Ann Deslandes

About the author

Ann Louise Deslandes is an independent journalist and consultant based in Chiapas, Mexico. She writes The Troubled Region, a monthly newsletter of foreign correspondence.

Contact

Latest Posts

Cuba has often refused to accept deportations from the US. Where does that leave Cuban deportees under Trump?

Lázaro Díaz García, Seul Delgado (another Cuban national deported to Mexico), Ricardo Scull Delgado, Ernesto Pérez Chapman stand in front of a house in Palenque, Mexico

A 22-year-old’s death has highlighted the tensions between police and student teachers with a tradition of protest.

Students march with their hands raised in a fist through the streets of Mexico.

As mass shootings continue in the US, does Mexico’s lawsuit against gun corporations have a chance?

Mexico battles drug violence

The case is building for US companies to move operations they offshored to Asia closer to home.

A bicycle taxi drives customers past Constitution Square, known as Zocalo, in Mexico City, Mexico

Citigroup is selling Citibanamex, whose assets include a vast collection of Mexican masterpieces.

An artwork depicting an army of skeletons by artist Mauricio Hernandez Colmenero

Cultivating genetically modified corn is banned in Mexico, but the country still imports it from the US.

A traditional offering with corn for Day of the Dead in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán

A massive lithium deposit in Mexico’s Sonora state was exempt from AMLO’s drive to nationalise strategic minerals.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Major firms are eager to profit from a legal Mexican cannabis market, but will they be able to navigate the risks?

Mexico's proposal to legalise cannabis - shown growing here at a Cannativa AC research lab in Mexico City - has hit a snag in the country's senate, where a revised version of the bill is under consideration [File: Maurio Palos/Bloomberg]

The Mexican government took the unprecedented step of filing a lawsuit against US-based gun manufacturers this month.

Mexico is seeking to hold US gun manufacturers and distributors accountable for high levels of gun violence in the country, where legal firearm ownership is restricted [File: Mario Rivera Alvarado/AP Photo]

Mexicans head to the polls Sunday in a referendum on whether former presidents should be prosecuted for corruption.

In Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, a woman pushes a stroller past a sign showing images of several Mexican former presidents and calling for citizens to participate in a referendum on whether ex-presidents should be tried for their alleged crimes during their time in office [File: Fernando Llano/AP Photo]

Advertisement