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New president AMLO sets out Mexico's 'transformation'
'We're at your disposal to answer your questions. There are no limits, no censorship... The media are instruments to keep the people informed,' Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador tells reporters

Leftist Lopez Obrador sworn in as Mexico's new president
The new president inherits a sticky set of problems from his unpopular predecessor, Enrique Peña Nieto

Mexican presidents accused as defense opens El Chapo trial
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, one of the world's most notorious criminals, is on trial in New York after twice escaping from prison in Mexico

Mexico president-elect wants Canada in new NAFTA
The ball is now in Canada's court after the United States and Mexico reached an agreement on Monday, August 27

U.S., Mexico finalize trade pact; Canada to rejoin talks August 28
The uncertainty around the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement now revolves around whether it can remain a 3-nation deal, as President Donald Trump suggests he could cut Ottawa out

Mexican president sees 3-way NAFTA deal 'this week'
The United States and Mexico had been holding two-way talks to iron out lingering issues, before bringing Canada back to the table

Mexico, U.S. close to a deal on NAFTA overhaul
Mexican Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo said he hoped to conclude 'in the next few hours or days' bilateral talks with US Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer

Trump presses Mexico to speed up NAFTA talks – Lopez Obrador
NAFTA talks are due to resume on July 26, in Washington between Canada, Mexico and the United States, and Mexico City has said a deal could be struck by the end of August

Mexico's president-elect unveils legislative agenda
The anti-establishment leftist announces a 12-point plan for legislation to deliver the 'true change' he has promised Mexicans fed up with crime and corruption

Mexico president-elect meets predecessor to ready 'transformation'
President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's victory is the first time in Mexico's modern democracy that a candidate has won more than half the vote

Mexico campaign closes with leftist 'AMLO' looking unstoppable
Sick of endemic corruption and horrific violence fueled by the country's powerful drug cartels, many Mexicans are keen for any alternative to the two parties that have governed for nearly a century

Mexico reviews cooperation with U.S. over 'blatant' tension
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has ordered all federal government departments to re-evaluate bilateral cooperation with the United States – a review Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray says is a direct response to recent tension

U.S., Mexico play up increased security cooperation
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto seek to play down any tensions, focusing instead on fighting the 'devastating impact' of the international narcotics trade

Canada, Mexico stick to NAFTA guns despite Trump threats
Visiting Mexico on the heels of a tense trip to Washington, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau downplays US President Donald Trump's attacks on NAFTA as part and parcel of the negotiations on updating the 23-year-old accord

Mexico says last body found in rubble after earthquake
Mexican authorities will now shift their focus to rebuilding damaged structures

Mexico extends search for quake survivors
President Enrique Pena Nieto promises that officials would prolong their delicate probing for survivors

Mexican journalists, activists accuse govt of spying on them
This is an operation by the Mexican state in which state agents – far from doing what they should legally do – have used our resources our taxes our money to commit serious abuses

Leonardo DiCaprio, Mexico in push to save vaquita porpoise
Leonardo DiCaprio and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto agree to increase efforts to save the world s smallest porpoise

Mexican president says seeking 'new relationship' with U.S.
Peña Nieto: We are sure that we are going to be able to reach an understanding that will be positive for both our nations

U.S. promises no mass deportations in bid to calm Mexico
There will be no use of military force for immigration operations says US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly
Top U.S. envoys to meet Mexico president to calm tension
Border security law enforcement cooperation and trade among other issues will be discussed by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security chief John Kelly

Thousands of Mexicans protest against Trump
In what looked set to be Mexico s biggest anti Trump protest yet some 20 cities joined the call to march made by a group of dozens of universities business associations and civic organizations

Trump ripped into Australia's Turnbull in call – report
UPDATED Reports of the Turnbull Trump conversation comes as the US and Mexican governments are denying claims that the former reality TV star had threatened to send troops into Mexico to deal with drug cartels

Trump, Mexican leader speak to mend rift over wall
UPDATED The Mexican government s version statement after the hour long phone conversation includes a line missing from the White House text: The presidents also agreed for now to no longer speak publicly about this controversial issue

