Author: Mark Stevenson
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Death toll rises to 61 in powerful Mexico earthquake
MEXICO CITY — One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Mexico struck off the country’s southern coast, toppling hundreds of buildings and sending panicked people fleeing into the streets in the middle of the night. At least 61 people were reported dead. The quake that hit minutes before midnight Thursday was strong enough…
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Trump proposes big import tax, triggering fight with Mexico
WASHINGTON — Determined to wall off America’s border with Mexico, President Donald Trump triggered a diplomatic clash and a fresh fight over trade Thursday as the White House proposed a 20 percent tax on imports from the key U.S. ally and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto abruptly scrapped next week’s trip to Washington. The swift…
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Mexican president says he will not attend meeting with Trump
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Thursday he will not attend a planned Jan. 31 meeting with President Donald J. Trump, hours after Trump tweeted that the meeting should be canceled if Mexico won’t pay for a border wall. Pena Nieto’s message on Twitter ended days of uncertainty about how he would…
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Mexico angry at president’s ‘humiliating’ meeting with Trump
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president was savaged on social media and in political circles following his joint press conference Wednesday with Donald Trump, with many seeing a national humiliation in his welcoming of a man who has derided migrants as rapists and criminals. President Enrique Pena Nieto said Mexicans felt “aggrieved” and had disagreements with…
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Son of drug lord “El Chapo” may be among those kidnapped in Puerto Vallarta
MEXICO CITY — The son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman may be among the half-dozen men abducted by a squad of gunmen at a restaurant in the Mexican beach resort of Puerto Vallarta, authorities said Tuesday. Authorities in the western state of Jalisco, where Puerto Vallarta is located, earlier said that 10…
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US nixes 40 percent cuts at climate change talks
MEXICO CITY – President Barack Obama’s climate envoy dismissed recommendations that the United States and other developed countries reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases 40 percent by 2020. “The 40 percent below 1990 (levels) is something which in our judgment is not necessary, and not feasible given where we’re starting from, so it’s not in…