By Greg Flakus Merida, Mexico 13 March 2007 President Bush is visiting a hacienda (plantation) in the Mexican state of Yucatan with his host, President Felipe Calderon, where the two leaders are discussing immigration, the fight against drug smuggle...
By Paula Wolfson Merida, Mexico 13 March 2007 President Bush is in Mexico for two days of talks intended to help mend frayed U.S. - Mexican ties. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from Merida, that Mr. Bush is pledging action on an issue of prime importanc...
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 04 December 2006 Mexico's new president, Felipe Calderon, began the first full week of his six-year term Monday by signing a decree to reduce his own salary and the salaries of top government officials by 10 percent. The m...
By Greg Flakus Laredo, Texas 09 October 2006 The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Tony Garza, recently stirred controversy by warning Americans about rising crime levels in Mexico, especially in border towns where drug-trafficking gangs have been fighting...
By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 29 September 2006 watch Border Security Tech An immigrant captured after illegally crossing the U.S. border with Mexico It's a new approach to the crackdown. With border security and illegal immigration a major concern i...
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 09 July 2006 Mexican protesters in Zocalo Plaza, July 8, 2008 The man who ran a tight second place in the official count from last Sunday's presidential election in Mexico drew more than 100,000 people to Mexico City's mai...
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 07 July 2006 Felipe Calderon waves to supporters After a detailed and meticulous vote count, Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, known as the IFE, on Thursday released a final report showing ruling party candidate Felipe...
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 06 July 2006 Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, known as the IFE, on Wednesday began its official final vote count in an effort to determine who won Sunday's presidential election. Outside IFE's headquarters in Mexico C...
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 04 July 2006 In Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, candidate of the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution, is charging election officials with manipulation of the vote count in Sunday's presidential election that sh...
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 01 July 2006 In Mexico the noise of the campaigns is now over and voters are preparing to make their final choices for president as well as regional offices on Sunday. Election officials expect to announce preliminary resu...