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Reform Row Puts Mexico At Risk Of 'Constitutional Crisis'

Mexico's Supreme Court will on Tuesday consider partially invalidating the election of judges by popular vote, setting the stage for a potential standoff with President Claudia Sheinbaum, who says the contentious reforms are irreversible.

International Business Times

Majority Of Mexican Supreme Court Judges Resign After Judicial Reforms

Eight of Mexico's 11 Supreme Court judges have submitted their resignations following controversial judicial reforms, the top court said Wednesday.

International Business Times

Mexico President Gives 1,438th - And Last - Edition Of 'AMLO Show'

According to an official count, the indefatigable 70-year-old gave 1,438 such appearances, lasting between two and three hours each weekday morning from 7:00 am.

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Sheinbaum To Take Office As Mexico's First Woman President

Almost four months after her landslide election victory, Claudia Sheinbaum will be sworn in Tuesday as Mexican president, taking over as the Latin American nation's first woman leader at a time when it is wracked by criminal violence.

International Business Times

Mexico President Gives 1,438th - And Last - Edition Of 'AMLO Show'

Outgoing Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday gave the final edition of his marathon morning press conferences jokingly known as "The AMLO Show," which dominated the news landscape.

International Business Times

Mexico's Sheinbaum To Take Reins Of Nation Facing Huge Challenges

Claudia Sheinbaum will be sworn in on Tuesday as Mexico's first woman president, taking charge of the violence-plagued Latin American nation at a time of mounting security, economic and diplomatic challenges.

International Business Times

Mexico President Enacts Contested Law To Elect All Judges

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday signed into law controversial judicial reforms making Mexico the world's only country to elect all its judges by popular vote.

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Why Have Mexico's Judicial Reforms Upset Investors?

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's controversial judicial reforms making Mexico the world's only country to elect all its judges by popular vote have spooked financial markets and investors.

International Business Times

Five Things To Know About Mexico's Contested Judicial Reforms

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's contested judicial reforms, which were approved by lawmakers on Wednesday, will make Mexico the world's only country to elect all its judges by popular vote.

International Business Times

Mexico Senate approves reform introducing election of judges despite protesters' invasion

Mexico's Senate on Wednesday approved a constitutional reform introducing popular election of judges with 86 votes in favour and 41 against. The debate over the proposed law had to be paused after a wave of protesters breached the senate building, forcing lawmakers to resume the debate in a different building.

France 24

Thousands Protest Against Mexican Judicial Reform

Thousands of Mexicans, mainly court employees and law students, protested in the capital on Sunday against a controversial judicial reform proposal that would see judges elected by popular vote.

International Business Times

Mexico's Lower Chamber Passes Controversial Judicial Reforms

Mexico's lower chamber approved a controversial judicial reform plan early Wednesday after a marathon session held in a sports center as protesters blocked access to Congress.

International Business Times

Mexican Protesters Try To Disrupt Vote On Contentious Reforms

Protesting judicial workers on Tuesday blocked access to Mexico's lower house of Congress to try to prevent a vote on controversial reforms proposed by outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

International Business Times

Mexico's Lopez Obrador Gives Final Report As Opponents, US Fret

The presidential report is a tradition in Mexican politics, an annual review of governmental progress not unlike a US president's State of the Union address.

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Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday presented the final report of his government, defending his legacy a month before turning power over to his successor -- along with a congressional supermajority and a highly controversial judicial reform plan.

International Business Times

Why Is Mexico's Judicial Reform Plan So Controversial?

Judicial reforms championed by Mexico's outgoing president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and supported by his incoming successor have sparked diplomatic tensions with the United States and upset financial markets.

International Business Times

Judicial Reforms Strain Mexican-US Ties, Spook Investors

Controversial judicial reforms promoted by Mexico's outgoing president are straining diplomatic relations with the United States, its neighbor and key trading partner, while also rattling financial markets.

Al Jazeera

Mexico lashes out at US ambassador’s comments on proposed judicial reform

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said that US ambassador Ken Salazar’s comments were disrespectful.

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US says El Chapo son surrendered but El Mayo taken against will from Mexico

US ambassador to Mexico says no US resources were involved in the removal of ‘El Mayo’ from Mexico to arrest in Texas.

The Independent UK

Boy, 12, killed by stray bullet from gunmen on jet skis as Mexico’s drugs war hits boiling point

Mexico’s president has isued a plea to drug cartels following the detention of drug lord ‘El Mayo’

Latin Times

Mexican President Obrador Lauds Assange's Release, Says Statue Of Liberty No Longer An 'Empty Symbol'

During a press conference held in Mexico, Obrador celebrated Assange's release and thanked the governments and family members who helped get the WikiLeaks founder out of the British high-security prison after reaching an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.

International Business Times

Mexico's President-elect Sheinbaum: A 'Tough Opponent' For US?

A landslide election win will embolden Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's first woman president, to defend her country's interests in sometimes-tense relations with the United States dominated by trade, migration and drugs, experts say.

International Business Times

Sheinbaum's Mexico Election Win Bolsters Latin American Left

Claudia Sheinbaum's election as Mexico's first woman president has shored up the left's dominance of Latin America, a region more used to sometimes-dramatic political shifts in recent years.

International Business Times

Mexico's President-elect Moves To Reassure Nervous Investors

Mexican president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum's team reassured investors Tuesday that she would ensure the stability of Latin America's second-biggest economy, after her landslide election win rattled financial markets.