Thousands of Central American migrants are trying to cross the U.S. southern border. One scholar followed their paths to find out why they make the dangerous, sometimes deadly, journey.
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Both presidents brought border traffic and trade to a standstill in hopes of changing Mexican policy in the drug war. And both failed to achieve their goals.
Mexican advertising often portrays that to be white is to be rich, while to be dark is to be poor.
The Mohave rattlesnake is famous for its variable venom – but the reasons behind that variation are not as straightforward as we thought.
The U.S-Mexico border runs through Native American territories. A wall would further divide these communities, separating children from schools, farmers from water and families from each other.
As migrant caravans become commonplace, life goes on along the frontera sur where tumultuous Central America and the poorest part of Mexico meet.
Recent pipeline explosions have brought the problem of Mexico’s black market for oil into tragic relief.
While other Latin American countries like Argentina and Brazil led the way on reforming legal protections for domestic workers, Mexico looked the other way.
The Mexican slow-down in life expectancy improvements coincides with an unprecedented rise in violence.
Trump is not the first US president to talk about border security, but he is the only one to make it an “urgent national crisis”. Here is a handy deconstruction of President Trump’s rhetorical strategy.
Mexico’s new president has reduced his own salary and demanded that all federal workers
– including lawmakers and judges – take a massive pay cut, too. That may be illegal.
A human rights researcher documents the stories of Central American migrants leaving behind endemic poverty and high homicide rates. In limbo in Mexico, many use art therapy to express their anxiety.
Mexico’s booming film industry is revisiting its roots in the same desert in which it had its origins way back in 1914.
President López Obrador campaigned on some outside-the-box ideas to ‘pacify’ Mexico after 12 years of extreme violence. But so far his government has emphasized traditional law-and-order policies.
With its tales of bloody violence, corruption, international trade and entrepreneurial innovation, Guzmán’s trial offers a telenovela-style explainer on Mexican cartels and their American clients.
Trump, Schumer and Pelosi have fallen into a classic negotiation trap that often prevents deals from getting made, which has led to the shutdown stalemate.
The migrant caravan was one of the biggest international stories of 2018, a roving human drama that laid bare Central America’s pain for all the world to see.
This help is often given in kind rather than in dollars and cents. Without it, these migrants might have nowhere to go and nothing to eat.
Donald Trump portrays migrants as a foreign problem ‘dumped’ on America’s doorstep. That view ignores the global forces that bind nations together, including trade, climate change and colonization.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador plans to combine army, navy and Federal Police units in a new 150,000 strong national guard.
Principais colaboradores
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Conacyt Research Professor, National Laboratory of Public Policy, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
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Senior Lecturer, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer (Teaching) for Latin America and the Caribbean, Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science, UCL
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Professor, Center for Research on North America, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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Professor of International Politics, Lancaster University
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Lecturer, School of Law, University of Wollongong
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington
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Lecturer in Spanish, Aston University
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Associate Professor Human Rights & Human Diversity, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, and Director, Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law, University of Aberdeen
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Associate Teaching Professor in Culture & Performance, Arizona State University
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Professor of Film and Screen Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Arkansas