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US-Mexico tensions rise with wall tax idea, meeting scrapped
4th UPDATE White House spokesman Sean Spicer says the lines of communications would remain open and Washington hoped to schedule something in the future

Mexico's Peña Nieto mulls cancelling Trump meeting over wall plan
UPDATED Peña Nieto: I have said it time and again: Mexico will not pay for any wall Mexico gives and demands respect as the completely sovereign nation that we are

Trump orders wall construction, angering Mexico
UPDATED The US leader instructs officials on Wednesday January 25 to begin to plan design and construct a physical wall along the southern border and see how it could be funded

Trump vows to 'start renegotiating' NAFTA
Since Trump s November victory both Canada and Mexico have announced that they are willing to sit down with the new US administration to reexamine the free trade agreement

Extradited Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' arrives in U.S.
His extradition caps a Hollywood worthy cat and mouse game between Mexican authorities and the slippery 59 year old drug lord who escaped from prison twice

Mexico, U.S. clash over wall as tough trade talks loom
With 9 days to go until Trump succeeds Barack Obama as US president Mexico is bracing for a new and complex relationship with its main trade partner

Police clash with Mexico gas protesters, gunfire erupts
UPDATED President Enrique Peña Nieto uses a nationally televised New Year s address late Thursday January 5 to defend the increase again

Turning other cheek, Mexican president vows Trump talks
Mexico like the rest of the world is about to begin a new era in our relations with the United States and in trade terms we want to give that relationship its fair value says Mexico s President Enrique Pena Nieto

Mexico urges migrants in U.S. to 'stay calm'
In the wake of Trump s presidential election last week the Mexican foreign ministry unveils 11 actions that it will undertake through its embassy and 50 consulates in the US so Mexicans can avoid being victims of abuses and fraud

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Thousands protest for Mexican leader to 'resign now'
UPDATED Demonstrators hold a sign reading Peña Nieto INEPT RESIGN for the good of Mexico and wave blackened flags of Mexico on the eve of the country s Independence Day

Mexican finance minister resigns amid Trump scandal
Finance Secretary Luis Videgaray a close confidant of President Enrique Peña Nieto steps down amid fallout from the New York billionaire s visit which he helped arrange

In Mexico, Trump asserts US right to build border wall
The provocative billionaire candidate makes a surprise visit to Mexico in the heat of the US presidential race seeking to seize control of the narrative and portray himself as a capable statesman on the international stage

Trump to visit Mexico, meet Peña Nieto
UPDATED Trump: I have accepted the invitation of President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico and look very much forward to meeting him tomorrow

Mexican president plagiarized in thesis, university confirms
The controversy arises as Peña Nieto s popularity is at an all time low

Mexican president plagiarized parts of law thesis – report
The controversy arises as Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto s popularity is at an all time low

'El Chapo' appeals extradition to US
The appeal comes a week after the foreign ministry announced it had agreed to extradite Guzman who escaped from a maximum security prison in July 2015 and was recaptured in January

Mexico debates legalizing opium poppy for medicine
Is legalizing the cultivation of opium poppies for the production of medicine the cure for drug related violence in Mexico?

Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' undergoes jail transfer – official
The authorities say they are moving Guzman to prevent any escape attempt during construction to strengthen his maximum security prison in Altiplano

Mexico's chief investigator probed over missing students case
Parents of the students and opposition lawmakers demand that Tomas Zeron the head of the criminal investigations agency be fired

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Mexico proposes legal medical marijuana in major shift
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto s decision to send landmark legislation to Congress is the result of a national debate on cannabis laws

Mexico to contact US candidates to rebut 'disinformation'
A lot of what is being said about Mexico in the US election is not right

Pope Francis tells Mexico leaders: Nation needs 'true justice'
4th UPDATE It is the kind of message that many ordinary Mexicans fed up with a decade of drug violence were hoping for The pontiff is in Mexico for a 5 day cross country tour

Pope in Mexico after historic talks with Russian patriarch
Pope Francis is set to meet with President Enrique Peña Nieto before traveling around Mexico to visit Catholic shrines and crime ridden areas
