UNITED STATES - If you’re a U.S. citizen who has already registered or will be registered to vote before your home state’s deadline and you haven’t received a ballot in the mail, it’s time to consider filling out a Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB) to ensure your vote is counted on November 4.

A man in police custody has confessed to murdering a young U.S. activist living in Oaxaca City.

As the United States presidential elections creep inexorably nearer, Lakeside expats of all political persuasions are preparing for debate frenzy.

During an official visit to Mexico this week, Prince Felipe of Austurias and his wife, Leticia, made a point of stopping in Morelia with President Felipe Calderon in a show of “solidarity with Mexico” after the Independence Day attack that killed eight people.

According to political pundits with an eye to the upcoming presidential elections in the United States, the six million absentee voters living abroad could strongly influence the outcome of the tight election.