Tag: Mexico

• Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 22:54 UTC

  Corbyn-supportive AMLO sworn in as Mexico's president

  

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been sworn in as Mexico's new president, after his landslide win in July. The 65-year old AMLO, as he is more commonly referred to, is starting his six-year term with a promise to end corruption, poverty and extreme violence.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:30 UTC

  World leaders fly to Buenos Aires for G20, but little consensus for a final declaration

  

  United States President Donald Trump jets into Argentina on Thursday for a G20 summit, keen to do battle with China on trade and sharpening his rhetoric against Russia over Ukraine. The weekend summit is confronted with increasingly dire warnings, by the International Monetary Fund among others, of the potential harm faced by the world economy from Trump's trade wars.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:23 UTC

  Trump favors imposing tariffs to protect US auto industry; EU ready to react with retaliation tariffs

  

  President Donald Trump on Wednesday indicated he favours imposing import tariffs to protect the US auto industry, which was rocked by this week's announcement of job cuts at General Motors. In two tweets, the president said that extending tariffs already in place for foreign-built small trucks to the car sector would help domestic manufacturers.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 07:20 UTC

  Mexico's Lopez Obrador takes office amid business community concerns

  

  Mexico's central bank cut its economic growth forecast for 2019 on Wednesday, citing uncertainty over the policies that president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will pursue. In its quarterly report on the state of Latin America's second-largest economy, after Brazil, the Bank of Mexico predicted growth of 1.7 to 2.7% next year, down from 1.8 to 2.8% in its previous forecast.

• Monday, November 26th 2018 - 07:22 UTC

  Central American migrants storm US border; Mexico will deport those violently trying to cross

  

  The U.S.-Mexico border at the San Isidro Port of Entry was closed in both directions for more than five hours on Sunday after hundreds of migrants rushed the area, prompting federal authorities to launch tear gas in an apparent attempt to get the group to disperse.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 09:33 UTC

  US military police at the border with Mexico are unarmed, said Defense Secretary Mattis

  

  United States Defense Secretary James Mattis has said military police at the border with Mexico will be unarmed and will not have the power to carry out arrests. “They don't have guns in their hands, there is no armed element going in,” Mr. Mattis told reporters on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 08:52 UTC

  Mexican president elect will hold a national consultation on ten key policy proposals

  

  Mexico’s incoming government will hold a national public consultation on Nov. 24-25 for residents to voice their opinion on 10 key policy proposals ranging from a new rail line and oil refinery to reforestation and free public internet initiatives.

• Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 08:56 UTC

  Premier Oil confident in reducing debt; begins drilling in Mexico

  

  Premier Oil said it expected full-year production to come in at the low end of a previously announced 80,000 to 85,000 barrels per day range. The company, with interests in the Falkland Islands and which has been focusing on cutting debts, also said its debt pile would shrink to US$ 2.4 billion by the year-end.

• Wednesday, November 14th 2018 - 12:24 UTC

  Bolero legend Gatica passes away at age 90

  

  Chilean-born bolero legend Lucho Gatica, died Tuesday in Mexico City at the age of 90 of undisclosed causes, his family confirmed. “Good trip, I love you ...” wrote his son, Mexican actor Luis Gatica, on social media.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2018 - 08:57 UTC

  Trump hails the launching of the United States/Mexico/Canada trade agreement

  

  After 14 months of talks between the United States and its closest allies, President Donald Trump celebrated the United States Mexico Canada Agreement, or USMCA, a new trade agreement that is poised to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.