By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s National Action Governors Association (GOAN), which is made up of National Action Party (PAN) governors from the Mexican states of Aguascalientes, Tamaulipas, Quintana Roo, Durango, Yucatán, Querétaro and Sonora, announced its intention to contract 20 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, which would arrive in periods from April to December of this
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By KYLIE MADRY Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has long been disliked by members of the opposition parties, who formed the country’s ruling class until AMLO and his National Regeneration Movement (Morena) took power. That distaste is turning into open revolt, as the president faces threats from the rightwing National Anti-AMLO Front (Frena), the newly formed Sí por
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By RICARDO CASTILLO In 10 separate gatherings of the so-called Federalist Alliance, the governors of as many Mexican states held meetings to demand that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) not drastically cut their income in the 2021 national budget. They also protested against the recent elimination of 109 federally funded trusts that sprinkled money into their states. In tandem,
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Chihuahua Governor Seeks Martyrdom In the past two weeks, National Action Party (PAN) Chihuahua Governor Javier Corral has staged two major publicity stunts: First he led a group of 10 state governors to splinter from the National Governors’ Conference (Conago), and then, Immediately afterwards, he permitted a group of farmers to take the federally managed and National
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The Great Conago Exodus
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Cleavage at Conago Ten Mexican governors met Monday, Sept. 7, in the northern city of Chihuahua. The purpose of their gathering was to vote on whether to continue to participate in the National Governors Commission (Conago), an organization that aims to be one voice before the president. The outcome of the meeting was that all10 voted to
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The People’s Priority The outcome of the private summit between Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and the country’s 32 governors on Wednesday, Aug. 19, was twofold in focus, covering both taxation and health. held a press conference with the National Governors’ Conference (Conago), hosted by San Luis Potosí Governor José Manuel Carreras, after the four-hour
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Timing and politicking usually go hand in hand and is almost always in perfect tandem for a shrewd politician. But the visit by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to the states of Querétaro and San Luis Potosí on Wednesday, Aug. 19, might just have been a case of the wrong place at the wrong time.
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By RICARDO CASTILLO First Electoral Blood No sooner had Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) announced that the race for the midterm elections will officially start on Sept. 7, than the first missile was aimed directly at the second political force in the nation, the National Action Party (PAN). A vided allegedly showing Guillermo Gutiérrez Badillo. the private secretary of Querétaro
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Back to School the Broadcast Way Thirty million Mexican public education students will return to classes on Monday, Aug. 24. The one difference in their education will be that they will stay at home and “attend school” through television broadcasts. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and Public Education Secretary (SEP) Esteban Moctezuma announced the new
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