Mexico

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has become the first female leader to preside over the country's independence celebrations in 215 years. Her message was that she won't accept foreign intervention, a significant statement as she negotiates pressure from the United States.

For the first time in 215 years of Mexican history, a woman led the national cry of independence late Monday, echoing the original call made by a priest for rebellion against Spanish rule. It was a deeply symbolic moment for Mexico and for President Claudia Sheinbaum, the first female president in the country’s history, who has remained popular through her first year in office while weathering intense pressure from President Donald Trump over issues like trade and drug cartels. In her appearance, Sheinbaum underscored the importance of Mexican women and her country’s sovereignty repeatedly.

President Trump has ordered military action against Latin American drug cartels and has threatened a new tariff. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico has pushed back.

To Mexican companies, the rule was never much of a problem, largely ignored by U.S. authorities, especially along a border where cultures had always mixed. But to the Trump administration, it is a point of critical road safety that went too long unaddressed. The issue? English.

COMMENTARY President Trump is reviving a longstanding U.S. urge to have the military fight the hemisphere's drug cartels — but history suggests sending troops to take down traffickers usually ends badly.

The news release from the Drug Enforcement Administration trumpeted a “bold bilateral initiative” with the Mexican government to crack down on cartels that smuggle drugs across the southern border. But Tuesday morning, a day after the DEA’s announcement, President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico said she had no idea what U.S. officials were talking about.

The president has ordered the Pentagon to use the armed forces to carry out what in the past was considered law enforcement.

The U.S. has suspended live cattle imports from Mexico due to concerns about the New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite found in southern Mexico. This suspension has severely impacted ranchers like Martín Ibarra Vargas in Sonora, who are already struggling with drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture calls the screwworm a "devastating pest" and is taking measures to prevent its spread.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is pressing the Trump administration to repatriate 14 Mexican nationals being held at Alligator Alcatraz, the the controversial immigration detention center in the Everglades.

‘We’ve been decimated,’ a longtime Florida tomato grower says about the industry in the Sunshine State.

Jorge H. Martínez, owner of a small Mexican company near the U.S. border, has seen how President Donald Trump’s threats of steep tariffs have upended markets, bent geopolitics and thrown businesses into uncertainty.

Low turnout and fears over democratic backsliding marked Mexico’s shift to electing judges, which opens the way for the Morena party to dominate courts.