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AMLO’s Informe Was Delusional
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Critics of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) wasted no time after his 45-minute Informe de Gobierno (State of the Nation Address) on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to attack his annual report as “false,” “misleading” and “delusional.” In the address — the second in the president’s six-year term — AMLO congratulated himself and his leftwing administration for
Read moreAMLO Pats Himself on the Back in Second State of the Nation Address
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite a still-broadening covid-19 pandemic and a spiraling financial crisis, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) used his second annual State of the Nation Address (Informe de Gobierno) on Tuesday, Sept. 1, as a bully pulpit to lavish praise on himself and his administration. “Mexico has the best government during its worst moment,”
Read moreAMLO Set to Present State of the Nation Address
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
Read moreGood for the Goose, Good for the Gander
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS And so it begins… After opening a Pandora box of a video tape of questionable origin, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has now finds himself embroiled in a mounting scandal of allegedly illegal funds that have already cast an incriminating shadow on his left-leaning National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party and even his brother. It all
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Those Above and Those Below
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By RICARDO CASTILLO A War of Leaks Ever since the 63-page script containing the accusations the former director of the state-run oil interest Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Emilio Lozoya Austin, made against a numerous set of former public officials, a small war of leaks has been taking place in Mexican politics. First Lozoya directly accused former Mexican Presidents Felipe Calderón, Enrique
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Sharing in the Bounty
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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A Rectification of the Odebrecht Case
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