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October 3, 2014
Middle East and North Africa
Bahrain: Jail for Insulting the Ministry of Interior
A number of states still imprison people for offending the head of state. When Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was president of Egypt, he did it all the time. As I’ve written here before, Ba…
March 20, 2012
Americas
Mexico’s Earthquakes, Past and Present
A 7.4 earthquake hit central and south Mexico today around noon, with its epicenter near Ometepec, Guerrero, but felt strongly in the capital and as far away as Guatemala. There are no reported death…
February 19, 2013
Immigration and Migration
Mexico Makes It
Four tons of cocaine confiscated by U.S. authorities off the California coast; 35 bodies dumped by the side of a busy Veracruz highway in broad daylight; an attack by gunmen on a birthday party in Ci…
November 11, 2011
Mexico
Mexico’s Interior Minister Blake Mora Dies in Helicopter Crash
Mexico's Former Interior Minister Blake Mora applauds during a discussion with victims of the violence in Mexico City (Courtesy Reuters). Mexico’s interior minister, Jose Francisco Blake Mora and se…
March 5, 2012
Americas
Vice President Biden Visits Mexico and Central America
On Sunday, Joe Biden began his second trip to Latin America as Vice President. In 2009 he went to Chile and Costa Rica to talk about the global economic crisis; now he is in Mexico and Honduras, foc…
