Tag: <span>Mexico</span>
December 8, 2022 > EcoAméricas
Experts question Mexico’s climate-goals update
The Mexican government’s new target for lowering greenhouse gas emissions will be impossible to achieve without a dramatic shift in energy policy, climate-change experts say. The pledge, announced in Egypt […] Read More >
December 6, 2022 > Alfredo Eladio Moreno
Opinion: AMLO Bets Big on Lithium Nationalization
On April 20, 2022, the Mexican Senate approved a reform to the Mining Law that nationalized the country’s lithium reserves. The move came at the heels of AMLO’s announcement to create […] Read More >
March 21, 2018 > Staff
The murder trial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of shooting across the Arizona-Mexico border begins today
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA Opening statements for the murder trial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of shooting across the Arizona-Mexico border and killing a Mexican teenager in 2012 […] Read More >
March 14, 2018 > Staff
Trump takes first look at border wall prototypes
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA President Donald Trump visited California yesterday to review eight prototypes for his proposed multi-billion-dollar border wall, marking the first time he saw physical evidence of the […] Read More >
March 2, 2018 > Staff
U.S. ambassador to Mexico to step down
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA The United States ambassador to Mexico announced on Thursday that she plans to resign in May, dealing another blow to the increasingly tense relations between the two […] Read More >
June 15, 2017 > Nidia Bautista
International Organizations Call for End to Violence Against Journalists in Mexico
NEW YORK—Today marks one month since the assassination of journalist Javier Valdéz Cárdenas, which shook the international press community and further exemplified the pervasive violation of press freedom in Mexico. […] Read More >
May 6, 2016 > Staff
Colombian Police Arrest Panamanian Businessman on U.S. Allegations of Money Laundering
Top Story — Colombian police arrested a top Panamanian businessman whose extensive banking, real estate and retail businesses, U.S. authorities allege, were used by Mexican and Colombian drug traffickers to […] Read More >
April 20, 2016 > Staff
At UN Drug Summit, Mexican President Peña Nieto Announces Legalization of Medical Marijuana
Top Story — At the first United Nations special session to bring together world leaders to discuss global drug policy in 20 years, Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto called for more […] Read More >
April 15, 2016 > Staff
Mexican Federal Police Implicated in 2014 Student Disappearance
Top Story — Mexico’s Human Rights Commission on Thursday accused federal police agents of being involved in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students in Guerrero state. The group cited an […] Read More >
April 7, 2016 > Staff
In the Case of 43 Missing Students, Independent Investigators Part Ways With Mexican Prosecutors
Top Story — Experts from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) have parted ways with Mexican prosecutors, saying that they will not continue to work with them on the […] Read More >