Mexico’s next president faces 3 pressing challenges: money, dialogue and the US election
Mexico’s 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 Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
More populist policies or tougher fight with cartels? Mexicans weigh choice as they pick new leader
Voters choosing Mexico’s next president are deciding between a former academic who promises to further the current leader's populist policies and an ex-senator and tech firm owner who pledges to up the fight against deadly drug cartels.
Mexico's presidential front-runner walks a thin, tense line in following outgoing populist
As she runs to replace outgoing President Andrés Manuel López 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 wants UN to suspend Ecuador over its police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito
Mexico’s president says his country wants the United Nations to suspend Ecuador from the world body as part of a complaint to the top U.N. court over Ecuador’s police raid last week on the Mexican embassy in Quito.
Candidates spar in Mexico's first presidential debate ahead of June 2 election
In Mexico’s 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 Xóchitl Gálvez’s personal attacks.
Organized crime attacks on local candidates raise fears Mexico may face its bloodiest elections ever
As Mexico prepares for the largest elections in its history, organized crime is once again preying on local candidates across swaths of the country where cartels dominate, raising concerns among experts that these could be Mexico’s bloodiest elections ever.
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 City’s central square as the country’s leading presidential candidates officially kicked off their campaigns.
Mexican president suggests US talks on migration and drugs may suffer after drug money allegations
Mexico's president has suggested that talks with the U.S. government on migration and drug trafficking could suffer after media reports of a U.S. investigation into alleged drug money donations for his 2006 campaign.
Migrant caravan slogs on through southern Mexico with no expectations from a US-Mexico meeting
A caravan of thousands of migrants continues to trudge through southern Mexico, with some saying they expect nothing good from a planned meeting between American and Mexican officials about the migrant surge at the U.S. border.
Christian conservatives flock to former telenovela star in Mexico’s presidential race
While most Mexican politicians refrain from clarifying where they stand on religion, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, former telenovela actor and right-wing activist Eduardo Verástegui prays on TikTok and claims that getting closer to God changed the course of his life.
Biden and López Obrador have talked fentanyl and US-Mexico migration. They pledged solidarity
President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador have pledged to work side-by-side to confront illicit fentanyl trafficking into the U.S. and to manage a growing number of migrants traveling to the border between their nations.
Hurricane Otis survivors search for friends and necessities in devastated Acapulco
Survivors of a Category 5 storm that killed at least 27 people as it devastated Mexico’s resort city of Acapulco are searching for acquaintances and necessities and hoping aid will come quickly in the wake of Hurricane Otis.
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 country’s ruling party in next June’s election, Mexico will have for the first time two women from its main political powers competing for the presidency.