Carrie Kahn

Central American migrants are thankful for the Biden administration's plans to go back to admitting them to the U.S. as their asylum claims are processed. But many still worry about future obstacles.

The Biden administration will start processing some claims from asylum-seekers stranded in Mexico. But many are still worried about their fates.

Mexico set out to sign contracts with nearly every vaccine manufacturer in hopes of vaccinating most people by summer. But that plan's run into roadblocks, as the country deals with its worst spike.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he has tested positive for the coronavirus. He has long downplayed the virus, and his diagnosis comes amid record-high cases and deaths in Mexico.

Mexican health professionals complain the government moved too slowly to shut down business and stop the spread of the coronavirus. Doctors say hospitals around Mexico City are now at capacity.

U.S. tourists aren't welcome in most countries because of the surging coronavirus. But Mexico lets them in, with no quarantine or test requirements.

Barred from traveling to many countries, Americans are flocking to Mexico despite the risk of the coronavirus and CDC warnings not to visit the country.

Hundreds of artists in Cuba were able to do something unprecedented, visibly protest against the communist regime. Their peaceful demonstration called for greater freedom of expression.

Mexico's former defense minister is back home after the U.S. dropped drug trafficking charges against him. The move raises questions about whether he'll face justice.

Salvador Cienfuego Zepeda was arrested last month at Los Angeles International Airport. He is now free to return home to Mexico though his prosecution there is far from certain.

Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda was accused of working on behalf of one of Mexico's deadliest cartels. On Tuesday, Attorney General Barr said the former general will be investigated by Mexican authorities.

Mexico's government is moving swiftly to secure coronavirus vaccines after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador failed to enforce lockdowns and cushion the economic effects of the pandemic.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he won't congratulate the president-elect until the U.S. formally certifies the winner.

Candidate Biden heartened asylum-seekers stranded at the border with calls for a more humane policy. But a President Biden will be tested by the continued arrival of migrants from Central America.

The center of the Category 4 storm, packing winds of 145 mph, is moving toward the coast Tuesday morning. It's expected to dump torrential rains in the country's poorest region.

Democratic lawmakers are demanding more information from the Trump administration about U.S. agents working in Guatemala to round up Honduran migrants and send them to the Guatemala-Honduras border.

Despite President Trump's anti-Mexico rhetoric, Mexico's president has developed a relationship with him. NPR discusses how this relationship could change if Joe Biden wins the election.

U.S. authorities have arrested Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, a former Mexican defense secretary, on charges of international drug trafficking and money laundering.

Retired Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos was allegedly known as "El Padrino" and worked on behalf of a deadly criminal organization while he was defense chief from 2012 to 2018, according to a court filing.

President Trump is not the only world leader to contract the coronavirus. The examples of the U.K.'s Boris Johnson and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro may have lessons for the U.S. at this moment.