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Death of two Jesuit priests shines spotlight on growing threat in Mexico

Brazen murders highlight the risks the country’s priests face every day as they tend to their communities

The Guardian - US

Mexico accuses ex-president of millions in illegal funds

Mexico's anti-money laundering agency has accused ex-President Enrique Peña Nieto of receiving millions of dollars in illegal funds

The Independent UK

San Antonio migrant tragedy: 53 deaths down to criminals and a failed US migration system

Emergency services in San Antonio were called out on June 27 to what turned out to be the deadliest migrant smuggling incident at the US-Mexico border region in the last decades.

The Conversation

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EXPLAINER: What led to priests being killed in Mexico?

Two Jesuit priests and a tour guide murdered in Mexico’s Sierra Tarahumara this week are the latest in a long line of activists, reporters, travelers and local residents who have been threatened or killed by criminal gangs that dominate the region

The Independent UK

2 priests killed in Mexico devoted decades to remote region

Well before many roads were paved in Mexico’s remote Tarahumara mountains, Jesuit priest Javier Campos crisscrossed the area on a motorcycle

The Independent UK

Mexican diplomat starts jostling for 2024 nomination

Mexico's top diplomat has begun the open jostling to win the 2024 nomination of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's Morena party

The Independent UK

Mexican government prodding its farmers to grow more food

Mexico's government wants citizens to produce more of their own food in a move toward self-sufficiency and lower prices in key products

The Independent UK

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Mexican President shares video of Ted Cruz, mocking him as an NRA stooge, at press conference

Florida Republican accuses Obrador of handing ‘over sections of his country to drug cartels’ and being ‘an apologist for tyranny in Cuba’

The Independent UK

Summit of the Americas hobbles to its opening as Mexico’s president declines to attend

WASHINGTON — As the high-profile Summit of the Americas got under way Monday in Los Angeles, with presidents and prime ministers from throughout the Western Hemisphere expected to attend, confusion continued to surround the agenda, what President Joe Biden hopes to achieve and whether U.S.-Latin American relations will be better…

Los Angeles Times

Summit of the Americas kicks off without Cuba, Maduro or Mexico’s López Obrador

After much drama over what nations would be in attendance, most leaders in the Western Hemisphere are gathering this week in Los Angeles during the ninth Summit of the Americas, a high-profile meeting that is expected to deliver an accord on managing unprecedented levels of migrants throughout the region.

Los Angeles Times

Summit of the Americas kicks off without Cuba, Maduro or Mexico’s López Obrador

After much drama over what nations will be in attendance, most leaders in the Western Hemisphere will gather this week in Los Angeles during the ninth Summit of the Americas, a high-profile meeting that is expected to deliver an accord on managing unprecedented levels of migrants throughout the region.

Los Angeles Times

Mexico's president confirms he will skip the Summit of the Americas

"I am not attending the summit because not every American country is being invited," Andrés Manuel López Obrador said.

Axios

Mexico president's party wins 4 of 6 governorships on ballot

Mexican electoral authorities say the party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has continued its consolidation of power by winning four of the six governorships on ballot in local elections

The Independent UK

President's party looks to clean up in state races in Mexico

Sunday’s gubernatorial elections in six Mexican states may be the high-water mark for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party, which is poised to take at least four of the six races

The Independent UK

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Mexican president wants to re-name drug growing area

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he wants to change the name of a notorious drug-producing area known as “the Golden Triangle” to “The Triangle of Good, Hard-Working People”

Los Angeles Times

Mexican president unlikely to attend Summit of the Americas in LA next month

MEXICO CITY — Despite a major U.S. lobbying effort, the president of Mexico hinted strongly Friday that he will not attend a high-stakes regional summit next month in Los Angeles because the Biden administration refuses to invite a trio of leftist governments.

Los Angeles Times

Biden administration races to salvage Summit of the Americas

WASHINGTON — A brewing boycott over the invitation list to this year’s Summit of the Americas, a hemispheric gathering held every three to four years and planned for Los Angeles next month, has the Biden administration scrambling to avoid an embarrassment that could erode U.S. influence in the region.

The Independent UK

Biden risks troubled Americas summit in Los Angeles

The Summit of the Americas is a little more than two weeks away in Los Angeles, and there's still no clear answer on which countries are going

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The Independent UK

US official: Biden mulls Cuba invitation for Americas summit

The United States might invite a Cuban representative to the Summit of the Americas next month, according to a U.S. official

WEKU

U.S. adviser tries to talk Mexican president out of skipping Summit of the Americas

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador threatened to skip this year's summit in the United States if Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are excluded.

Miami Herald

Threats of boycott cast a shadow over Biden’s Summit of the Americas

The White House has not made a final decision on which countries will be invited to the forthcoming Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, following warnings by Mexico’s president that he would skip the regional gathering next month if the authoritarian leaders of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are excluded.

The Independent UK

Bolivia's Arce warns may not attend Summit of the Americas

Bolivia’s President Luis Arce says he may not go to the Summit of the Americas if some countries are not invited

The Independent UK

Mexico threatens to boycott Americas summit unless Biden allows Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to attend

Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he’s out if the US excludes certain nations

The Independent UK

Mexico president threatens to skip Americas Summit

Mexico’s president says he won't attend next month’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles if the Biden administration excludes Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua

WEKU

Crews work through 2nd night after Cuba hotel blast kills 27

Crews worked through a second night searching for victims of a hotel explosion that killed at least 27 people in Cuba's capital and left more than a dozen missing.

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