The Guadalajara Reporter
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After returning from the IV Summit in Defense of Democracy in Barcelona earlier this month, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum finds herself at the center of a growing global debate: whether to tax extreme wealth.
President Claudia Sheinbaum has dismissed a proposal to require tourists from the United States to pay a tourist visa charge to enter the country. The idea is essentially aimed at curbing the growing gentrification trend and illegal land grabs in Mexico’s coastal areas.
President Claudia Sheinbaum has pushed back firmly against new U.S. threats of unilateral military action, responding to Donald Trump’s warning that Washington would “do the job” to combat drug trafficking if Mexico does not.
Mexico will officially unveil the prototype of Olinia, the country’s first domestically developed electric vehicle, on June 7. The car is positioned as an affordable urban mobility option at a fraction of the price of Chinese imports and Tesla models currently dominating the market.
The opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) has requested that the United States government designate the ruling Morena party as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), according to a press release issued by the PRI.
Mexico’s Ministry of Finance confirmed Monday it has frozen the bank accounts of ten current and former Sinaloa officials identified by the United States as having alleged links to drug trafficking, including the state’s governor on leave, Rubén Rocha Moya.
The U.S. State Department has launched a review of all 53 Mexican consulates operating in the United States — a move that could lead to the closure of some diplomatic offices, according to a CBS News report confirmed by U.S. officials.
As Ebola cases rise in central Africa and hantavirus continues to circulate in South America, Mexican health authorities have activated a travel alert and assured the public that the country’s epidemiological surveillance system is prepared to detect and isolate any potential cases.
President Claudia Sheinbaum and the CIA have both denied a CNN report alleging the agency facilitated the March killing of a Sinaloa Cartel operator in the State of Mexico.