In 60 Seconds: Mexico celebrates El Grito
- 9 years ago
President Nicolas Maduro extended border controls to 10 more municipalities at the frontier with Colombia. Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos lauded efforts by Venezuela at the border that have paved the way for a meeting between them. Mexico celebrated the 205th anniversary of the beginning of its independence movement from Spain. In Guatemala, the runoff presidential election scheduled for october 25th has finally been defined. The son of mexican migrant farmworkers, Juan Felipe Herrera, has become the first latino ever to be appointed U.S. poet laureate.