Andrés Manuel López Obrador

As Trump announced he would raise tariffs on Mexican goods, the president of Mexico published an open letter to Trump.

The Spanish government rejected the Mexican president's demand, suggesting Spain's invasion of the Americas shouldn't be judged through our modern lens.

The president has proposed cutting the salaries of public officials, including his own, slashing federal budgets, and laying off 70 percent of non-unionized federal workers.

A lengthy transition period has given Mexicans a preview of how the fiery leftist leader will run his six-year term.

People from San Salvador Atenco, a town outside of Mexico City, protest the construction of a new international airport on August 14th, 2018.

Mexican president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador tells Trump there will be "many changes."

Mexico's newly elected President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, representing the Juntos Haremos Historia Party, cheers his supporters at the Zocalo Square after winning general elections, in Mexico City, on July 1st, 2018.

We sat down with Viridiana Rios, a fellow at the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, to talk about the problems and policies that have shaped this election season.