Mexico

Rescue workers search through the rubble for students at Enrique Rebsamen school after an earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico, September 20, 2017. Credit: Reuters

Legendary ‘Mole’ Rescuers Heroes Again on Mexico City Home Turf

Anthony Esposito and Lizbeth Diaz 21/09/2017

The moles, Topos in Spanish, formed as a volunteer...

A rescue worker attempts to secure the perimeter of a building toppled by the Sept. 19, 2017 earthquake, to keep former residents from trying to get inside – something that has happened in many buildings knocked down or badly damaged by the quake in Mexico City. Credit: Emilio Gody/IPS

Earthquake Leaves Mexico’s Disaster Response System Struggling to Keep Up

Emilio Godoy 21/09/2017

Although basic public services have been restored, economic, commercial...

Women hug while standing next to a destroyed house after an earthquake struck the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday, in Union Hidalgo, Mexico September 9, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Jorge Luis Plata

Earthquake in Mexico Leaves Thousands of Homes Wrecked, 90 Dead

Dave Graham 11/09/2017

President Enrique Pena Nieto declared three days of national...

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The World’s Five Deadliest Volcanoes and Why They’re So Dangerous

Matthew Blackett 15/04/2017

Since 1600, 278,880 people have been killed by volcanic...

Mexico’s New Nature Reserves: Real Conservation Effort or Empty Political Gesture?

Adán Echeverría-García 18/12/2016

The government has decided to protect vast new expanses...

Tropical Storm Earl Claims 40 Lives in Eastern Mexico

Reuters 08/08/2016

Images of the damage from Earl showed massive mudslides...