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Jan 6, 2025 | 
startribune.com | Antonio Castillo |MARIA VERZAThe |Maria Verza
About 100 migrants from various countries wandered directionless and disoriented through the streets of the troubled Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. By ANTONIO CASTILLO and MARÍA VERZAThe Associated PressJanuary 7, 2025 at 5:13AMACAPULCO, Mexico — About 100 migrants from various countries wandered directionless and disoriented through the streets of the troubled Pacific coast resort of Acapulco.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
startribune.com | Maria Cheng |MARIA VERZAThe |Maria Verza
A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it? It's been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine against the AIDS virus. By MARIA CHENG and MARIA VERZAThe Associated PressDecember 1, 2024 at 6:06AMMEXICO CITY — It's been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine against the AIDS virus.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
startribune.com | MARIA VERZAThe |Maria Verza
Afraid of losing the US-Canada trade pact, Mexico alters its laws and removes Chinese partsMexico has been taking a bashing lately for allegedly serving as a conduit for Chinese parts and products into North America, and officials here are afraid a re-elected Donald Trump or politically struggling Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could try to leave their country out of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
startribune.com | Mark Stevenson |MARIA VERZAThe |Maria Verza
Today, Ebrard is Mexico's economy secretary, and would lead Mexico's delegation in the scheduled 2026 review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement, something that Trump has greeted with mirth ("I've never seen anybody fold like that," Trump once said of Ebrard.) Ebrard on Thursday downplayed any risks this time around, saying e conomic ties between the two countries would keep Trump from closing borders or imposing tariffs. ''I am optimistic.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
startribune.com | MARIA VERZAThe |Maria Verza
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's federal and state legislatures, all dominated by the ruling Morena party, have passed amendments to the Constitution that prohibit courts from challenging any Constitutional reforms. In the past, courts in Mexico had been able to rule on whether a new reform violated existing precepts in the Constitution or international treaties that Mexico has signed.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
startribune.com | MARIA VERZAThe |Maria Verza
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — The first place where many migrants sleep after entering Mexico from Guatemala is inside a large structure, a roof above and fenced-in sides on a rural ranch. They call it the ''chicken coop'' and they don't get to leave until they pay the cartel that runs it. Migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border have reached a four-year low, but days before the U.S. election, in which immigration is a key issue, migrants continue pouring into Mexico.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
startribune.com | MARIA VERZAThe |Maria Verza
MEXICO CITY — Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador turned his final morning briefing Monday into a variety show featuring live music, breakfast and a raffle to gift his watch to a journalist. ''I dedicated myself to serve the people,'' the 70-year-old leader said. ''I leave very satisfied to have the affection of many Mexicans.''Outside the National Palace, hundreds of boisterous supporters of the folksy populist showered him with love while mariachis gave a brassy serenade.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
startribune.com | MARIA VERZAThe |Maria Verza
MEXICO CITY — Families of the 43 students from a rural teacher's college abducted 10 years ago in southern Mexico marked the painful anniversary Thursday disillusioned after what they say was a decade of unfulfilled government promises. The anniversary falls just four days before the departure of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose election in 2018 generated hope among the families.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
startribune.com | MARIA VERZAThe |Maria Verza
The president had ordered the military to open its archives to investigators. That didn't happen. Instead, López Obrador shifted more power and responsibility to the military than any president in recent history. The prosecutor leading the investigation, Omar García Trejo, was suddenly demoted after he sought arrest orders for two dozen soldiers. He was replaced by someone unfamiliar with the case.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
startribune.com | MARIA VERZAThe |Maria Verza
The highway is empty, but at an intersection about 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Iguala, armed men in a pickup truck block the road. ''Seeing that, we knew it wasn't going to be easy,'' Martínez said. The student who is driving hits the gas and drives around the roadblock. No shots are fired. On the road into Iguala, they see one of the five buses their classmates had taken. It's been torn apart. Its tires have been punctured, its windows broken and its luggage compartments opened.
