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A British celebrity chef insulted Mexican bread. Mexico took it personally

MEXICO CITY — Don’t mess with my bolillos! That was the universal message here after disparaging remarks about Mexican bread surfaced from a British celebrity chef who ridiculed the beloved bolillo: An oval-shaped, white bread roll that is a culinary and cultural staple, a mainstay in tortas (sandwiches), pan con chocolate (bread with chocolate) and other essentials,…

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‘We want it back’: Trump asserts U.S. claims to Venezuelan oil and land

MEXICO CITY — President Trump has ordered a partial blockade on oil tankers going to and from Venezuela, potentially crippling the nation’s already battered economy, and accused Caracas of stealing “oil, land other assets” from the United States — a significant escalation of Washington’s unrelenting campaign against the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Asked about Venezuela on…

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Mexican President Calls on UN to ‘Avoid Bloodshed’ in Venezuela

MEXICO CITY, ‌Dec ​17 (Reuters) – Mexican ‌President Claudia Sheinbaum ​on Wednesday asked ‍the United Nations ​to “fulfill ​its ⁠role” to avoid bloodshed in Venezuela, as tensions escalate between the ‌South American country and ​the United ‌States. Sheinbaum said ‍during her ⁠morning press conference that Mexico is against intervention and against foreign ​interference in Venezuela. …

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Trump wants to attack cartels. Many Mexicans welcome it

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has repeatedly insisted that she will not allow the U.S. military to fight drug cartels inside her nation’s borders. “It’s not going to happen,” Sheinbaum said last month after President Trump yet again threatened such an operation. “We don’t want intervention by any foreign government.” But while Sheinbaum passionately defends…

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Pilgrims flock to Mexico City basilica to celebrate the Virgin of Guadalupe

MEXICO CITY — Edivaldo Hernández Villar crawled on his knees toward the Basilica of Guadalupe, wincing and whispering prayers. It was the final stretch of a punishing four-day pilgrimage to Mexico’s most venerated shrine, where Catholics believe the Virgin Mary miraculously appeared nearly 500 years ago. Hernández, his wife and their teen son had trekked 100 miles…

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Trump, Sheinbaum extend mutual invitations for visits after Washington meeting.

WASHINGTON — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that she and President Trump had a “cordial” hourlong meeting in Washington that ended with both leaders extending invitations to visit each other’s country. “We’ll arrange a date later,” Sheinbaum told reporters outside the Mexican Cultural Institute. The meeting was the first time the two had met face to…

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