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Tag: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

  • Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

    AMLO down with Covid-19 again

    López Obrador tested positive for Covid-19 in Jan. 2021 and Jan. 2022

    Mexico's 69-year-old President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Sunday announced he had tested positive for Covid-19 for the third time in his life and was therefore returning to the Federal District (DF) to remain in isolation. All his engagements have been canceled until further notice.

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2023 - 11:06 UTC

    Fire at migrant detention center in Mexico leaves 38 dead and 28 injured

    The INM confirmed the deaths of 38 people from six different nationalities (one from Colombia, one from Ecuador, 12 from El Salvador, 28 from Guatemala, 13 from Honduras, and 13 from Venezuela)

    At least 38 people were killed and 28 injured in a fire at a migrant detention center in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, on the border with the United States, according to the Mexican government. The fire broke out on Monday night in the facilities of the National Migration Institute (INM) in the state of Chihuahua.

  • Sunday, March 26th 2023 - 14:27 UTC

    Maduro finally skips Ibero-American Summit despite announcements otherwise

    Maduro has never attended an Ibero-American Summit since reaching power in 2013

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros canceled his trip to the Ibero-American Summit in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, thus joining Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, and El Salvador's Nayib Bukele as those leaders missing the regional event.

  • Saturday, March 25th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

    XXVIII Ibero-American Summit focused on economic recovery

    Andrés Manuel López Obrador will be among those not attending the gathering

    Heads of State and Government convened in Santo Domingo for the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit which is focused on post Covid-19 pandemic economic recovery in a world hit by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

  • Wednesday, March 1st 2023 - 08:05 UTC

    Tesla to build carmaking plant in Mexico

    AMLO stressed Mexico cannot grant subsidies as the US government does, which Musk understood “perfectly”

    Elon Musk's Tesla will install a factory to build electric cars in Mexico, which will be the company's first in Latin America, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) confirmed Tuesday.

  • Tuesday, February 28th 2023 - 07:02 UTC

    AMLO wants a five-nation anti-inflation regional alliance

    AMLO needs some regionality after refusing to hand over the pro tempore presidency of the Pacific Alliance to “puppet” Boluarte

    Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), who insisted Monday on dubbing his Peruvian colleague Dina Boluarte “a puppet,” has launched an initiative to tackle inflation with other regional leftwing leaders, namely Argentina's Alberto Fernandez, Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, Colombia's Gustavo Petro, and Cuba's Miguel Díaz-Canel

  • Saturday, February 25th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

    Peru pulls ambassador from Mexico after AMLO's criticism

    “Diplomatic relations between Peru and Mexico formally remain at the level of chargé d'affaires,” Boluarte said

    Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Friday announced she was recalling Lima's ambassador from Mexico in response to her colleague Adrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) meddling in the internal affairs of her country.

  • Tuesday, February 21st 2023 - 06:48 UTC

    AMLO decrees nationalization of Mexico's lithium reserves

    Mexico's lithium is not to be exploited by Russia, nor China, nor the United States, AMLO announced

    Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) signed the decree whereby the country's lithium reserves belong to the federal state. “Let the nation be the owner of this strategic mineral” used in the production of batteries for electric cars, the head of state said from Sonora in the municipality of Bacadéhuachi.

  • Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

    AMLO not handing over Andean presidency to “undemocratic” Peru

    The Mexican President will let the Rio Group decide

    Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced he would not be handing over the pro-tempore presidency of the Pacific Alliance to Peru on the grounds that Pedro Castillo Terrones' impeachment has been “undemocratic,” it was reported Friday.

  • Tuesday, January 10th 2023 - 09:54 UTC

    AMLO wants Biden to end abandonment of Latin America

    “I wish we could focus on just one region, but we focus on multiple regions,” Biden told López Obrador

    Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) asked his US colleague Joseph Biden to take a look at his closest neighbors when allocating aid funds. The two leaders met Monday in Mexico City to discuss the needs of the American continent in the coming years, particularly regarding cooperation and migration.