Tag: Mexico

Daily news – February 8, 2022

News from: Al Jazeera, Astana Times, Atlantic Council, Brookings, Bruegel, Chatham House, CSIS, Defense News, Defense One, East Asia Forum, Foundation for Defense of...

Daily news – February 5, 2022

AFRICA African Union: Focus on Rights, Justice at Summit. Human Rights Watch: President Macky Sall of Senegal should ensure that civilian protection, human rights, and justice...

Daily news – February 3, 2022 a.m.

AFRICA Artificial intelligence creeps on to the African Battlefield. Nathaniel Allen, Marian “Ify” Okpali, Brookings: Even as the world’s leading militaries race to adopt artificial...

Crime and anti-crime policies in Mexico in 2022: A bleak outlook (Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings)

It might seem that 2022 is starting off with important positive news about the crime and security situation in Mexico. The Mexican government announced that...

Second journalist shot dead in a week in Mexico’s Tijuana (Lizbeth Diaz, Reuters)

A Mexican journalist was shot dead in the northern border city of Tijuana on Sunday, the state government said, becoming the second killed in...

Mexico’s central bank to launch digital currency by 2024 (Al Jazeera)

Mexico’s central bank will have its digital currency by 2024, the Mexican government announced on social media, although the development was not confirmed by...

Mexico plans to end oil exports in 2023 to reach self-sufficiency (Amy Stillman, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Mexico plans to end crude oil exports in 2023 as part of a strategy by the nationalist government of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to...

Mexico’s lithium and the global race to lock in ‘white gold’ (Ann Deslandes, Al Jazeera)

This year’s political moves surrounding Mexico’s lithium reserves have tested the limits of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s (AMLO) pledges to keep the country’s...

Mexico says refugee requests tripled in 2021 (Al Jazeera)

Applications for refugee status in Mexico have roughly tripled this year compared with 2020, the government has said, in the face of a significant...

210 migrants found packed into truck in central Mexico (AP, Arab News)

Mexican immigration authorities say they discovered 210 migrants packed into a truck trailer in the central part of the country. The National Migration Institute said...

Saudi foreign minister meets Mexican officials (Arab News)

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with a number of Mexican officials as he visited the country. He met his counterpart Marcelo Ebrard...

Migrants in US-bound caravan say they’ll accept deal for Mexican visas (Rafael Bernal, The Hill)

Thousands of migrants who had organized a U.S.-bound caravan have taken a deal to disband their group in exchange for visas to stay in...

Biden Electric Car Plan Would Boost Detroit, Anger Allies (Agence France-Press, IndustryWeek)

President Biden's proposal to reward electric cars made at U.S. union shops has earned applause from organized labor, but the measure has drawn heckles...

US, Canada, Mexico leaders to meet in first summit since 2016 (Al Jazeera)

United States President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador are set to meet in person in...

Mexican National Guard fatally shoots migrant, wounds others (Al Jazeera)

Officers from Mexico’s National Guard fatally shot a migrant after opening fire at a pick-up truck attempting to avoid a checkpoint, authorities said. The National...

US to open border with Canada, Mexico starting in early November (Al Jazeera)

The United States will lift restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico for fully vaccinated foreign nationals in early November, ending historic...