By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Regardless of their political leaning — Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative — what Americans witnessed in Washington, D.C. yesterday, Wednesday, Jan. 6, represented a repugnant and shameful disgrace for every U.S. citizen. The savage violation of the U.S. Capitol building by a mob of rightwing ultraists who, egged on and enabled by the incendiary rhetoric of
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By RICARDO CASTILLO No Lupe-Reyes Reveling The good news is that on Friday, Dec. 11, Mexico approved the Pfizer-BioNTech labs covid vaccine and will soon begin administering it to health workers and the nation’s most vulnerable. But while this may mean light at the end of the tunnel, for Mexican Virgin of Guadalupe (Lupe) worshipers, it did not come soon
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By RICARDO CASTILLO General Salvador Cienfuegos arrived back in Mexico on Wednesday, Nov. 18, with all charges against him in the United States — for a myriad of crimes allegedly committed while he was the country’s defense secretary (between 2015 and 2017) — suddenly dropped by U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr. Not just you, but practically everyone in the media
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Six former U.S. envoys warn against a premature pullout
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Joining Forces against Morena The leaders of Mexico’s three largest minority parties met on Tuesday, Nov. 10, with two top entrepreneurs who recently formed a political front called Sí por México (Yes for Mexico) to compete against the ruling National Regeneration Movement in the upcoming 2021 midterm elections. Facebook Marko Cortés of the National Action Party (PAN),
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican Steel King Tanked, Again Spanish police on Saturday, Nov. 8, arrested Mexican citizen Alonso Ancira Elizondo in the island resort of Palma de Mallorca. Ancira, head of the steel foundry Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA), now faces extradition to Mexico. He was free on bond but the court, known as the National Audience of Spain, rejected
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By RICARDO CASTILLO A request for an arrest warrant from Mexico’s Fiscal General against former Treasury and Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso bounced by a federal judge last weekend and not only prevented a major scandal for Videgaray, but also reinforced the fact that the so-called “attorneys for the people” just cannot manage to put a viable case together.
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