By RICARDO CASTILLO Politics and Vaccinations The inevitable mixture of pandemic vaccinations and Mexico’s electoral year politicking could be foreseen months ago. But, now that the antigen is trickling into the country in ever-growing numbers, so is the criticism of opposition political parties who claim President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is using the vaccines as a political tool to
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Just in case anyone doubts that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is not a one-track-minded politician, he just proved again that they are wrong. Ever since he launched his third run for president with the 2014 foundation of his political party National Regeneration Movement (Morena), the main focus of his discourse has been to salvage
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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
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Just how far and to where the fight between the Mexican government and clean energy producers will go is an open question. What is a fact now is that private-sector solar and wind electricity producers have filed suits and are going to court. And, meanwhile, Mexican industrial and business organizations are using the issuance of an attempt
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Gasoline theft might have dropped significantly as a result of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) ambitious crackdown on huachicoleo (fuel piracy), but its consumers who are paying the price at the pumps. According to government’s Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), between the second and third weeks of February, the average price nationwide of
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