Broken mirrors can be associated with bad luck, but for the ancient Maya, a cracked mirror was often desirable.
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Mexico is seeing a spate of public lynchings that show no sign of abating.
The raid almost certainly broke international law, but Ecuador’s president is hoping his strongman tactics will resonate with the electorate.
The bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus and storming of Mexico’s embassy in Quito breaks with accepted diplomatic norms − and could spell trouble.
When rightwing politicians talk of bringing back greatness, they are doing it for a reason.
The eclipse will allow scientists to get rare measurements of the Sun’s atmosphere.
A second Donald Trump presidency would not necessarily implement a foreign policy any more destructive than what is normal for the United States.
Canada and Mexico have replaced China as the US’s largest trading partners, due to friend-shoring policies.
Mexican groups are the most common, but immigrants from Turkey, Bolivia and many more countries have formed their own.
Thousands of fans packed out stadiums for the 1971 women’s World Cup, but it has been virtually erased from history.
Agricultural sustainability is as much about power and sovereignty as it is about soil, water and crops.
Mexico claims that US firearm manufacturers are fueling illegal cross-border gun trafficking and violent crime abroad.
Fossils suggest that as many as three abelisaurid species coexisted in Morocco around 66 million years ago.
Conversion was often a violent affair, but that doesn’t mean it was 100% successful. Colonial Latin America was home to many different spiritual traditions from Indigenous, African and Asian cultures.
Widespread violence tied to Ecuadorian drug gangs has left the country looking at a draconian response.
Accounts of Asian American history often stop at the US border, but Asians were living in Latin America for centuries before the Declaration of Independence.
Much like the history of the US, Joel Roberts Poinsett, after whom the poinsettia is named, had a complicated and troubling history.
The famous apparition of the Virgin Mary has come to symbolize Mexico, but other groups – particularly migrants and Latinos north of the border – also feel a special connection to Guadalupe.
Women represent half of Mexico’s Congress and hold key positions in politics and the judiciary. But the country is still dogged by high rates of femicide.
The best science is not always the best engineering when it comes to building codes. It’s also a problem across the US, as an engineer who works on disaster resilience explains.
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