Tag: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

• Friday, July 10th 2020 - 08:09 UTC

  Lopez Obrador wraps up his White House visit as a cherished friend of Trump

  

  Defying warnings that to seek out Donald Trump was to court disaster, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador instead emerged from their first meeting as a “cherished friend” of his U.S. counterpart, even as some Democrats looked on uneasily.

• Thursday, July 9th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Trump and Lopez Obrador underline the outstanding relationship between the two countries

  

  President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed his “outstanding relationship” with his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as he welcomed him to the White House for the leaders' first one-on-one meeting.

• Thursday, July 9th 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Surprise, surprise, Mexicans favor closer ties with United States

  

  More Mexicans have warmed to the idea of closer ties with the United States just as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador lines up his first meeting with US counterpart Donald Trump, a poll showed on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, July 7th 2020 - 09:41 UTC

  Trudeau will miss mini summit in White House with Trump and Lopez Obrador

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not visit Washington with Mexico’s president this week to celebrate a new North American trade deal, his office said on Monday, after Canada raised concerns over potential U.S. aluminum tariffs.

• Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Trudeau not sure he will attend trade treaty celebration in Washington with Trump and Lopez Obrador

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he was still unsure whether he would go to Washington DC next week to celebrate a new North American trade treaty, citing concern about possible US tariffs on aluminum.

• Friday, July 3rd 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  Mexican president support slips on growing discontent with the economy and security management

  

  Support for Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador slipped to a new low in June as discontent mounted over his management of the economy and security, two years after he won office, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.

• Monday, May 25th 2020 - 20:59 UTC

  Mexico anticipates the loss of a million jobs because of the Covid-19 pandemic

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday that the novel coronavirus could cost as many as a million jobs in the country as many industries considered not essential remain shut.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:24 UTC

  Mexican government accused of failing to protect a murdered seven year old girl despite family pleas

  

  Relatives of a seven-year-old girl murdered in Mexico said on Monday the government had failed to protect her despite their pleas, while President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador appeared to blame the crime on neo-liberal economics.

• Monday, February 17th 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  Women hound Mexican president following the horrific murder of Ingrid and pictures or her dismembered body

  

  Demonstrators in Mexico City, outraged by the horrific murder of a 25-year-old woman, sprayed graffiti on the presidential palace and disrupted President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's daily press conference.

• Saturday, February 8th 2020 - 11:30 UTC

  Lavrov denounces US foreign policy towards Venezuela in Mexico and puts hosts in an awkward position

  

  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday denounced U.S. foreign policy in Venezuela, criticizing U.S. “provocations” and attempts to create what he called a pretext for military intervention.