MEXICO CITY (BLOOMBERG) – If President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was looking for ammunition in his quest to cut Mexico’s reliance on foreign energy, it would be hard to top the electricity blackouts affecting the north of the country. Mexico
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Leaders of Latin America's biggest countries hold off on congratulating Biden
BRASILIA/MEXICO CITY (REUTERS) – The presidents of Latin America’s two largest countries have held back from congratulating Mr Joe Biden for winning the US presidential election, even as other leaders of allied countries around the globe sent their best wishes.
A dozen dead bodies found in abandoned vans in rural Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities said on Monday they found the bodies of 12 men and women left in two abandoned vans in a rural area in the central state of San Luis Potosi, an area brimming with drug
Arrest warrants issued against Mexican military members in 2014 student disappearances
Slideshow ( 3 images )MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – In Mexico, arrest warrants have been issued for members of the Mexican military who may have participated in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students, the head of the investigation, Omar Gomez, said
UPDATE 1-Mexico raises gross debt limit to 70% for rest of president's term
(Updates with context about the upper limit) By Abraham Gonzalez MEXICO CITY, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Mexico has raised a non-binding limit for gross debt to 70% of gross domestic product (GDP), almost 20 percentage points above last year’s level,
Mexican government forces out over 1,000 immigration officials accused of corruption
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican government has forced the resignation or sidelined more than 1,000 immigration officials over allegations of corruption and other irregularities, a senior official said on Friday. As part of an administrative modernization plan, the National
Mexico posts world's third-highest coronavirus death toll: Live
Mexico reports 46,688 fatalities, overtaking the UK to log the world’s third-highest COVID-19 death toll. Vietnam recorded its second coronavirus death as the country battles a new outbreak of the virus, which emerged in the city of Danang. Spain reported a second
First hearing begins in Mexico's corruption trial of ex-Pemex boss
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The former head of Mexican state oil company Pemex, Emilio Lozoya, appeared in court on Tuesday for an initial hearing on corruption charges, kicking off a case that could expose years of alleged malpractice at the
Coronavirus deaths hit ArcelorMittal plant in Mexico: union
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Twenty-one workers at a steel plant owned by ArcelorMittal in the Mexican port city of Lazaro Cardenas have died from COVID-19, the steelworkers’ trade union said Saturday. The dead include employees, contractors and suppliers to the
Mexico's president says relatives of his have died from coronavirus
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday he had lost some relatives to the novel coronavirus, which has so far claimed more lives in Mexico than in all but three other countries worldwide. Lopez