The Tarahumara people from northern Mexico are struggling to survive a chronic food shortage after one of the most severe droughts ever to strike their remote homeland. They are no strangers to famine, but this time the drought has combined with freezing temperatures to force many away from their mountain communities to seek food handouts elsewhere. Their plight has prompted an outpouring of aid across Mexico.
Josefina Vazquez Mota (pictured) will represent Mexico’s ruling PAN party in July's presidential elections, but she faces an uphill battle to become the country’s first female head of state.
Mitt Romney extends his lead in the Republican primary race with a convincing win in Florida. We visit this state where the over-60s have a powerful voice in politics. Next, it’s a battle to survive in rural Mexico, where the worst drought in decades has hit indigenous people hard. Finally, we take a look at a new law that requires porn stars to protect themselves on set.
We catch up with the Republican presidential campaign, as the remaining candidates head to Florida where the attacks are getting increasingly personal. Plus, oil around the Falklands reignites an unresolved dispute between the UK and Argentina. Finally, Mexico City is losing its battle with garbage. We hold our noses and bring you a special report from one of the most crowded places on earth.
Discover the distant shores of Haiti, Mexico and Vanuatu via the Louvre's new exhibition. French Nobel Literature Prize winner Le Clézio has selected pieces to take us on a visual journey across the seas. From Haitian scenes of revolution and re-interpretations of voodoo to classic Mexican art, it's a rich melting-pot of culture.
Israel "has begun thinking the unthinkable", says The Times. It reports that Israeli officials think they will have to deal with a nuclear-armed Iran this year. That, and Mahmoud Ahmedinejad's tour of Latin American countries, is the focus for this look at the world's papers, Tuesday 10th January 2012.
With just eight votes between them, Mitt Romney pips Rick Santorum to the post as the winner of the US Iowa caucus. Meanwhile, the Democrats focus on getting out the youth vote, as our correspondents in Miami have been finding out. Finally, we look at why tourists have disappeared from Acapulco, one of Mexico's premier resorts.
Five years ago, Mexican President Felipe Caldéron launched a "crusade against the drug cartels" in a bid to reduce the consumption and trafficking of drugs. Despite these efforts there have been new outbreaks of violence in regions previously protected. One example is Acapulco whose crime rate has increased 350% in just one year. Three months ago, the Mexican government multiplied its efforts to protect its inhabitants, particularly in schools. Laurence Cuviller et Matthieu Comin report.
As today's international papers react to the deal to save the eurozone, some say it's unlikely to achieve much, while others fear it could sow the seed for all kinds of political worries around Europe.
With presidential elections less than a year away, Barack Obama hopes to woo America's Latino electorate with his so-called Dream Act. The proposal would enable undocumented college-level graduates to obtain citizenship. California has already taken a step in that direction, with undocumented students there eligible for public grants from next year.
