Past Articles by Carrie Kahn
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As Stigma Eases, Single Motherhood In Mexico Is On The Rise Single moms have faced a tough time in Mexico for generations. But as in the U.S., the number of households headed by a woman has been rising, and now accounts for a quarter of all families in Mexico. |
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As Stigma Eases, Single Motherhood In Mexico Is On The Rise Single moms have faced a tough time in Mexico for generations. But as in the U.S., the number of households headed by a woman has been rising, and now accounts for a quarter of all families in Mexico. |
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Former Guatemalan Dictator Found Guilty Of Genocide The genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt ended Friday with a conviction. A panel of judges found him guilty after a six-week proceeding. Rios Montt, however, denies responsibility for massacres and other crimes committed against Mayans during his 1982-1983 rule. |
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Former Guatemalan Dictator Found Guilty Of Genocide The genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt ended Friday with a conviction. A panel of judges found him guilty after a six-week proceeding. Rios Montt, however, denies responsibility for massacres and other crimes committed against Mayans during his 1982-1983 rule. |
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Violence, Hardship Fuels Central American Immigration To U.S. While Mexican immigration to the U.S. has slowed in recent years, the number of Central Americans heading north has been on the rise. Last year, the number of illegal border-crossers caught from countries other than Mexico hit nearly 100,000 — more than double the year before. |
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Violence, Hardship Fuels Central American Immigration To U.S. While Mexican immigration to the U.S. has slowed in recent years, the number of Central Americans heading north has been on the rise. Last year, the number of illegal border-crossers caught from countries other than Mexico hit nearly 100,000 — more than double the year before. |
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On Mexico Trip, Obama Maintains Economic Focus President Obama is in Costa Rica to discuss regional cooperation and security with regional leaders. This follows talks he had in Mexico with President Enrique Pena Nieto. During his two-day visit, Obama tried to steer the focus away from contentious issues like immigration and drug violence. |
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Obama Encourages U.S., Mexico To Focus On Economic Relations President Barack Obama is in Mexico for talks with President Enrique Pena Nieto and a speech to young people. His trip aims to highlight the strong ties between the neighbors as well as the need for continuing cooperation on security and immigration matters. |
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Obama Encourages U.S., Mexico To Focus On Economic Relations President Barack Obama is in Mexico for talks with President Enrique Pena Nieto and a speech to young people. His trip aims to highlight the strong ties between the neighbors as well as the need for continuing cooperation on security and immigration matters. |
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Ahead Of Obama Trip, Mexico Alters Cooperation Agreements President Obama heads to Mexico Thursday for a three day trip south of the border that includes a stop in Costa Rica. The president says he plans to focus on trade and economic opportunities between the U.S. and Mexico during his visit. But the timing of the trip comes just as Mexico is altering cooperation agreements between the two countries in the fight against drug trafficking. |
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Ahead Of Obama Trip, Mexico Alters Cooperation Agreements President Obama heads to Mexico Thursday for a three day trip south of the border that includes a stop in Costa Rica. The president says he plans to focus on trade and economic opportunities between the U.S. and Mexico during his visit. But the timing of the trip comes just as Mexico is altering cooperation agreements between the two countries in the fight against drug trafficking. |
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Riches To Rags: A Comedy About Income Inequality Hits Home In Mexico We Are the Nobles has grossed more than $110 million and has been seen by more than two million Mexicans, threatening to overtake Mexico's previous No. 1 film. |
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Riches To Rags: A Comedy About Income Inequality Hits Home In Mexico We Are the Nobles has grossed more than $110 million and has been seen by more than two million Mexicans, threatening to overtake Mexico's previous No. 1 film. |
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Demand Is High For Mexico's Magnificent Mangoes Mexico says it is now the world's largest exporter of fresh mangoes. India still holds the No. 1 position in overall mango production. One out of every 20 mangoes consumed in the world now comes from Mexico. |
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Demand Is High For Mexico's Magnificent Mangoes Mexico says it is now the world's largest exporter of fresh mangoes. India still holds the No. 1 position in overall mango production. One out of every 20 mangoes consumed in the world now comes from Mexico. |
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Guatemala's First Female Attorney General Takes On Country's Biggest Criminals The first female Attorney General of Guatemala is taking on some of the country's most powerful kingpins, past dictators and local crime bosses. She's lowered the Central American nation's high crime rate and brought justice for victims of the 36 year old civil war. |
