By KELIN DILLON A massive extra 68 billion pesos have been given to the construction of Mexico’s controversial Dos Bocas refinery in Tabasco during the first semester of 2021 — more than what was given to the country’s health sector during the same time period despite the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Data from Mexico’s Secretariat of Finance (SHCP) revealed the initially
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena) has so far ignored the 20 proposed requests to investigate current and former officials tied to the construction and maintenance of Mexico City’s Line 12 metro, which saw a tragic and deadly crash on May 3, killing 26 people. The requests, filed by opposition parties, have been stalled by the Morena
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By KELIN DILLON Over 196.7 billion pesos in investment into Mexico’s energy sector are now in jeopardy, following Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial proposals to reform the nation’s electric industry, according to opponents of the bill. The proposed law would allow Mexico’s government-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) to gain priority over private energy plants to upload their
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By RICARDO CASTILLO New Dollar Revenues Law The Mexican Senate approved a bill on Wednesday, Dec. 9, stipulating that all foreign currencies income flowing into Mexico should stay in the nation and not be allowed to be repatriated to the country of its origin. The board of directors of Mexico’s central bank, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), immediately challenged the bill,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF While the Mexican Congress is on the verge of legalizing both the medicinal and recreational use of cannabis, not everyone in the country is in favor of that move. In fact, according to a study conducted by El Financiero newspaper this week, 58 percent of Mexicans are opposed to legalization of the drug. The
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS When Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) gave his first State of the Nation Address on Sept. 1, 2019, he gave it to a packed crowd of more than 500 invited guests in the patio of the National Palace. This year, the turnout will be much smaller, with just 50 people attending in accordance with the
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena), which has been struggling to hold internal elections since November 2019, voted on Sunday, Aug. 30, for its acting interim leader Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar to serve as Senate majority leader. Ramírez Aguilar will formally take the position on Tuesday, Sept. 1, when the Mexican Congress reconvenes for its
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO and Governors Powwow Mexico’s 32 governors are giddying up to meet on Wednesday, Aug. 19, with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in San Luis Potosí. Previous to the in-person summit, a group of 10 governors known as the Federalist Alliance video conferenced on Saturday, Aug. 15, to outline a plan of discussion with the president.
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By SILVIO CANTO, JR. During our early months in the United States, my parents were so impressed with just about everything in our new country, most of all, the new freedom and opportunity that America had given us. My father would always remind us of all of the benefits of being here. For example, he’d say someone with my big
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … A quick review of the most important news items in Mexico over the last few days…
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