López Obrador, for his part, thanked Biden for not building "even one meter of wall," a not so subtle dig at Biden's Republican predecessor, Donald Trump. The warmth during their joint press conference stood in stark contrast to the more brusque exchange a day earlier.
Mexico blames poverty and US border crisis. "Poverty and desperation" led to the deaths of at least 50 migrants abandoned in a Texas lorry, Mexico's president has said.
Ideological discord over who to invite, skepticism about U.S. commitment to Latin America, and low expectations for major accords on issues such as migration and economic cooperation have already tarnished the event, officials and analysts say.
The leaders issued a post-summit statement saying they had agreed to collaborate on addressing migration, climate change and the coronavirus pandemic — without specifying how they would resolve their differences.
Ovidio Guzmán was briefly captured in October only to be let go hours later as security was overwhelmed by cartel forces
Canadá, Estados Unidos y México firmaron el martes una serie de modificaciones al pacto comercial regional TMEC que busca mejorar el cumplimiento de derechos de los trabajadores y mantener bajos los precios para medicamentos biológicos, eliminando una disposición de patentes.
The Mexican president has sent a letter to Spain's King Felipe VI and Pope Francis urging them to apologise for human rights abuses committed during the conquest of the region.
Mexican leftist leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador is poised to become the next president of Mexico.
