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Mexican president's party wins most states in Sunday elections

Mexico's ruling party won four of six state elections held on Sunday, preliminary results showed on Monday, strengthening President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's grip on power ahead of the contest to succeed him in 2024.

Reuters · Jun 6, 2022

Mexico ruling party poised to win at least four more states in election

Mexico's ruling party was on track to win four of six state elections on Sunday, preliminary results showed, tightening President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's hold on power in the run-up to the contest to succeed him in 2024.

Reuters · Jun 5, 2022

Washington mulls final invite list for Americas summit - U.S. officials

The United States is still hammering out a final guest list ahead of next week's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, senior U.S. officials said on Wednesday, after weeks of tension around several countries expected to be excluded.

Reuters · Jun 1, 2022

Biden officials consider inviting Cuban representative to Americas summit -source

Biden administration officials are considering inviting a Cuban representative to the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas, a person familiar with the matter said, as Washington scrambled to head off a potentially embarrassing boycott by some regional leaders.

Reuters · May 20, 2022

Mexico to receive U.S. delegation to discuss Americas summit

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that he will receive a delegation on Wednesday of organizers of the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas, in which his government will set out why it wants all countries in the region to take part.

Reuters · May 16, 2022

Mexican girl at center of outcry over violence was sexually assaulted, murdered: autopsy

Mexico's president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowed on Friday to deliver justice for the killing of a Mexican teenage girl after an autopsy was published showing she had been violently sexually assaulted and murdered.

Reuters · May 13, 2022

Mexico president says soldiers did not confront cartel 'to avoid deaths'

A military convoy in the Mexican state of Michoacan did not confront the members of a drug cartel who chased them out of town in broad daylight "to avoid deaths," the country's president said Thursday.  

Reuters · May 12, 2022

Mexico and Brazil leaders suggest they may snub Biden's Americas summit

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Tuesday he would not attend the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas next month if all countries in the region were not invited, while Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is also likely to skip the meeting, sources told Reuters.

Reuters · May 10, 2022

Mexico to cut flights at main airport after near-miss on runway

A Mexican official overseeing an investigation of an incident in which two aircraft nearly crashed on a runway at the country's main airport said on Monday operations at the over-stretched facility would be reduced by 25%.

Reuters · May 9, 2022

Mexico president says hiring Cuban doctors, praises Cuban counterpart

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday lavished praise on Cuba's leader, reiterated his wish for the Caribbean island nation to be invited to the Summit of the Americas in June and said Mexico would be hiring over 500 Cuban doctors.

Reuters · May 9, 2022