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Venezuela closes its embassy in Ecuador to protest the police raid on the Mexican Embassy there

Apr. 16, 2024 21:23 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador on Tuesday in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican Embassy in Quito. Maduro and other presidents...

US files 2nd labor complaint after Mexico refuses to act on union-busting by a Mexican company

Apr. 16, 2024 13:31 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States said Tuesday it has filed a labor complaint after Mexico refused to act on alleged union-busting by a Mexican company. The U.S. Trade Representatives Office said it has filed a request for a dispute settlement panel under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada...

Mexico, a leading producer of illicit fentanyl, can't get enough for medical use, study finds

Apr. 12, 2024 20:17 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A report released by the Mexican government Friday says the country is facing a dire shortage of fentanyl for medical use, even as Mexican cartels pump out tons of the illicit narcotic. The paradox was reported in a study by Mexico’s National Commission on...

Mexico wants UN to suspend Ecuador over its police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito

Apr. 11, 2024 14:48 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president said Thursday his country wants the United Nations to suspend Ecuador from the world body as part of a complaint to the top U.N. court over Ecuador’s police raid last week on the Mexican embass y in Quito. Tensions between Mexico and Ecuador...

Mexican authorities stop water extraction from reservoir that's home to upscale lakeside community

Apr. 09, 2024 21:43 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Struggling to deal with a severe drought, water authorities in central Mexico decided Tuesday to stop taking water from a rapidly emptying reservoir that is home to an upscale lakeside community. Residents around the Valle de Bravo reservoir had protested about...

Mexico releases video of Ecuador's raid on its embassy

Apr. 09, 2024 17:45 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico released security camera video Tuesday of the moments when Ecuadorian authorities forced their way into Mexico’s embassy, pushed a Mexican diplomat to the ground and carried out Ecuador’s former vice president who had been holed up there. The action...

Mexico's outgoing leader is unhappy with the first presidential debate

Apr. 09, 2024 14:43 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — There were plenty of reasons to criticize Mexico’s first presidential debate leading up to the June 2 election. The format was a bit constrictive, and the candidates’ timer wasn’t working at some points, leaving it unclear how much longer they could speak. ...

Ecuadorians wanted an action man. President Noboa has fulfilled that role — embassy raid included

Apr. 08, 2024 21:16 PM EDT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — While world leaders have expressed shock and bewilderment over Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa’s decision to raid Mexico’s embassy last Friday, the extraordinarily unusual move — and Noboa's relative silence about it — is unlikely to hurt him with his constituents....

Latino voters are coveted by both major parties. They also are a target for election misinformation

Apr. 08, 2024 16:35 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — As ranchera music filled the Phoenix recording studio at Radio Campesina, a station personality spoke in Spanish into the microphone. “Friends of Campesina, in these elections, truth and unity are more important than ever,” said morning show host Tony Arias....

Candidates spar in Mexico's first presidential debate ahead of June 2 election

Apr. 08, 2024 01:20 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — In Mexico’s first presidential debate on Sunday ahead of June 2 elections, former Mexico City Mayor and frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum appeared comfortable with her polling lead, remaining calm amid ex-Senator Xóchitl Gálvez's personal attacks. Jorge Álvarez...