Eclipse total de Sol visto desde Laguna de Mayran en Coahuila.

Latin-Americanists: come be my deputy Crisis Group! Looking for someone mid-career, with ample experience in editing, deep knowledge of the region, fully bilingual Spanish/English, and hopefully a pleasure to work with. Must be based in the region. Full post below ⬇️

Mexico elects: Tracking the 2024 presidential debates

Claudia Sheinbaum, Xóchitl Gálvez, and Jorge Álvarez Máynez sparred for the first time on April 7.

AS/COA Online covers this and upcoming debates.

🇲🇽Read the latest by Carin Zissis:

as-coa.org/articles/mexic…

🇲🇽 Hard to imagine that presidential debate changing many voters' minds.

The portion of 🇲🇽 debate on how to tackle violence against women involved questionable stats, superficial proposals, and—like other themes in this debate—got too little time for substantive proposals.

Meanwhile, over 10 women are murdered per day in MX. infobae.com/mexico/2024/03…

State reactions to the Ecuadorean raid against the Mexican Embassy in Quito 🧵

Hilo de reacciones al operativo ecuatoriano contra la embajada mexicana en Quito 🧵

“‘They have access to every part of the palace, so they walk in on meetings, interviews and wander onto camera,’ said Jesús Arias, the palace veterinarian, as a handful of feline friends brush against his ankles.”

⚡️ÚLTIMA HORA

Estados Unidos condena “cualquier violación” a la Convención de Viena sobre relaciones diplomáticas.

Depto de Estado dice en comunicado que México y Ecuador son sus “socios cruciales” y los llama a resolver diferencias de acuerdo con las normas internacionales.

More reporters than protesters.

Scene outside the 🇪🇨Ecuadorian Embassy in Mexico City vs the Noboa Govt & 'US imperialism'

This after last night's raid by Ecuadorian police forces on the 🇲🇽Mexican Embassy in Quito.

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Security reinforced at Ecuador’s embassy in Mexico City in light of anticipated protests against 🇪🇨’s raid on MX embassy in Quito.

🇧🇷 President Lula expresses solidarity with 🇲🇽 President AMLO following Ecuador’s raid of Mexico’s embassy in Quito.

Mexico to initiate legal action against Ecuador at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) after its embassy in Quito was forcibly entered by police.

⚡️BREAKING—

•Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) rejects Ecuador’s armed incursion into the Mexican Embassy in Quito & says it’s a violation of the 1961 & 1963 Vienna Conventions

•Almagro also calls for a meeting of the Permanent Council of the OAS

“Areas that need to be recharging the water table are smothered in cement and concrete.” latimes.com/world-nation/s…

José Zamora, a journalist imprisoned in Guatemala, should be released 'tomorrow,' says the country's new president, Bernardo Arévalo. He tells Ed O'Keefe the charges from the previous administration are 'not serious' and that Zamora was held in conditions 'tantamount to torture.'

The uproar in #Mazatlan illustrates the complicated history b/w the US & Sinaloa.

From an 1887 New York Times article:

'We find nothing here as we expected, and if you know of any one intending to come here tell them to drown themselves in Portland Harbor in preference.'

With 8 candidates, it’s unclear who Panama’s next president will be. But from a drought-affected Canal to a major mining dispute, there are plenty of economic issues to face. Great chat between ⁦Felipe Chapman⁩ & Americas Society/Council of the Americas’s Randy Melzi for #LatAmFocus : as-coa.org/articles/latam…

The Mexican peso continues its unstoppable march and reaches 16.58 per dollar, strongest level since late 2015

That holiday in Tulum will get even more expensive..