By RICARDO CASTILLO … The arrest of Alonso Ancira Elizondo and charges against Emilio Lozoya Austin are threatening to create the perfect political storm in Mexico…
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Tag Archive for ‘Enrique Peña Nieto’
Roster of Allegedly Crooked Journalists Made Public
By RICARDO CASTILLO … A list has surfaced of 36 big-name journalists who allegedly received illicit paybacks from the previous administration for favorable press coverage…
Mexican Social Security Institute Director’s Resignations Stirs up Political Hornet’s Nest
By RICARDO CASTILLO … Germán Martínez Cázares said he resigned because the Treasury Secretariat wanted to control the IMSS in violation of its autonomous status…
AMLO Strikes Down Corporate Tax Waivers
By RICARDO CASTILLO … The elimination of the corporate tax waiver will directly affect thousands of companies currently operating in Mexico…
AMLO to Meet with Education Workers Unions
By RICARDO CASTILLO … The big surprise at the National Palace on Teachers’ Day was that, AMLO did not invite the leaders of the education workers unions…
Hallelujah! A Teachers’ Day without a CNTE Demonstration…Maybe…or Maybe Not
By RICARDO CASTILLO … Every May 15 since 2013, CNTE teachers have staged protests to blockade downtown Mexico City. This year may be different…
Despite Fierce Opposition, AMLO Says Dos Bocas Refinery Is a Go
By RICARDO CASTILLO … The reality is that AMLO is going to go ahead and build Dos Bocas, despite Armageddon warninga from his detractors…
Wayne: Why the Merida Initiative Should Not Be Scrapped
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … The Merida Initiative is one of the most poorly understand agreements ever established between Mexico and the United States…
A Dubious Future for Mexico’s PRI and PRD Political Parties
By RICARDO CASTILLO … Is there anything left for Mexico’s PRD and PRI to celebrate now that they have been diagnosed as end-of-life patients?…
AMLO’s Ever-Deepening Hole
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … Will Rogers once quipped: “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging,” advice Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would do well to follow…
May 5 Holiday Brings Minor Skirmish for AMLO
By RICARDO CASTILLO … In the Cinco de Mayo marches, people protested AMLO for cancelling the new airport and ending funding for daycare centers…
