BP in ‘giant’ new oil strike

The oil major has made a potentially huge oil discovery in its fields in the Gulf of Mexico

Picture of the Day: Mexican peasants wear Obama masks

Peasants belonging to the '400 Pueblos' group wear Barack Obama masks at a protest in Mexico City

Frida Kahlo book features ‘fake’ collection

A book on Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has been denounced by experts for featuring paintings and letters they say are forgeries

Picture of the Day: Mexico drug cartel bust

Mexican police present suspected members of the Michoacan cartel known as 'La Familia' to the press in Mexico City

Pic of the Day: Sharks stuffed with cocaine

Mexico's navy seize more than a tonne of cocaine stuffed inside frozen sharks by drug smugglers

Pic of the Day: Cruise ship docks in Mexico

A flower seller on the dock in Cozumel, Mexico, where a Royal Caribbean cruise ship is moored

Pic of the Day: Collapsed Chinese viaduct

Guards search inmates for weapons after violence erupts over visits

Pic of the Day: Swine flu patient

Lorena Balderas, 21, in hospital in Mexico City where she is under observation with suspected swine flu.

British press suffers from a case of swine fever hysteria

Sensationalised coverage has made the British media a laughing stock