Mexico threatens to boycott Americas summit unless Biden allows Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to attend Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he’s out if the US excludes certain nations The Independent UK · May 10, 2022
Mexico president threatens to skip Americas Summit Mexico’s president says he won't attend next month’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles if the Biden administration excludes Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua The Independent UK · May 10, 2022
Crews work through 2nd night after Cuba hotel blast kills 27 Crews worked through a second night searching for victims of a hotel explosion that killed at least 27 people in Cuba's capital and left more than a dozen missing. WEKU · May 8, 2022
Crews work through 2nd night after Cuba hotel blast kills 27 The search continues for victims of a hotel explosion that killed at least 27 people in Cuba’s capital and left more than a dozen missing amid the rubble The Independent UK · May 8, 2022
Mexican leader meets with Salvador president amid crackdown Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador met with his Salvadoran counterpart, Nayib Bukele, but did not mention rights complaints about El Salvador’s massive roundup of suspected street gang members The Independent UK · May 6, 2022
Mexico closes US gravel quarry that had been pressured The Mexican government has closed a limestone gravel quarry owned by a U.S. company, a move likely to add fuel to an ongoing trade dispute with the firm The Independent UK · May 6, 2022
Mexican president slams US on tour of Central America Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has started a five-day tour to four Central American countries and Cuba by lashing out at the U.S. government The Independent UK · May 6, 2022
Mexico's president starts regional tour in Guatemala Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has started a lightning, five-day tour to four Central American countries and Cuba, stopping first in neighboring Guatemala The Independent UK · May 6, 2022
Mexican officials force airlines to use new, distant airport Transportation officials in Mexico will effectively force airlines to use a new, more distant airport that was one of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's pet projects The Independent UK · May 4, 2022
Mexican president to talk development, migration on tour Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador begins a lightning tour Thursday to four Central American countries and Cuba in five days to discuss his approach to development and ways it might help alleviate the pressure to migrate The Independent UK · May 4, 2022
Biden holds talks with Mexico’s president as pressure mounts over Title 42 border policy WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden held talks Friday with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as a looming deadline to lift COVID-related restrictions at the U.S. southern border magnified concerns over the administration’s immigration policies and an increase in illegal border crossings. Los Angeles Times · Apr 30, 2022
Biden holds talks with Mexico's president as pressure mounts over Title 42 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is holding talks Friday afternoon with Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as a looming deadline to lift COVID-era restrictions at the U.S. southern border has magnified concerns over the administration's immigration policies and an influx in illegal border crossings. Los Angeles Times · Apr 29, 2022
Migration a top focus for Biden call with Mexican president President Joe Biden plans to discuss efforts to address the unprecedented flow of migration along the U.S. southern border in a Friday afternoon call with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2022
Mexico president proposes dramatic electoral reforms Mexico’s government is proposing a dramatic overhaul of the nation’s electoral system and the agency that oversees it The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022
The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022 Mexico's president imitates Trump in 'art of the deal' Former U.S. President Donald Trump cast himself as a master of “The Art of the Deal,” but his old buddy, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, may be taking over that title
The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2022 Mexico's electricity sector rankled by doubt and legal chaos Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s efforts to reshape the country’s electricity sector to favor the state-owned power company have spurred hundreds of lawsuits and sown a level of uncertainty that is costing jobs and private investment
The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2022 ‘Threats and bullets’: wave of killings highlights perils of journalism in Mexico Media ‘caught in crossfire’ between criminal gangs and government, say journalists after latest murder
Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 19, 2022 Rosario Ibarra, Mexico’s champion of the disappeared, has died at 95 She refused an honor in 2019, saying she’d accept it only when Mexico learns the truth about its disappeared, who number nearly 100,000 — 98% of them in an era of cartel violence rather than ‘dirty war’ politics.
Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2022 Mexico’s Lopez Obrador says Abbott’s costly border checks that snarled traffic were ‘despicable’ EL PASO, Texas — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday slammed Texas Governor Greg Abbott over his stepped up inspections of commercial trucks at the border, which for 10 days disrupted trade and the supply chain between both countries.
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022 Mexican leader fails to pass limits on foreign energy firms Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has failed to get enough votes to pass a constitutional reform limiting private and foreign firms in the electrical power industry
The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2022 Mexico's champion of the disappeared, Rosario Ibarra, dies Rosario Ibarra's long struggle to learn the fate of her disappeared son helped develop Mexico’s human rights movement and led her to become the country’s first female presidential candidate
The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2022 EXPLAINER: Why is US upset about Mexico's electricity law? Mexico's Congress is poised to vote on a constitutional reform that would undo much of a 2013 market opening in electrical power and guarantee a majority market share for the state-owned power utility company
The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022 SHELL-“No puedes ignorar lo que hay en tu estado”. Entrevista con Rubén Rocha Moya, gobernador de Sinaloa Sinaloa
The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022 Sinaloa governor on leading a region under the thumb of drug cartels: ‘We handle it’ EXCLUSIVE: In the second part of ‘Narcomundo’, a special investigation by Independent en Español, José Luis Montenegro speaks to the governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, and sheds light on how the power of drug trafficking has broken the strength of the Mexican state
Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 12, 2022 Islas Marias once housed Mexico’s island prison. Shut down in 2019, it soon will aim to lure tourists. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is aiming to make the former prison an ecotourism destination where visitors can watch sea birds and enjoy the beaches.