Catholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico's president
Mexicoโs Catholic leaders have raised their concerns over a controversial judicial reform pushed by President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador.
Mexico's plan to make judges stand for election is indeed aimed at foreign firms, president says
Foreign business chambers have been warning for weeks that a proposed, sweeping overhaul of Mexicoโs judiciary that would make judges stand for election, would endanger foreign investment in Mexico.
Mexico finds the devil is in the details with laws against gender-based attacks on women politicians
In a U.S. electoral campaign punctuated by jibes about โchildless cat ladies,โ some might wish there were rules against mocking candidates based their gender.
One day, their children didn't make it back home. Faith helps these Mexican mothers' search for them
According to official data, at least 115,000 people have disappeared in Mexico since 1952.
Mexico's ruling party edges closer to a majority in both houses of Congress after 2 senators defect
Following a pair of defections by opposition senators, Mexicoโs ruling party is edging closer to a steamroller two-thirds majority in both houses of congress.
Mexico's governing coalition gets 73% of seats in Congress after winning just 60% of votes
Mexicoโs electoral institute has voted to give the governing Morena party and its allies about 73% of seats in the lower house of Congress, even though the coalition won only about 60% of the votes in the June 2 elections.
Mexico federal court employees strike over judicial changes requiring that judges stand for election
Employees at Mexicoโs federal courts have gone on strike over judicial changes that would make all judges stand for election.
Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico's presidential vote in June, is finally declared president-elect
Claudia Sheinbaum, the woman who won Mexicoโs June 2 presidential vote, has finally been formally declared Mexico's President-elect, the first woman to hold the office in Mexico.
Mexico will build passenger train lines to US border in an expansion of its debt-laden rail projects
Mexico's president says his successor is planning to build passenger train lines running from the capital to cities on the U.S. border.
Mexico's incoming president announces top posts but her new cabinet includes familiar faces
Mexicoโs incoming president has announced her appointees for top posts, but hopes for a fresh approach were dashed by the re-appearance of old faces in the new cabinet.
Mexico's incoming president announces first Cabinet picks: academics and former public servants
Mexico's incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum has begun naming her Cabinet, presenting an even gender distribution and a heavy presence from academia and her prior administration as Mexico Cityโs mayor.
Peace must be a priority, say Catholic leaders on anniversary of priests' violent deaths in Mexico
Two years have passed since a leader of one of Mexicoโs organized crime gangs stormed into a Catholic church in the remote Tarahumara mountains and fatally shot two Jesuit priests.
Mexicoโs incoming president says surveys show support for controversial judicial reforms
In a move reminiscent of her political mentor, incoming Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has displayed a series of surveys commissioned by her political party that she says show a wide majority approve of controversial judicial changes.
Aides' vehicle in a convoy carrying Mexico's next president involved in a crash that killed 1
A highway accident involving an SUV carrying aides to Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico's June 2 presidential elections, has resulted in at least one fatality.
Mexico's small, oft-questioned Green Party to become the second-largest force in Congress
It's been a long strange trip for Mexico's Ecologist Green Party, which rode on its alliance with the ruling Morena party to become the second-largest voting block in Congress.
Mexican peso weakens as next president vows to forge ahead with 20 reforms - and adds a couple more
The Mexican peso has continued to weaken as Mexico's outgoing president _ and his successor _vowed to forge ahead with some 20 constitutional changes that have rattled investors.
In Mexico heat wave monkeys still dying, birds are getting air-conditioning, lions get popsicles
Amid Mexico's heat wave and drought, suffering birds are getting air-conditioning and monkeys with heatstroke are being rescued by non-governmental groups.
Mexico's outgoing president vows to pursue changes to Constitution despite market nervousness
Mexicoโs outgoing president has pledged to press ahead with judicial reforms despite nervousness among investors, and suggestions from his own handpicked successor that he should wait.
A year of elections in democracies around the world is revealing deep dissatisfaction among voters
In a transformative year of elections around the world, voters in democratic countries share a common sentiment: Theyโre unhappy with their governments and leaders.
Why Mexicoโs historic President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum could see policy pushback in the U.S.
Political experts share insight on the implications of the unprecedented Mexican presidential election.
Mexico's incoming administration pledges to reduce budget deficit as markets recover from shock
Mexico's treasury secretary has pledged to bring down the budget deficit in coming years, after the country suffered a partial meltdown in the currency and stock market.
Mexicoโs next president faces 3 pressing challenges: money, dialogue and the US election
Mexicoโs newly elected president faces a long list of challenges, including persistent cartel violence, a deeply divided country, cash-straitened social programs and the long shadow of her mentor, outgoing President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador.
Market jitters follow election of first woman as Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum
Mexicoโs first female president held out an olive branch to the more than one-third of Mexicans who didnโt vote for her, but she faces a market meltdown and a tough path toward reconciling a country left deeply divided by outgoing President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador.
A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Claudia Sheinbaum?
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexicoโs next president and its first woman leader in more than 200 years of independence, captured the post by promising continuity.
