The Catholic Church and Indigenous Peoples: Unlikely allies in the fight to save the Amazon
From Peru, David Agren reports on efforts toward — and challenges to — reconciliation and climate protection in South America.
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Freelance correspondent in Mexico
David Agren covers Mexico as a freelance correspondent for The Guardian. His writing also regularly appears in The Washington Post, USA Today, Maclean's and Catholic News Service. A graduate of Mount Royal University, he has reported on Mexico and Latin America since 2005 and resides in Mexico City.
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With a new, populist president, Mexico tests ‘business as usual’
Many will be watching Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s
economic approach, including Jonathan
Heath, the Mexican of Canadian descent slated for the central bank. David Agren
spoke to him in Mexico City.
Mexico, still Canada’s NAFTA ally?
While striking a deal without Canada may have seemed like a callous decision for Mexico, there were several political and economic considerations that left the country in a bind, as David Agren reports.
Is this Mexico’s next president?
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
may take Mexico’s July 1 election — he has polled far ahead of his competitors
for months. David Agren reports on what the left-wing, populist candidate stands for and
what’s in store for the country.
Corruption in Mexico: The elephant at the North American table
As North
American leaders meet in Ottawa this week, David Agren reports from Mexico,
where citizens are losing patience with a system that allows for bribery and
kickbacks. Will new anti-corruption laws make a dent?