Mexican president’s state of the union avoids drugs, violence despite high levels
Experts and residents agree that drug cartels effectively control wide swaths of Mexico, but President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador mentioned gangs — and drugs — exactly zero times.
World
Sep 1, 2023
Stephen Harper and Mexican president make joint statement, discuss energy
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Enrique Peña Nieto, President-elect of Mexico will present a joint statement in Ottawa on Wednesday afternoon.
Nov 28, 2012
Electoral officials recounting more than half of votes in Mexico’s presidential election
MEXICO CITY - Mexican electoral authorities said Wednesday they are recounting more than half the ballot boxes used in the weekend's presidential election after finding inconsistencies in the vote tallies.
World
Jul 3, 2012
Not just another pretty face: GG relishes foreign policy role in his own way
OTTAWA - When David Johnston takes on a cabinet-level trade assignment this weekend in Latin America, it will be a showcase for what could be the unoffical slogan for his vice-regal reign: bland is beautiful.
Politics
Nov 30, 2012
Governor General relishes foreign policy role
When David Johnston takes on a cabinet-level trade assignment this weekend in Latin America, it will be a showcase for what could be the unoffical slogan for his vice-regal reign: bland is beautiful.
Canada
Nov 30, 2012
Mexico swears in president; old ruling party returns to power amid violent protests
MEXICO CITY - Enrique Pena Nieto took the oath of office as Mexico's new president on Saturday, bringing the old ruling party back to power after a 12-year hiatus amid protests inside and outside the congressional chamber where he swore to protect the constitution.
Dec 1, 2012
Pena Nieto declared official winner of Mexico’s presidential vote; leftist refuses to accept
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's highest electoral authority declared Friday that Enrique Pena Nieto was the legitimate winner of the July 1 presidential election, formally opening the transition to a new government despite continuing claims of fraud by the left's second-place finisher.
World
Aug 31, 2012
Mexican films highlight dark political past weeks before presidential election
MEXICO CITY - The political thriller begins with a stunning piece of reality: actual footage of a man pressing a revolver against a presidential candidate's right temple and pulling the trigger, an image that marked a watershed year in Mexican history.
World
Jun 14, 2012
Denounced by some Mexicans as a killer, freed Frenchwoman gets hero’s welcome on return home
PARIS - She left Mexico to jeers of "killer!" but touched down Thursday in Paris to the fanfare of a state welcome.
World
Jan 23, 2013
Mexico’s presidential front-runner builds huge lead as fresh face for old ruling party
MEXICO CITY - A month into Mexico's breakneck campaign season, the movie-star handsome candidate of the former ruling party is 20 percentage points ahead of his two main rivals and drawing tens of thousands of cheering supporters to tightly choreographed rallies that feel as much like victory celebrations as campaign events.
World
May 1, 2012
Guatemala investigating reports that Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord might have been killed
GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemalan authorities said Thursday they were investigating whether a man killed in a shootout near the border with Mexico was most-wanted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, but hours later backtracked and said they hadn't even located a body or confirmed there was a gunfight.
World
Feb 21, 2013
25 killed, 101 hurt in explosion at Mexican oil company headquarters
MEXICO CITY - Rescuers searched the rubble for survivors and authorities promised a thorough investigation after an office building blast killed 25 people and injured 101 at the headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos.
World
Jan 31, 2013
25 killed, 101 hurt in explosion at Mexican oil company headquarters
MEXICO CITY - Rescuers searched the rubble for survivors and authorities promised a thorough investigation after an office building blast killed 25 people and injured 101 at the headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos.
Money
Jan 31, 2013
25 killed, 101 hurt in explosion at Mexican oil company headquarters
MEXICO CITY - Rescuers searched the rubble for survivors and authorities promised a thorough investigation after an office building blast killed 25 people and injured 101 at the headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos.
Jan 31, 2013
Mexican president vows to extend supplemental pension program by cutting eligibility age to 65
MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto says he will expand a supplementary pension program by lowering the eligibility age to 65.
Money
Mar 7, 2013
Former Mexican president Pena Nieto investigated over alleged campaign corruption
Enrique Pena Nieto is being accused of partially funding his 2012 election campaign with bribes from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, which has admitted to involvement in widespread corruption in Latin America.
World
Aug 11, 2020
Mexican police, troops capture Zetas cartel leader known as ‘Z-42’
Mexican police and soldiers on Wednesday captured Omar Trevino Morales, widely considered to be the most important leader of the Zetas drug cartel.
World
Mar 4, 2015
Obama hosts Mexican President Pena Nieto looking for help on immigration
President Barack Obama hosted Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the White House Tuesday, looking to his southern neighbour for help implementing changing policies on immigration and Cuba.
World
Jan 6, 2015
Mexican president faces escalating protests over missing students
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto is facing a rising tide of angry protests over the disappearance of 43 students.
World
Nov 10, 2014
43 missing Mexican students may have unwittingly interfered with drug shipment: report
An independent report dismantles the Mexican government's investigation into last year's disappearance of 43 college students, asserting that the giant funeral pyre in which the attorney general said they were burned to ash never happened.
World
Sep 6, 2015