After fourteen years as governor of Texas, Rick Perry wants to follow in George W. Bush’s footsteps toward the White house.  This ambition is the most important factor Mexicans should remember when trying to interpret the words and actions of the Texan leader. 

In a wide-ranging interview with journalist Jacobo Zabludovsky, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto reacted to Texas Governor Rick Perry’s decision to deploy Texas National Guard troops along the Texas-Mexico border. 

This year marks sixteen years since Antonio Guerrero was arrested, accused of espionage in the United States for Cuba, and sentenced to 22 years in prison. 

President Obama believes that “Hispanics represent a thriving part of our diverse nation.” 

Shocked and still getting used to a new country, Pablo, a 17-year-old who declined to give his last name, related how during his journey through Mexico he was extorted by immigration agents in that country, and continued to suffer once he reached the U.S. 

Military forces in some Latin American countries have changed paradigm, leaving much of their repressive practices behind and assimilating respect for human rights, said  the director of an NGO in charge of following up on several military bodies of the region. 

The Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE) confirmed that a medical device manufacturer, Theragenics Corporation, has leased a manufacturing facility that will launch operations later this year in the province of Alajuela. 

A new study has found that Puerto Rico has undergone such a dramatic population shift that there are now over a million more Puerto Ricans on the US mainland than on the US island territory. 

The 100th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal, hailed at the time as one of the world’s great wonders, has inspired a celebration in central Florida to showcase the experience of the U.S. canal workers behind the engineering feat. 

During the World Cup in Brazil U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visited President Dilma Rousseff.  This was an important step towards the resumption of bilateral relations, seriously shaken last year by American espionage against Brazilian companies, citizens, and even President Rousseff herself.