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    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Mexico’s opposition backs indigenous businesswoman for president

      Xóchitl Gálvez faces uphill battle to close wide lead held by Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ruling party

      Xóchitl Gálvez
    • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
      The Big Read
      The militarisation of Mexico’s economy

      The influence of the armed forces has grown dramatically under Andrés Manuel López Obrador. But critics say there is no accountability or transparency

      Montage of images of Andrés Manuel López Obrador against a background of marching Mexican soldiers and the Mexican flag
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
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      Mexican president’s populism looms over scientist protégé

      Leadership hopeful Claudia Sheinbaum faces questions over whether she can win new voters despite technocratic background

      Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters as she leaves a rally in Mexico City
    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      OutlookMichael Stott
      Guessing game heats up over Amlo’s successor

      Contenders are jostling for the all-important position as president’s favourite

      Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the outgoing Mexican president, has retained his popularity, making his chosen successor candidate a clear frontrunner in next year’s election
    • Monday, 10 July, 2023
      US-Mexico-Canada Agreement
      Politics trumps trade in US and Mexico ahead of 2024 elections

      Business groups complain neither government is abiding by USMCA dispute procedures

    • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
      Outsider threatens to shake up Mexico’s presidential race

      Xóchitl Gálvez has come from poverty to challenge President López Obrador’s chosen successor

      Xóchitl Gálvez talks into a microphone
    • Monday, 5 June, 2023
      Mexico’s ruling party wins critical regional election

      López Obrador’s Morena unseats PRI in one of last opposition-held states, building momentum ahead of 2024 national poll

      Delfina Gómez, centre, the candidate for a coalition led by the ruling Morena party, celebrates her election to governor of the State of Mexico on Sunday
    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      News in-depth
      Mexico’s president doubles down ahead of tense succession

      Quick-fire move to pass 20 laws seen as attempt to cement Amlo’s legacy

      Andrés Manuel López Obrador
    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      Mexico’s leader criticises move to block military control of National Guard

      Supreme court ruling halts López Obrador’s expansion of armed forces’ role

      Members of Mexico’s National Guard
    • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
      Mexico
      Mexico’s president seeks help from China’s Xi on deadly fentanyl imports

      Plea from Andrés Manuel López Obrador follows pressure from US lawmakers over trafficking of drug across border

      Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks to media
    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Rachman Review podcast30 min listen
      Is Mexico slipping into autocracy?

      Gideon talks to academic and writer Denise Dresser about President Andrés Manuel Lóp…

    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
      Mexico’s opposition loses ground to president in state governor elections

      Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ruling party is on track to win four out of six ballots

      A woman casts her ballot during regional elections in Tizayuca, Hidalgo state, Mexico, on Sunday
    • Wednesday, 24 November, 2021
      Mexico
      Mexico’s president spooks markets with central bank nominee

      Peso slides to lowest level since March after unexpected nomination of Victoria Rodríguez Ceja

    • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
      López Obrador names new finance and central bank chiefs

      Mexican president announces changes in top posts following mixed result in midterm elections

      Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, centre, with finance minister Rogelio Ramírez de la O, right, and Arturo Herrera, left
    • Friday, 26 June, 2020
      Mexico
      Mexico City police chief survives assassination attempt

      Brazen attack by drug cartel in which 3 died is blow to government’s security strategy

      A police car with broken windows at the scene of the gunfight that followed the ambush in Mexico City on Friday
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