The Latest Breaking News from Andrés Manuel López Obrador

GOP leaders’ threat of US intervention has Mexican president whipping up frenzy

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s economy is facing economic and political challenges with a weakening U.S. dollar and drop in demand for goods. Protesters recently filled the streets here, repudiating what they called the leader’s push to dismantle a pillar of democracy. And insecurity cuts deeper into the fabric of society,…

Tribune News Service · Mar 17, 2023

Mexico's leader denies his country's role in fentanyl crisis. Republicans are furious

Republican lawmakers want Mexico to accept U.S. military aid to cripple drug cartels making and smuggling deadly fentanyl. López Obrador mocked the idea as a threat to his country's sovereignty.

WEKU · Mar 10, 2023

After the kidnapping of 4 Americans, Mexico's president blasts US demand for drugs

MEXICO CITY — As investigators continued their search for the gunmen who kidnapped four Americans in the border city of Matamoros last week, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador lashed out at Republican U.S. lawmakers who have proposed sending troops into Mexico, telling them that the United States should concentrate…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 10, 2023

First Thing: Settler violence in West Bank escalates

Rampage in Palestinian village likened to ‘Kristallnacht in Huwara’ with one dead and 350 hurt. Plus, what’s the ethical alternative to veganism?Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador shares ‘proof’ of woodland elf

The poor-quality image shows an unidentified creature with luminous white eyes and long white hair

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

Mexican president shares ‘proof’ of woodland elf

The poor-quality image shows an unidentified creature with luminous white eyes and long white hair

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

Tens of thousands protest Mexico's electoral law changes

Tens of thousands of people filled Mexico City's vast main plaza Sunday to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's electoral law changes they say threaten democracy.

WEKU · Feb 27, 2023

Cuban president to get Mexico's highest medal for foreigners

In the latest chapter in Mexico's love-fest with Cuba, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel will be awarded Mexico's highest medal when he visits the southern Mexico city of Campeche on Saturday

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

Mexico's president says he won't seek an unconstitutional second term

His comments are important, because democracy in Latin America is in retreat. The president of El Salvador has announced he will defy constitutional term limits and run again for president next year.

WEKU · Feb 3, 2023

Ex-Mexico security chief’s trial poised to lift lid on US and Mexico’s ‘war on drugs’

Genaro García Luna, accused of accepting millions in bribes from cartels, in trial that could implicate officials on both sides of border

The Guardian - US · Jan 16, 2023