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Mexico cracks down on drugs and migrants. Will it be enough to stop Trump tariffs?

LA Times

In recent days, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has touted her country’s largest-ever seizure of fentanyl and highlighted multiple crackdowns on migrants headed toward the United States. An elated Trump reported after the call on social media that Sheinbaum had “agreed to stop Migration through Mexico” and had committed to “effectively closing our Southern Border.” Sheinbaum disputed that, saying that Mexico’s …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Mexico seeks Trump agreement to avoid receiving non-Mexican deportees

Hindustan Times

By Kylie Madry and Ted Hesson Mexico seeks Trump agreement to avoid receiving non-Mexican deportees MEXICO CITY -Mexico is seeking an agreement with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to ensure Mexico does not receive deportees from third countries in case of large-scale deportations from the United States, President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday. Mexico has played a key role in implementing …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Mexico to eliminate 7 independent regulatory, oversight agencies. What does it mean for the future?

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Senate has voted to eliminate seven independent regulatory and oversight agencies, a move that critics warn will cement the ruling party’s power and avoid outside scrutiny. The American Chamber of Commerce said in a recent report it worries the changes “could result in disputes with our trading partners,” because the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement requires independent anti-monopoly …

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Mexican president says she is confident that a tariff war with the US can be averted

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday she is confident that a tariff war with the United States can be averted. U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said he hoped Trump would rethink his plan to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, saying it could “screw up” relationships with close allies. Trump had earlier threatened to impose 25% …

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Mexico suggests it would impose its own tariffs to retaliate against any Trump tariffs

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Tuesday that Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% import duties on Mexican goods if the country doesn’t stop the flow of drugs and migrants across the border. She said Tuesday that Mexico had done a lot to stem the flow of migrants, …

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4 weeks ago

Mexico’s president unveils a plan to promote non-violent music over ‘narco corridos’

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday she has a plan to reduce the popularity of “narco corridos,” a musical genre often linked to drug cartel violence. The campaign includes “a competition among corrido bands that have some other kind of lyrics, that glorify other behaviors, other cultural visions,” Sheinbaum said, noting that ”prohibiting them is not an …

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Mexico ready to receive deported Mexicans from US if necessary

Hindustan Times

MEXICO CITY -Mexico has a plan to receive deported Mexicans from the U.S. if President-elect Donald Trump launches mass deportations of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday. Mexico ready to receive deported Mexicans from US if necessary Sheinbaum added Mexico was also preparing to show the Trump administration that mass deportations were unnecessary, …

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1 month ago

Mexico acknowledges Canada’s concerns about a Chinese auto plant, but says none exists

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president acknowledged Thursday that Canada is concerned about reports of a Chinese company’s plan to build an auto plant in Mexico, but she said it does not currently exist. “The prime minister does not agree with taking Mexico out of the treaty, he told me so clearly,” Sheinbaum said following the bilateral meeting the two leaders …

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1 month ago

Mexico's new president pitches delicate balance on migration with Trump

Hindustan Times

* Mexico's new president pitches delicate balance on migration with Trump Sheinbaum to propose humanistic approach to Trump on migration * Mexico's trade ties with U.S. face challenges under Trump * Sheinbaum optimistic about ties despite deportation concerns By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY, - Mexico's new president outlined a delicate balancing act on Wednesday, stressing the need to work …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Car bombs. Massacres. A cartel turf war. Mexico’s new president confronts a wave of violence

LA Times

Mourners attend a Mass on Oct. 20 alongside the coffin of Roman Catholic priest Marcelo Perez, who was killed in San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico’s Chiapas state. As a candidate, Sheinbaum vowed to continue the strategy of her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who expanded the military’s reach but sought to avoid direct confrontations with cartels, and insisted …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Mexico explains 5 easy steps to register online as a candidate for a spot on the Supreme Court

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Officials laid out five easy steps Monday for registering online as a candidate for one of nine spots on Mexico’s Supreme Court, or any one of hundreds of federal judgeships. If your neighbors think you’d do a good job, that’s good enough, according to Arturo Zaldívar, a former supreme court chief justice and currently an adviser to …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mexico appears to abandon its ‘hugs, not bullets’ strategy as bloodshed plagues the country

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — For the last six years, Mexico bragged about its oft-questioned “hugs, not bullets” strategy, in which its leaders avoided confrontations with drug cartels that were gradually taking control of large parts of the country. Sheinbaum has studiously avoided using the “hugs, not bullets” slogan popularized by her predecessor and mentor, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Mexico’s new president should tackle the country’s festering human rights catastrophe

LA Times

New President Claudia Sheinbaum can do more than her predecessor to resolve the disappearances and murders of Mexicans by gangs and past governments. Steps away from my front door is a small plaque reminding passersby that the building beside my own, now a government human rights office, was once the headquarters of the Mexican secret police, “a center for forced …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Car Bombing Outrages Mexico City, Wounding Police Officers

Associated Press

A car bomb explodes outside a police station in western Mexico, wounding 3 officers. The attack, which occurred in two different towns located about a half-hour away from each other, suggests the involvement of drug cartels. Despite the violence, newly inaugurated President Claudia Sheinbaum pledged to continue the ‘hugs, not bullets’ approach of her predecessor. However, it takes two to …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

This feminist icon lived 99 years — long enough to help inaugurate Mexico’s first female president

