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Facing growing criticism, AMLO says transformation of Mexico is on track

Despite more than 100,000 Covid-19 deaths and a day after the World Health Organization (WHO) asked Mexico to take the health emergency more seriously (see story below), President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defended his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying his administration’s strategy has allowed the country “to gradually emerge from adversity.”

US secretary of state accused of hypocrisy

One might forgive U.S. foreign service personnel for being more than a bit miffed with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who this week announced plans to host a yuletide coronavirus “superspreader” party for almost 1,000 people in Washington D.C.