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U.S. Men's Soccer Team Ties With Mexico Brad Guzan swatted away shot after shot and the U.S. team hung on for a 0-0 draw with Mexico Tuesday night. The U.S. earned only its second point in a World Cup qualifier at Azteca Stadium. |
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Sellout Crowd To Watch U.S., Mexico Play Soccer The U.S. and Mexico have a long rivalry on the soccer field. They take the field again Tuesday in a game that holds political, cultural and competitive importance. It's a World Cup qualifier. |
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Dramatic Testimony Marks Start Of Guatemalan Genocide Trial The genocide trial of former U.S.-backed Guatemalan General Ephraim Rios Montt began Tuesday. The charges stem from the bloody civil war which lasted for more than three decades. More than 200,000 people died or went missing. |
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Three Decades On, Ex-Guatemalan Leader Faces Genocide Charges Former military ruler Efrain Rios Montt, now 86, presided over one of the bloodiest periods in Guatemala's 36-year civil war. During his rule, thousands of Guatemala's Indians were killed. |
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Three Decades On, Ex-Guatemalan Leader Faces Genocide Charges Former military ruler Efrain Rios Montt, now 86, presided over one of the bloodiest periods in Guatemala's 36-year civil war. During his rule, thousands of Guatemala's Indians were killed. |
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Venezuelan Oil Subsidies Still Buoy Neighbors, For Now Late President Hugo Chavez helped out ideological peers in Latin America, as well as key U.S. allies in the Caribbean. But with Venezuela's own financial challenges and an upcoming presidential election, many of those countries are worried their vital oil lifeline is about to be shut off. |
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Venezuelan Oil Subsidies Still Buoy Neighbors, For Now Late President Hugo Chavez helped out ideological peers in Latin America, as well as key U.S. allies in the Caribbean. But with Venezuela's own financial challenges and an upcoming presidential election, many of those countries are worried their vital oil lifeline is about to be shut off. |
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The Pope Emeritus' New Shoes And The Mexican Man Who Makes Them Along with giving up the chair of St. Peter, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI gave up his stylish red shoes. Now, he's wearing shoes made by a man in Leon, Mexico. |
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The Pope Emeritus' New Shoes And The Mexican Man Who Makes Them Along with giving up the chair of St. Peter, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI gave up his stylish red shoes. Now, he's wearing shoes made by a man in Leon, Mexico. |
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The Pope Emeritus' New Shoes And The Mexican Man Who Makes Them Along with giving up the chair of St. Peter, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI gave up his stylish red shoes. Now, he's wearing shoes made by a man in Leon, Mexico. |
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The Pope Emeritus' New Shoes And The Mexican Man Who Makes Them Along with giving up the chair of St. Peter, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI gave up his stylish red shoes. Now, he's wearing shoes made by a man in Leon, Mexico. |
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Head Of Mexico's Teachers Union Behind Bars The powerful head of Mexico's teacher's union is in jail charged with embezzling about $160 million in union funds. Prosecutors claim some of the money went to plastic surgery, real estate in the U.S. and other luxury expenses. |
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Mexico's 'Crisis Of Disappearance': Families Seek Answers More than 60,000 people have died in Mexico's war on drugs over the past six years. But that statistic tells only part of the story. Human-rights groups say thousands more, as many as 25,000 people, have vanished — many at the hands of Mexico's security forces. |
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Mexico's 'Crisis Of Disappearance': Families Seek Answers More than 60,000 people have died in Mexico's war on drugs over the past six years. But that statistic tells only part of the story. Human-rights groups say thousands more, as many as 25,000 people, have vanished — many at the hands of Mexico's security forces. |
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Mexico Tries To Rein In Billionaire Carlos Slim Regulators in Mexico are struggling to rein in what they say are grave and repeat monopolistic practices by the richest man in the world. Carlos Slim Helu, the owner of Mexico's telephone company, just received another multimillion-dollar fine from the country's fledgling anti-corruption regulatory agency. Slim has successfully appealed or fought previous fines. But lawmakers say they are determined to make him play fairly and by the rules. |
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The Mexico-Canada Guest-Worker Program: A Model For The U.S.? Mexico has sent guest workers to Canada for nearly four decades, filling agriculture jobs that Canadians don't want, with Mexicans who do. Some say the U.S. should consider this model as it looks at overhauling the immigration system. |
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The Mexico-Canada Guest-Worker Program: A Model For The U.S.? Mexico has sent guest workers to Canada for nearly four decades, filling agriculture jobs that Canadians don't want, with Mexicans who do. Some say the U.S. should consider this model as it looks at overhauling the immigration system. |
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'Sick And Tired,' Residents In Southern Mexico Defend Themselves They are fighting back against drug traffickers and gangs who have terrorized the residents of Guerrero state. Armed with shotguns and rusted machetes, the self-defense brigades have set up roadblocks and arrested suspects — all without help from the authorities. |
