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Mexico's Sheinbaum keeps doing morning briefings, though her style is unlike her predecessor's

Oct. 02, 2024 22:11 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's new President Claudia Sheinbaum started her day Wednesday much like her political mentor, ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, began most of his: with an early morning news briefing from the National Palace. López Obrador's news briefings, known...

Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as 1st female president of Mexico

Oct. 02, 2024 03:14 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in Tuesday as Mexico’s first female president, riding the enthusiasm over her predecessor’s social programs but also facing challenges that include stubbornly high levels of violence. After a smiling Sheinbaum took the oath of...

A plane carrying Brazil President Lula lands safely at Mexico City airport after circling for hours

Oct. 01, 2024 21:58 PM EDT

ZUMPANGO, Mexico (AP) — An airplane carrying Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva back to Brasilia landed safely on Tuesday at Mexico City’s Felipe Angeles airport after circling for hours due to a technical problem. Brazil's air force confirmed the safe landing of the...

Brazil President Lula lands safely at Mexico airport after circling for hours, press secretary says

Oct. 01, 2024 21:25 PM EDT
ZUMPANGO, Mexico (AP) — Brazil President Lula lands safely at Mexico airport after circling for hours, press secretary says.

Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, the scientist who will head Mexico as its first female president?

Oct. 01, 2024 12:01 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum takes office Tuesday as Mexico’s first female president in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence. The 62-year-old former Mexico City mayor and lifelong leftist campaigned on a promise of continuity, of protecting and expanding the...

Live music, breakfast and a raffle: Mexico's president makes the most of his final day in office

Sep. 30, 2024 22:04 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador turned his final morning briefing Monday into a variety show featuring live music, breakfast and a raffle to gift his watch to a journalist. “I dedicated myself to serve the people,” the 70-year-old leader...

Police in a cartel-dominated Mexican city are pulled off the streets after army takes their guns

Sep. 30, 2024 19:06 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Local police in the cartel-dominated city of Culiacan, Mexico have been pulled off the streets after the army seized their guns, officials announced Monday. The move came just one day after about 1,500 residents of Culiacan, the capital of the northern state of...

Mexico's populist president held court each morning for 6 years. Now he's retiring from public life

Sep. 29, 2024 21:36 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Every day at 7 a.m., President Andrés Manuel López Obrador strolls onto a stage in Mexico's National Palace, clad in a smart suit and tie, and peers out at a room of bleary-eyed reporters and social media personalities. “Buenos días, look alive!” the 70-year-old leader...

Trevor Bauer is honored as pitcher of the year in the Mexican Baseball League

Sep. 27, 2024 19:47 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Trevor Bauer was honored on Friday as pitcher of the year in the Mexican Baseball League. The 33-year-old Bauer got 94 votes from the electing committee. Zac Grotz was second with nine votes, followed by David Reyes (seven), Matt Dermody (six), Robert Stock (two)...

Tropical Storm John makes landfall on Mexico’s Pacific Coast amid warnings of flash flooding

Sep. 27, 2024 14:03 PM EDT
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm John makes landfall on Mexico’s Pacific Coast amid warnings of flash flooding.