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Mexican government relieved after US lifts restrictions on airlines
Tension between Mexico and the United States over flights to the Valley of Mexico has eased. The announcement that Washington will lift air restrictions so Mexican airlines can open routes to U.S. cities from Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) and Mexico City International Airport (AICM) ends months of uncertainty over connectivity between the two countries. Aviation policy has been one of the most complex fronts in the bilateral relationship and has reflected how government positions also spill over into this sector.

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- Fiber-optic drones and cartel members at the front: Ukraine’s imprint on Mexico’s narco groups
Fiber-optic drones and cartel members at the front: Ukraine’s imprint on Mexico’s narco groups
The video released by Al Jazeera lasts just 25 seconds but has once again reignited public debate. The footage shows at least 10 fighters in a forest, “coming back from a mission,” as one of them can be heard saying. The group of soldiers, who are Mexican, Colombian, and Panamanian — as acknowledged by the person filming — is allegedly part of Ukraine’s front line in the war launched by Russia.

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México aportó un 60% a reducción de la pobreza en América Latina y el Caribe
Tensions mount on Mexico-US border amid drones and shootouts
Tensions are rising along the Mexico-U.S. border — this time on the eastern side — due to an incident that has quietly made its way to the press. Ten days ago, U.S. Coast Guard personnel patrolling the Rio Grande area between Texas and Tamaulipas exchanged gunfire with suspected armed men who were crossing from the Mexican side. No injuries or fatalities were reported, but authorities have launched separate operations on both sides of the border — a deployment that, at its core, reignites fears of intervention by Washington on Mexican territory.

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China, the white elephant in US–Mexico trade negotiations
Commercial integration between Mexico and the United States, under the protection of the USMCA trade agreement, will first have to navigate a complicated customs issue: China. On the eve of the fourth round of talks, scheduled in theory for October, the economic rules that the Mexican government will impose on Chinese goods, investment and technology are of particular interest to the White House.

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- Sheinbaum at the Zócalo: ‘Mexicans do not want interference, interventionism or violation of our territoriality’
Sheinbaum at the Zócalo: ‘Mexicans do not want interference, interventionism or violation of our territoriality’
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, addressed a massive crowd this Sunday at the emblematic Zócalo square in Mexico City, just a few days before the start of her third year in office. On the eve of the 2027 midterm elections, the president delivered a speech steeped in historical references to Mexico’s struggles for independence and sovereignty, and an allusion to growing pressures from the United States under the guise of fighting “narcoterrorism.”

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