Tag: AMLO

Friday, June 7th 2019 - 08:42 UTC
Mexican soldiers blocking migrants as they cross the border from Guatemala

Mexican soldiers, armed police and migration officials blocked hundreds of migrants after they crossed the border from Guatemala in a caravan into southern Mexico, and detained dozens of them, a witness from a migrant aid group and an official said.
Tuesday, June 4th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Mexico and US begin talks to defue illegal inmmigration controversy

Fighting to stave off punitive tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, a senior Mexican delegation had started high level talks on Monday in Washington, where it will be pushed to do more to hold back Central American migrants.
Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 09:01 UTC
Lopez Obrador popularity stands solid: wins in two state elections

Mexico's president is expected to score comfortable wins at Sunday's state elections in the first test of his popularity since taking office, with exit polls showing his party taking both governorships up for grabs. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's party was tipped for victory in the central state of Puebla and the northern state of Baja California, despite a weak economy, rampant violence and troubled relations with his US counterpart Donald Trump.
Monday, May 6th 2019 - 09:09 UTC
Mexicans march against president Lopez Obrador saying “You're not Robin Hood”

Several thousand people marched through Mexico City on Sunday to demand the resignation of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the first major protest against the leftist leader in the capital since he took office five months ago.
Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 08:49 UTC
Mexican president sends army and navy reinforcements to contain killings in Veracruz state

Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would reinforce army and navy troops in Veracruz State, three days after a child was among 13 people killed in a mass shooting there.
Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:34 UTC
Record violence and killings in Mexico in the first quarter: 8.943 murders

Violence in Mexico hit new heights in the first quarter of 2019, with 8,493 murders recorded from January to March, according to official figures. According to the Executive Secretariat of the Public Security National System, that number represents a 9.6% rise on the same period in 2018.
Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 09:12 UTC
Mexican president announces a “Robin Hood” institute to return corruption assets to the people

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he will create a “Robin Hood” institute to return to the people the ill-gotten wealth seized from corrupt politicians and gangsters.
Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 09:15 UTC
Lopez Obrador urges Spain and the Vatican to apologize for abuses during the conquest; Madrid strongly rejects

The Mexican president has sent a letter to Spain's King Felipe VI and Pope Francis urging them to apologize for human rights abuses committed during the conquest of the region. Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the indigenous peoples of Mexico had been the victims of massacres.
Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 09:11 UTC
Despite credit agencies forecasts, Mexican economy growing says president Lopez Obrador

Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that there are no signs of an impending recession despite slow economic growth, adding that his flagship infrastructure projects are on track.
Wednesday, January 23rd 2019 - 08:56 UTC
Mexican fuel pipeline explosion death toll climbs to 91, and could increase

The death toll from a fuel pipeline explosion in central Mexico last week rose to 91 as Pemex defended its response to one of the deadliest incidents to hit the state-run oil company in years.