Hundreds of thousands of fans queued online for tickets to Miguel’s highly anticipated fall tour in Mexico on Tuesday, prompting the Mexican singer to announce new tour dates to meet demand
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By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has drawn intense criticism after calling for the elimination of independent organizations by their absorption into the state, a move that would consolidate the Mexican government’s power and remove its checks and balances. López Obrador tried to justify his proposal by saying autonomous organizations “cost a lot to maintain,” going
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Pressure to Restart Work Pressure on the Mexican government to get the economy going again is mounting from all sides. Health Secretary Jorge Alcocer, who is responsible for determining which municipalities and industries can reopen, however, does not yet have an answer. “In general there are approximately 990 municipalities applying to restart, but only about a third
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mothers and Doctors The Mexican Public Health Secretariat, the National Social Security Institute (IMSS) and the National Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) reported that the 9,600 female doctors on call due to the covid-19 spent Sunday, May 10, Mother’s Day, on duty. The report was made by the nongovernmental organization Mom Doctors,
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Every morning since Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) came into power last Dec. 1, 2018, he has repeated over and over again that his leadership is meant to oust thievery within the Mexican federal government. The word “corruption” is repeated constantly in his daily speeches at the morning press conferences he holds at the National
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By RICARDO CASTILLO How well are relations between Mexico and the United States doing? Or to be blunt about it, how are relations between U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)? According to a clique of prophets of doom that gather every Wednesday night in a Mexican commentary program called “Tercer Grado” (“Third Degree”) on
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