LA Times

Andrés Manuel López Obrador hands over the presidential sash to Ifigenia Martínez during the inauguration of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, left, in Mexico City last week. Mexico bid farewell Monday to Ifigenia Martínez, a feminist icon of the country’s political left, who died at age 99 on Saturday — just four days after presiding over the handover of power to …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sheinbaum, a ‘child of 1968,’ apologizes for historic ‘atrocity’ in Tlatelolco, Mexico City

LA Times

Calling herself a “child of 1968,” Mexico’s newly inaugurated President Claudia Sheinbaum issued a formal apology Wednesday for one of the country’s most notorious episodes — the brutal repression and murder of student protesters 56 years ago in the capital’s Tlatelolco district. Soldiers stand guard on Oct. 12, 1968, for the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

5 things to know about Mexico's first female president

NPR

5 things to know about Mexico's first female president toggle caption Eduardo Verdugo/AP MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, takes office on Tuesday as Mexico’s 66th president and its first female leader. Sponsor Message Sheinbaum started her political career as López Obrador’s environmental minister after he was elected Mexico City mayor in …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Shattering glass ceiling, Claudia Sheinbaum takes office as Mexico’s first female president

LA Times

Mexico’s new leader, Claudia Sheinbaum, wears the presidential sash during the transfer of power ceremony in Mexico City on Oct. 1, 2024. Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist who jumped from academia to the rocky world of politics, took office Tuesday as Mexico’s first female president. Now we know that presidents can be women.” The crowd erupted in chants of: “Presidenta!” …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Catholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico’s president

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Catholic leaders said Monday that the judicial reform pushed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador might not necessarily bring justice for victims of the crime wave that is rampant across the country. “May they contemplate the benefit of the nation beyond unnecessary partisanship, so we can move towards a comprehensive reform that includes prosecutors’ offices, local …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico’s presidential vote in June, is finally declared president-elect

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum, the woman who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential vote, has finally been formally declared Mexico’s President-elect, the first woman to hold the office in Mexico. At a ceremony Thursday, the former Mexico City mayor was handed the legal ruling declaring her the country’s next president. Sheinbaum has pledged to follow all the policies of her …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Volatility hits once-mighty Mexican peso, further dip seen as pressures mount

Live Mint

By Noe Torres MEXICO CITY, Aug 7 - Mexico's peso, depressed by domestic and global factors in recent months, could keep falling as the U.S. economy slows and uncertainty lingers around the November U.S. presidential election. The currency, once dubbed the "super peso," could weaken further to 21 pesos per greenback, analysts surveyed by Reuters said, from just over 19 …

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6 months ago

Mexico’s incoming president announces first Cabinet picks: academics and former public servants

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum began naming her Cabinet Thursday, presenting an even gender distribution, as well as a heavy presence from academia and her prior administration as Mexico City’s mayor. Mexico’s former Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard speaks at the press conference announcing incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Cabinet members, in Mexico City, Thursday, June 20, 2024. …

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6 months ago

Mexico’s incoming president says surveys show support for controversial judicial reforms

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — In a move reminiscent of her political mentor, incoming Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday displayed a series of surveys commissioned by her political party that she said show a wide majority approve of controversial judicial changes. Sheinbaum said the surveys were just “informational.” She said the polling was done over the weekend and included face-to-face interviews …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Aides’ vehicle in a convoy carrying Mexico’s next president involved in a crash that killed 1

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — A highway accident Friday involving an SUV carrying aides to Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential elections, has resulted in at least one fatality. Sheinbaum’s spokesman said the advance car hit another vehicle on a highway in the northern state of Coahuila, and that one person in the other car was killed. The accident happened …

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Mexico cracks down on drugs and migrants. Will it be enough to stop Trump tariffs?

Mexico seeks Trump agreement to avoid receiving non-Mexican deportees

Mexico to eliminate 7 independent regulatory, oversight agencies. What does it mean for the future?

Mexican president says she is confident that a tariff war with the US can be averted

Mexico suggests it would impose its own tariffs to retaliate against any Trump tariffs

Mexico’s president unveils a plan to promote non-violent music over ‘narco corridos’

Mexico ready to receive deported Mexicans from US if necessary

Mexico acknowledges Canada’s concerns about a Chinese auto plant, but says none exists

Mexico's new president pitches delicate balance on migration with Trump

Car bombs. Massacres. A cartel turf war. Mexico’s new president confronts a wave of violence

Mexico explains 5 easy steps to register online as a candidate for a spot on the Supreme Court

Mexico appears to abandon its ‘hugs, not bullets’ strategy as bloodshed plagues the country

Opinion: Mexico’s new president should tackle the country’s festering human rights catastrophe

Car Bombing Outrages Mexico City, Wounding Police Officers

This feminist icon lived 99 years — long enough to help inaugurate Mexico’s first female president

Sheinbaum, a ‘child of 1968,’ apologizes for historic ‘atrocity’ in Tlatelolco, Mexico City

5 things to know about Mexico's first female president

Shattering glass ceiling, Claudia Sheinbaum takes office as Mexico’s first female president

Catholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico’s president

Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico’s presidential vote in June, is finally declared president-elect

Volatility hits once-mighty Mexican peso, further dip seen as pressures mount

Mexico’s incoming president announces first Cabinet picks: academics and former public servants

Mexico’s incoming president says surveys show support for controversial judicial reforms

Aides’ vehicle in a convoy carrying Mexico’s next president involved in a crash that killed 1