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Norwegian Firm’s Investigation Reveals Line 12 Failures

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Kelin Dillon 4 comments

By KELIN DILLON The tragic collapse of Mexico’s Line 12 metro on May 3, which left 26 dead, was related to vital failures in the structure’s construction, said a preliminary report released by the independent Norwegian investigative authority DNV. The Norwegian experts interviewed Mexican metro personnel including directors, coordinators, train operators and institutional security personnel to compile its comprehensive report.

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NYT Points to Ebrard, Slim for Line 12 Collapse

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Kelin Dillon One comment

By KELIN DILLON According to an investigative piece in the renowned international newspaper the New York Times (NYT), Mexico City’s tragic Line 12 metro accident in early May was largely the result of two Mexican public figures’ gross negligence in the construction and upkeep of the now-infamous route. The U.S. publication pointed to Marcelo Ebrard, the country’s current secretary of

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Mexico News Roundup

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

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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Lomas Mansion Auction Gets Green Light

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO The Lomas de Chapultepec mansion that once belonged to Chinese-born imprisoned Mexican citizen Zhenli Ye Gon will be auctioned on Sunday, Aug.11, as programmed, said Ricardo Rodríguez Vargas, president of the Institute to Return to the People What Was Stolen From Them, officially known as Administration and Properties Alienation (SAE). Rodriguez Vargas made the announcement early Wednesday, Aug. 7, during Mexican

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Lomas Mansion Auction Is Acid Test for New Mexican Law

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO This article is about Mexico’s new (literally from the Spanish) Law of Dominium Extinction or Expired Ownership Domain, approved last July 24 by the Mexican Senate and similar in some ways to the one known as Eminent Domain in the United States. The law is being questioned by a number of deputies such as Tatiana Clouthier (Morena)

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Dos Bocas Goose Will Lay Eggs, AMLO Hopes

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO On Sunday, June 2, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) flagged the initiation of the construction of a new oil refinery at the Tabasco double-cove port known as Dos Bocas. Unlike in the case of his initial move to bring an end to the massive fuel theft that was going on at the state-owned company Petróleos

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Despite Fierce Opposition, AMLO Says Dos Bocas Refinery Is a Go

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Ricardo Castillo Leave a comment

By RICARDO CASTILLO It was a heyday for all the neoliberal journalists who not only question but will try to tear to pieces any project the still-new administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) comes up with. As informed by Pulse News Mexico last on Friday, May 10, Energy Secretary Rocio Nahle García decided to declare the construction

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Pemex to Build its Own Refinery in Dos Bocas

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Ricardo Castillo 2 comments

By RICARDO CASTILLO It came as no surprise to on Thursday, May 9, when Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) declared the bidding for the construction of the new Dos Bocas refinery on the Gulf of Mexico shoreline in the state of Tabasco a deserted tender. Instead, AMLO said in his daily press conference at the National Palace, that

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