Navigating Mexico: Ask and You Might Get an Answer
Like in many countries, most ordinary Mexican citizens have given up on their government, assuming accountability or even an answer is impossible to get
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CDMX Government’s Contract Transparency Turns Opaque
The Mexico City government reportedly spent 57.95 billion pesos on public contracts in 2022 alone, with next to no details surrounding the year’s contracts involved made transparent to the public
Read moreNavigating Mexico: Getting Government Data
By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Mexico’s National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Data Protection (INAI) has been in the news quite a bit recently for political reasons.. But it is important to know the work this autonomous agency does and the amazing free resource is it for the general public. The INAI was created in 2002 by the
Read moreAMLO’s Office Denies Huge Number of Information Requests
By KELIN DILLON According to figures from Mexico’s National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI), Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) presidential office is among the top 10 least transparent agencies in the government, based on it having one of the lowest response rates to public requests for information. The Office of the
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