Thursday, October 24

Mexican president picks veteran diplomat to be subsequent international minister

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico’s president on Tuesday named Alicia Bárcena, the nation’s present ambassador to Chile, as the following international relations secretary, changing Marcelo Ebrard who resigned to pursue the presidential nomination.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador famous the strong background of the Harvard-educated Bárcena, who served for nearly 14 years as govt secretary of the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. She has been Mexico’s ambassador to Chile since September.

López Obrador stated it might be at the very least 10 days earlier than Bárcena takes over the brand new position.



Ebrard on Monday resigned his put up because the nation’s prime diplomat to affix the first race for the presidential nomination of López Obrador’s Morena get together within the June 2024 elections.

Ebrard is especially identified for main Mexico’s effort to deliver gun-trafficking lawsuits towards U.S. arms producers and gun shops.

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