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☆ Mexico's Ebrard sticks with ruling party, avoids break with president
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mexico's former Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, who was a runner-up to Claudia Sheinbaum in the ruling National Regeneration Movement's (MORENA) presidential primary, holds a press conference in Mexico City, Mexico, September 11, 2023. Afterwards, he had held out the possibility of seeking the presidency with the center-left opposition Citizens' Movement (MC) party. However, this weekend MC closed its register of contenders for its presidential candidacy without Ebrard. He was also a key interlocutor for Mexico's negotiations over trade and immigration with then-U.S. President Donald Trump, and the succeeding Biden administration. That has helped polarize public opinion, and Ebrard urged MORENA to broaden its base and cultivate middle class support.

Persons: Marcelo Ebrard, Claudia Sheinbaum, Raquel Cunha, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Ebrard, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Lopez, Donald Trump, Biden, Lopez Obrador, MORENA, Dave Graham, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, Regeneration, Mexico City Mayor, Citizens ' Movement, Thomson Locations: MORENA, Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, Asia

☆ Mexico's Sheinbaum leads 2024 presidential race -poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum gestures as she speaks on the day she is certified as presidential candidate for the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party during a ceremony, in Mexico City, Mexico September 10, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 14 (Reuters) - The presidential candidate of Mexico's leftist ruling party, Claudia Sheinbaum, a close ally of the current president, is favorite to win the 2024 election, a new opinion poll showed. Those polled were asked to choose between Sheinbaum, Galvez, and former foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard, Sheinbaum's main rival for MORENA presidential nomination. The poll showed Ebrard winning 15% support as MC candidate against Sheinbaum and Galvez. In a head-to-head contest between the two female front-runners, Sheinbaum got 55% support and Galvez 34%.

Persons: Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Henry Romero, Claudia Sheinbaum, Xochitl Galvez, Galvez, Marcelo Ebrard, Ebrard, Sheinbaum, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Raul Cortes, Natalia Siniawski, Stefanie Eschenbacher, Alistair Bell Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, Regeneration, REUTERS, National Regeneration, Spanish, El Pais, MORENA, Movement, Sheinbaum, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, Sheinbaum, MORENA, Galvez

☆ In 'macho' Mexico, stage set for first female president
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

[1/2] Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum reacts after she was nominated as a presidential candidate, in Mexico City, Mexico September 6, 2023. "It's extraordinary in a patriarchal country," said Josefina Vazquez Mota, who made history in 2012 as the first female presidential candidate for one of Mexico's main parties. "Just imagine having a female president in a country as macho as Mexico!" Mexican women did not win full voting rights until 1953, 33 years after the neighboring United States. Today, Vazquez Mota said, her PAN ally Galvez no longer had to respond to whether Mexico was ready for a female president.

Persons: Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Henry Romero, Claudia Sheinbaum, Xochitl Galvez, Galvez, Josefina Vazquez Mota, Vazquez Mota, Maria del Carmen Garcia, Mexico City Mayor Sheinbaum, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Marcelo Ebrard, Angelica Rodriguez, femicides, Guadalupe, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Lorenzo Meyer, anticlerical, Gabriela Cuevas, Dave Graham, Stefanie Eschenbacher, Alberto Fajardo, Stephen Eisenhammer, Claudia Parsons Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, REUTERS, Action Party, PAN, Mexican, Court, men's, Roman, Virgin, Church, Colegio de Mexico, Reuters Graphics, Inter, Parliamentary Union, Federal, Vamos, OECD, Mexican Institute for Competitiveness, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, America, Brazil, Honduras, Peru, United States, Canada, Yucatan, Reuters Graphics Mexico, Britain, Mexican, U.S, Turkey, Argentina

☆ Mexico's Sheinbaum eyes historic presidency as guardian of Lopez Obrador legacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum gestures as she speaks on the day of the announcement of the results of an internal national polling which declared Sheinbaum as the presidential candidate, in Mexico City, Mexico September 6, 2023. loadingSheinbaum and her mentor, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a trenchant critic of the establishment before he took power, would not meet until years later. On Wednesday, MORENA said Sheinbaum, who in June stood down as Mexico City mayor to pursue the nomination, would be its candidate to succeed Lopez Obrador. Lopez Obrador regularly lambasts adversaries at daily news briefings. Lopez Obrador appointed Sheinbaum city environment minister, and she became a close ally.

