By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Just hours after Mexico’s Supreme Court (SCJN) declared President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) electricity reform bill “constitutional” (in a bizarre four in favor-seven against vote that somehow favored the ayes over the nays), U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar late Thursday, April 7, warned that if the electrical reform promoted by the president
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The New York City Bar Association (NYCBA) on Thursday, March 11, issued a formal statement expressing it “serious concerns” about remarks made by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) during his daily news conference on Monday, Feb. 22, in which he accused Mexican lawyers of “treason against the country” for representing foreign companies
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS When more than 4.7 million homes in the north of Mexico were left without light or heating on Monday, Feb. 15, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was quick to resort to his favorite stock scapegoat for the subsequent humanitarian and economic repercussions: Blame it on past administrations. True to form, rather than assuming responsibility for the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Texas Gas Shortage The Arctic vortex that hit Texas and the north of Mexico on Monday, Feb. 15, did not catch the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) unprepared, said the commission’s director, Manuel Bartlett Díaz. The cold spell was expected, and the subsequent gas shortage it produced was also to be expected, he said, but not just for
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AMLO’s Electricity Reform Bill
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO on an Electrical Collision Course Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) clearly sent a “suggestion” to the Chamber of Deputies in regards to their discussions over the increasingly controversial bill regulating the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). “Do not change even an iota of the text” that they had received from him for a fast-track
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Ancira Negotiations Imprisoned Mexican steel tycoon Alonso Ancira’s lawyer, José Luis Castañeda, continued negotiations at the Mexico City North Penitentiary late Tuesday, Feb. 9, and finally came up with a figure that his client will have to pay to win his freedom. In an out-of-court negotiation still to be ratified, Mexico’s state-run oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex)
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico (Amcham) said Friday, Feb. 5, that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) proposed electricity reform bill “represents a giant step backwards for the sector’s ability to compete, the nation’s state of law and sustainable development for the country.” In a written statement, the business organization pointed out
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