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Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate change
MEXICO CITY (AP) — In her first days as Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel reliance promoted by her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and vowed to resume an energy transition that he halted. “We...
Mexico's Sheinbaum keeps doing morning briefings, though her style is unlike her predecessor's
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
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...
Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, the scientist who will head Mexico as its first female president?
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...
Along Mexico's Pacific coast, flooding from Hurricane John left devastated towns and 17 dead
COYUCA DE BENITEZ, Mexico (AP) — Along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, floodwaters receded Monday, leaving behind devastated towns and 17 dead, after John struck the coast once as a hurricane and again as tropical storm last week. Desperate residents in the town of Coyuca de...
Live music, breakfast and a raffle: Mexico's president makes the most of his final day in office
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...
Mexico's populist president held court each morning for 6 years. Now he's retiring from public life
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...
Mexico's president touts austerity on his way out of office but lavishes largesse on friends
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s outgoing president has always taken pride in his reputation as a penny-pincher but on Friday, three days before leaving office, Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced generous cash giveaways for his allies in a radical union movement. It was part of...
Families of 43 missing students in Mexico are still demanding justice 10 years later
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Families of the 43 students from a rural teacher’s college abducted 10 years ago in southern Mexico marked the painful anniversary Thursday, disillusioned after what they say was a decade of unfulfilled government promises. Thousands marched with the families...