Persons: Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Sheinbaum, Raquel Cunha, Claudia Sheinbaum, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, MORENA, Lopez Obrador, Marcelo Ebrard, Xochitl Galvez, Antonio Ocaranza, Ernesto Zedillo, Carlos Salinas, Mexico's, Salinas, Lopez, Rene Cervera, Ebrard, Cervera, Dave Graham, Diego Ore, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, REUTERS, Trade, National Regeneration, Mexico City, Reuters, Stanford University, Institutional Revolutionary Party, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, Mexican, Tabasco, MORENA

☆ Mexico president backs ruling party candidate after disputed selection process
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum attend an event to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Consummation of the Independence of Mexico outside the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico, September 27, 2021. Lopez Obrador rejected Ebrard's demand that the primary be redone, and said he supported Sheinbaum. It's something historic, unprecedented, and I don't see any problem," Lopez Obrador said about the process where Sheinbaum beat out five other contenders. Lopez Obrador suggested Ebrard may choose to run for the presidency as an independent candidate, adding that he is free to do what he considers best. "This type of process has never been done," Lopez Obrador said, referring to the polls of some 12,500 people that resulted in Sheinbaum becoming the MORENA candidate.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Henry Romero, Marcelo Ebrard, MORENA, Lopez Obrador, Ebrard, Lopez, Xochitl Galvez, Dave Graham, Stephen Eisenhammer, Mark Porter Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, REUTERS, Regeneration, ' Movement, Thomson Locations: Mexico, Independence, Mexico City, MEXICO, Sheinbaum

☆ Mexican ruling party engulfed in presidential nomination dispute
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Ebrard's campaign has for weeks said there were problems in the national voter survey to choose a MORENA candidate, and in recent days stepped up warnings. Shortly afterward, Ebrard issued a statement saying police had prevented his representatives from entering where the party was counting the national poll ballots. In another video shared on social media, Ebrard said the situation was becoming "more and more like the PRI", or the Institutional Revolutionary Party. The main opposition alliance last week selected as its presidential candidate Xochitl Galvez, a charismatic and unconventional senator of Indigenous origin who overcame an impoverished background to become a successful entrepreneur. Reporting by Dave Graham and Adriana Barrera editing by Timothy Gardner, Cassandra Garrison and Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Marcelo Ebrard, MORENA, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Iztapalapa, Alfonso Durazo, Durazo, Ebrard, we're, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Xochitl Galvez, Lopez Obrador, Dave Graham, Adriana Barrera, Timothy Gardner, Cassandra Garrison, Josie Kao Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, MEXICO CITY, National Regeneration, Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, Tuesday, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, MORENA

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The former mayor of Mexico City will be the dominant ruling party’s presidential candidate, moving the country closer to electing its first ever female president next year. The decision driven by polls of Morena party members means that Claudia Sheinbaum will run as the party’s candidate in the June presidential election. Mexico’s constitution bars outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador from a second six-year term. Sheinbaum is a close ally of the popular López Obrador and as Morena’s candidate she will enjoy a distinct advantage in June. López Obrador had said that he would let the party faithful decide its candidate.

