Tag: Mexico

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  US/Mexico migrants controversy could also involve Brazil, Panama and Guatemala

  

  Mexico and the United States could explore additional steps next month to restrict illegal immigration from Central America, with the threat of tariffs hanging over Mexico if it does not do enough to satisfy US demands, officials said on Monday.

• Saturday, June 8th 2019 - 07:35 UTC

  Trump suspends tariffs following Mexico's agreement on illegal immigration

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he has indefinitely suspended the threat of tariffs against Mexico after reaching “a signed agreement” on immigration.

• Friday, June 7th 2019 - 08:42 UTC

  Mexican soldiers blocking migrants as they cross the border from Guatemala

  

  Mexican soldiers, armed police and migration officials blocked hundreds of migrants after they crossed the border from Guatemala in a caravan into southern Mexico, and detained dozens of them, a witness from a migrant aid group and an official said.

• Tuesday, June 4th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Mexico and US begin talks to defue illegal inmmigration controversy

  

  Fighting to stave off punitive tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, a senior Mexican delegation had started high level talks on Monday in Washington, where it will be pushed to do more to hold back Central American migrants.

• 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.

• Saturday, June 1st 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Markets and US businesses lobbies react negatively to Trump's tariffs on Mexican imports

  

  Mexico's president has insisted his government will not be provoked after President Donald Trump announced escalating tariffs on all goods unless Mexico curbed illegal migration. Andrés Manuel López Obrador described Mr Trump's slogan “America First” as a fallacy and said universal justice was more important than borders.

• Friday, May 31st 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Trump threatens Mexico with increasing tariffs if illegal immigration is not stopped

  

  President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States will impose a 5% tariff on all goods coming from Mexico starting on Jun 10 until illegal immigration across the southern border is stopped.

• Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  New North American trade pact closer as US lifts tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico

  

  The United States struck deals on Friday to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico, the three governments said, removing a major obstacle to legislative approval of a new North American trade pact.

• Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 07:59 UTC

  Smog disaster in Mexico City, all residents “smoking” half a pack of cigarettes a day

  

  Scientists say breathing the heavily polluted air in Mexico City these days is like smoking somewhere between a quarter-and a half-pack of cigarettes a day.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Sargassum killing Mexico and Caribbean beaches and tourism industry

  

  Tourists looking for sun and sand in Mexican resorts like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum have been disgusted by foul-smelling mounds of sargassum – a seaweed-like algae – piling up on beaches and turning turquoise waters brown, and experts are warning that it may be the new normal.