Tag: Enrique Peña Nieto

Tuesday, March 6th 2018 - 10:00 UTC
Trump speaks openly of a “trade war”; links tariffs on steel and aluminum to a redrafted Nafta

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the U.S. is not backing down on its decision to impose 25% tariffs on steel imports and 10% tariffs on imported aluminum products. Before a White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump suggested Mexico and Canada could be exempted from the planned tariffs if a new and “fair” North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is reached.
Monday, February 19th 2018 - 08:13 UTC
Mexico presidential race down to three names: Lopez Obrador, Anaya and Meade

The campaign for Mexico's Jul 1 presidential election began in earnest on Sunday (Feb 18) as the country's top parties officially nominated their candidates, with all three front-runners trying to sell a message of change.
Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:42 UTC
US warns Mexico to pay attention to Russian meddling in the July elections

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Mexico on Friday to pay attention to Russian meddling in elections around the world, following comments from another US official that there were signs of such interference in the country's presidential race.
Saturday, January 27th 2018 - 08:57 UTC
Tillerson's first tour of several Latin American countries in early February

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Austin, Texas, and then to Mexico City, Mexico; Bariloche and Buenos Aires, Argentina; Lima, Perú; Bogotá, Colombia; and Kingston, Jamaica on February 1-7. According to a release from the State Department, Secretary Tillerson will engage with regional partners to promote a safe, prosperous, energy secure, and democratic hemisphere.
Wednesday, November 29th 2017 - 08:04 UTC
Mexican ruling party unveils presidential candidate in the July election

Finance minister Jose Antonio Meade threw his hat in the ring to become the presidential candidate of Mexico’s ruling party in the July 2018 election, hours after resigning his post as finance minister.
Monday, November 27th 2017 - 09:09 UTC
Mexico creates the largest marine protected area in North America

Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, signed a decree creating a massive marine reserve, spanning 57,000 square miles around the four Revillagigedo Islands—a volcanic archipelago 240 miles southwest of the Baja Peninsula. The reserve is the largest marine protected area yet created in North America.
Wednesday, November 8th 2017 - 05:06 UTC
Mexico strikes its biggest onshore oil discovery in 15 years; production should begin in 2019

Mexico’s national oil company Pemex has made its biggest onshore oil discovery in 15 years with a find in the eastern state of Veracruz, President Enrique Peña Nieto announced. Pemex made the discovery by drilling its onshore Ixachi well, near the municipality of Cosamaloapan and the overall field is believed to hold some 350 million barrels of proven, probable and possible reserves.
Tuesday, October 24th 2017 - 22:50 UTC
Mexican government struck by Odebrecht's bribe money

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto faces a tough choice on whether to pursue a graft probe involving a prominent ally and Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.
Friday, August 4th 2017 - 06:45 UTC
Transcripts show Trump admonishing Peña Nieto for saying publicly Mexico will not pay for the border wall

United States president Donald Trump urged the Mexican president to stop publicly saying he would not pay for a proposed border wall, according to transcripts. Mr. Trump admonished Enrique Peña Nieto for publicly denouncing the wall during a 27 January phone call, transcripts obtained by the Washington Post show.
Saturday, July 1st 2017 - 13:35 UTC
Trump announces new oil pipeline to Mexico right “under the wall”

US President Donald Trump announced the construction of a pipeline to carry oil to Mexico through the border near Peñitas, Texas, which would run under the infamous wall he has promised to build.