Tag: AMLO

• Wednesday, January 11th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

  Biden, Trudeau, and AMLO hold “Three Amigos” Summit

  

  The Presidents of Mexico and the United States -Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and Joseph Biden- and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Tuesday got together in Mexico City for the so-called “Three Amigos” Summit, a traditional gathering last held in 2021.

• 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, January 18th 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  Mexico considering a lottery to get rid of the “extravagant” presidential jet: US$ 30 a ticket

  

  Mexico is considering a lottery to get rid of the nation's presidential jet, after a year of failed attempts to sell the aircraft. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said this week that Mexico is flying back the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which has been stored in a California hangar since December 2018, just after he took office, to resume sale efforts.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Mexico offers jobs to a Central America migrants' caravan heading for the US

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador offered 4,000 jobs Friday to migrants in a new caravan currently crossing Central America toward the United States.

• Saturday, January 4th 2020 - 09:47 UTC

  Mexican president calls for the release of Julian Assange from prison in London

  

  Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday called for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be released from prison in London, urging an end to what he described as his “torture” in detention.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Mexican president openly admits the power of drug lords

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declared an end to the days of collusion between crime and government, saying in a holiday address there was a time when drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was as powerful as the country's president.

• Monday, December 2nd 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  More clashes with drugs gunmen bring closer Trump's intention to designate the Mexican gangs as terrorists

  

  Clashes between police and suspected cartel gunmen in a northern Mexican town killed 21 people this weekend, authorities said, adding fuel to a debate sparked by US President Donald Trump, who has vowed to designate the gangs as terrorists.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Fernandez with Lopez Obrador, “satisfied in meeting with someone who thinks so similarly to me”

  

  Argentine President-elect Alberto Fernández met with his Mexican soon-to-be counterpart on Monday seeking to boost bilateral and regional cooperation in his first foreign trip since winning election last month.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 08:36 UTC

  Brazil has become a beacon for Big Oil foreign investment in the energy sector

  

  When oil executives arrive in Rio de Janeiro this week for Brazil’s biennial Offshore Technology Conference, they will find themselves in Latin America’s most promising market for Big Oil by far. This signals a dramatic change from only a year ago.