Tag: Enrique Peña Nieto

• Thursday, July 2nd 2015 - 06:37 UTC

  Pacific Alliance summit takes off in Peru with business conferences

  

  The Xth summit of the Pacific Alliance took off on Wednesday with the attendance of presidents from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru at the Peruvian sea-side resort of Paracas.

• Monday, June 8th 2015 - 08:13 UTC

  Mexico' industrial hub of Monterrey en route to give the political system a big shock

  

  Mexico's ruling party has lost seats in congress but may still gain a majority from its coalition with the small but growing Green Party that was everywhere during the campaign, according to official voting trends released late Sunday by the electoral institute.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2015 - 07:07 UTC

  Mexican star journalist sacked for revealing origin of First Lady’s mansion

  

  An influential Mexican broadcast journalist whose report about the first lady's mansion caused a scandal was sacked on Sunday, sparking anger among supporters who called her firing an affront to freedom of speech. Carmen Aristegui had been publicly feuding with her employer, MVS Radio, in recent days after two of her investigative reporters were fired by the company.

• Friday, March 6th 2015 - 07:32 UTC

  PM Cameron and Peña Nieto discuss agenda of bilateral and global issues

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed President Peña Nieto of Mexico to Downing Street on Thursday afternoon as part of his State Visit to the UK.

• Thursday, March 5th 2015 - 06:23 UTC

  UK/Latam links have seen 36% rise in trade and investment, says minister

  

  Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire underlined the growing links of the United Kingdom with Latin America during the state visit of president Enrique Peña Nieto from Mexico, a country with which he feels a close affinity, and is 'integral to the success of the UK”.

• Monday, November 24th 2014 - 06:45 UTC

  Mexico/Uruguay incident following Mujica's statement about a 'failed state'

  

  Mexico said on Sunday it was summoning Uruguay's ambassador after Uruguayan President Jose Mujica said that the disappearance of 43 students in southwest Mexico suggests the country is a 'failed state'.

• Saturday, November 22nd 2014 - 06:54 UTC

  Mexican president hails Obama's decisions on immigration

  

  Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto hailed US President Barack Obama's sweeping steps on immigration, saying they were “most important measures taken in several decades” and would allow families to stay together.

• Sunday, November 9th 2014 - 10:01 UTC

  Mexico's cancels contract to build a high-speed passenger train link

  

  Mexico has abruptly cancelled a 3.75bn dollars contract awarded on Monday for a Chinese-led consortium to build a high-speed passenger rail link. President Enrique Peña Nieto said he wanted to avoid “any doubts about the legitimacy and transparency” of the bidding process.

• Friday, September 26th 2014 - 06:03 UTC

  Pacific alliance anticipates incorporation of new full members in the near future

  

  In the near future the number of full members belonging to the Alliance of the Pacific will increase, but the block will continue with its realistic and pragmatic approach with no intent of a political group, said Peruvian president Ollanta Humala next to his peers from Chile, Colombia and Mexico, in New York, during a meeting hosted by Bloomberg.

• Tuesday, August 12th 2014 - 06:05 UTC

  Mexico signs energy reform bills: now to wait for interested private companies

  

  Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed on Monday a package of landmark energy reform bills, ending the 76-year-old state monopoly on oil drilling and reopening the sector to foreign companies.