MEXICO CITY — President Trump’s plan to slap tariffs on nations that provide oil to Cuba has created a formidable new challenge for Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in her efforts…
Read more Trump’s Cuba oil tariff threat creates new diplomatic challenge for Mexico’s SheinbaumMEXICO CITY — He has called Colombian President Gustavo Petro “a sick man” and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator.” He once slammed French President Emmanuel Macron as “publicity-seeking,” and…
Read more Firmness, flattery and phone calls: How Mexico’s president won over TrumpMEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday again condemned the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, criticizing the Trump administration’s aggressive foreign policy in Latin America for…
Read more Mexico’s president slams Trump’s attack on Venezuela, says it destabilizes the hemisphereMEXICO CITY — A shop owner facing threats shutters the clothing store that had been in his family for generations. A leader of a citrus growers association is kidnapped and…
Read more The crime that haunts Mexico, sowing fear, disrupting life: extortionMEXICO CITY — A weekend protest march convened to highlight the concerns of Mexico’s Generation Z has instead dramatized deep political divisions extending well beyond the needs of young Mexicans.…
Read more After Gen Z march in Mexico, government and critics spar as Trump cites ‘big problems’ south of borderMEXICO CITY — A breakthrough in the decades-long investigation of a political assassination that convulsed the nation? Or a political stunt meant to distract from more pressing issues? Those are…
Read more Tijuana assassination mystery deepens as Mexico arrests suspect in 1994 Colosio caseMEXICO CITY — Carlos Manzo blazed a maverick path as he battled both cartels and what he called skimpy federal support for his crusade against organized crime in his hometown…
Read more Slaying of Mexican mayor sparks national outcry over cartel powerMEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was strolling through her city’s capital this week, heading from one government office to another, when she stopped to take selfies with a…
Read more Mexico’s president was groped on the street. Now she’s waging a war against rampant sexual harassmentMEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum ruled out a new “war on drugs” as a response to the assassination of a regional mayor who was shot at a Day…
Read more Why the Mexican president refuses to restart the drug war despite mayor’s assassinationMEXICO CITY — Carlos Manzo was famous in Mexico for saying what few other politicians would: That cartels operated with impunity and needed to be confronted with brute force. The…
Read more Mexican mayor who waged war on cartels is slain while celebrating Day of the DeadMEXICO CITY — Tens of thousands of Mexicans are set to gather downtown Sunday in a choreographed tribute to President Claudia Sheinbaum, who closed out her initial year in office…
Read more Mexican president’s popularity endures despite rising corruption concernsMEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday called Israel’s siege on the Gaza Strip a “genocide,” marking a decisive shift in her government’s stance on the conflict —…
Read more Mexico’s Jewish president calls on Israel to end ‘genocide in Gaza’MEXICO CITY — Each September, Mexico’s president appears before a crowd of tens of thousands in the nation’s central square to perform the grito, the shout of independence commemorating the…
Read more Mexico’s first female president completes first year with high approval, but challenges loomMEXICO CITY — U.S. and Mexican officials agreed Wednesday to bolster cooperation on a range of joint security concerns — including drug smuggling, illegal migration and arms-trafficking — as Secretary…
Read more U.S., Mexico pledge deeper ties as Trump defends strike on alleged cartel boatMEXICO CITY — Mexican investigators have found no evidence that sitting Mexican politicians or military commanders are collaborating with the Sinaloa cartel, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday. “We don’t…
Read more No evidence of politicians linked to Sinaloa cartel, Sheinbaum saysOn Aug. 13, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration corralled 26 narcotraffickers onto planes destined for the United States, where they will be prosecuted for a litany of drug…
Read more Contributor: No military strategy can stop Mexico’s cartels