President of Mexico since 2018
Mexico President AMLO Traded Security for Infrastructure During His Term: Lopez Obrador tasked the armed forces with building infrastructure and ensuring public ...
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Mexico’s presidential frontrunner vows to prioritise US trade ties: Claudia Sheinbaum strikes a contrast to mentor López Obrador at bankers’ conference
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Quick Glance: Mexico’s Presidential Front-Runner Emphasizes Priority of US Trade Ties
- Claudia Sheinbaum highlights US trade ties and aims to encourage companies to shift operations to Mexico to reduce ties with China.
- She signals the importance of the US trade relationship and promises consensus-based policies in contrast to her combative mentor López Obrador.
- Enthusiasm for Mexico's economic potential due to proximity to the US is evident, despite facing long-standing economic challenges.
- Sheinbaum runs a disciplined campaign, emphasizing continuity while showing willingness for differences and addressing significant economic challenges ahead.
Understanding the Stakes in Mexico’s Upcoming Election: Will AMLO’s successor continue on his path?
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Mexico Election 2024 Polls: Opposition's Galvez Flat in Polls After Debate: Bloomberg's poll tracker for the Mexico 2024 elections shows that the opposition ...
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A new declaration in Mexico gives 19 cats roaming the presidential palace food and care fur-ever
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Quick Glance: 19 Cats in Mexico's National Palace: Living Fixed Assets
- Nineteen feral cats freely roam Mexico's National Palace, declared 'living fixed assets' by the government for perpetual care.
- Named after artists and in the ancient Aztec language, the cats have become a symbol of the palace, accompanying President López Obrador.
- The cats have been vaccinated, sterilized, and chipped, with palace staff ensuring their feeding and care.
- The government's declaration ensures that the cats are provided for and cared for by the country's Treasury as 'living fixed assets.'
Mexico Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Ecuador After Jorge Glas Arrest: Jorge Glas, a former vice president, had taken refuge at the Mexican Embassy in Ecuador’s ...
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Quick Glance: Mexico Removes Diplomats from Embassy in Ecuador Amid Raid
- Mexico withdrew embassy personnel in Ecuador after security forces stormed the building.
- President Lopez Obrador criticized the arrest of former Vice President Glas and instructed to file a complaint at the International Court of Justice.
- Ecuador accused Mexico of misusing diplomatic immunities and privileges, leading to severed diplomatic ties.
- International condemnation ensued, with various Latin American countries, the US, EU, and the UN condemning the actions taken during the incident.
Mexico election: Masked men stop Claudia Sheinbaum's vehicle as she campaigns: Masked men stopped a vehicle carrying Mexico’s leading presidential candidate ...
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Mexico president says US aviation firm breached Mexicana Airlines contract: SAT Aero Holdings, a U.S. aviation firm hired by Mexico to relaunch state-run airline ...
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Quick Glance: Mexico president accuses US aviation firm
- President Lopez Obrador accuses SAT Aero Holdings, a US aviation firm, of breaching Mexicana contract.
- SAT is seeking $841 million in a lawsuit, alleging Mexicana reneged on obligations.
- Lopez Obrador claims SAT breached the contract by failing to deliver planes on time.
- Mexicana currently operates with three Boeing planes and two Embraer aircraft.
Mexico gives political asylum to former Ecuador VP Glas amid diplomatic spat: Mexico has granted political asylum to former Ecuadorean Vice President Jorge Glas ...
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Candidates spar in Mexico's first presidential debate ahead of June 2 election: In Mexico’s first presidential debate ahead of June 2 elections ...
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Arrest of ex-vice president: what you need to know about the storming of the Mexican embassy
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Mexico Election 2024 Tracker: Sheinbaum Leads Polls by 23 Points Ahead of Debate: Bloomberg's poll tracker for the Mexico 2024 elections shows ruling party ...
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Mexico’s Billionaires Piled Up Riches as AMLO Raged Against Them: Mexico’s billionaires were finally going to get their comeuppance. They were nothing more than ...
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Mexico Election 2024 Tracker: Sheinbaum Holds Lead Before Post-Debate Polls: Bloomberg's poll tracker for the Mexico 2024 elections shows ruling party candidate ...
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What AMLO Could Learn From the 19th Century Mexican Journalist He Idealizes: Mexican President AMLO admires Catarino Garza, a storied journalist and ...
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Barómetro electoral 2024 en México: El barómetro electoral de Bloomberg para las elecciones de México 2024 muestra que la candidata del partido gobernante ...
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Catholic bishops meet with Mexico’s cartel bosses to plead for peace: The Catholic Church once avoided Mexican politics. But bishops are now pressing for a new ...
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Mexican president wanted to lead Latin America, but reality and his own rhetoric got in the way
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Amid diplomatic spat, Mexico grants former Ecuadorian vice president asylum: Row comes after the Mexican president commented on Ecuador’s violence-marred ...
