By KELIN DILLON Just days after the public conflict of interest scandal plaguing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) eldest son, José Ramón López Beltrán, and his employment status at a company owned by the family of close AMLO collaborator and businessman Daniel Chávez, new information has revealed showing just how close the working relationship between Chávez and the
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By KELIN DILLON After attempting to distance himself from a multinational scandal surrounding his residency in a million-dollar mansion owned by an affiliate of Mexican state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in Houston, Texas, José Ramón López Beltrán, the son of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), revealed yet another conflict of the interest in the process of his
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO’s Washington Itinerary Here are a few things we know about Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) scheduled visit to the White House on Wednesday, July 8. Previously to his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, the Mexican head of state will visit two monuments: a statue of Benito Juárez and the Abraham Lincoln Monument. Later,
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By RICARDO CASTILLO In mid-July, former Mexican Treasury Secretary Carlos Urzúa, upon presenting his resignation to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), launched a frontal attack against AMLO’s Chief of Staff Alfonso Romo Garza in an interview. “It’s most difficult to understand the type of relationship, ideologically speaking, Romo has with the president,” Urzúa said. “He’s an extreme right-winger.” Urzúa
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