President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has given his nation’s military a growing role in public works, fighting the coronavirus and confronting drug cartels, in a concentration of power some see as risky.
Latin America
A second tanker dispatched by Iran was welcomed Monday by Venezuela, a lifeline for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that reflects the closer ties being forged between Tehran and U.S. adversaries in Latin America.
Nicaragua has become a coronavirus hot spot but its authoritarian leader is endangering public health by ignoring the threat and hiding infection data, according to doctors and relatives of victims.
Mexico’s drug cartels are distributing food and supplies to poor residents as they struggle to survive the economic meltdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the latest challenge by the powerful groups to embarrass a Mexican government whose resources have been stretched thin by the crisis.
As global oil companies try to make savings, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is focusing much of the country’s limited financial firepower on its state-run oil company.