Persons: Morena, Claudia Sheinbaum, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Alfonso Durazo, Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, López, “, ” Sheinbaum, Ebrard, ”, Xóchitl Gálvez, Durazo, López Obrador Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Foreign, López Obrador, Sheinbaum’s, Institutional Revolutionary Party Locations: MEXICO, Mexico City, Morena, Mexico

☆ Mexico's Sheinbaum favorite to win presidential nomination, poll shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum holds a rally at Macroplaza Iztapalapa, pursuing to be the ruling MORENA party's candidate for the 2024 presidential election, in Mexico City, Mexico, August 1, 2023. Sheinbaum's advantage was wider than the seven-point lead she held in an El Financiero poll conducted July 28-29. Sheinbaum was clearly ahead on all of the supplementary questions except for her knowledge of the country, where the experienced Ebrard narrowly beat her, El Financiero said. Sheinbaum, a close ally of Lopez Obrador, has been viewed for months as the one to beat. The popular Lopez Obrador cannot seek a second six-year term because Mexican law prohibits it.

Persons: Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Iztapalapa, MORENA, Henry Romero, El, Marcelo Ebrard, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Sheinbaum, Ebrard, El Financiero, Lopez Obrador, Lopez, Dave Graham, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, REUTERS, Regeneration, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, El

☆ Mexico's Sheinbaum favorite to win presidential nomination, polls show
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum holds a rally at Macroplaza Iztapalapa, pursuing to be the ruling MORENA party's candidate for the 2024 presidential election, in Mexico City, Mexico, August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMEXICO CITY, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum held a comfortable advantage in the race to be the leftist ruling party's 2024 presidential nominee, according to opinion polls published on Tuesday, the eve of the announcement of the winner. The Sept. 1-2 survey polled 500 Mexican adults and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points. The Parametria survey had a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.5 percentage points, and showed Ebrard was the best-known contender in the presidential contest, recognized by 73% of respondents compared to 67% for Sheinbaum. Sheinbaum, a close ally of Lopez Obrador, has been viewed for months as the one to beat.

Persons: Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Iztapalapa, MORENA, Henry Romero, El, Marcelo Ebrard, Ebrard, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Sheinbaum, El Financiero, Lopez Obrador, Lopez, Lopez Obrador's, Dave Graham, Jonathan Oatis, Ed Tobin Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, REUTERS, National Regeneration, Sheinbaum, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, El, MORENA

☆ Mexican president's fiery barbs fuel maverick rival's campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Neither the president's office nor Galvez, who represents the center-right National Action Party (PAN), replied to requests for comment. Lopez Obrador has sought to break this narrative by branding Galvez a millionaire, said Roy Campos, Mitofsky's director. The authority this week ordered Lopez Obrador to remain neutral and abstain from election comments. Under Fox's government, Congress in 2005 stripped Lopez Obrador of immunity from prosecution over a minor land dispute. She urged her party to avoid resorting to tactics used against Lopez Obrador in the past.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's, Xochitl Galvez, Lopez Obrador, Galvez, Alfa Gonzalez, pugnacious Lopez Obrador, Lopez, Consulta Mitofsky, Claudia Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, Roy Campos, Gabriel Islas, Beatriz Vazquez, Vicente Fox, Fox, Andres Manuel, Lorena Villavicencio, Sheinbaum, Dave Graham, Susan Heavey Organizations: Isla de, REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, Party of, Democratic Revolution, Action Party, PAN, Regeneration, Mexico City, Institutional Revolutionary Party, Congress, Thomson Locations: Isla, Isla de Cedros, Mulege, Mexico, MEXICO, derailing, MORENA, Spanish, Mexican

El Paso, Texas CNN —The mass shooter who killed 23 people at an El Paso Walmart in one of the deadliest attacks targeting Latinos in modern US history was sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms by a federal judge on Friday. Defense lawyer Joe Spencer told the court Crusius took responsibility for the harm he had caused and that his rampage was due to severe mental illness. Wearing an “El Paso Strong” T-shirt, the girl struggled to speak between sobs as she described her terror and enduring pain. Your tears mean nothing to me,” Karla Romero, whose mother was killed, told Crusius at one point. “He was not a racist like you.”Hoffman’s father, Alexander Hoffman, was killed in the 2019 shooting.

