Tag Archives: Estado Mayor Presidencial

Anxiety Over AMLO’s Disdain for Personal Security Mounts

By RICARDO CASTILLO     There’s a growing concern among most Mexicans over President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) disdain for personal security. Friends and political opponents agree that the lax security that has surrounded him for the little over two months he’s been in office has to be reinforced. The president’s problem is that he considers himself to be just one more

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AMLO to Hold Armored Car Sale

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Monday, Jan. 21, that his government will hold a nationwide sale of more than 200 armored vehicles that belonged to the now-defunct Estado Mayor Presidencial (EMP) presidential body guards. Last month, shortly after taking office, AMLO complied with one of his campaign promises to put

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Allocating for the Nonexistent

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Although it seems that most national and international financial analysts who have reviewed newly instated Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) 2019 national budget have deemed it as “credible” and “helpful for investors’ sentiments,” there are at least some incongruences in the proposed financial plan. The budget, which was presented to Congress by Mexican Finance Secretary

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Former Presidents Lose Pension, Military Protection

By RICARDO CASTILLO     Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is not yet president of Mexico, but he’s already indirectly issued his first executive order through the Mexican Senate. On Monday, Nov. 6, his first fully fulfilled campaign promise to strip former presidents of their juicy pension went into effect as Senate President Martí Batres ordered the publication in the Official Gazette of the

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