Tag: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

• Monday, August 13th 2018 - 06:38 UTC

  Mexican incoming president pledges drastic cuts in privileges and personal security

  

  Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he will abandon the secret service-style protection used by his predecessor in favor of a security detail of 20 unarmed men and women, including lawyers, doctors and engineers.

• Monday, July 23rd 2018 - 06:53 UTC

  Mexico and Canada optimistic about NAFTA trade talks with the US

  

  The finance ministers for Mexico and Canada on Sunday said they were optimistic about NAFTA talks with the United States, even as trade tensions spurred by U.S. tariffs dominated the G20 meeting of world economic leaders in Argentina.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2018 - 06:50 UTC

  “Transitional justice system” to help end Mexico's drugs war, anticipates president elect Lopez Obrador

  

  Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has given his future interior minister “carte blanche” to explore the possibility of legalizing drugs in a bid to curb violent crime, she said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2018 - 21:45 UTC

  Despite acts of violence, OAS congratulates Mexico on the success of Sunday's elections

  

  The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) deployed to Mexico to observe the federal and local elections of Sunday July first presented its preliminary report, in which it congratulated the Mexican people for the success of the largest and most complex electoral process in the country's history and for the massive participation in the election of more than 18,000 posts.

• Tuesday, July 3rd 2018 - 07:13 UTC

  Mexican peso weakens and stock market sheds 2% after Lopez Obrador sweeping Sunday victory

  

  Mexico's stock market sank on Monday and the peso slid after presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador handily won election while his allies picked up a significant number of congressional seats. Mexico's benchmark stock index shed more than 2%, its steepest one-day drop in nearly five months, after Lopez Obrador on Sunday won with the widest margin in a presidential election since the 1980s

• Monday, July 2nd 2018 - 07:28 UTC

  Landslide win for México's Lopez Obrador who pledged battle the 'mafia of power'; Trump congratulates

  

  Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, who rallied voters with his battle cry against corruption and promises to the poor, won a resounding victory Sunday night in Mexico’s presidential election, after the concession of his two top rivals. The victory makes him the first left-oriented president since Mexico began its transition to democracy more than 30 years ago.

• Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 13:20 UTC

  Frustration with the political system marks Mexico's Sunday presidential election

  

  Violence hit a record peak in Mexico last year with over 30,000 murders — and it is not slowing down. More than 100 politicians alone have been killed in the lead-up to the country’s election this Sunday.

• Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 10:11 UTC

  López Obrador closes his campaign with an anticipated victory

  

  The candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador closed his electoral campaign last Wednesday ahead the presidential elections on Sunday filling the largest stadium in the world on a working day. The only leftist candidate steals public attention in Mexico and leads the polls with an anti-system and reforming discourse.

• Monday, June 11th 2018 - 08:20 UTC

  Mexico's future closely linked to oil development no matter who's the next president

  

  Mexican oil output could return to 2 million barrels per day by about 2022 if the next government pursues plans to auction off development blocs to private investors, Energy Minister Pedro Joaquin Coldwell announced. Mexico will elect a new president on July 1 but the front-runner in opinion polls, leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has threatened to delay opening up the energy sector to private investment.

• Monday, June 4th 2018 - 06:47 UTC

  Over half of Mexican voters express support for Lopez Obrador

  

  With less than a month before Mexico’s presidential election, more than half of voters support leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a survey showed, while they pulled support from the poll leader’s main rival following attacks on his honesty.