It was a war fueled by colonialism, launched with the intent of humiliating a weaker country, fought in the name of revenge and waged by a racist president. So leave it to President Trump to spike the proverbial football over the U.S. victory 178 years ago in the Mexican-American War. Abraham Lincoln first earned national…
MEXICO CITY — The imprisonment of a cartel member in the U.S. has dashed hopes in Mexico for justice in one of the country’s most notorious slayings — the death of acclaimed journalist Javier Valdez, who was gunned down in broad daylight two blocks from his newspaper office in the cartel-embattled city of Culiacán. The brazen assassination…
MEXICO CITY — President Trump’s plan to slap tariffs on nations that provide oil to Cuba has created a formidable new challenge for Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in her efforts to balance Mexico’s interests with White House demands. On Friday, Sheinbaum said Mexico would seek a clarification from Washington in a bid to avoid a difficult choice:…
MEXICO CITY — He has called Colombian President Gustavo Petro “a sick man” and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator.” He once slammed French President Emmanuel Macron as “publicity-seeking,” and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “dishonest and weak.” President Trump is known for hurling scathing insults at world leaders. Then there’s Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum….
MEXICO CITY — For centuries she was vilified, her name — Malinche — synonymous with deceit and Indigenous collaboration with Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador for whom she served as interpreter, advisor and mistress. The writer Octavio Paz, the Mexican Nobel laureate, denounced Malinche as a kind of malevolent Eve whose submission to Cortés forever defiled Mexico’s…
MEXICO CITY — Mexico has sent an additional 37 suspected cartel operatives to the United States to face justice, the country’s top law enforcement official said Tuesday, in what appears to be the latest bid to discourage President Trump from ordering a U.S. military strike against drug-trafficking targets in Mexico. The 37 suspects were dispatched in seven…
MEXICO CITY — Adrián Ramírez hadn’t been to his hometown in western Mexico for more than two decades. When he finally returned there early last year after being deported from the United States, he found the place transformed. Ramírez remembered the town as vibrant. But the discotheque where he used to dance through the night in his…
Jan 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue its next rulings on January 20 as several major cases remain pending including the legality of President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs. The court indicated on its website on Friday that it may release decisions in argued cases next Tuesday when the justices…