- Nick Miroff
- Staff Writer
Nick Miroff covers Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean for the Washington Post. He has been a staff writer since 2006, reporting on politics, immigration, crime, and development in northern Virginia for the Post’s Metro desk until 2009. He earned a Master’s degree at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism (2006), and studied Spanish and Latin American Literature at UC Santa Cruz (2000). Miroff grew up in Albany, New York.
Mexico’s leading presidential candidate is handsome, popular and a mystery
A victory by Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico’s presidential election would put the country back in the hands of the party that governed for 71 years.
49 torsos found along Mexican highway
Mexico’s hyper-violent mafias have been seemingly engaged in a gruesome game of one-upmanship in recent weeks.
In Mexico, the booming auto industry fuels growth of the middle class
A job at Nissan’s plant in Mexico is akin to working in the U.S. for Ford in the 1950s. Except for the pay.
Mexico’s new middle class is taking over
The swelling ranks of the middle class in Mexico are crowding new Wal-Marts, driving Nissan sedans and maxing out their credit cards.
- Mexicans want security, but candidates to succeed Calderon vague on drug war policy
- Armored SUV could not protect U.S. agents in Mexico
- New bridge in Mexico loaded with big dreams
- Security contractors see opportunities, and limits, in Mexico
- Mexico’s 2012 vote is vulnerable to narco threat
- San Pedro Sula, Honduras is the world’s most violent place
- New fencing doesn’t stop illegal crossings
- For Central America's pura vida state, a drug war test
