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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s outgoing president has always taken pride in his reputation as a penny-pincher but on Friday, three days before leaving office, Andrés Manuel López…
Read more Mexico’s president touts austerity on his way out of office but lavishes largesse on friendsMEXICO CITY (AP) — The pet rail project of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador could wind up costing as much as $30 billion, is only half finished as…
Read more Mexico’s costly Maya Train draws few passengers in its first six months of partial operationMexican voters are poised to elect their first female president, a cause of celebration for many that has also touched off a flurry of false and misogynist online…
Read more Sexist tropes and misinformation swirl online as Mexico prepares to elect its first female leaderMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top diplomat said Friday her country has sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. government expressing concern that Texas’ deployment of floating barriers…
Read more Mexico files border boundaries complaint over Texas’ floating barrier plan on Rio GrandeTAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Around 3,000 migrants walking through southern Mexico in a mass protest procession threatened Monday to block roads or harm themselves unless the government agrees…
Read more Migrants walking through Mexico threaten road blockadesMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate on Wednesday approved a reform of the country’s electoral institute, a move that opponents say will undercut democracy but which the president…
Read more Mexico’s Senate approves controversial electoral reformMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is probably the most powerful political figure the country has had in decades, but he said Thursday that after his term ends…
Read more Mexico’s president promises total withdrawal after term endsEL PASO, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry Sunday on his first trip…
Read more Biden inspects US-Mexico border in face of GOP criticismMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador challenged U.S. President Joe Biden to end an attitude of “abandonment” and “disdain” for Latin America and the…
Read more Biden, López Obrador open Mexico meetings with brusque talkTAPACHULA, Mexico — When migrants arrive to the main crossing point into southern Mexico — a steamy city with no job opportunities, a place packed with foreigners eager…
Read more Thriving network of fixers preys on migrants crossing MexicoWASHINGTON — Three buses of recent migrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in record-setting cold on Christmas Eve. Texas authorities have…
Read more Migrants dropped near VP Harris home on frigid Christmas EveTIJUANA, Mexico — In 2014, groups of unaccompanied children escaping violence in Central America overwhelmed U.S. border authorities in South Texas. In 2016, thousands of Haitians fled a…
Read more Migrants flee more countries, regardless of US policiesMEXICO CITY — Mexico plans to ask U.S. President Joe Biden for as much as $48 billion in financing for solar projects, Foreign Relations Secretary Marcel Ebrard said…
Read more Mexico plans to ask US for up to $48B for solar projectsMEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president insisted Friday that his country’s relations with Spain are still “on pause,” one day after Mexico’s top diplomat met with his Spanish counterpart…
Read more Mexico president insists relations with Spain still ‘paused’CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Phil Metzger promises to arrange entry to the United States for Russian-speaking asylum-seekers through unmatched connections with U.S. border officials and people in Mexico…
Read more Russians find asylum lifeline to US, but at a high priceMEXICO CITY — Mexico’s foreign secretary has announced he will travel to Washington, D.C., on Friday in a last-ditch effort to resolve a dispute over imports of U.S.…
Read more Mexico to make last-ditch effort to solve US corn disputeMEXICO CITY — A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook southern Mexico Sunday morning, sending nervous residents of the capital into the street. The United States Geological Survey said the…
Read more Strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shakes southern Mexico
