A Sweltering Summer and a Market Fall
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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The View from the North: Violence Turns Mexicans against AMLO
By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Over the course of the last few weeks, I’ve heard from many of my Mexican friends about the surging violence south of the U.S. border. It is no longer a case of cartel versus cartel. Instead, the murders have spilled into urban areas, and the Mexican people are scared. I saw this post from Mamela Fiallo Flor in
Read moreSanta Lucia Airport Beleaguered by Suits
By RICARDO CASTILLO Was there or was there not corruption involved in the construction of the now-defunct New International Mexico Airport (NAIM)? Just Monday, July 15, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said there was corruption in many of the already-awarded construction contracts, while Communications and Transportation Secretary (SCT) Javier Jiménez Espriú stated that corruption was not an issue
Read moreUrzúa Resigns as Head of Finance Head, Herrera Pinch Hits
By RICARDO CASTILLO It was a political rock rattle and roll in the Mexican government Tuesday, July 9, when, over the course of just one hour one Treasury Secretary resigned and a new one was appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). To offer a proper sequence of events, allow me to start from the beginning of the series
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