No one was more pleased at the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange than Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who had personally lobbied U.S. authorities on his behalf.

The Jalisco branch of the National Restaurant Chamber (Canirac) says that many eateries in the state will offer free coffee, juice and cookies, or discounts on food, to Mexican citizens who vote in the federal and local elections on Sunday, June 2.

Since the first of this year, volunteers in charge of the non-partisan Vote from Abroad assistance program offered twice a month at the Lake Chapala Society say they have noticed a sharp drop in U.S. citizens seeking help with voter registration procedures and applications to obtain ballots.

According to a report by Rolling Stone, should Donald Trump be reelected he intends to send “hit squads” of U.S. special forces into Mexico on covert missions targeting the heads of drug cartels. 

If the United States is serious about wanting to reduce the migrant surge at the border, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the U.S. government must earmark at least US$20 billion in aid to Latin American and Caribbean countries to kickstart massive regional development, and thus begin to address “the root causes” of the problem.

Mariana Macias of San Antonio Tlayacapan recently flew off to France to walk the runway during Paris Fashion Week, underway from February 26 to March 6.