By RICARDO CASTILLO Hunting the Big Five The Mexican Senate gave fast-track approval to a request from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to hold a popular consultation on whether to bring to trial five former presidents. The Senate rushed the bill through over the Independence Day holidays (Tuesday, Sept. 15, and Wednesday, Sept. 16). The proposal, which contains only
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By RICARDO CASTILLO It is that time of the year in Mexico when the Treasury Secretariat sends what is known as “the economic package” for the year to come. On Tuesday, Sept. 8, Treasury Secretary Arturo Herrera visited the Chamber of Deputies to hand deliver “the package” to new Deputies’ President Dulce María Sauri Riancho. Legally known as the “Law
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The Last of the Sauri-ans The first week of September in Mexican politics was raucous from start to finish. Here is a capsulated roundup of events: It all started on Monday, Aug. 31, with the first vote at the Mexican Chamber of Deputies for the upcoming third and last year of the current legislature. Contending for the
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