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Trump uses false claim about Chinese auto plants in Mexico to call for UAW president to be fired
DETROIT (AP) — Donald Trump made a pitch for votes from key swing state autoworkers during his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination, using false claims to call on them to fire their union president. On Thursday night in Milwaukee, Trump said the United Auto...
Mexican president calls Donald Trump 'a friend' and says he'll warn him against closing border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president called Donald Trump “a friend” Friday and said he would write to the former U.S. president to warn him against pledging to close the border or blaming migrants for bringing drugs into the United States. President Andrés Manuel López...
Coca-Cola FEMSA: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
MEXICO CITY (AP) — MEXICO CITY (AP) — Coca-Cola FEMSA SAB (KOF) on Friday reported net income of $325.7 million in its second quarter. The Mexico City-based company said it had profit of $1.55 per share. The bottling company posted revenue of $4.03 billion in the...
Amer Movil: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
MEXICO CITY (AP) — MEXICO CITY (AP) — Amer Movil (AMX) on Tuesday reported a second-quarter loss of $63.5 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Mexico City-based company said it had a loss of 2 cents. The...
With Haitian migration growing, a Mexico City family of doctors is helping out
CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, Mexico (AP) — Last year, the Hernández Pacheco family began to notice a number of Haitians arriving at an apartment across the street from their medical clinic on the outskirts of Mexico City. Their two-story, mint-green office sits on a small street in...
On anniversary of Frida Kahlo's death, her art's spirituality keeps fans engaged around the globe
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Frida Kahlo had no religious affiliation. Why, then, did the Mexican artist depict several religious symbols in the paintings she produced until her death on July 13, 1954? “Frida conveyed the power of each individual,” said art researcher and curator Ximena...
Prosecutors in northern Mexico say they'll investigate case of long-missing man found in morgue
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in northern Mexico said they will investigate the case of a long-missing man whose body was found lying unidentified in a state morgue, despite pleas months ago to find him. The Zacatecas state prosecutor’s office said late Thursday it had “opened...
Mexico will build passenger train lines to US border in an expansion of its debt-laden rail projects
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s massive, debt-fueled passenger rail building program is not going to end with the administration of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, but will instead double, he said Wednesday. López Obrador said his successor, President-elect Claudia...
Mexico's incoming president announces top posts but her new cabinet includes familiar faces
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s incoming president announced her appointees for top posts Thursday, but hopes for a fresh approach were dashed by the re-appearance of old faces in the new cabinet. President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum announced that Rosa Icela Rodríguez, who headed...
Mexican president says a fight over drug and migrant trafficking was behind the massacre of 19
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Tuesday a fight between gangs over drug and migrant trafficking routes was behind the massacre of 19 men in the southern state of Chiapas. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the killings were part of a long-running dispute...
