The Latest Breaking News from Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Mexico president dismisses massive protest against reforms

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the tens of thousands who demonstrated against his proposal to overhaul the country’s electoral authority were people in favor of privilege, racism and classism

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

Massive turnout in defense of Mexico's electoral authority

Tens of thousands of people have packed the capital’s main boulevard to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposal to overhaul the country’s electoral authority in the largest demonstration against one of the president’s efforts during his nearly four years in office

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2022

Mexico will try to ‘deceive the world’ at Cop27, experts warn

President not expected to attend summit but critics cast doubt on veracity of pledges the country could make

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2022

Biden, Mexico's López Obrador discuss immigration, summit

Presidents Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador spoke Tuesday as a growing number of migrants from crisis-gripped Venezuela arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022

Mexico president taps tax agency head for Economy Department

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has chosen the head of the country's tax agency to fill the cabinet-level post of secretary of the economy

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

The insidious take-over of Mexico’s police

Disorganised attempts to improve policing in Mexico have led to the slow creep of the army and skyrocketing murder rates.

360info · Sep 30, 2022

Editorial: Mexico is losing the fight against drug violence

Four years after being elected on a promise to fight organized crime with “hugs, not bullets,” Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is now taking steps to increase the military’s role in public security. In doing so, he hopes to contain a renewed surge in gang-related violence. But degrading the…

Tribune News Service · Sep 28, 2022

Amlo promised to take Mexico’s army off the streets – but he made it more powerful

Soon after taking office, Andrés Manuel López Obrador created a new force, the national guard – and handed control of it over to the army

The Guardian - US · Sep 27, 2022

Mexico City's bells ring for Independence Day, in a massive celebration

"Viva México!" President Andrés Manuel López Obrador shouted repeatedly — calls that were loudly echoed by the massive crowd that packed Mexico City's Zócalo square.

WEKU · Sep 16, 2022

Mexico president mocks video of NYC robber after US State Department travel warning

‘It seems like this is a movie. This is New York’, Andrés Manuel López Obrador reportedly said

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2022