David Agren covers Mexico as a freelance correspondent for Catholic News Service. His reporting also regularly appears in the Guardian, USA Today and the Washington Post. A native of Canada, he has lived in Mexico City for the past 11 years.
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Missionaries of Charity kicked out of Nicaragua
The Missionaries of Charity have been expelled from Nicaragua, the latest in a series of attacks on the Catholic Church and its ministries from the Central American country's increasingly repressive government.
Desperation in Honduras fuels migration northward, US visitors learn
The trip to Honduras showcased some of the factors driving migration in recent years, including violence, poverty and a loss of hope in Honduras because of poor governance and corruption.
Dominican sister shot, injured delivering food in southern Mexico
Dominican Sr. María Isabel Hernández Rea, 52, was struck in the leg Nov. 18 when her humanitarian relief team came under gunfire while attempting to take food to a group of Indigenous Tzotzil people who had been forced to flee a hamlet in the municipality of Aldama due to a land dispute.
Carmelite priest, Mercy sister to be honored for social justice work
Their decades-long ministry has focused on being a witness, living in solidarity with the poor and raising awareness of what they consider the corrosive effects of U.S. policy toward Latin America.