Mexico is one of the world’s most dangerous countries for the press, and now journalists face a new risk: insults and attacks from leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The populist leader known as “AMLO” took office in December promising “radical” change — and looked set to deliver it, at least in his relations with […]
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It’s business as usual at Mexico’s southern border despite Trump deal
On Saturday, at the busiest crossing point along Mexico’s porous southern border with Guatemala, evidence of Mexico’s promised crackdown on waves of new arrivals trying to reach the United States was nowhere to be seen. Within sight of a bridge connecting Mexico to Guatemala, a fleet of about 16 rafts carried migrants hoping to escape […]