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Claudia Sheinbaum’s Pemex Plan Focuses on Green Energy: Mexico’s leading presidential candidate wants to revitalize the nation’s troubled state oil company with ...
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Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: Claudia Sheinbaum to Assess Mexican Army's Role in Companies
- Mexico's leading presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum plans to evaluate the military's role in the corporations placed under its control by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
- Sheinbaum also discussed the National Guard during a banking convention in Acapulco, suggesting it should be moved under the Defense Ministry. She emphasized that this did not automatically make the Guard a military institution.
- AMLO, known for expanding the military's power and reach, leaving it richer and bigger than ever, may pose challenges for Sheinbaum if she wins the presidency.
- Sheinbaum highlighted that the growth in construction over the past six years was a result of the army and private companies involved in projects like the Maya Train.
Mexico Election: AMLO Downplays Violence After Sheinbaum Highway Holdup: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador downplayed a weekend incident where his ...
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AMLO usa al Ejército en sus megaproyectos, y la inseguridad en México se agudiza: López Obrador encargó a las Fuerzas Armadas la construcción de infraestructura ...
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USD/MXN: Mexico’s AMLO Says Peso Slump ‘Helps’ After Becoming Too Strong: President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the Mexican peso’s recent weakening was a ...
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Latin America: Hotbed of diplomatic strife: The attack on the Mexican Embassy in Ecuador highlights a turbulent panorama in which diplomatic crises and bilateral ...
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Pemex, Mexico City Inspecting Water Contamination, AMLO Says: Mexico’s state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, in conjunction with the government of Mexico City ...
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#VantageOnFirstpost : Ecuador is facing criticism across the globe after its security forces stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest graft-accused former vice ... Show more
Mexico’s once-frugal President AMLO has upped spending, resulting in the biggest budget deficit since the 1980s and potentially leaving his successor in a ... Show more www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-04/mexico-election-2024-amlo-boosts-welfare-takes-on-high-interest-debt
Mexico's Budget Balloons as AMLO Prepares for Election - The Rio Times: Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), known for his initial ...
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Mexico's president says he won't fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a 'Mexico First' policy
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Mexico’s president says Trump won’t build border wall: ‘It doesn’t work’: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he doesn’t believe former President ...
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Mexico won't accept deportations from Texas, calls law 'dehumanizing': Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sharply criticized a Texas law that would ...
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Forest fires spread in Mexico, at least four dead: A wave of wildfires in Mexico has claimed at least four lives, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told ...
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Mexican President Lopez Obrador responds to mayoral candidate’s slaying: The death of Bertha Gisela Gaytán has renewed concern over violence in the lead-up to ...
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Critics have called the President of Mexico’s requests for the U.S. to pay $20 billion a year to secure the border “diplomatic blackmail.” But Pres ... Show more www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-president-amlo-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-talks-border-corruption-elections-60-minutes/
The head of the DEA says Mexican cartels are mass producing fentanyl that’s entering the U.S., but the president of Mexico lays part of the blame on the U.S ... Show more www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-president-amlo-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-talks-border-corruption-elections-60-minutes/
¿Quién podría influir en el resultado de las elecciones de EE. UU.? El presidente de México
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López Obrador’s double game: Improving conditions for migrants in the US while winning over voters
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State-run Mexicana airline to buy 20 planes by October, says Lopez Obrador: Mexico's state-owned airline Mexicana will purchase 20 aircraft by October ...
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Quick Glance: Mexican State-Run Airline's Plan to Purchase 20 Aircraft by October
- Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced the purchase of 20 aircraft by the state-owned airline Mexicana by October.
- Administered by the military, Mexicana initially operated with three Boeing planes from the military and two Embraer aircraft rented from a regional carrier.
- It was not specified from which aircraft manufacturer or third party the government will acquire the aircraft, although previous indications suggested a focus on acquiring more Boeing planes for the airline.
- Mexicana, positioned as a more affordable option compared to the nation's largest airlines, carried only about 1.5% of domestic traffic in January, highlighting the challenges it faces in competing with the top three airlines individually.
AMLO is trying to bury the tragedy of Mexico’s missing people: Relatives say the president is disappearing the disappeared
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The Mayan Train is a prestige project of Mexican President Lopez Obrador. But the construction has serious consequences for the environment ... Show more
With six months left on his six-year term, the President of Mexico’s power in his country, and influence in the U.S., has never been greater.
Mexico debates a rising political party’s ‘New Deal’ for the poor: The Morena party and its outgoing populist president, Lopez Obrador, are raising Mexicans’ ...
