For the past 10 months, the people of the Mexican state of Oaxaca have been waging a campaign to remove their governor, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, who was narrowly elected in 2004 amid allegations of fraud. A ...

OAXACA, Mexico — Teachers in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca voted Thursday to end a five-month-old strike, allowing 1.3 million children to return to classes and potentially taking the sting out ...

A virtual state of siege prevails in Oaxaca City where thousands of military police have occupied the central square and surrounding streets, clearing barricades and detaining dozens of opposition ...

OAXACA, Mexico -- Protesters have taken over the center of folkloric Oaxaca, making tourists show identification at makeshift checkpoints, smashing the windows of quaint hotels and spray-painting ...

Another difficult night in Oaxaca; around 2 a.m. church bells rang furiously, the emergency sound, dogs ran up and down our street barking madly, and rockets exploded. I got out of bed and turned on ...

Oaxaca International Airport is small, but it’s rapidly expanding its flight schedule as the city becomes a more ...

OAXACA, Mexico — Protesters calling for the resignation of the Oaxaca state governor briefly raided a radio station in the capital city on Wednesday to transmit a message rallying followers to a ...

After the riots that rocked Oaxaca over the weekend, justice for slain Indymedia journalist Brad Will may be the last thing on Mexican authorities’ minds. The crisis peaked Saturday when federal ...

OAXACA, Mexico — The carpet weavers, woodcarvers and craftspeople who have made Oaxaca famous with tourists worldwide said Wednesday that they fear for their livelihoods after several foreign ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Oom pah pah. Oom pah pah. We can hear the sounds of a band approaching as we check into the courtyard of our small hotel, which was created from an old ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico escaped major destruction from a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that jolted southern and central parts of the country, authorities said Saturday, though 13 people were killed in ...

Rolando Cruz and his wife wanted to give the people of Bridgeport a little taste of Oaxaca, Mexico, while giving them the option to get pizza at the same time. This clash of cultures became a reality ...