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Mexico’s Hectic Search for Female Politicians
By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican political parties are scrambling to find women who can be candidates in the June 6, 2021 midterm elections. The rush during this year-end week is due to the fact that Mexico’s Electoral Tribunal has set Wednesday, Dec. 30, as the final deadline to register candidates. Though the search has been on for months, it should not
Read morePoniatowska: AMLO Exposes Himself to Criticism
By KYLIE MADRY In a new interview with Mexican daily El Universal, renowned journalist Elena Poniatowska calls out President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), saying he brings the criticism he receives upon himself. “He exposes himself (to attacks) more than any other president I’ve seen,” Poniatowska said in an interview published Wednesday, Oct. 21, “much more than (former Presidents Adolfo)
Read moreMother’s Day 2020: A Pleasant Coincidence
By RICARDO CASTILLO This is an article I should have written many years ago, but, at the time, I did not have enough reason to do so. Not until now, when it just so happens that in the natural calendar year of 2020, the second Sunday in May falls on May 10. That, of course, is this coming Sunday. What
Read moreEbrard: Candidate for Mexican of the Year, Maybe
By RICARDO CASTILLO There is no custom in Mexico of having one publication declare a worthwhile personality “the man” (now “person”) of the year like there is in the United States, where Time magazine has been doing for nearly 100 years. But recently, several Mexican journalists have speculated that if there were such a notion in Mexico, who would be
Read moreGarcía Luna’s Indictment Shakes Mexico
By RICARDO CASTILLO Questions galore arose in Mexico regarding the arrest on Tuesday, Dec. 10, of the country’s former public security secretary from 2006 to 2012, Genaro García Luna, who served under President Felipe Calderón. Garcia Luna also was the Federal Investigations Agency (AFI) chief from 2001 to 2005, under President Vicente Fox. García Luna was arrested in Grapevine, Texas,
Read moreIn Fight Against Piracy, Mexico to Step up Gulf Coast Monitoring
XINHUA … Mexico will reinforce military surveillance along its gulf coast following recent incidents of piracy, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said…
Read moreAMLO Contends Judge’s Resignation Not Product of Political Revenge
By RICARDO CASTILLO … Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has made it clear that Eduardo Medina Mora “freely made his own decision” to resign…
Read moreAlfonso Romo, AMLO’s Link to the Wealthy
By RICARDO CASTILLO In mid-July, former Mexican Treasury Secretary Carlos Urzúa, upon presenting his resignation to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), launched a frontal attack against AMLO’s Chief of Staff Alfonso Romo Garza in an interview. “It’s most difficult to understand the type of relationship, ideologically speaking, Romo has with the president,” Urzúa said. “He’s an extreme right-winger.” Urzúa
Read moreAMLO Lovers and AMLO Haters
By RICARDO CASTILLO Notwithstanding that he will have completed six months in office come June 1, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) continues to deliver defensive speeches. It is important to remember that during his campaign leading up to his overwhelming July 1 victory, there were countless vicious campaigns against AMLO, accusing him of being the next Hugo Chávez
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