Andrés Manuel López Obrador

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Mexico’s president says he would support peace agreement with cartels
Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s comments come after an activist’s open letter to crime groups to stop forced disappearances

Oscar Lopez in Mexico City

31, May, 2023 @10:00 AM

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Mexican president bemoans ‘rude’ US fentanyl pressure in plea to Xi Jinping
Andrés Manuel López Obrador asks China to curb exports of opioid after lengthy denunciation of similar calls from US

Staff and agencies in Mexico City

04, Apr, 2023 @8:46 PM

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Mexico news anchor survives shooting amid surge in violence against journalists
Ciro Gómez Leyva was unharmed when an attacker fired at his car, but 42 journalists have been killed during Amlo’s term

Steve Fisher in Mexico City

16, Dec, 2022 @8:25 PM

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As Mexico’s epidemic of violence rages on, authorities seem powerless to stop it
With more than 26,000 murders this year, it is clear the president’s strategy of using the military to control the crime gangs has failed

Oscar Lopez in Mexico City

08, Dec, 2022 @11:30 AM

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Four years after his inauguration, why is Mexico’s leader still campaigning?
Barred from re-election, Lopez Obrador is accused of bussing in supporters to drum up support for his successor

Oscar Lopez in Mexico City

01, Dec, 2022 @10:50 AM

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Mexico will try to ‘deceive the world’ at Cop27, experts warn
President not expected to attend summit but critics cast doubt on veracity of pledges the country could make

Nina Lakhani in Sharm el-Sheikh

08, Nov, 2022 @4:22 PM

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Amlo promised to take Mexico’s army off the streets – but he made it more powerful
Soon after taking office, Andrés Manuel López Obrador created a new force, the national guard – and handed control of it over to the army

Steve Fisher in Mexico City

27, Sep, 2022 @9:30 AM

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Mexican students’ disappearance was a state-sponsored crime, truth panel says
The government commission inquiry confirmed that federal and state authorities were tracking the 43 Ayotzinapa students in 2014

Steve Fisher in Mexico City

19, Aug, 2022 @1:05 AM

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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

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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

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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

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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

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