With over 250 miles of crystal waters and shimmering shores, Puerto Vallarta & Riviera Nayarit offer no shortage of breathtaking beaches, no matter the time of year. Add in average temperatures of 23°C in December, and you have all the right ingredients for a bright season full of winter sun and Christmas cheer. In southeast...Read More

The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday appointed its first independent investigator to help protect homosexual and transgender people worldwide from violence and discrimination. The United Nations expert Vitit Muntarbhorn will have a three-year mandate to investigate abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. Muntarbhorn is an international law professor at the...Read More

The attack took place in the early morning on the edge of the city of Culiacan in northern Sinaloa state, along Mexico’s Pacific coast, the home base of the Sinaloa Cartel, whose former leader Guzman was recaptured in January. The convoy was transporting a detainee, Julio Ortiz, when it was ambushed by armed men hurling...Read More

Eruptions at the Colima volcano in western Mexico continued Saturday, forcing authorities to evacuate hundreds of people from three hamlets on the volcano’s slopes. The civil defense office in Jalisco state said glowing-hot rock continued to flow down the volcano’s southern and southeastern slopes, and vapor and ash emissions continued. The office said 26 people...Read More