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Tamara Keith

Talks between Biden and Mexico's López Obrador got off to a bit of a rough start

Talks on Monday between President Biden and Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador got off to a bumpy start. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

MEXICO CITY — President Biden and Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had a bumpy start to talks on Monday when what were supposed to be some brief opening pleasantries devolved into a contentious debate over the history of U.S. support for Latin America.

Biden, López Obrador and a phalanx of cabinet members and advisers had just sat down in the ornate National Palace at the start to discuss working together on trade, fentanyl interdiction and migration — ahead of Tuesday's North American Leaders' Summit with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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