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Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Says Relationship With AMLO Broke Down After 'El Mayo' Zambada's Arrest

Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said he wanted to make clear that the operation had not taken place in Mexico and that U.S. authorities had not participated in it.

Latin Times

A King's Stopover and 500 Years of Unfinished Business: Mexico and Spain Reset Their Relationship

President Claudia Sheinbaum and Spain's King Felipe VI met at Palacio Nacional on June 25 in the first royal visit to Mexico in seven years. Here's what it means for Latin America's longest diplomatic standoff — and why the conversation about the Conquest is far from over.

Latin Times

Mexico’s new UK ambassador from ‘party of poor’ has 10 houses and £1m of jewellery

Alejandro Gertz Manero’s cars and properties contrast starkly with Morena party’s long association with austerity

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Mexico’s ex-president accuses US of plotting to weaken governing party

Andrés Manuel López Obrador says Washington is using investigations into governors and propaganda to boost rivals

The Guardian - US

'Let the Other Trump Return': Former Mexican President López Obrador's Message to the White House

Former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has published an extraordinary political letter defending President Claudia Sheinbaum, criticizing what he described as interventionist actions by some U.S. officials and offering an unexpected assessment of President Donald Trump: that the current occupant of the White House is not the same leader…

Latin Times

Texas refineries see opportunity in Venezuelan oil amid Mexico export declines

As President Donald Trump seeks to boost U.S. investment in Venezuela’s oil fields, Mexico is poised to export less heavy crude to Gulf refineries, creating an opening for Venezuelan oil.

The Texas Tribune

Is Mexican Democracy Under Threat? Former President AMLO, Says He Will Leave Retirement to Defend It

Former Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has reappeared in a surprise public message after months out of the spotlight, declaring that he intends to remain fully retired from political life, but would return to public activism under three circumstances: if democracy is threatened, if the sitting president is attacked…

Latin Times

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Sheinbaum Defends Former President López Obrador's Sons, Calls Fuel Theft Injunction Reports a 'Smear Campaign'

"This is part of a smear campaign, plain and simple. It's a political attack against our movement, against President López Obrador, and against his sons," Claudia Sheinbaum said.

Latin Times

Mexico's first elected Supreme Court faces critical test of independence

Mexico's first elected Supreme Court is set to be seated, and observers are watching to see if it will assert independence from the governing party

The Independent UK

Mexico's Maya Train derails in the Yucatan Peninsula. No report of injuries

A tourist-focused Maya Train running along Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula has derailed while moving slowly toward a station platform

The Independent UK

‘Historic’: how Mexico’s welfare policies helped 13.4 million people out of poverty

Experts are enthusiastic about poverty reductions achieved under former Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador

The Guardian - US

Mexico and Guatemala presidents meet face-to-face for the first time to talk key regional projects

The presidents of Mexico and Guatemala talked common goals and concerns in their first face-to-face meeting, including about the fate of a controversial Maya Train and extending the project from Mexico into Guatemala

The Independent UK

As Mexico’s LGBTQ+ community battles for inclusion, two drag performers have become internet stars – with more than 2 million TikTok followers

In January 2022, Erick Martínez, also known as Turbulence Queen, introduced a guest on his YouTube channel: Ivan “Momo” Guzmán, with the stage name Burrita Burrona, a drag performer wearing a cartoonish donkey costume topped by a wig.

The Conversation

Indigenous lawyer to head Mexico’s supreme court after direct election

Hugo Aguilar, who has links to governing party, topped unprecedented and controversial popular vote

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Will elections for judges make Mexico the ‘most democratic country in the world’? Critics fear the opposite

On Sunday, Mexico will hold an unprecedented election, becoming the first country in the world to allow voters to elect judges at every level.

The Guardian - UK

What can the global left learn from Mexico – where far-right politics hasn’t taken off?

The leftwing governing party, Morena, has promoted social justice but diluted principle with pragmatism, writes freelance journalist Thomas Graham

The Independent UK

Mexico's security chief quietly forms an elite force to take on the drug cartels

Six years ago Mexico’s president disbanded the country’s Federal Police and handed security responsibilities fully to the military

Latin Times

'El Mayo' Zambada Had An Amicable Relationship With Former Mexican President AMLO, Journalist Says

Reports have suggested that the Sinaloa cartel financed Andrés Manuel López Obrador's 2006 presidential campaign

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Is Mexico Prepared for Mass Deportations?

Border states brace themselves, while the president insists on an optimistic view.

The Guardian - US

‘The military has been inserted into the economy’: how the army became ubiquitous in Mexican life

Under the former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico’s army acquired a stake in air and sea ports, customs and luxury hotels

The Independent UK

Mexican soldiers will get a pay raise after elimination of oversight agencies, president says

Mexico's president says much of the money gained by eliminating independent oversight and regulatory agencies will go to the army to fund a rise in soldiers’ pay

The Independent UK

Moody's downgrades Mexican government's outlook to 'negative' over weakening of judiciary and debt

Mexico's president has lashed out at Moody’s ratings service after it downgraded the Mexican government’s debt outlook to “negative.”

Latin Times

U.S. Ambassador To Mexico' Calls The Country's Security Policy a 'Failure, Blames It On AMLO's Lack Of Cooperation

"Coordination failed in the last year, in great part because the previous president did not want to receive help from the United States" said Ken Salazar

Latin Times

Mexico Seems To Drop The Hugs And Embrace The Bullets As Cartel Violence Rages On

Claudia Sheinbaum is apparently pursuing a different strategy than her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador

The Independent UK

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

For the last six years, Mexico bragged about its oft-questioned policy of “hugs, not bullets,” in which the country’s leaders avoided confrontations with drug cartels that were gradually taking control of large parts of the country

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