By Sharay Angulo and Julia LoveMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent U.S. President Donald Trump a letter urging a swift end to NAFTA negotiations and suggesting the leaders could work well together due to their shared anti-establishment style, Mexican officials said on Sunday. The letter was delivered during a recent meeting in Mexico with senior U.S. officials, and details were disclosed once Trump had received it, said Lopez Obrador, a leftist who won Mexico's July 1 presidential election in a landslide. Marcelo Ebrard, the president-elect's proposed foreign minister, read a copy of the letter at a news conference with Lopez Obrador that said the incoming administration's aim was to "start a new chapter in the relationship between Mexico and the United States, based on mutual respect." Trump has had harsh words for Mexico on trade and immigration throughout his presidency. Despite their contrasting political views, Lopez Obrador indicated … [Read more...] about Mexican leftist appeals to ‘anti-establishment’ Trump, seeks NAFTA deal
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Mexican president-elect vows improvements to deter migration
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Mexican president-elect promises change in letter to President Trump
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Amy Guthrie Associated Press July 22, 2018 MEXICO CITY (AP) — President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday released a seven-page letter he sent to U.S. President Donald Trump detailing how he plans to improve Mexico’s economy and security when he takes office in December so that Mexicans do not feel the need to migrate.‘‘There will be many changes,’’ he promised in the letter. ‘‘And in this new atmosphere of progress with well-being, I’m sure we can reach agreements to confront together the migration phenomenon as well as the problem of border insecurity.’’Lopez Obrador also suggested the two countries draft a development plan backed by public funds and invite Central American countries to join, with the aim of making it ‘‘economically unnecessary’’ for Central … [Read more...] about Mexican president-elect promises change in letter to President Trump
Mexican Museum to leave Fort Mason home, seek cash for Mission Street site
The Mexican Museum — its attendance in decline and its rent in arrears — will close its longtime galleries and offices in the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture this fall. The private nonprofit has not paid its rent since October and will forfeit its 5,000-square-foot home in Landmark Building D, where it has been since 1982, in exchange for forgiven rent of $140,000. It will vacate in November, said Andy Kluger, chairman of the board of trustees. The museum will not reopen until 2020 at the earliest, as it cuts overhead and conserves cash. It is racing to raise $30 million required by the city to build a new Mexican Museum in the 706 Mission St. condo tower now under construction near the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The four floors of condo space, which occupy 60,000 square feet including ground-floor restaurant and retail space, belong to the city and county of San Francisco, which has signed a 99-year lease with the Mexican Museum at a rate of $1 per year. … [Read more...] about Mexican Museum to leave Fort Mason home, seek cash for Mission Street site
Mexican president-elect promises change in letter to Trump
Updated 2:59 pm CDT, Sunday, July 22, 2018 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has released a seven-page letter he sent to U.S. President Donald Trump earlier in July detailing how he sees the two countries working together to stem immigration. The letter lays out how Lopez Obrador plans to improve the economy and security in Mexico when he takes office in December so that Mexicans do not feel the need to leave. Lopez Obrador suggested the two countries draft a development plan backed by public funds and invite Central American countries to join. Marcelo Ebrard, who is slated to become Mexico's foreign minister in December, read the letter aloud to reporters Sunday. He said Trump has received the letter. … [Read more...] about Mexican president-elect promises change in letter to Trump