By RICARDO CASTILLO Ever since Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) made public his receiving of the anonymous document BOA (initials in Spanish for Broad Opposition Bloc), talk about his suggestion that the country adopt a two-party political system has broke loose. As in all things, there are those in favor and those against, but most agree that the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Gradual Business Reopenings Begin Ever so trepidly and not without fear that it might not be the right move to make, Mexico City and 16 Mexican states will begin gradual reopening for business as of Monday, June 16, after a harrowing 90-day lockdown that began on March 15. City and state authorities have warned that if there
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Trembling Back to the Workplace Fearing both the covid-19 contagion and not having money to make ends meet, limited numbers of Mexican auto and construction industries workers reported to work on Monday, June 1. The Mexican tourism industry is being more cautious and postponing opening until later in the month. Unions at the auto, construction and mining
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO: “I’m not an ornamental vase” There must have been more to the matter than met the naked eye. If not, why did Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) raise so much hell over it? On Sunday, April 26, the Mexican Business Association and the investment department of the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) announced that they
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Thus far in Mexico’s Covid-19 pandemic, 13 state governors are criticizing the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). Whatever he does, he does wrong in the eyes of these 13 beholders. In return, AMLO and his supporters are claiming that at least 11 of the 13 governors, who should be running their states according to
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Extended Isolation The full containment of the Covid-19 pandemic in Mexico will require much time than originally planned, so the stay-home period may have to be extended from the original April 30 to May 30, said Public Health Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell, who is in charge of monitoring the spread of the disease. The announcement was made during
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By RICARDO CASTILLO First Coronavirus Case in Mexico Mexico’s Health Secretariat was notified on Saturday, Feb. 1, by the Los Angeles International Airport medical authorities of the confirmed case of a 37-year-old Chinese national and Wuhan native who had visited Mexico as of Jan. 21. Taxi service company Uber acknowledged that the infected person used at least two of its
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Migrants Try to Barge into Mexico Throngs of Central American migrants Sunday, Jan. 19, continued to gather along the Guatemalan border on Sunday, Jan. 19, with the intent of moving through Mexico to the United States. On Saturday. Jan. 18, approximately 1,500 of the mostly Honduran migrants attempted to stage their first show of force
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO Throws Himself a Party Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) attracted over 70,000 cheering fans at Mexico City’s main square, El Zócalo, on Sunday, Dec. 1. They all came to hear him review his first year in office, as well as see how he has managed to comply with 89 of his 100 electoral campaign
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … At this stage in time, Mexico is facing two key issues in its inseparable relation with the United States…
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