By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS On Saturday, Dec. 15, newly instated Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) presented his 2019 budget to the Mexican Congress via his Finance Secretary Carlos Urzúa. The budget plan, which allocates more funding for social programs and infrastructure and less for government payrolls (including his own salary), is expected to be approved easily by the pro-AMLO
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Although it seems that most national and international financial analysts who have reviewed newly instated Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) 2019 national budget have deemed it as “credible” and “helpful for investors’ sentiments,” there are at least some incongruences in the proposed financial plan. The budget, which was presented to Congress by Mexican Finance Secretary
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By THE PULSE NESS MEXICO STAFF As part of his plan for national social and academic development, a representative of Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced last week that the new administration intends to eliminate English-language studies from the country’s public school system. Along with the elimination of currently mandatory English-as-a-second-language classes in public schools, the country’s incoming
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By RICARDO CASTILLO It’s been five full weeks since Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) won the Mexican presidential election. You’d think that he would be immediately recognized for his victory, at least with the moniker of “president-elect,” but in the national press, the moniker has instead been “virtual president-elect.” But as of Wednesday, Aug. 8, this situation will change. The Federal
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