Persons: Prosecutors, Patrick Crusius, –, Joe Spencer, Crusius, “ Patrick, ” Spencer, Spencer, Ian Martinez Hanna, “, ”, Dean Reckard, Margie, you’re, ’, vilifying, Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard, El, ” G.A, Paul Jamrowski, Jordan Anchondo, Andre Anchondo, Andrés Leighton, Bill Hicks, Jennifer Cortes, ‘, Joe Spencer Jr, David Guaderrama, Nacho Garcia, Jr, Reckard, ” Crusius, ” Reckard, Raymond Attaguile, David Johnson, Johnson’s, ” Karla Romero, ” Thomas Hoffman, Alexander Hoffman, Elis, ” Raul Loya, Stephanie Melendez, Melendez, Johnson, Kathy, Kaitlyn, ” Melendez Organizations: El Paso , Texas CNN, El Paso Walmart, Authorities, El, Foreign Affairs, Pittsburgh Locations: El Paso , Texas, El Paso, sobs, El Paso District, Reckard, ”, Mexico, Germany, New York City

An Audi spokesman in Germany said no specific announcement was planned in Mexico. It was unclear how much Audi plans to invest. Both Audi and Volkswagen have outlined broad goals for boosting their EV production worldwide. Volkswagen last year said it would invest more than $7 billion in the next five years in North America, including for EV production. In Mexico, Volkswagen last year announced a $763 million investment to upgrade the Puebla plant, including a new paint division running on electric energy.

Persons: San Jose Chiapa, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico's, Marcelo Ebrard, Audi, Dave Graham, Beth Solomon, David Gregorio Our Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Audi, Volkswagen, EV, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Mexico, Germany, Mexican, Puebla, San Jose, North America

☆ Mexico's Sheinbaum leads race for ruling party presidential ticket -poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

That has prompted many analysts to view the MORENA contest as an almost de facto presidential race. The poll showed that Ebrard was the best-known candidate, being recognized by 71% of respondents, while Sheinbaum was familiar to 66% of the public. Sheinbaum and Ebrard have long been favorites for the MORENA ticket. The poll showed the next-best placed candidate, former Interior Minister Adan Augusto Lopez, had 8% support, along with veteran leftist Gerardo Fernandez Norona. A survey published last month by Buendia & Marquez showed Sheinbaum polling at 32% support and Ebrard at 23% on the question of who should be the MORENA presidential candidate.

Persons: Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Marquez, Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Ebrard, Adan Augusto Lopez, Gerardo Fernandez Norona, Natalia Siniawski, Mark Porter Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Mexico City Mayor, El Universal, Regeneration, Buendia, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, MORENA

The fallout is a rare chink in Lopez Obrador's formidable popularity, steadily above 60% throughout his term. The pricing issue is urgent as northern corn farmers are harvesting now, many with nowhere to sell without taking a loss. It is not the first time that tensions have heated up between this administration and the agriculture sector. Valdez estimated that commercial agriculture producers represent about 10 million votes. Farmers argue Lopez Obrador's government has eliminated important sector benefits, including loans at beneficial interest rates, which his administration says too often fell into arrears.

Persons: Edgard Garrido, Andres Manuel Lopez, Lopez, Lopez Obrador's, Bosco, la Vega, Lopez Obrador, Claudia Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, Adan Augusto, Baltazar Valdez, Valdez, Raul Urteaga, Urteaga, spokespeople, Luz Maria Mendoza, Cassandra Garrison, Stephen Eisenhammer, Nick Zieminski Organizations: REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, U.S, Regeneration, Producers, Chicago Board of Trade, CNA, Farmers, North American Free Trade, United Farm Workers, Valdez, Global Agrotrade Advisors, Agriculture, Finance Ministry, FIRA, Thomson Locations: La Constitucion Totoltepec, Toluca , Mexico, MEXICO, Sinaloa, United States, U.S, Chihuahua, Mexico, Canada

