Wall Street Journal

Mexico’s First Female President Has a Big Problem: Her Mentor’s Legacy

MEXICO CITY—As Mexico’s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum is taking over a country that her popular mentor, departing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has profoundly changed in just a ...
The New York Times

As Mexico’s President Steps Down, Some Laud His Legacy, but Others Fear It

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador lifted millions out of poverty while eroding democratic norms, allowing his nationalist political movement to expand its sway. By Simon Romero Emiliano Rodríguez ...
The Economist

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is militarising public security

The Ayotzinapa case typifies Mexico’s law-and-order problems. In September 2014 in a town close to Mexico City, 43 trainee teachers were abducted and killed, with the involvement of government ...
The Washington Post

López Obrador changed Mexico — but not in the ways he promised

MEXICO CITY — Andrés Manuel López Obrador promised a revolution. Never before had a leftist won the Mexican presidency in a democratic election. At his 2018 inauguration, he declared that he wasn’t ...
Reuters

Mexico's ruling party elects new leader to shape post-Lopez Obrador era

MEXICO CITY, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Mexico's ruling Morena party on Sunday elected Interior Secretary Luisa Maria Alcalde as its new leader and awarded the son of outgoing Mexican President Andres Manuel ...
CNN

Mexican president blames US in part for rise in violence in Sinaloa

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the United States is partially responsible for a wave of violence in the state of Sinaloa that has left dozens dead in the past two weeks, with ...
Newsweek

Mexican President Offers His Solution to U.S. Immigration Crisis

Outgoing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has criticised former president Donald Trump's flagship border wall policy and said employment is the key to addressing the migrant crisis. In ...
Wall Street Journal

In Final Act, Mexico’s Departing Leader Aims to Shake Up Judiciary

MEXICO CITY—Over six years in power, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reshaped Mexico’s political landscape with a pugilistic nationalism, but his policies often hit a roadblock in the country’s ...
USA Today

Mexico president declares 'pause' in US embassy relations

Mexico's president has declared "a pause" in relations with the U.S. embassy. The declaration comes after U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar publicly criticized his push to reform the country's constitution.
Newsweek

Mexico Anger Over U.S. Funding for Anti-Corruption NGO

Mexico expressed anger on Wednesday over U.S. funding to an anti-corruption nonprofit organization. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said he plans to send a diplomatic note to the U.S ...
c-span

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

On the C-SPAN Networks: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is a President for Mexico with 13 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2018 Debate as a Presidential Candidate. The year ...
ProPublica

Drug Traffickers Said They Backed an Early Campaign of Mexico’s President. But U.S. Agents Were Done Investigating.

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When the Justice Department shut down a secret inquiry into ...