42 Comes to an End

The COVID-19 pandemic-era immigration policy Title 42 came to an end just before midnight on May 11 and thousands of illegal immigrants are anticipated to surge to the U.S. border when that happens, according to migrants and Mexican charity workers who spoke with The Epoch Times. “We all want to reach the United States as…


EXCLUSIVE: Migrants Discuss Plans to Sneak Into US as Title 42 Expires

The COVID-19 pandemic-era immigration policy Title 42 came to an end just before midnight on May 11 and thousands of illegal immigrants are anticipated to surge to the U.S. border when that happens, according to migrants and Mexican charity workers who spoke with The Epoch Times. “We all want to reach the United States as…


Mexico City Earthquake Alarm Goes Off in Error During Maintenance

MEXICO CITY—The early warning seismic alarm system in Mexico City sounded off on Monday in error during maintenance work, sending panicked residents into the streets in anticipation of an earthquake that turned out to be a false alarm. Reuters witnesses heard the alarm in different parts of the city and saw residents filing out of…