Latin America

• 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 - 08:59 UTC

  Polynesian sweet potato mystery solved: epic transoceanic journey to South America

  

  New genetic research shows that there was mingling between ancient native peoples from Polynesia and South America, revealing a single episode of interbreeding roughly 800 years ago after an epic transoceanic journey.

• 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.

• Wednesday, July 8th 2020 - 06:47 UTC

  Mexican auto industry started to recover in June but still is far from 2019 figures

  

  Mexico’s auto production and exports picked up steam in June from a month earlier but were down sharply versus a year earlier, official data showed on Tuesday, as carmakers reopened plants from their coronavirus-induced shutdown.

• 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.

• Monday, July 6th 2020 - 06:42 UTC

  Mexico on Saturday overtook France in coronavirus death toll

  

  Mexico's death toll from the new coronavirus rose to 30,366 on Saturday. The latest figure propelled it past France to become the country with the fifth-highest number of fatalities in the global pandemic, according to the health ministry.

• 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.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 11:26 UTC

  Mexico overtakes Spain and now has the world's sixth deadliest Covid-19 outbreak

  

  Mexico's Covid-19 deaths rose by 741 to reach 28,510, leading the country to overtake Spain and have the world's sixth deadliest outbreak, according to data released by the Health Ministry on Wednesday night.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 08:02 UTC

  Guyana Venezuela territorial dispute at the Court of Justice, but Caracas denies The Hague jurisdiction to rule

  

  The United Nations’ top court held its first virtual hearing on Tuesday, taking up a 120-year-old territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela. Guyana made its arguments as to why the International Court of Justice has jurisdiction in the border dispute, which calls into question the ownership of more than half of the ex British colony.