☆ Mexico interior minister steps down to vie for presidential bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, June 16 (Reuters) - Mexican Interior Minister Adan Augusto Lopez has resigned from his post to compete for the ruling party's candidacy in next year's presidential elections, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday. Lopez Obrador said during a regular press conference that the interior minister had resigned the day before. The president did not immediately name a replacement, but said that Alejandro Encinas, who has led human rights issues for the ministry, would act as interior minister in the interim. Lopez's resignation follows that of former Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, who stepped down earlier this week, and Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, whose last day in office is Friday. Opinion polls so far have tended to give Sheinbaum, who would be Mexico's first female president if she won, a slight edge.

Persons: Adan Augusto Lopez, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador, Lopez, Alejandro Encinas, Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Raul Cortes, Kylie Madry, Sarah Morland, Cassandra Garrison, Bill Berkrot Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Mexico City Mayor, Regeneration, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Mexico, MORENA

☆ Mexico City mayor to step down to pursue historic bid for presidency
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Outgoing Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, one of the leading candidates for the presidential nomination of the ruling MORENA party, gestures during a press conference in Mexico City, Mexico June 12, 2023. REUTERS/Raquel CunhaMEXICO CITY, June 12 (Reuters) - Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said she will step down on Friday to pursue the ruling party's candidacy for the 2024 presidential election, bidding to become the country's first female leader. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) on Sunday agreed that on Sept. 6 it would announce the winner of its internal selection process. MORENA is heavily favored to win the June 2024 presidential election, lifted by Lopez Obrador's personal popularity. Reporting by Dave Graham in Mexico City; Writing by Sarah Morland and Brendan O'Boyle; Editing by Matthew Lewis and Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Raquel Cunha MEXICO, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's, MORENA, Lopez, Lopez Obrador, Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, Ebrard, Adan Augusto Lopez, Dave Graham, Sarah Morland, Brendan O'Boyle, Matthew Lewis, Leslie Adler Organizations: Mexico City Mayor, REUTERS, Raquel Cunha MEXICO CITY, Regeneration, Sunday, Reuters, Interior, Thomson Locations: Mexico, Mexico City, China, United States

☆ Analysis: Mexico president puts unity first to broker compromise in succession race
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Ebrard, a leading contender to succeed Lopez Obrador, on Tuesday announced that he would step down next week. Under Lopez Obrador, MORENA in less than five years has replaced the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) as the establishment party. Lopez Obrador has been urging MORENA to fight for a two-thirds congressional super-majority next year. Most recent polling gives Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum a slight edge over Ebrard in the succession battle, and senior aides to the president have told Reuters they believe she is Lopez Obrador's preferred candidate. "The most important thing for Lopez Obrador right now is to keep his movement united and alive," Rozental said.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez, Marcelo Ebrard, Lopez, Lopez Obrador, MORENA, Mexico's, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Lopez Obrador's, Andres Rozental, Ebrard, Rozental, Sheinbaum, Dave Graham, Mark Porter Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Regeneration, Tuesday, Institutional Revolutionary Party, Mexico City Mayor, Reuters, Mexico City, Lopez Obrador, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Mexico City, MORENA, Cohauila, Ebrard, Mexico

☆ Mexico foreign minister quits in bid to clinch presidential nomination
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/4] Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard raises his fist while announcing he will resign next week to focus on winning the nomination of the leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) ruling party for next year's presidential election, at a hotel in Mexico City, Mexico, June 6, 2023. Mexico's U.N. ambassador Juan Ramon de la Fuente and ambassador to the U.S. Esteban Moctezuma are seen by many analysts as the favorites to replace Ebrard as foreign minister. As foreign minister, it is harder for Ebrard to address domestic issues than for Sheinbaum and Interior Minister Adan Augusto Lopez, another leading contender, Buendia said. Following Ebrard's announcement, MORENA party chairman Mario Delgado told Mexican radio the party's contenders would ultimately have to resign to ensure a fair contest. During Monday's meeting, Lopez Obrador said he had urged the party to remain united, and pledged not to influence the outcome of MORENA's internal contest.

