The Latest Breaking News from Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Mexico's president offers to buy US company's coastal property for $375 million to end dispute

Mexico’s president says he has offered to buy an American company’s Caribbean coast property for $385 million to end a bitter, years-long dispute

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2023

Xóchitl Gálvez’s prickly presidential bid a thorn in side of Mexican leader

But the buoyant politician with some decidedly progressive views has to win over voters from the conservative Pan party

The Guardian - US · Jul 20, 2023

‘It’s inhumane.’ Mexican president blasts treatment of migrants by Texas

AUSTIN, Texas – Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blasted the treatment of migrants following reporting earlier this week that officials received orders to push those crossing at the Texas border back into the Rio Grande and also were told not to give them water.

Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2023

Mexico's foreign minister plans to step down to pursue presidential bid

Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard will resign his position next week to dedicate himself to seeking the nomination of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s party for next year’s presidential election

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023

Mexico president's ruling party rolls to win in country's most populous state

Mexico’s most populous state has turned its back on decades of single-party rule, deciding to move forward with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ruling Morena party

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023

Mexico’s president says he would support peace agreement with cartels

Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s comments come after an activist’s open letter to crime groups to stop forced disappearances

The Guardian - US · May 31, 2023

El Chapo’s son, three Sinaloa cartel leaders and two Mexican firms sanctioned for bringing fentanyl into US

Tuesday's sanctions came the day Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was talking with President Joe Biden about immigration and the fentanyl crisis

The Independent UK · May 10, 2023

El Chapo’s son, Sinaloa members face sanctions over fentanyl

The United States has sanctioned a son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, three members of the Sinaloa cartel and two Mexican-based firms, alleging they trafficked fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S. Tuesday's sanctions came the day Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was talking with President…

The Independent UK · May 9, 2023

Mexican high court overturns reforms rushed through Congress

Mexico’s Supreme Court has voted to overturn a pair of electoral law reforms favored by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, because Congress rushed them through to a vote without proper debate, or even time to read them

The Independent UK · May 8, 2023

Mexico’s Lopez Obrador denounces USAID funds as ‘interventionist’

The president issued a letter to his US counterpart Joe Biden, calling to halt funds to groups ‘against’ his government.

Al Jazeera · May 3, 2023