Tag: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  After all Americans have been vaccinated, US willing to discuss the issue with Mexico

  

  Reuters – The Joe Biden administration downplayed the prospect of sharing coronavirus vaccines with Mexico, arguing it is focused on getting its own population protected against a pandemic that has killed more than 500,000 Americans.

• Wednesday, February 24th 2021 - 09:33 UTC

  Covid-19 vaccines: “where's the universal brotherhood” ask Mexican and Argentine presidents

  

  REUTERS – The presidents of Mexico and Argentina on Tuesday pressed the UN and the world's richest countries to improve poorer nations' access to Covid-19 vaccines, arguing efforts are grossly inadequate so far.

• Tuesday, December 29th 2020 - 09:04 UTC

  Mexican president plays a “Fools' Day” prank on the “conservative media”

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday played a trick on the media, pretending he was going to end the daily news conferences that he has used to pillory critics and dominate the national news cycle.

• Monday, December 21st 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Biden and Lopez Obrador agree to work on regional migration from Central America and Mexico

  

  United States president-elect Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez ¬Obrador, AMLO, over the weekend made a commitment to work on a humane strategy to regional migration by addressing its root causes in Central America and southern Mexico.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Putin, Bolsonaro and Lopez Obrador finally congratulate Joe Biden

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday congratulated US president-elect Joe Biden on his victory, more than a month after the Nov 3 election.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  “Mexico ”is not a colony” and will recognize the new US government when it is legitimately constituted

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday dug in his heels as one of the few leaders of major countries yet to congratulate Joe Biden on his presidential election win, saying it was too early and that his country was “not a colony”.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 09:07 UTC

  Mexican president faces corruption allegations of his inner circle

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador urged authorities on Monday to look into a report accusing a top aide of financial impropriety, while calling it part of a media campaign aimed at bringing his administration into disrepute.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil and Mexico, close friends of Trump, have yet to congratulate Joe Biden

  

  There were two notable holdouts among the world leaders who rushed to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. elections: the leaders of Latin America’s two largest countries, both of whom have been seen as friendly to President Donald Trump in different ways.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2020 - 08:28 UTC

  Mexico claiming Aztec emperor Moctezuma's feather headdress from Austria

  

  Mexico's president said on Monday that he had given his wife the “almost impossible mission” of persuading Austria to return a feather headdress said to have been worn by Aztec emperor Moctezuma.

• Monday, October 12th 2020 - 08:13 UTC

  Mexico asking the Vatican for codices from Aztec times for the 500th anniversary of Spanish conquest

  

  The Mexican government has formally asked Pope Francis for the temporary return of several ancient indigenous manuscripts held in the Vatican library ahead of next year's 500-year anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico.