Tag: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  AMLO's Plan B triggered to reform Mexico's electoral system

  

  Mexico's opposition has given the thumbs down to the electoral reform promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) who sought to cut down the red tape and add transparency to the voting process.

• Monday, November 28th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  With no reelection possible, Mexican president begins preparing his party to continue ruling

  

  The debate on amendments to the electoral legislation and electoral authority in Mexico, sponsored by president Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador and strongly criticized by the opposition has led to an unprecedented dispute on the streets of Mexico City.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:51 UTC

  Colombia: Mexico agrees to join as guarantor of peace talks with ELN

  

  President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Friday told his Colombian colleague Gustavo Petro that Mexico had accepted the invitation to join as guarantor of the peace talks between the South American country's administration and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas.

• Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Mexico, Chile agree to boost bilateral cooperation

  

  Presidents Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) of Mexico and Gabriel Boric Font of Chile Wednesday agreed to boost bilateral cooperation in education, economic and environmental matters.

• Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  AMLO's emergency hospitalization in January leaked to the press

  

  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was hospitalized in January due to a serious health crisis that had been kept secret but became public Friday after confidential documents were accessed by hackers who leaked them to the press.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Mexico: AMLO stands by Ebrard in funeral selfie controversy

  

  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador defended Foreign Ministry Marcelo Ebrard who came under heavy flak for taking a selfie of himself and his wife Rosalinda Bueso during the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2022 - 09:32 UTC

  One dead after new quake hits Mexico on most historic seismic date

  

  At least one person died Monday as a 7.6-degree Richter scale earthquake hit the Mexican State of Michoacán, on the Pacific coast, 59 kilometers south of Coalcoman, on the anniversary of two previous tremors that left thousands dead in 1985 and 2017, according to a National Seismological Service report.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Blinken offers Mexico to join US semiconductor program

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Mexico City Monday and extended an invitation to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to participate in a semiconductor and electromobility investment package announced by the Joseph Biden administration worth US$ 50 billion.

• Monday, September 12th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Assange supporters stage demonstrations in Mexico City

  

  Relatives and supporters of Julian Assange's gathered Sunday in fron of the US Embassy in Mexico City to protest against the impending extradition of the Wikileaks founder to the United States to face espionage charges, on the wake of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's arrival.

• Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Biden and AMLO discuss immigration, oil supply, and China's role

  

  Presidents Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico and Joseph Biden of the United States Wednesday held their second face-to-face meeting, and the first since the Latin American leader chose not to attend last month's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles following the White House's decision not to invite Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to the event.