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  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the High Level Summit between Mexican and US leaders and businessmen at the National Palace in Mexico City on October 15, 2024. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) (Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Mexico’s second run-in with Trump looks ominous for U.S.’s southern neighbor

    By Mark Stevenson, María Verza, and others
  • 06 December 2023, Mexico, Cancun: View of the future main station of the Mayan train, which is to be inaugurated on December 15. (to dpa-KORR “Scar in paradise: Mayan train rolls through Mexico’s rainforest”) Photo: Andrea Sosa/dpa (Photo by Andrea Sosa/picture alliance via Getty Images)Finance

    Mexico’s Maya Train could cost $30bn and so far draws only 5% of the passengers expected: ‘The uselessness of this project was foreseeable’

    By Mark Stevenson and The Associated Press
  • MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – JUNE 03: Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum of ”Sigamos Haciendo Historia” arrives to give a speech after the first results released by the election authorities show that she leads the polls by wide margin after the presidential election at Hilton Hotel on June 03, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. According to the Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) over 100 million people were allowed to vote on the 2024 Presidential Election in Mexico. Claudia Sheinbaum of ‘Sigamos Haciendo Historia’ coalition will become the first woman president of Mexico. (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images)Politics

    Mexico has elected its first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum—by a landslide

    By María Verza, Mark Stevenson, and others
  • AvocadosEnvironment

    Trouble for Super Bowl guac looms as Mexico ships 2,000 fewer tons of avocados to America on climate change struggles

    By Mark Stevenson and The Associated Press
  • Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico’s president, speaks during an event at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. AMLO unveiled a swath of long-shot constitutional reforms to pensions, workers’ wages and the Supreme Court on Monday, in a move seemingly aimed at energizing his base and baiting the opposition ahead of June’s elections. Photographer: Luis Antonio Rojas/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Mexico’s president wants country to be first to guarantee people pensions equal to their full salaries at the time they retire

    By Mark Stevenson and The Associated Press
  • Impressions from Chiapa on the border between Mexico and GuatemalaLifestyle

    Heading to Mayan ruin sites in Mexico? Drug gangs might demand your phone and passcode—and don’t be surprised if a gun battle breaks out

    By Mark Stevenson and The Associated Press
  • Barbie tacoPolitics

    From ‘Barbie Dictator’ to ‘Genocidal Barbie,’ the hot pink mania sweeping Latin America has a dark political undertone

    By Mark Stevenson and The Associated Press
  • File – A man works in a shoe maquiladora or factory, in Leon, Mexico, Monday, Feb. 7, 2023. While the USMCA’s broad impact has been slight, it has nevertheless been aiding workers on the ground and the main beneficiaries have been in Mexico. (AP Photo/Mario Armas, File)Finance

    Trump’s renegotiation of the NAFTA free trade deal is helping workers—in Mexico

    By Paul Wiseman, Mark Stevenson, and others
  • Mexican army soldierPolitics

    The Mexican cartel that apparently kidnapped and killed Americans says it self-policed 5 rogue members in scramble to limit fallout

    By Alfredo Pena, Mark Stevenson, and others
  • Mexican troopsPolitics

    The Americans kidnapped by a cartel were found in days but over 112,000 Mexicans have been missing for years

    By Mark Stevenson and The Associated Press