By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Monday, Feb. 18, that the group of islands off […]
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Ricardo Castillo
All the (Former) Presidents’ Men (and an Ex-President to Boot)
By RICARDO CASTILLO What was the political gossip this week in Mexico? Definitely, the “denunciations” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) made of nine […]
New Labor Central Kicks Off Under Gómez Urrutia
eNapoleón Gómez Urrutia, head of the Mexican Miners and Metal Smelters Union. Photo: veracruzenlasnoticas.com By RICARDO CASTILLO The wheel of […]
Mexican Labor Law Faces 29 Proposed Legislative Revisions
By RICARDO CASTILLO Both houses of the Mexican Congress are about to embark on a rewriting of the Ley Federal […]
Anxiety Over AMLO’s Disdain for Personal Security Mounts
By RICARDO CASTILLO There’s a growing concern among most Mexicans over President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) disdain for personal security. […]
AMLO Takes Fitch Credit Downgrade Personally
By RICARDO CASTILLO It’s hard to understand why Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) reacted viscerally to the two-level […]
Strike Two for AMLO at the Bat
By RICARDO CASTILLO Baseball aficionado President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was pitched two unrelated labor strikes in a row […]
The Many Culprits behind the Explosion, and More
By RICARDO CASTILLO At this point, the question is not so much what, where or how? The question is: Who […]
National Guard Bill Heads For the Senate
By RICARDO CASTILLO Even though it’s been approved by the Chamber of Deputies, and will surely be fast-tracked by the […]
AMLO’s War on Huachicol Has Several Fronts
By RICARDO CASTILLO By shutting off the ducts carrying fuel from the state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in order to stop […]
Saga of a Defunct Airport
By RICARDO CASTILLO It’s official: The “pharaonic” construction of the New International Mexico Airport (NAIM) was announced defunct last Dec. […]
Justice Is Done, but Filling Stations Are Dry
By RICARDO CASTILLO The good news is that by moving the Mexican Army to take over Pemex oil refineries, refined […]
Mexico Opts for Neutrality in Maduro Case
By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico’s diplomatic corps is currently holding its 30th Meeting of Ambassadors and Consuls in Mexico City. A […]
Venezuela Represents Acid Test for AMLO’s Diplomacy
By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico’s new brand of diplomacy is about to undergo its first acid test. On Friday, Jan. 4, […]
AMLO’s Stance on 2019: ‘I Have the Reign of Power in My Hands’
By RICARDO CASTILLO Like whirlwind, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) took the nation by storm in December, outlining […]
