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Jan-Albert Hootsen is America’s Mexico City correspondent.
Demonstrators in Managua, Nicaragua, stand behind a barricade during clashes with police May 30. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters) 
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
Nicaragua’s political crisis is in its second month, and President Daniel Ortega’s soft authoritarianism has turned into violent repression.
Mexican presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement is seen during a campaign rally in Guadalupe, Mexico, May 6. (CNS photo/Daniel Becerril, Reuters) 
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
At least 102 candidates and political workers have been murdered since September.
The Mexican Flag flies on the Zocalo near the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
As consequential as the next Mexican election may be, the Catholic Church in Mexico has largely remained on the sidelines so far.
Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador (image from campaign website)
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
Opponents say that leftist firebrand Andrés Manuel López Obrador is Putin’s favored candidate; he is brushing off the accusations of Russian interference in Mexico.
Escaping paramilitaries, Tzotzil Mayans in Chiapas have been scattered in small camps in the area surrounding the town of Chalchihuitán. Photo by Jan-Albert Hootsen.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
Approximately 5,000 indigenous Tzotzil Mayans have been scattered in small refugee camps in the area surrounding the town of Chalchihuitán, in Mexico’s southernmost state of Chiapas. They say they were chased out of their homes by unknown gunmen after the escalation of an old land dispute.
Mexican soldiers patrol the city of Ciudad Juárez during a visit by then-President Felipe Calderon on Aug. 9, 2011. (iStock/vichinterlang)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
A new law will formalize the military's role in fighting organized crime, but many would prefer strengthening Mexico’s poorly trained and underpaid police forces.
The destroyed dome of Our Lady of Angels Church is seen Sept. 24. following the Sept. 19 earthquake in Mexico City. (CNS photo/Carlos Jasso, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
Two months after a pair of major earthquakes, parishioners in Mexican towns fear the loss not only of church buildings, but also priceless works of art.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
Next year’s Mexican election will host a broader and more diverse group of presidential hopefuls than ever before.
A Salvadoran father carries his son while running in Huehuetoca, Mexico, in June 2015 as they try to board a train heading to the U.S-Mexico border. (CNS photo/Edgard Garrido, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
Poverty and criminal violence are pushing hundreds of thousands of people northward while escalated deportations are tearing families apart in the United States.
The Jojutla Municipal Palace, in Morelos State, was heavily damaged by last week’s earthquake in Mexico. (AP Photo/Carlos Rodriguez)
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
The government response in Mexico City has been swift, but surrounding towns devastated by last week's earthquake are frustrated by the slow arrival of aid.