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Mexican Olympic Medalist Accuses Conade Head of Blackballing Her

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Pulse News Mexico 2 comments

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Olympic silver- and bronze-medal diver Paola Espinosa has accused National Sports Commission (Conade) head Ana Guevara of intentionally blackballing her from participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Earlier this week, Conade issued a list of Mexican participants in the games, replacing Espinosa, known for her synchronized three-meter springboard, with Carolina Mendoza and Dolores

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Mexico News Roundup

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Kylie Madry Leave a comment

By KYLIE MADRY Do the Cabinet Shuffle While the resignation of Mexico’s Security and Public Protection Secretary Alfonso Durazo made headlines several weeks ago, more cabinet changes are coming, said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). To replace Durazo, AMLO proposed Rosa Icela Rodríguez, who had been appointed to oversee Mexico’s sea ports and merchant shipping in July, during his

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Mexico News Roundup

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO Suits Filed against Polevnsky A suit for charges of fraud worth 809 million pesos and money laundering was filed Wednesday, June, 18 by the temporary presidency of Mexico’s incumbent National Regeneration Party (Morena) against its former president, Yeidckol Polevnsky. The suit was filed before the office of the Mexican Fiscal General (FGR). At the same time, the

Opinion

Mexico News Roundup

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO Government Downsizing The exact significance of politically oriented economic moves is inevitably in the eye of the beholder. This past week, there several events occurred in Mexico that have been interpreted according to different interests. Businessmen generally consider downsizing a natural move to make a company more profitable But in terms of government cuts, that same downsizing

Mexico News Roundup

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO A Divided Women’s Movement On the eve of Mexico’s March 9 feminist work stoppage by all the women who want to participate, the cadre of invisible “collectives” have been joined by an apparent “fifth column,” the anti-abortionists, who now claim that this movement “underrates” women. (In military terminology, a fifth column is an infiltration of enemy troops

Mexico News Roundup

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO Happy Birthday, Carlos Slim Just as Mexico’s and Latin America’s wealthiest man, Carlos Slim, was gearing up to celebrate his 80th birthday on Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) delivered a special gift that surely the tycoon did not appreciate: a fine for nearly 1.39 billion pesos. The fine applied directly to mismanagement of accounting

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Mexico News Roundup

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO March for Truth, Justice and Peace The several thousand participants in the so-called March for Truth, Justice and Peace on Sunday, Jan. 26, were demanding that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) government come up with a strategy to put an end to the apparently endless and seemingly eternal rising number of murders that Mexico is

The Good, the Bad and … the Gold-Medal Winner

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Ricardo Castillo One comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO Now and then, you have a woman in Mexican politics hit the headlines. But what was most unusual on Monday. Aug. 12, and early Tuesday, Aug. 13, was to have three ladies in politics in less than 24 hours grab media coverage. Whoever had doubts that women are advancing in strides in politically impossible macho-land had better

Luy’s Lines

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Luy Leave a comment

The Do-Nothing and the Athlete

When It Pays to Do Nothing

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Thérèse Margolis Leave a comment

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexico’s National Sports Commission (Conade) has found itself in a bit of a hammer hold regarding how it treats its athletes. Budget cutbacks are taking a toll not just on Conade’s image, but also on the nation’s leading international competitors, who for years have depended on nominal government stipends to help defray the cost of their training