The Latest | Sheinbaum appears set to become Mexico's first female president
Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum declared victory in Mexicoโs presidential election, shortly after electoral authorities said she held an irreversible lead in an official quick count.
Sexist tropes and misinformation swirl online as Mexico prepares to elect its first female leader
As voters in Mexico head to the polls, a flurry of false, sexist and misleading posts on social media are blurring the lines between fact and fiction.
A violent, polarized Mexico goes to the polls to choose between 2 women presidential candidates
Mexico goes into Sundayโs election deeply divided: friends and relatives no longer talk politics for fear of worsening unbridgeable divides.
Still hurting from violence, Mexican priests and families hope for peace ahead of elections
Ahead of upcoming presidential elections, Mexican President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador and frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum have strongly rejected any criticism of the governing party's security strategies.
What to know about Mexico's historic elections Sunday that will likely put a woman in power
Mexicans will vote Sunday in historic elections weighing many of the core issues facing the country including gender, violence and populism.
Stage collapse at a campaign rally in northern Mexico kills at least 9 people and injures 121
At least nine people are dead and 121 more injured after the collapse of a stage during a campaign rally in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon.
Mexico's presidential front-runner walks a thin, tense line in following outgoing populist
As she runs to replace outgoing President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador, Claudia Sheinbaum is struggling to construct her own image, leaving many wondering whether she can escape the shadow of the larger-than-life incumbent.
Mexico presidential candidates offer little detail to address country's violence in final debate
Less than two weeks from Mexicoโs national elections, opposition presidential candidate Xรณchitl Gรกlvez is trying to close the gap between herself and governing party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum.
Mexico proudly controls its energy but could find it hard to reach its climate goals
Mexico's taking control of its oil from U.S. and British companies is taught in schools and celebrated every year.
Migration roils US elections. Mexico sees mass migration too, but its politicians rarely mention it
The coincidence of presidential elections in the U.S. and Mexico every 12 years provides a valuable way to compare the two countries.
Mexico's likely next president has a Jewish origin. Is that relevant in a deeply Catholic country?
By mid-2024, Claudia Sheinbaum will most likely become Mexicoโs first female president.
Candidates spar in Mexico's first presidential debate ahead of June 2 election
In Mexicoโs first presidential debate ahead of June 2 elections, former Mexico City Mayor and frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum appeared comfortable with her lead, remaining calm amid ex-Senator Xรณchitl Gรกlvezโs personal attacks.
As two women vie for Mexico's presidency, why are there questions about their ability to govern?
As two women candidates lead the polls in the race toward Mexico's June 2 presidential election, one question has been splashed across polls, debates, media and conversations across Mexico.
Hats, T-shirts and dolls reflect outgoing Mexican president's outsized presence in upcoming election
Souvenirs bearing the image of 70-year-old Mexican President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador sell like T-shirts at a Taylor Swift concert.
Mexico's presidential candidates promise security or continuity as campaigns officially begin
Tens of thousands of people packed a stadium in a violence-torn Mexico state while even more did so in Mexico Cityโs central square as the countryโs leading presidential candidates officially kicked off their campaigns.
Mexico will likely elect a woman as its next president, but money to govern is already being spent
Mexico is almost certain to elect its first female president in June โ both leading candidates are women.
Mexico is likely to get its first female president after top parties choose 2 women as candidates
With the selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as the candidate of the countryโs ruling party in next Juneโs election, Mexico will have for the first time two women from its main political powers competing for the presidency.
Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum to be the ruling party's presidential candidate
The former mayor of Mexico City will be the dominant ruling partyโs presidential candidate, moving the country closer to electing its first female president next year.
Mexico's governing party to decide its presidential nomination by polling
Mexican President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador's governing Morena party has decided that a series of five polls over the summer will decide the party's nomination for the June 2024 presidential election.
National Guard sent to Mexico City subway on sabotage worry
The mayor of Mexico City says 6,060 National Guard officers will be posted in the city's subway system after a series of accidents that officials say could be due to sabotage.
Mexico City closes bars, limits eateries as virus cases rise
A healthcare worker collects a sample to test for the new coronavirus inside a mobile diagnostic tent, in the Coyoacan district of Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Mexico City announced Friday it will order bars closed for two weeks after the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 rose to levels not seen since August. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)MEXICO CITY โ Mexico City announced Friday it will order bars closed for two weeks after the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 rose to levels not seen since August. The city closed nightclubs and bars in the spring, but later allowed some to re-open as restaurants. Mexico City has seen about 175,000 cases and at least 12,279 deaths from the virus.
Mexico City to increase virus testing in break from feds
Mexican artisans block Paseo de la Reforma as they protest in Mexico City, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)MEXICO CITY Mexico City pledged Wednesday to start mass testing to reach 100,000 tests per month by July, while the federal government appeared to stick by its policy of administering very few tests during the coronavirus pandemic. While the capital has by far the most cases in Mexico, there are other hot spots. On Wednesday, federal Assistant Health Secretary Hugo Lpez-Gatell lavished praise on the Mexico City plan, calling it extremely relevant, promising and one of the most opportune efforts taken to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The predictions were overtaken by waves of cases, Lpez-Gatell said.