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Indigenous lawyer to head Mexico’s supreme court after direct election
Hugo Aguilar, who has links to governing party, topped unprecedented and controversial popular vote An Indigenous lawyer from the state of Oaxaca is set to become the president of Mexico’s supreme court following the country’s unprecedented elections to appoint its entire judicial system by popular vote. Activists hailed the election of Hugo Aguilar, a member…
Mexico sues Google over changing Gulf of Mexico’s name for US users
President Claudia Sheinbaum says lawsuit has been filed after US lawmakers voted on name change Mexico has sued Google for changing the Gulf of Mexico’s name to “Gulf of America” for Google Maps users in the United States, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said on Friday. “The lawsuit has already been filed,” Sheinbaum said at her…
Narcos: Mexico’s Manuel Masalva in Coma After Contracting Infection
Narcos: Mexico star Manuel Masalva is fighting for his life after he was placed in a medically induced coma amid treatment for a bacterial infection. Narcos: Mexico alum Manuel Masalva is fighting for his life after suffering a health emergency. The 43-year-old is in a medically induced coma at a hospital in Dubai and in…
On Mexico’s Once-Packed Border, Few Migrants Remain
Tariffs There has been a dramatic drop in the number of people gathering at the U.S. border and trying to cross. Can it help Mexico stave off President Trump’s threatened tariffs? There has been a dramatic drop in the number of people gathering at the U.S. border and trying to cross. Can it help Mexico…
Trump Threats and Mexico’s Crackdown Hit Mexican Cartel
Trump Administration Several cartel operatives said that for the first time in years, they genuinely feared arrest or death at the hands of the authorities. Investigators collecting evidence last month at a crime scene in a residential neighborhood of Culiacán, Mexico. By Natalie Kitroeff and Paulina Villegas Photographs by Daniele Volpe Reporting from Culiacán, Mexico…
How Canada and Mexico’s Leaders Took Different Routes to a Tariff Deal With Trump
Trump Tariffs News analysis The Canadian and Mexican leaders negotiated with President Trump in diverging ways. In the end, they both secured an outcome they could present as a victory back home. By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and James Wagner Matina Stevis-Gridneff reported from Toronto, and James Wagner from Mexico City Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada…
‘América Mexicana’: Mexico’s president responds to Trump with renaming of her own
Claudia Sheinbaum joked about renaming the entire continent in retort to Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comments Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, has responded to Donald Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America with a counter-proposal to rename North America. Standing before a global map in her daily press briefing, Sheinbaum…