Foreign leaders, including Maduro, to attend Mexican inauguration
At least 15 heads of state will attend the December presidential inauguration of Mexico’s Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, including fellow leftist Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela, the president-elect’s pick to be foreign minister said on Friday.
Mexico president-elect defends airport vote against fraud charges
Mexico’s President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday defended a public consultation about whether to continue the construction of a new Mexico City airport, rejecting criticism the vote was rigged.
Mexico offers plan to keep U.S.-bound migrants in Mexico
Mexico on Friday offered temporary identification papers and jobs to migrants who register for asylum in the country, stepping up efforts to halt the advance of a U.S.-bound Central American caravan that has angered Washington.
Mexico offers migrants jobs, education for kids provided they register
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced a plan on Friday to offer migrants temporary identification documents and job opportunities, plus education for their children while in southern Mexico, provided they register with authorities.
Spain’s High Court agrees to extradite Chavez aide to Venezuela
Spain’s High Court agreed on Friday to extradite a Venezuelan woman who was part of the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez’s inner circle to her home country, where she is suspected of money laundering and illicit enrichment.
Thousands rally to keep Soros-founded university in Hungary
Thousands rallied in Budapest on Friday on behalf of a university founded by U.S. financier George Soros which says it is being forced out of Hungary by the nationalist government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Turmoil in Sri Lanka as ex-president Rajapaksa sworn in as PM
Sri Lankan opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa was appointed prime minister on Friday after President Maithripala Sirisena dismissed the incumbent in a surprise move that threatens political turmoil in the South Asian country.
Syria pushes back on U.N. role in constitutional talks: U.N. envoy
Syria wants the United Nations to simply facilitate efforts to rewrite the country’s constitution and not choose a third of the committee that will undertake the job, outgoing U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura told the Security Council on Friday.
Migrant caravan could be in Mexico City by Friday: Honduran official
A caravan of Central Americans bound for the United States that has drawn fire from U.S. President Donald Trump could reach Mexico City by next Friday, the Honduran ambassador to Mexico said on Friday.
Wife and mother of ‘disappeared’ Pinochet victims dies, not knowing their fate
A Chilean woman who won global renown for her public battle to find her husband, sons and pregnant daughter-in-law after they disappeared during the Pinochet dictatorship has died at the age of 93 without ever knowing their fate.
