The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In a move that has ignited a fierce debate over national sovereignty, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed this week that state oil company Pemex has suspended planned crude oil shipments to Cuba.
Monday, February 2 will be observed as a national holiday in lieu of the official Constitution Day commemoration on February 5.
U.S. President Donald Trump argues that neither Denmark nor NATO is capable of defending Greenland from a Russian or Chinese takeover.
He applies a similar logic to Mexico, asserting without evidence that drug cartels control the country and that President Claudia Sheinbaum cannot stop them. Consequently, he has consistently pressured her to permit elite U.S. forces to operate on Mexican soil — a demand met with renewed defiance.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump held their first official phone call of 2026 on Monday, which both sides described as a “very good conversation.”
President Claudia Sheinbaum this week defended Mexico’s new mandatory cell phone registration policy, “Registro Móvil,” which came into effect on January 9.
This week, President Donald Trump once again disparaged the trilateral USMCA trade pact he renegotiated in 2020, calling it “irrelevant” and stating he doesn’t think about it at all.
Mexico’s Riviera Maya and Ireland are now linked by air for the first time with the inaugural Aer Lingus flight landing at Cancún International Airport on January 6.
