Tag: Lopez Obrador

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 10:53 UTC

  Mexico becomes the country with the third most Covid-19 deaths, ahead of Britain

  

  Mexico has overtaken Britain to become the country with the third-most deaths due to Covid-19, according to data released by the Health Ministry. Reported fatalities rose to reach 46,688, the data shows.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 10:26 UTC

  Mexican drug cartel leader threatens president Lopez Obrador, for arresting his mother

  

  One of the most wanted Mexican cartel leaders threatened the government and his arch-foes in highly unusual video messages, including one where he can be seen fighting back tears after his mother was detained over the weekend.

• Friday, January 17th 2020 - 10:32 UTC

  Brazil steps out from Celac, because of its failure “to protect democracy”

  

  Brazil has decided to suspend its participation in the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, a leftist regional body established by Venezuela, due to its failure to protect democracy, Brazil's foreign minister said on Thursday.

• Saturday, January 4th 2020 - 09:47 UTC

  Mexican president calls for the release of Julian Assange from prison in London

  

  Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday called for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be released from prison in London, urging an end to what he described as his “torture” in detention.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Mexican president openly admits the power of drug lords

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declared an end to the days of collusion between crime and government, saying in a holiday address there was a time when drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was as powerful as the country's president.

• Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Mexico, an example of the financial plight of the Latin American media

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office in December promising to reduce public spending to free up more resources for the poor. But his austerity drive has left media outlets reeling, and raised questions about whether Lopez Obrador is trying to influence coverage.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Mexican elite forces sent to Culiacan where El Chapo's son cartel forced the army to retreat

  

  Mexico sent in special forces troops to patrol a northern city in the wake of a cartel assault that freed Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s son in a hail of bullets and also won a U.S. promise to help stop gun-smuggling at their shared border.

• Saturday, October 19th 2019 - 09:02 UTC

  Who runs the country? Drug cartels outshoot Mexican military who back down on presidential orders

  

  Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador struggled on Friday to explain his government's capitulation to organized crime after Mexican authorities buckled in the face of an armed campaign of terror and released drug kingpin Ovidio Guzmán López just hours after capturing him.

• Saturday, October 5th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Mexico does not seek control of Zama, the country's major oilfield discovery in decades

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that his government is not seeking to take control of the Zama oilfield discovery, which is currently operated by a private consortium led by U.S.-based Talos Energy. The statement follows on a report from Reuters earlier in the week saying that Mexico’s national oil company, Pemex, wants to take control of Zama from Talos.

• Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Lopez Obrador popularity stands solid: wins in two state elections

  

  Mexico's president is expected to score comfortable wins at Sunday's state elections in the first test of his popularity since taking office, with exit polls showing his party taking both governorships up for grabs. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's party was tipped for victory in the central state of Puebla and the northern state of Baja California, despite a weak economy, rampant violence and troubled relations with his US counterpart Donald Trump.