The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
President Claudia Sheinbaum recently announced a historic drop in intentional homicides — the lowest in a decade. But while she celebrated the numbers, she still faced her biggest challenge: how to change Mexicans’ perception of insecurity and win their trust.
It may seem counterintuitive to use a sport built on delivering punches as a tool for peace, but the federal government has a different perspective.
President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Tuesday that Mexico will not join the U.S.-led “Board of Peace” for Gaza as a full member, reiterating this country’s firm stance on the need for Palestinian representation in any international peace initiative.
As a delegation of more than 370 Canadian business and organization leaders flew into Mexico this week, Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard moved quickly to dispel speculation about an underlying goal of the mission.
Celebrating Valentine’s Day in Mexico will cost nearly 16 percent more this year, with a typical package of gifts and a dinner reaching just over 3,000 pesos, according to a recent report by the National Alliance of Small Businesses (ANPEC).
Two Mexican Navy ships sailed out of the port of Veracruz this week carrying more than 800 tons of rice, beans, powdered milk and canned goods bound for Cuba — the first in a series of humanitarian shipments President Claudia Sheinbaum has pledged to the island as it buckles under fuel rationing, blackouts and food shortages.
Yet another diplomatic standoff is evolving, placing Mexico squarely in the middle of the U.S. campaign to pressure Cuba’s leaders into historic political change.
A January 29 executive order signed by President Donald Trump—imposing tariffs on countries supplying oil to the island—has forced Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum into a precarious balancing act, navigating between principles of sovereignty, historical solidarity and immense economic pressure from its northern neighbor.