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'Sick And Tired,' Residents In Southern Mexico Defend Themselves They are fighting back against drug traffickers and gangs who have terrorized the residents of Guerrero state. Armed with shotguns and rusted machetes, the self-defense brigades have set up roadblocks and arrested suspects — all without help from the authorities. |
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Mexico Wants U.S. To See Its Prosperity Not Violence As President Obama prepares to start another term next week, Morning Edition has asked NPR's international correspondents to gauge worldwide expectations for the president's next four years. We begin in Mexico, where Mexicans hope to change the conversation between the two countries from drugs and violence to economics and prosperity. |
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Buyback Program Gets Some Guns Off Mexican Streets In Mexico City, the government is offering cash, new bikes and computers for guns. The mayor says the buyback program is taking dangerous weapons out of commission. But mayors of some cities overrun by drug traffickers say law-abiding citizens need guns for protection. |
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Buyback Program Gets Some Guns Off Mexican Streets In Mexico City, the government is offering cash, new bikes and computers for guns. The mayor says the buyback program is taking dangerous weapons out of commission. But mayors of some cities overrun by drug traffickers say law-abiding citizens need guns for protection. |
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Mexico's President Alters Tactics Against Drug Crimes Mexico's new attorney general says there are now 60 to 80 drug cartels operating in the country, a sharp rise from the 10 that existed when outgoing President Calderon took office in 2006. President Enrique Pena Nieto says he wants to go after crime associated with drug trafficking instead of taking down crime bosses. |
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Maya Struggle With Poverty, Honoring Their Roots The Maya people in Latin America received a lot of attention when word spread their ancient calendar had predicted the world would end on Dec. 21. The tourists that came to visit Maya sites have gone home, and the modern day Maya go on with their lives marked by high rates of poverty and a dependence on migration. |
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Mayas Struggle With Poverty, Honoring Their Roots The Mayan people in Latin America received a lot of attention when word spread their ancient calendar had predicted the world would end on Dec. 21. The tourists that came to visit Mayan sites have gone home, and the modern-day Maya go on with their lives marked by high rates of poverty and a dependence on migration. |
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Maya Enjoy Tourism Boost From 'End Of The World' Travelers Many say Dec. 21, 2012, is the day ancient Mayans prophesized the world would end, but scholars say that is not what the calendar said. The day is the end of a cycle in Mayan life, but not the end of the world. |
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Software Pioneer John McAfee Arrested In Guatemala John McAfee was arrested on Wednesday in Guatemala for entering the country illegally. He had fled Belize, where's he's a person of interest in the murder of his neighbor Gregory Faull. |
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Software Pioneer John McAfee Arrested In Guatemala John McAfee was arrested on Wednesday in Guatemala for entering the country illegally. He had fled Belize, where's he's a person of interest in the murder of his neighbor Gregory Faull. |
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A Scrappy Soccer Champion Brings Joy To A Weary Mexican City The Xolos, named after a tiny, hairless dog, became the unlikely Mexican League champions and with it sent a city at the center of the drug war, into tizzy of celebration. |
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High Expectations Welcome Mexico's New President It's Inauguration Day in Mexico. New President Enrique Pena Nieto inherits a country with a mixed record. Most of Mexico is embroiled in a deadly drug war, but also boasts an economy that is doing surprisingly well — thanks to the outgoing head of state, many say. |
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High Expectations Welcome Mexico's New President It's Inauguration Day in Mexico. New President Enrique Pena Nieto inherits a country with a mixed record. Most of Mexico is embroiled in a deadly drug war, but also boasts an economy that is doing surprisingly well — thanks to the outgoing head of state, many say. |
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Azerbaijan Leader's Statue In Mexico Draws Protests In Mexico City's most prominent tree-lined park, you can find statues to such international heroes as Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King and now Heydar Aliyev. He's the Soviet-era autocrat of Azerbaijan. Its government paid for the park's latest statue and restoration of a nearby plaza. The gilded gift has upset many in the capital and is causing headaches for Mexico City's outgoing mayor. |
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Rolls To Its Resting Place NASA's space shuttle Endeavour is on its last journey. It's being towed through the streets of Los Angeles on its way to a science museum. Endeavour is expected to take two days to make the trip, providing gawkers with plenty of chances to get a glimpse. |
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L.A. County Sheriff Slammed In Report Alleging Abuse County Sheriff Lee Baca faces what may be the toughest fight of his 14-year political career. A scathing report issued Friday includes accusations of misconduct in his jails, such as deputies beating inmates, cover-ups and a persistent culture of violence. |
