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El Museo del Barrio: Fifth Avenue on Fire

Jim Luce | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Forty years ago, El Museo del Barrio was a dream contained in a single classroom so far north that “sophisticated” Manhattanites would not...

Vigilante Justice Spreads Across Mexico

Global Post | Ioan Grillo | Posted 10.28.2009 | World


By Ioan Grillo MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- The five teenage boys slump against the wall of a dark house and eye the camcorder nervously. Suddenly, a fis...

Mexico City Puts Cops On Diet

AP | Posted 10.15.2009 | World


MEXICO CITY — Some Mexico City cops are taking a bite out of more than crime. The Mexican capital is putting its 1,300 of its heaviest police o...

Eco Skyscrapers: Green Architecture Reaches For The Sky

WebEcoist | Steph | Posted 09.22.2009 | Green


With a burgeoning global population that has ever-growing needs for both food and housing, many architects are looking up for sustainable solutions th...

Mexico Subway Shooting: Officials Release Security Camera Footage (VIDEO)

AP/ The Huffington Post | Posted 11.19.2009 | World


MEXICO CITY -- Police started randomly checking people for guns in the capital's 175 subway stations Saturday after a man opened fire inside a crowded...

Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Lauri Lyons

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Aeromexico Jet Hijacked, Passengers And Crew Freed (VIDEO)

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 11.09.2009 | World


MEXICO CITY — A Bolivian religious fanatic briefly hijacked a jetliner from the beach resort of Cancun as it landed in Mexico City on Wednesday,...

Mexican Prison Life: Babies Behind Bars (PHOTOS)

Global Post | Caroline Bennett | Posted 09.03.2009 | World


Full Frame features photo essays and conversations with photographers in the field. See more galleries here and here. Behind the ominous barbed wir...

Crystal Meth Goes International And Industrial

GlobalPost | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


Ioan Grillo | GlobalPost CULIACAN, Mexico -- The colossal water cistern set in a clearing in a hilly, heavily forested area can hold 25,000 liters ...

Mexican Man Allegedly Tries To Sell Woman, 4 Kids To U.S. For $2,000 Each

AP | Posted 07.30.2009 | World


MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A Mexican man has been detained for allegedly plotting to sell a young woman, two girls and two boys for $2,000 apiece in the Unit...

Drug War: Mexican Police Standoff With Mexican Federal Agents

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 07.10.2009 | World


MEXICO CITY — In a hair-raising standoff that sent motorists scrambling for cover, municipal police pulled their guns on masked federal agents i...

Mexico Drug Violence Spills Into Guatemala

LA Times | Posted 07.05.2009 | World


Authorities have boosted security at a Guatemala City prison since the arrests of members of the Zetas, a violent drug gang from Mexico....

Traveling as Press vs. NGO Head: Same Adventure

Jim Luce | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media


Jim Luce

I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.

Mexico City Earthquake Hits 5.7 On Richter Scale

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 06.22.2009 | World


MEXICO CITY — A strong earthquake swayed skyscrapers in Mexico City and rattled colonial buildings in neighboring Puebla state Friday, sending f...

Mexico Prison Break: 53 Walk Out While Guards Do Nothing

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 06.21.2009 | World


MEXICO CITY — Security camera footage shows that guards at a Mexican prison nonchalantly stood by as 53 dangerous inmates walked out _ and didn'...

Mexican Jews A Thriving, Involved Community

McClatchy | Posted 06.21.2009 | World


On the evening of the festive Jewish holiday of Purim, the rabbi's wife, Sheila Slomianski, was ever the alert hostess. Surveying her table, she notic...

The Amazing Race - Still the Best of its Genre: But the Itinerary's Not as Amazing as it Once Was

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Russnow

The Amazing Race provides fewer decision-making opportunities and clocks less mileage in each episode, thus diminishing the potential for bad luck affecting the teams. What's the reason?

Mexicans Hurt By Swine Flu Prejudice

GlobalPost | Posted 06.05.2009 | World


MEXICO CITY -- China holds 70 healthy Mexicans in forced isolation. Paris airport baggage handlers refuse to touch suitcases from Mexican planes. Mexi...

Something Bigger Than Phil: An Agnostic Looks Up During the Swine Flu Outbreak

Elissa Altman | Posted 05.30.2009 | Living


Elissa Altman

A few weeks ago, my partner and I were watching The Ten Commandments, as we always do during the Passover holiday. It's a fabulous bit of spectacle, i...

Swine Flu Masks Take Over Mexico -- But Effectiveness Questioned

AP | PAUL HAVEN | Posted 05.30.2009 | World


MEXICO CITY — The cloth patches in green, blue and white are everywhere, clamped tight over the mouth and nose of teachers, toddlers, policemen ...

Swine Flu: Mexico City Losing $57M A Day

AP | Posted 05.29.2009 | World


MEXICO CITY — A leading business group estimates that canceled events and closure of movie theaters, night clubs, museums and other establishmen...

The World In Photos: April 28, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 05.29.2009 | World


Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

Mexico Combats Swine Flu With Forced Quarantines

Christian Science Monitor | Sara Miller Llana | Posted 05.28.2009 | World


Streets in Mexico City that are normally choked with traffic were free-flowing over the weekend. Bars and churches were shut, and parks were empty. Th...

WHO Chief: Swine Flu Has "Pandemic Potential"

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.26.2009 | World


MEXICO CITY — Mexico's president assumed new powers Saturday to isolate people infected with a deadly swine flu strain as authorities struggled ...

Mexico City Flu Epidemic Shuts Down Schools

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.25.2009 | World


MEXICO CITY — Mexico City closed schools across the metropolis of 20 million Friday after at least 16 people died and more than 900 others fall ...