Persons: Marcelo Ebrard, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Ebrard, Mexico's U.N, Juan Ramon de la Fuente, Esteban Moctezuma, Lopez Obrador, MORENA, Jorge Buendia, Marquez, Buendia, Adan Augusto Lopez, Lopez, Mario Delgado, Dave Graham, Anthony Esposito, Gerry Doyle, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Foreign, Regeneration, Read, MEXICO CITY, Mayor, U.S, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, U.S, Mexican, State of Mexico

☆ Mexico foreign minister's departure primed to spark more resignations
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Interior Minister Adan Augusto Lopez also plans to resign next week to focus on his own presidential bid, two government sources told Reuters. If MORENA's board decides that on Sunday, then interior minister Lopez and Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, two other top contenders, would need to resign, Lopez Obrador said at a regular press conference. Lopez Obrador made the remark after observing that more contenders could follow Ebrard's lead in the next few days. Supporters of Ebrard argue his post does not allow him to focus as much on domestic issues as Sheinbaum and Lopez. Lopez Obrador did not immediately name a replacement for Ebrard, who is due to step down next Monday.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Marcelo Ebrard, Ebrard, Lopez Obrador, Adan Augusto Lopez, Mario Delgado, Lopez, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Ricardo Monreal, MORENA, Dave Graham, Diego Ore, Stefanie Eschenbacher, Matthew Lewis, David Gregorio, Grant McCool Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Foreign, Regeneration, Reuters, Mexico City Mayor, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Ebrard

☆ Mexican president urges unity among ruling party contenders
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, June 6 (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had sought to promote unity within the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) during a dinner on Monday evening attended by the party's main contenders to succeed him. Ebrard is one of the leading contenders to succeed Lopez Obrador, though most recent polling has tended to give Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum a slight edge in the race. Lopez Obrador said Ebrard, Sheinbaum and Interior Minister Adan Augusto Lopez, another presidential hopeful, were at the dinner, where MORENA leaders congratulated party stalwart Delfina Gomez for winning the State of Mexico's gubernatorial election on Sunday. "And we also met to maintain unity, so that there aren't divisions," the leftist president told reporters. Reporting by Dave Graham; Editing by Isabel Woodford and Paul SimaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, MORENA, Marcelo Ebrard, Lopez Obrador, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Ebrard, Adan Augusto Lopez, Delfina Gomez, Dave Graham, Isabel Woodford, Paul Simao Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Regeneration, Mexico City Mayor, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Sheinbaum, Mexico's

☆ Mexico's rulers scoop up opposition bastion ahead of presidency vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The victory adds Mexico's most populous region to the 21 other states MORENA already controls, now more than two-thirds of the total. The centrist PRI has governed the State of Mexico since 1929, the date from which it began its long domination of Mexico. Defeated for the presidency in 2000, it bounced back in 2012 but was drubbed by Lopez Obrador six years later. "We defeated corruption and neglect," MORENA's triumphant candidate Delfina Gomez told cheering supporters after the vote, hailing the PRI's ousting. Gomez, who narrowly lost the previous state election, will be the State of Mexico's first female governor.

Persons: Delfina Gomez, Henry Romero MEXICO, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's, Lopez, MORENA, Lopez Obrador, MORENA's, Gomez, Alejandra del, Claudia Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, Sheinbaum, Dave Graham, Gerry Doyle Organizations: National Regeneration, REUTERS, Henry Romero MEXICO CITY, Sunday, Regeneration, Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, Mexico City's, Foreign, MORENA, Thomson Locations: State, Mexico, Toluca, MORENA, Mexico's, Coahuila

