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CompraNet Website Suspension Opens Door to More Corruption

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By MARK LORENZANA Anticorruption and transparency groups, business and political organizations, journalists and concerned individuals in Mexico have all called on the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to restore the public-information system CompraNet, which has been “temporarily suspended” since Friday, July 15. CompraNet is an information system in Mexico through which citizens can openly search about

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At Least Three Injured in Playa del Carmen Shooting

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By MARK LORENZANA A shootout on Saturday, July 23, in the Mexican resort town of Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, has left at least three people injured, according to local reports. Surveillance cameras at a hotel captured the moment of the shooting, which caused tourists traversing Fifth Avenue — a popular street in Playa del Carmen filled with souvenir shops, restaurants

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Mexico Violates USMCA Treaty, Says Former Negotiators

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By MARK LORENZANA According to former negotiators and specialists in a report by Mexican daily newspaper El Universal on Sunday, July 24, Mexico specifically violated Chapters 14, 15, 22 and 32 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). When the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) accepted Chapters 14, 15, 22 and 32 of the agreement — titled

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On the Mark: Why It’s Called ‘Soccer’ in the United States

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By MARK LORENZANA There has been a lot of soccer news lately. Two columns ago, I wrote about a particularly bad stretch for Mexican soccer: how the Mexican Women’s National Soccer Team went winless in the recently concluded CONCACAF W championship despite hosting the tournament here in Mexico, about how Mexico’s U-20 National Men’s Soccer Team suffered a shocking defeat

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Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid

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OPINION By MARK LORENZANA The initial request was reasonable enough. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Wednesday, July 20, that her office — the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) — had been requesting the Mexican government to address some concerns about Mexico’s energy policies that have been inconsistent with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Those U.S.

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US, Canada Seek Consultations with Mexico over Energy Policies

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By MARK LORENZANA                                                                                          U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, on Wednesday, July 20, announced that the United States has requested dispute-settlement consultations with the Mexican government under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The consultations relate to certain measures by the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), specifically discriminatory energy policies that have violated provisions in the USMCA. According to

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Violence Explodes in Sonora after Caro Quintero Arrest

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By MARK LORENZANA At least 28 people have been violently killed in the northern Mexican coastal state of Sonora since the recent capture of drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, according to a report on Wednesday, July 20, by the Mexican daily newspaper El Universal. The violence has so far been concentrated in the municipalities of Guaymas-Empalme, Cajeme and Caborca. According to

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AMLO: There Just Aren’t Enough Specialists Anywhere

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By MARK LORENZANA Zoé Robledo, director of Mexico’s Social Security Institute (IMSS), said on the morning of Tuesday, July 19, at Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) daily press conference, that of more than 14,000 vacancies that were intended to be filled under the government’s medical specialist recruitment program, only 2,621 doctors had been hired in the country. And

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Drug Cartel Splinter Groups Fight for Turf in Mexico City

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By MARK LORENZANA From 2020 to date, several factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, identified with Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Ovidio “El Ratón” Guzmán — son of convicted drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — as well as recently re-arrested Rafael Caro Quintero, have been fighting for territory in Mexico City for distribution and sale of cocaine. This information was

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Navy Helicopter Sixth to Crash under AMLO’s Watch

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By MARK LORENZANA The Black Hawk helicopter of Mexico’s Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) that left 14 sailors dead after crashing in Los Mochis in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa on Friday, July 15, was the sixth helicopter to have figured in a crash under the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) since 2019. According to

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