VERACRUZ, Mexico (CN) — Stretching for 30 miles, the Gulf of Mexico’s Veracruz reef system abounds with marine life. A Mexican national park since 1992 and a UNESCO reserve since 2006, the system of ...

The Port of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico, where the U.N. program was supposed to be rolled out this month, is considered a key place to step up screening.

Seven officers and 172 cadets who were aboard the Cuauhtemoc training vessel arrived early Monday at the port of Veracruz, where Mexico’s naval school is located.

For centuries, the port of Veracruz and its neighbouring city of Xalapa were the gateways to New Spain. Viceroys and serfs, china and silver, all moved through this once mighty port on the Gulf of ...