
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Donald Trump asked her to increase imports of U.S. gas and allow American intervention in local oil extraction, but stressed that Mexico aims for energy self-sufficiency and rejected the cartel accusations, citing the decline in murders and fentanyl trafficking.
AI-generated summary
The United States and Mexico maintain complex relationships on energy, security, and trade, with frequent tensions over control of natural resources and mutual political influence.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has confirmed that Donald Trump has asked her to import more US natural gas, proposing US intervention in local oil extraction. During the morning press conference, the leader clarified that the country is currently buying fuel to power five new power plants, but that the primary objective remains the development of autonomous resources. On the crude oil front he ruled out territorial concessions, reminding his counterpart that "here there is a Constitution and here there are laws" and reiterating that foreign companies can only operate through legal contracts.
Turning to the topic of crime, Sheinbaum revealed that Trump considers some Mexican regions now under the control of drug cartels. The president rejected the accusations, highlighting the 50% drop in homicides and over 60% drop in fentanyl trafficking, replying: "It's not true, look at the results we have. If it were true, obviously we wouldn't have obtained them." Finally, he denied that the new trade agreement is linked to security requirements or the extradition of politicians, asking Washington not to exploit the nation for its own electoral campaigns.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Mexico will continue to refuse territorial concessions for oil extraction to foreign companies without legal contracts
Very likely · Within months
Tensions between the United States and Mexico over security and migration issues could rise ahead of the US elections
Likely · Within months

The Mexican government will file a complaint in the United States over the death of Emiliano Andrade Covarrubias, a 56-year-old Mexican citizen detained by US Immigration Service Ice at a facility in Laredo, Texas. President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the legal action, specifying that the man, arrested in June and suffering from diabetes and hypertension, may not have received all the necessary drugs. The death occurred on October 17 in the Rio Grande detention center and the cause is still under medical-legal investigation. This case brings the number of Mexican citizens who have died in US custody since January 2025 to 18.

During a rally in Kansas, Donald Trump warned that the United States will withdraw from Europe if European countries fail to manage what he calls an invasion of migrants, citing protests in France and criticizing Iran's lack of cooperation and NATO burdens.
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a surprise meeting in Israel, eight days before the country's elections, amid discussions between the US and Israel about the possibility of resuming large-scale combat operations against Iran, two sources familiar with the matter told Axios.

According to a survey by the University of Development, 64% of Chileans believe that the consequences of the social protests that began on October 18, 2019 have been negative for the country, seven points more than in 2024. The share of those who consider the protests necessary has fallen from 46% to 31%, while those who consider them useless has risen from 36% to 52%. 89% consider the destruction of public goods illegitimate and 80% reject violence as a tool for change. However, 49% still consider the demonstrations of October 18 to be justified, compared to 38% in 2024 and 64% in 2019. 51% are against pardons for police officers for events related to the protests, 37% are in favor.

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella announced that on November 30 the government will issue a decree to draw the baselines that delimit the territorial waters and continental shelf of the San Andrés and Providencia archipelago, at the center of a maritime dispute with Nicaragua. The measure will allow precise coordinates to be inserted into official Colombian nautical charts and will strengthen the Navy's controls against piracy.