Tag: President
What is behind AMLO’s confusing rhetoric surrounding violence against women?
Protestors cover barricades designed to keep them out with the names of murdered women. Photo: Courtesy
President Andrés...
Mexico expands pensions and plans to double benefits by 2024
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks at one of his morning press conferences last week. Photo: Ismael Rosas / Eyepix Group...
AMLO: States free to decide when schools will open again
AMLO's critics say he is passing the buck by letting states decide when students are to return to class. Photo: File
AMLO gets his way: Thanks to new law, the CFE to...
Critics of a new electricity generation reform in Mexico argue that it will disincentivize the production of renewable energy. Photo: File
AMLO to visit Yucatán and kick off construction of three new...
Despite recent court rulings, AMLO insists that the Tren Maya will be completed. Photo: File
President Andrés Manuel...
AMLO under fire: Critics say he is politicizing vaccine rollout
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Photo: File
Prioritizing vaccination in small communities where infections are few makes little...
López Obrador’s cousin is latest relative to die from COVID-19
Úrsula Mojica Obrador, cousin of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, died this Friday morning while being treated...
AMLO’s critics unhappy about planned visit to White House
A storm of criticism followed President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's announcement Wednesday that he plans to travel to Washington to meet with...
AMLO wakes up in Merida, starts early-morning meeting with armed forces,...
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador waves a starting flag Monday during a ceremony in Lazaro Cardenas, Quintana Roo. Lopez Obrador kicked...
Cars cram Paseo to accuse AMLO of ‘Communist’ agenda
An estimated 1,000 cars took part in a caravan demanding Mexico's president resign. Photo: La Jornada Maya
An...
AMLO to visit Merida, other cities, despite coronavirus contingencies
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador waves to supporters at an IMSS hospital that will be converted to receive COVID-19 patients in...
Mexico eyes nationwide ‘return to normal’ June 1, or sooner for...
A map projected on a screen at a presidential press conference gave a vague glimpse of which municipalities have the highest...
AMLO to skip Merida on his next trip to Yucatan
The president of Mexico visited a hospital in Izamal, Yucatan, in September 2019. Photo: Courtesy
President Andrés Manuel...
Addressing blackouts, AMLO promises new power plant in Yucatan
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador promised a new power plant "so that there will never be any blackouts" in Yucatan.
AMLO holding rallies Merida and Valladolid on Saturday
When Mexico's president returns to Merida on Saturday, the first order of business will be a 12:30...
Investment analyst doubts Mayan Train will ever be finished
The president's Mayan Train project isn't likely ever to be finished, a bank analyst said.
Blackouts in Yucatan are seen as suspicious
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that power outages on the Yucatan Peninsula could be due more than just an accidental fire.
AMLO in Yucatan to meet with U.S. official, business leaders
For the second time since taking office, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will visit Yucatan today. His itinerary is packed.
Blackouts expected to continue in Yucatan and throughout Mexico
The Yucatan Peninsula and other areas of the country will likely continue to suffer "major blackouts" the rest of the year.
Mexico demands apology from Spain, Vatican over injustices to indigenous people
AMLO has demanded Spanish King Felipe VI and Pope Francis apologize for historical abuses of colonialism and the conquest of Mexico.
Lopez Obrador promises to step down after 1 term
President responds to accusations that he's trying to bust term limit.
Can Lopez Obrador save Mexico’s south?
For all the poverty in Yucatan, three states further south have seemingly intractable problems that pose a challenge to a president who calls himself a southerner.
When AMLO flies coach, travel headaches follow
Still a rock star to a hugh swath of the public, AMLO stops for photos with just about everyone at the airport. That makes security officers nervous.
AMLO: Prison island will become tourist paradise
Mexico's version of Alcatraz will become a tourist destination instead