Mexican president taps UN veteran Barcena to be foreign minister

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's president on Tuesday picked veteran U.N. diplomat Alicia Barcena to be the country's new foreign minister after the incumbent resigned to campaign for the leftist ruling party's candidacy in next year's presidential election. A trained biologist, Barcena served for nearly 14 years as executive secretary of the United Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America

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