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AMLO is trying to bury the tragedy of Mexico’s missing people: Relatives say the president is disappearing the disappeared
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Paid articlePaid Mexican president defends disclosing a reporter's phone number, saying the law doesn't apply to him
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Citizens took to the streets of Mexico City and numerous other cities across Mexico on Sunday to participate in pro-democracy protests amid what they see as an ... Show more
Quick Glance: Mass Protest in Mexico to Defend Democracy
- Huge crowds gather in Mexico City to support the electoral authority and accuse President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of attempting to weaken it before the upcoming presidential elections.
- With 700,000 participants at the protests against potential constitutional reforms affecting the electoral authority, this marks one of the largest demonstrations against Lopez Obrador.
- The reforms could impact the autonomy of the electoral body by transforming it into a National Institute of Elections and Consultations, reducing the number of counselors.
- Protesters criticize Lopez Obrador for power concentration, while he claims to respect election results and address other issues in his government, such as widespread violence and social spending.
Aliados de AMLO indagados por EE. UU. por supuestos vínculos con el narco: La indagatoria descubrió información que apuntaba a posibles relaciones entre ...
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U.S. Examined Allegations of Cartel Ties to Allies of Mexico’s President: The inquiry examined accusations of potential links between drug traffickers and close ...
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Mexican president slams YouTube for taking down his video that shared a journalist's phone number
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The president of Mexico says former President Trump, if re-elected, won’t actually build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border ... Show more www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/
Mexico's president lashes out over Texas immigration law : Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called Texas' immigration law 'dehumanizing,' as U.S ...
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Protests in the Ayotzinapa case: masked people storm government headquarters in Mexico
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Mexican government blames contractor for loose clamps that caused Maya Train derailment
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Speaker Johnson to Biden: Mexico ‘will do what we say’: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday doubled down on his calls to reinstate the “Remain in Mexico” ...
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Claudia Sheinbaum Is Turning Mexico’s Presidential Election Into a Blowout: Claudia Sheinbaum, a protégée of Mexico’s current president, holds a commanding lead ...
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Mexican Prez Refuses to Fight Cartels, Claiming ‘Mexico First’ Policy: He said the synthetic opioid crisis was America’s issue and washed his hands of it.
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“Completely Contrary to Human Rights”: AMLO Blasts Texas’s SB4, Says Mexico Will not Accept Deportees
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Tens of thousands rail against Mexico's president and ruling party in 'march for democracy'
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Charismatic and controversial, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador – known by his initials AMLO – is a popular leftist ... Show more www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that his government is addressing a complaint from Canada over the high number of asylum requests from ...
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Canada Restores Visa Requirement for Mexican Visitors: The immigration minister said Mexico had not done enough to address the surge of asylum seekers arriving ...
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Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador invited 60 Minutes to The National Palace in Mexico City for a candid conversation about immigration, trade ... Show more www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/
In Mexico, organized crime attacks against local candidates raise fears ahead of election
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Verificación: Clip editado donde papa Francisco pide a AMLO que no lo nombre es parodia
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Mexico poll frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum deluged with hate messages: Claudia Sheinbaum, a close ally of President López Obrador, has had her phone number leaked ...
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Mexico President issues 'respectful' criticism of Canada for new visa requirements
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After research by the "New York Times": Mexico's president publishes phone number of disagreeable journalist
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Claudia Sheinbaum podría arrasar en las elecciones en México: Claudia Sheinbaum, la protegida del presidente de México, mantiene una amplia ventaja en las ...
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"For our democracy": Thousands of Mexicans demonstrate for fair elections: Just a few months before the presidential and parliamentary elections ...
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Catholic bishops in Mexico say they negotiated for possible peace accord with drug cartel leaders
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Milei’s provocations strain diplomatic relations with large Latin American economies
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador completely rejects the allegations, calling them slander. Regardless, read why his management of corruption in society has been ... Show more econ.st/3OEHrAx
Mexico’s president and his family are fighting claims of corruption: The truth is that Andrés Manuel López Obrador has done too little to tackle the problem in ...
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Mexico president says Trump border wall idea 'doesn't work': The president said that when Trump was last in office and seeking to build a wall ...
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Quick Glance: Trump Secures Victory in Court Hearing: Bond Reduced
- An appeals court handed Trump a major victory, reducing the bond required for his civil fraud verdict and giving him 10 more days to post it.
- Judge Merchan is suspicious of the defense team's efforts to delay the trial, pressing them on their timing to request documents and questioning their motives.
- Trump looks angry as he exits the courtroom and appears to relay messages through his lawyers during the rapid exchange with the judge.
- The court is out on a 45-minute break, and Trump's team has left the courtroom.
Inside the fentanyl trade powering the world’s deadliest drug crisis: What started as prescription painkiller is now the cause of a public health emergency in ...
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Billionaire Salinas Battles AMLO Over Taxes, Seized Golf Course: Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego, a libertarian bitcoin believer who routinely mocks ...
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