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'Huge Change': Mexico Expected To Elect First Woman President

Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president this weekend, with two front-runners competing to break the highest political glass ceiling in a country with a history of gender violence and inequality.

International Business Times

Mexican President Says Power Outages Caused By 'Exceptional' Heat Wave

Out of 32 states in Mexico, 20 experienced power outages Tuesday, as per the data received from grid operator CENACE. On Wednesday, the net national power demand was around 44.9 gigawatts (GW), slightly lower than the net generation of 45.0 GW.

Latin Times

Mexico Tourist Train An Environmental 'Nightmare,' Activists Say

In a cave in Mexico's Riviera Maya, where nature has sculpted a subterranean landscape of stunning beauty, thick steel columns supporting a controversial new tourist railway intrude into a delicate ecosystem.

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Mexico's President Aims To Boost Lower Pensions Ahead Of Elections

This fund creation is part of a pension reform proposed by the president in February and approved by the country's lower house on Monday. However, the reform is yet to get passed by the Senate.

Latin Times

Mexico releases footage of Ecuador police storming its embassy in Quito

The raid spurred criticism as being violation of international law as Ecuador sought to arrest a former vice president.

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Mexican President Slams YouTube For Censoring A Private Number

The president claimed that the video-sharing company, which republished the video after removing private numbers under harassment and cyberbullying policies, is showing an authoritarian attitude through censorship.

Latin Times

Mexican President Faces Probe For Revealing Reporter's Phone Number

The National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection said that it would investigate whether the disclosure broke the law.

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Mexican Government Working On Canada's Complaint Over High Number Of Asylum Requests

Canadian Immigration and Refugee Commission data showed that Mexicans made 17,500 asylum requests between January to September 2023. Whereas, Haitians made the second-highest number of requests with more than 8,500 applications.

Latin Times

Mexico President Rejects Drug Cartel Funding Claims

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday vehemently rejected claims that drug traffickers helped to fund his first presidential campaign in 2006, describing the allegations as "completely false."

International Business Times

Border Crisis: Mexico Meeting Fails to Halt Migrant Surge

Join an independent journalist as they discuss the private meeting between top Biden officials and Mexican President Obrador. Is the border crisis being ad...

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Mexico's Maya Train Underway, Despite Environmental Concerns

Mexico's Maya tourist train glided into action on Friday, promising prosperity for one of the country's poorest regions, but tainted by allegations of environmental devastation.

International Business Times

Opposition senator surges in polls ahead of Mexico’s election

Mexico’s opposition parties have a new top candidate for the 2024 presidential election who’s caught the public’s eye for her open criticism of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, according to a local poll.

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Mexicans march to mark 5-year anniversary of AMLO’s election

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador drew thousands in a march to celebrate the fifth anniversary of his election victory.

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Mexico's Mayan Train: Costly railway plan sparks controversy

One of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's first promises after his election in 2018 was to build the Mayan train, a long railway that would criss-cross 1,554 kilometres of tropical forests in the eastern Yucatan peninsula. The goal is to connect major tourism centres. While the idea appears good…

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Mexico’s AMLO to visit Chile in September, El Universal reports

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will make his first state visit to South America with a trip to Chile in September, El Universal reported.

Daily Mirror

Kidnapped grandmother Maria del Carmen Lopez begs for freedom in ransom tape sent to family from Mexico

The daughter of a US woman who was kidnapped in Mexico tearfully revealed that she heard her mother begging for her life in an audio recording

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Mexico foreign minister quits in bid to clinch presidential nomination

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, one of the leading contenders to be the country's next leader, said on Tuesday he will resign to focus on winning the presidential nomination of the ruling party for the 2024 election.

Reuters

Mexico president plans public sector pay boost going into election

Mexico's president said on Tuesday a key priority next year will be to improve public sector salaries, as the country gears up for the next presidential election in June 2024.

Reuters

Mexican president urges unity among ruling party contenders

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had sought to promote unity within the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) during a dinner on Monday evening attended by the party's main contenders to succeed him.

Reuters

Mexico unveils tax break plan for southern business corridor

Mexico on Monday pitched a series of tax incentives aimed at luring companies into investing in a business corridor that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is developing in a southern isthmus in hopes of competing with the Panama Canal.

Reuters

Mexico's rulers clinch opposition bastion ahead of presidency race

Mexico's ruling party comfortably captured a major historic stronghold of the opposition in an election on Sunday, consolidating President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's hold on power ahead of the battle to succeed him next year.

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Mexican president's party set to win State of Mexico: electoral authority

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) is poised to win the governorship of the State of Mexico, the state's electoral institute forecast on Sunday.

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Mexican president's party to win key state in election

The party of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was set to win a major opposition bastion in a state election on Sunday, preliminary results showed, giving the country's leader a boost as he seeks to pave the way for a successor next year.

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