☆ Lopez Obrador party poised to gain control of key Mexico state election
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Delfina Gomez of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), candidate for the governor of the State of Mexico, smiles next to Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, leader of MORENA during a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos JassoMEXICO CITY, June 4 (Reuters) - Mexico holds a state election on Sunday that looks poised to bolster President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ahead of the race to succeed him, with his party forecast to capture the last major bastion of the country's old rulers. Lopez Obrador routed the PRI to win the presidency in 2018, and MORENA has since absorbed most of the once-dominant party's strongholds, as well as many of its politicians. Lopez Obrador has frequently criticized some sectors of middle class voters, and Mexico City and the State of Mexico in 2021 dealt MORENA unexpected setbacks in local elections. Sheinbaum, like Gomez, MORENA's State of Mexico candidate, is closely identified with Lopez Obrador and his agenda.

Persons: Delfina Gomez, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, MORENA, Carlos Jasso, Lopez Obrador, Alejandra del, Jose Hernandez, Los Reyes Acaquilpan, Gomez, Del Moral, Claudia Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, Roy Campos, Consulta, Dave Graham, Aurora Ellis Organizations: National Regeneration, REUTERS, Carlos Jasso MEXICO CITY, Regeneration, Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, Reforma, Mexico City, Mexico City's, Foreign, Thomson Locations: State of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, Carlos Jasso MEXICO, State, Los Reyes, MORENA, Coahuila, MORENA's State, of Mexico

The voting comes a year before Mexico's next presidential election, with polls indicating MORENA will be hard to beat. Del Moral has said the PRI learned from its mistakes and that her coalition would be a broader alternative to MORENA. As she cast her ballot, del Moral told reporters the vote was historic because for the first time a woman would be elected to govern the state. Guillermo Fuentes, a 55-year-old PRI supporter and small business owner, said del Moral, not MORENA, was the one who would deliver change to the State of Mexico. Sheinbaum, like Gomez, MORENA's State of Mexico candidate, is closely identified with Lopez Obrador and his policies.

Persons: Armando Guadiana, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez, Lopez Obrador, MORENA, Mexico's, Delfina Gomez, Alejandra del, Jobita Pena, Pena, Gomez, Del Moral, Guillermo Fuentes, Claudia Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, Dave Graham, Alberto Fajardo, Aurora Ellis, Will Dunham, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: National Regeneration, Read, MEXICO CITY, Regeneration, Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, Reforma, Moral, Mexico City's, Foreign, Thomson Locations: Coahuila, Saltillo , Mexico, MEXICO, Mexican, State of Mexico, State, Mexico, Tlalnepantla, MORENA, MORENA's State, of Mexico

☆ Mexico to discuss migration, Central America investment with U.S. homeland security advisor
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

MEXICO CITY, May 30 (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is set to discuss migration and investment in Central America in a meeting Tuesday with U.S. Homeland Security advisor Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Mexico's top diplomat said. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard told reporters Mexican leaders would "review" plans on migration regarding visas and a drop in arrivals at the U.S.-Mexico border after the end of a U.S. health policy called Title 42. "The other point is investment in Central America," Ebrard said. Reporting by Raul Cortes and Kylie Madry; Editing by Anthony EspositoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Elizabeth Sherwood, Randall, Mexico's, Marcelo Ebrard, Ebrard, Raul Cortes, Kylie Madry, Anthony Esposito Organizations: MEXICO CITY, . Homeland Security, Mexican Foreign, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Central America, Mexican, U.S, Mexico

☆ Mexico rulers tipped to win historic state election as presidency race looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] A banner of Delfina Gomez, candidate for Governor for the state of Mexico for the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) Party is pictured in Nezahualcoyotl, state of Mexico, Mexico May 26, 2023. Lopez Obrador routed the PRI in 2018 when he won the presidency. Erika Flores, a 50-year-old nurse who voted for Lopez Obrador in 2018, said she now felt disillusioned. LITMUS TESTIt is the first time the State of Mexico election will be a women-only contest. Gomez has vowed to put security first in the State of Mexico, pledging to clean up the police and improve their resources.

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