Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Stay or go? Mexicans vote on Amlo’s performance in historic recall election
Despite Covid deaths and enduring drug violence, voters look poised to keep president in office in referendum he supports
Lillian Perlmutter in Mexico City
08, Apr, 2022 @9:30 AM
Attacks on press in Mexico hit record level during López Obrador’s presidency
Report paints bleak picture of journalist safety under leader who often criticises media and downplays violence against reporters
Nina Lakhani
05, Apr, 2022 @9:36 PM
Mexican president lashes out at EU ‘lies’ over his media-bashing rhetoric
Andrés Manuel López Obrador was urged to tone down his rhetoric by MEPs after a spate of journalist murders – he did the opposite
Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent
11, Mar, 2022 @5:46 PM
Third Mexican journalist killed this year as press corps faces murder crisis
Lourdes Maldonado was shot in Tijuana, a week after another journalist was killed, and a third was fatally stabbed days earlier
Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent
24, Jan, 2022 @5:03 PM
‘We are fearful’: Indigenous Mexicans dread new military buildup on ancestral land
As the Tzeltal people resist huge infrastructure projects across Chiapas state, the new national guard barracks springing up are alarming many
Caitlin Cooper
04, Oct, 2021 @5:00 AM
Amlo ridiculed for saying Mexico’s feminist movement began two years ago
Backlash after Mexican president bizarrely claims movement had been formed to oppose his administration
David Agren
29, Sep, 2021 @7:41 PM
Prosecutors in Mexico seeking arrest warrants for more than 30 scientists
Scientific community is outraged, saying charges of organised crime are an attempt by Mexico’s president to silence them
David Agren
24, Sep, 2021 @3:58 PM
Fifty people linked to Mexico’s president among potential targets of NSO clients
Numbers of 15,000 Mexicans including politicians, journalists, judges, activists and teachers appear in leak
Nina Lakhani in Mexico City
19, Jul, 2021 @4:00 PM
Mexico elections: President Amlo fails to win super-majority in midterms
But president’s Morena party keeps its majority in the lower house of congress
David Agren in Mexico City
07, Jun, 2021 @6:57 PM
What do you think of it so far? Voters rate Amlo’s Mexico ‘transformation’
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador remains popular but midterm elections may reflect judgments of his handling of the pandemic and endemic violence
David Agren in Mexico City and Analy Nuño in Guadalajara
04, Jun, 2021 @9:00 AM
Mexican president accuses US of interference over funding for NGOs
Diplomatic note sent ahead of meeting with Kamala Harris as anti-corruption and press freedom groups draw official ire
David Agren in Mexico City
07, May, 2021 @5:02 PM
Amlo calls decision to disqualify candidates ‘a blow to democracy’
Mexico’s electoral tribunal upheld ruling barring two candidates, including one accused of rape, for failing to file expense reports
David Agren in Mexico City
28, Apr, 2021 @6:26 PM
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