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The View from the North: AMLO Takes on the US Senate

OPINION By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has repeatedly taken swipes at Cuban-American Senators Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Bob Menéndez during his regular press conferences this month, piling on from criticism lobbed by him at the three in the past. López Obrador has accused the three senators, along with other Cubans living in the

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AMLO Won’t Go to Americas Summit (Surprise, Surprise!)

OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After much hemming and hawing, and trying to use his attendance as a political leverage peck against U.S. President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Monday, June 6, announced — finally — that he will not attend the four-day Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, which actually had begun that same

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Muñoz Ledo Accuses AMLO of Coddling Drug Cartels

PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Porfirio Muñoz Ledo — a former Mexican ambassador to the United Nations, former federal deputy, former staunch supporter of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), founding member of the left-leading Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), former presidential wannabe and current ambassador to Cuba — said Thursday, June 2, that the AMLO administration is in bed

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World Health Organization: Mexico Already Has Enough Doctors

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) continues to defend his unilateral decision earlier this month to hire 500 Cuban doctors at higher salaries than those paid to their Mexican counterparts, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the country already has enough physicians without having to import more. According to the WHO,

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AMLO Offers Immediate Hirings, Top Salaries for Rural Doctors

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Wednesday, May 18, said that his administration will offer immediate, top-paying jobs to all medical specialists willing to work in rural state-run hospitals. Speaking during his daily morning press conference, López Obrador promised that these vacancies will have the best salaries and immediate hirings, after numerous

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Summit’s Success Hangs in the Balance

OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As a growing number of Latin America’s leftist leaders join forces, threatening to boycott the upcoming Ninth Summit of the Americas that is slated to take place in Los Angeles from June 6 through June 10, unless it includes the participation of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, the once-crucial hemispheric meeting could potentially become irrelevant. Both Mexican

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